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Cambridge's three-screen cinema and relaxed café-bar in the heart of the city centre showcasing blockbuster and independent film. We are nice. 📍 Cambridge, UK

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Book Cover for: Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder

Sunset Boulevard

Billy Wilder
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The last film in our Gasper Noe Presents Culture Shock season is Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD Monday at 20.30. Gloria Swanson plays an ageing silent-film star, and William Holden is the struggling writer who is enthralled by her madness. Tickets here - https://t.co/kshRIBNqET https://t.co/iIrqsUqtd3

Paperback, 1999

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony, Iain Sinclair

The Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony

Iain Sinclair
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Still tickets available for THE GOLD MACHINE tonight at 18.15 along with a Live Q&A with Writer Iain Sinclair. Haunted by the legacy of their ancestor sent to scout for coffee-growing land reveals the brutal reality of a major land grab. Tickets here - https://t.co/Tzie4iYYZN https://t.co/3SrUTGS9nT

Paperback, 2022

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Making of the Motion Picture, Wes Anderson

Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Making of the Motion Picture

Wes Anderson
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Kids' Club tomorrow at 11.00 is Wes Anderson's FANTASTIC MR FOX! A charming adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book in which the cunning and crafty Mr Fox wages a war of wits against three dastardly farmers. Tickets here - https://t.co/W0lLtBaN7p https://t.co/mb6SFRQz6B

Hardcover, 2009

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë
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EMILY, telling the story of the distinctive voice behind ‘Wuthering Heights’, Emily Bronte, opens tomorrow! Exploring the relationship with her sisters and her forbidden love for a local cleric that both inspired her writing. Tickets and showtimes - https://t.co/d2SVtERhTk https://t.co/73PfA8solx

Paperback, 2002

$8.00$4.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories, Haruki Murakami

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories

Haruki Murakami
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BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN is our Discover screening this Tuesday at 18.00! Based on a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, the film follows the lives of multiple characters as they navigate post-Tsunami existence. Tickets - https://t.co/WbhJPnbNLo https://t.co/BxlSRXNOiR

Paperback, 2007

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Matilda, Roald Dahl

Matilda

Roald Dahl
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Continuing to show across our three screens this week into the New Year; CORSAGE, I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (in 2D and 3D) and ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL! For showtimes and tickets for this week and beyond click here - https://t.co/RpoVDIgkyM https://t.co/aDAMS1cR5B

Paperback, 2007

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte
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EMILY, telling the story of the distinctive voice behind ‘Wuthering Heights’, Emily Bronte, opens tomorrow! Exploring the relationship with her sisters and her forbidden love for a local cleric that both inspired her writing. Tickets and showtimes - https://t.co/d2SVtERhTk https://t.co/73PfA8solx

Paperback, 2017

$14.56$7.28 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Battery Street: Kids Club, Craig Snow

Battery Street: Kids Club

Craig Snow
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Kids Club tomorrow at 11.00 is THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2. Packed with irreverence and subversive humour, the animated story of the secret lives of pets continues with new challenges for Max, Gidget, Snowball and the gang to contend with. Tickets - https://t.co/RMY9r2jJxD https://t.co/IrwGD5fRuy

Paperback, 2020

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert
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Denis Villeneuve's Dune is previewing on Monday 18th October at 20.25. Adapted from Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi epic. The son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy. Tickets - http://ow.ly/5cuj50GmfOt https://t.co/pyCjRBL48I

Paperback, 2005

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Andreas Malm

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm
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Our Green Screen preview of HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE screens tomorrow at 20.15 followed by a recorded Q&A with Director/Co-Writer Daniel Goldhaber, lead actor Ariela Barer and author of the book the film is based, on Andreas Malm. Tickets here - https://t.co/iIgyW44Fb0 https://t.co/dQYxIyOjSZ

Paperback, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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