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Wednesday 25th April - 8pm Strike, Directed by Sergei Eisenstein (USSR, 1925, 82 mins)See More

Dear FriendsCome join us for another AU HASARD screening this Wednesday 18.04 at 7.30 (film starts 8.00pm)Wednesday 18th April - 8pmThe ConfrontationDirected by Miklós Jancsó (Hungary, 1968, 82 mins)''The Confrontation, dramatizes a clash between two Hungarian student groups in 1947, one Marxist and the other, more modestly, advocating reform.Miklós Jancsó’s fine film, which reflects student activism in the direction of freedom in its own time, finds the revolutionary group attempting to…See More

Eros + Massacre, Directed by Yoshishiga Yoshida (Japan, 1969, 202 mins)See More

SEASON II: NOW IS THE TIME FOR VIOLENCEWe'll be showing films every Wednesday evening in April at the:Chapel Cinema 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9PLentrance through the Gallery Cafe. Free and open to all.Wednesday 4th April - 8pm Germany in Autumn, Directed by Fassbinder et al (West Germany, 1978 119mins) Wednesday 11th April - 6.30pm (it's long!)Eros + Massacre, Directed by Yoshishiga Yoshida (Japan, 1969, 202 mins)Wednesday 18th April - 8pmThe Confrontation, Directed by Miklós…See More

VI. MUTINY - Saturday 31st March'The very forms of organization of the struggle will suggest... a different vocabulary - Brother, sister, friend.' Franz Fanon1pmKanalDirected by Andrzej Wajda (Poland, 1956, 95 mins)3.00pmThe Battle of AlgiersDirected by Gillo Pontecorvo (Algeria, 1966, 121 mins)See More

V. CHILDHOOD - Saturday 17th March Birkbeck, Main Building, Room B18, Malet Street, WC1E 7HX Oh hours of childhood, when behind each shape more than the past appeared and what streamed out before us was not the future.' Rainer Maria Rilke1pmZero For ConductDirected by Jean Vigo (France, 1933, 41 mins)1.50pmLe RévélateurDirected by Philippe Garrel (France, 1968, 67 mins) 3.15pmViva La MuerteDirected by Fernando Arrabal (France, 1971, 90 mins) …See More

'What De Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind... From the very first he set before consciousness things which we could not tolerate.' Georges Bataille1pmMarat/Sade (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade)Directed by Peter Brook (UK, 1967, 116 mins)3pmSalò, or the 120 Days of SodomDirected by Pier Paulo Pasolini…See More

'Every good servant does not all commands.' William Shakespeare1pmThe ServantDirected by Joseph Losey (UK, 1963, 112 mins) 3pmThe Diary of a ChambermaidDirected by Luis Buñuel (France/Italy, 1964, 97 mins)See More

AU HASARDAu Hasard is a new cine-club in London. Our first season of screenings are thematic double-bills with a political resonance. All screenings are free and open to all. Bring friends. We will bring cake and wine.Screenings are held on alternate Saturdays from 1pm at Birkbeck (Main Building, Room B18)Full details of our first series of films can be found here:…See More

II. GUILT - Saturday 4th February'After all, our department, as far as I know, and I know only the lowest level, doesn't seek out guilt among the general population, but, as the Law states, is attracted by guilt and has to send us guards out. That's the Law. What mistake could there be?' Franz Kafka1pmDeath by HangingDirected by Nagisa Oshima (Japan, 1968, 117 mins)3.15pmThe Round UpDirected by Miklós Janscó (Hungary, 1965, 95 mins)…See More