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Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause was released on this day in 1955. It starred James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen & William Hopper. It also marked the screen debut of Dennis Hopper in a small part.

Don't miss our 3rd November screening of Virginia Woolf's Night & Day at the Curzon. See: wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/virg…. In a bold challenge to Edwardian society, a passionate astronomer does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.

James Cameron's Sci-Fi thriller The Terminator opened on this day in 1984. It starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton & Paul Winfield. The film cemented the reputations of both director and leading man, grossing over 12 times its budget.

Sergei Bondarchuk's Waterloo was released on this day in 1970. It starred Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Sergo Zakariadze & Ian Ogilvy. It still holds the record for the most costumed extras: 15,000.

Tickets are now available for Virginia Woolf's Night & Day on 3rd November. See: wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/virg…. In a bold challenge to Edwardian society, a passionate astronomer does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.

Terence Young's Wait Until Dark was released on this day in 1967. A home invasion thriller, it starred Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston & Efrem Zimbalist Jr. It was Hepburn's 5th Oscar nomination (she won for Roman Holiday in 1954).

Coming up next: Virginia Woolf's Night & Day on 3rd November, at 8:30pm at the Curzon. See: wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/virg…. In a bold challenge to Edwardian society, a passionate astronomer does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.

Pedro Almodóvar's black comedy What Have I Done to Deserve This was released in Spain on this day in 1984. It starred Carmen Maura as a woman at the end of her tether, together with Luis Hostalot, Gonzalo Suárez, Ángel de Andrés López & Verónica Forqué.

We screened Compartment No. 6 on this day in 2022. wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/comp… In the tradition of train films, which adds huit clos to the direction and serendipity of the road trip genre, Russian train films form class apart: claustrophobic quarters ...

We're screening Virginia Woolf's Night & Day on Tuesday, the 3rd of November. This will be followed by a Q&A with Justine Waddell, the film's screenwriter and producer. See wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/virg… for full details and to buy tickets. @VirginiaWoolfGB

J. Lee Thompson's North West Frontier was released on this day in 1959. A drama set in British India in 1905, it starred Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White & I. S. Johar.

Our next screening will be Virginia Woolf's Night & Day, 8:30pm on 3rd November. See: wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/virg…. In a bold challenge to Edwardian society, a passionate astronomer does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.

John Frankenheimer's thriller about mind control and political conspiracy, The Manchurian Candidate, opened on this day in 1962. It starred Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva & James Gregory. Lansbury won a Golden Globe for her performance.

Herbert Ross's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, with a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer from his own novel about Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud, was released on this day in 1976. It starred Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier, & Joel Grey.

Gus Van Sant's Elephant went on general release on this day in 2003. Loosely-based on the Columbine High School killings, it starred Alex Frost, Eric Deulen & John Robinson. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes as well as the Best Director Award.

Stuart Heisler's The Glass Key, based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, went on general release on this day in 1942. It starred Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd & William Bendix. We screened it in 2017. wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/the-…

Charlie Chaplin's Limelight was released on this day in 1952. It starred Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Sydney Chaplin & Buster Keaton. The film didn't screen in LA till 1972, at which point it was eligible for the Oscars. Chaplin then won his only competitive award, for the music.

We screened Phantom Thread on this day in 2018. wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/phan… Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't make many films, when he does you know it's going to be special.

Irving Rapper's romantic weepie Now, Voyager premiered in New York on this day in 1942. It starred Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains & Gladys Cooper. It won an Oscar for Best Score. Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the Moon. We have the stars.

We screened Boyz n the Hood on this day in 2019. wimbledonfilmclub.co.uk/boyz… WFC celebrates Black History Month with the iconic debut of John Singleton, who died in April aged 51.