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It’s getting colder and wetter outside this month, the perfect weather to be cosied under the warm light of your local cinema. Towner Cinema’s October programme has something for everyone, filled to the brim with new releases, Dementia Friendly screenings, Family Film and a selection of seminal films to mark Black History Month.

Keep reading for this month's standouts...

Fans of Agatha Christie will be salivating from the very beginning of this meta-comedy stuffed with references to her enormous canon, but for those less familiar, a cast studded with indie actor favourites, highly polished 1950s visuals and a meticulously written script allow the film to stand alone from its source material. There is definitely something universally delightful about the genre of mystery comedy, and See How They Run delivers through its self-awareness and finely-tuned wit.

Dementia Friendly Screenings are back at Towner, and this month we're electrifyingly excited to present Grease, the ultimate good-girl-gone-bad leather-clad fantasy. Tickets only £5!

These special screenings encourage a relaxed atmosphere, with the house lights slightly raised throughout to provide a comfortable and accessible setting. Everyone is welcome, but we ask that you are mindful of the context and understand that people may need to regularly leave and return to their seats.

As the spooky season rattles on, join us during half term for this family-friendly screening of Tim Burton's classic, The Nightmare Before Christmas. This enchanting stop-motion animation with a bewitching score by Danny Elfman holds up almost thirty years after its release date; still weird, in the most wonderful way!

This October we mark Black History Month with some standout cinema celebrating black identity, legacy and talent.

Daughters of the Dust was, shockingly as late as 1991, the first feature film directed by an African-American woman to be distributed theatrically in the United States. Visually exquisite and embodying African storytelling traditions, the film is a raw and authentic portrait of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th century, and has been cited by Beyoncé as one of the major inspirations for her visual album, Lemonade.

Young Plato, a touching documentary with a unique outlook, follows a hopeful north Belfast headteacher who uses classical philosophy to confront a sense of desensitisation and defeat in a marginalised community once scarred by the Troubles. The minds of young boys are an important place to start when we think about implementing change and progress, and this feature is uplifting but real through its ability to highlight just how nuanced a process this can be.

Long-awaited psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling finally graces the Towner Cinema screen three years after director Olivia Wilde's widely revered teen flick Booksmart. With their effortless and unaffected charm, leads Harry Styles and Florence Pugh shine through a dense slow-burn plot as we watch their all-American nuclear marriage begin to singe around the edges, sending an ominous ripple across the rest of their eerily utopian community.

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