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“One final thing I have to do… and then I’ll be free of the past.” What better way to celebrate 10 years of celebrating cinema than with a 70mm VistaVision print of Alfred Hitchcock’s feverish, hypnotic and endlessly fascinating masterpiece Vertigo? Lukewarmly received by the film snobs in 1958, it is now considered by critics, audiences and scholars alike as one of the greatest – if not the greatest – films of all time. Follow around detective Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) as he follows around the haunted, beautiful Madeleine (an unforgettable Kim Novak) during her mysterious wanderings through San Francisco. Throughout the decades, Vertigo has been an inexhaustible wellspring of inspiration for master filmmakers like Lynch, De Palma, Verhoeven and Scorsese amongst many others and a rich cinematic text that meditates on everything from the male gaze to cinema itself. Do not miss your chance, certainly if you have never seen it before, to behold Vertigo, presented here in its most glorious format. English language without subtitles.
 
Vertigo will be introduced spoiler-free yet very insightful by Hitchcock aficionado Joris van Laarhoven on the 18th of October.