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Legendary indie auteur Steven Soderbergh is coming to London for a unique run of screenings starting next month.
‘A Man Under the Influence’ will pack in nine movies over nine Thursday evenings, running from September 3 to October 30.
The Whiteley in Bayswater will host the movies – each hand-picked by the Ocean’s Eleven and Out of Sight director.
Among the films on the slate are Ernst Lubitsch’s screwball romance Trouble in Paradise, Hitchcock thriller Notorious, subversive class satire The Servant and massive-shark movie Jaws. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Fitzrovia-set Phantom Thread will bring the curtain down on this run of classics.
To add spice, each event will boost a 63-minute happy hour – it’s Soderbergh’s 63rd birthday, see – and the chance to sip on a cocktail created by a top London bar made with his favourite Bolivian spirit, Singani 63.
The season will be ‘a weekly film and cocktail series showcasing nine personally and culturally influential films curated by Soderbergh, one from each decade from the 1930s to 2010s and each introduced over video by the man himself. Tickets are £20.90 and the doors open at 6pm.
The full programme and cocktail partner:
- September 3 – Trouble in Paradise (1930s)
Cocktail by Archive & Myth - September 10 – Notorious (1940s)
Cocktail by The Mandrake - September 17 – The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1950s)
Cocktail by Cocktail Trading Company - September 24 – The Servant (1960s)
Cocktail by Viajante 87 - October 1 – Jaws (1970s)
Cocktail by Nancy’s - October 8 – Do the Right Thing (1980s)
Cocktail by Murder Inc. - October 15 – Fargo (1990s)
Cocktail by The Natural Philosopher - October 22 – Lost in Translation (2000s)
Cocktail by Equal Parts - October 29 – Phantom Thread (2010s)
Cocktail by Hawksmoor
Soderbergh curated a similar Singani 63 season at New York’s Nitehawk Cinema at the beginning of the year.
‘The only partner we considered for the UK version of A Man Under the Influence was Everyman, whose love of movies is matched only by their commitment to the moviegoing experience,’ says Soderbergh. ‘Ask yourself: Can I resist the idea of a classic movie, Singani 63, and the groovy Everyman vibe all happening at the same time? The answer is no, you cannot, so get your butt to The Whiteley on Thursdays this fall and let's light this candle!’
London has been a home-from-home for the American director in recent times. He’s filmed his last two films, spy thriller Black Bag and art heist flick The Christophers in the city.
For tickets and more information head to the official website.
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