From iconic masterpieces and silent film gems to modern classics from recent film history: it’s De Cinema’s mission to present film classics as they should be experienced—restored, with live music, on 35mm,… Often contextualised with introductions, aftertalks and Q&As, or film lectures by experts and filmmakers. Our CLASSICS-series travels across continents to bring the rich history of film to the big screen.

HIGHLIGHTS

Masayuki Suô’s SHALL WE DANCE? is a charming and deeply human exploration of loneliness, self-discovery, and the quiet pursuit of happiness. The film follows Shohei Sugiyama, a successful but emotionally unfulfilled salaryman who becomes drawn to a dance studio and its enigmatic instructor Mai. What begins as a secret attempt to escape the routines of everyday life gradually becomes a journey toward confidence, connection, and personal transformation.

When you think of classic horror, you think of Bela Lugosi—the man forever synonymous with his horror alter egos: Count Dracula in DRACULA and lab assistant Ygor in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN and GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN. But horror icon Lugosi has another feat to his name: he starred in the first-ever feature-length zombie film, WHITE ZOMBIE.

Ken Russells THE DEVILS is een van de meest spraakmakende meesterwerken uit de Britse cinema. Wanneer de losbandige priester Grandier (Oliver Reed) in het Frankrijk van 1634 de obsessieve liefde van abdis Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave) afwijst, beschuldigt zij hem uit wraak van hekserij. Wat volgt is een grimmige politieke en religieuze hetze, gedreven door macht wellust en massa-hysterie.