Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman

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Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman

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Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman

‘I attempt to create a dramatic structure drawn from ordinary experience and un-staged, everyday events.’
– Frederick Wiseman

With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Frederick Wiseman is one of the great American storytellers. 

His documentaries, shot vérité-style, are meticulously edited narratives chronicling life’s complexities through rich portraits of social and cultural institutions. Wiseman’s themes are expansive: democracy, power, inequality and community, to name a few; but his focus is compellingly specific and humane. Whether revealing shortcomings in social support or celebrating culinary excellence, he has a unique eye – and ear – for detail.

We’ll explore a selection of his films in loosely thematic and chronological order, looking first at renowned films about public institutions, followed by works grounded in a strong sense of place, before concluding with a group of films about cultural life. All films are new digital restorations, which were overseen by Wiseman himself.

Book tickets for two or more of our Frederick Wiseman films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.

All copy provided by British Film Institute.


Showtimes

Showtimes How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 11:00AM Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | 12:45PM, 8:15PM Blue Moon | 1:00PM Blast of Silence | 1:15PM All That Heaven Allows | 3:00PM Cash on Demand | 3:15PM Cover-Up | 3:30PM The Tale of Silyan | 3:45PM, 6:00PM Far from Heaven | 5:15PM It Was Just An Accident | 5:45PM Bugonia | 6:05PM The Shining (45th Anniversary) (US Version) | 8:00PM Pillion | 8:20PM Die My Love | 8:40PM

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