THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) - 2017 UK/France 106 min

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THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) - 2017 UK/France 106 min
27-Dec-2017 13:36

Director: Amando Iannucci ● Starring: Stars: Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Palin.

For the leaders of the USSR, material comforts are hard to enjoy when every night could be your last, as Stalin signs off the murderous lists compiled by internal security minister Lavrentiy Beria (Beale). When Uncle Joe is struck down by a stroke, Beria sees the absurd deputy leader Malenkov (Tambor) as his ideal puppet, but Nikita Khrushchev (Buscemi) is on manoeuvres too. Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep) has condensed the events of 1953 into a brilliant, farcical black comedy – a “delicious mockery” (The Telegraph), with a deadly serious edge.

Plus a BRIT School Showcase film, screened in partnership with the School’s Film & Media Production department. For this film we are showing Turnips (U) (4.53 mins), directed by Clint Frift. A Borough Market stall holder discusses how the market has changed over the years. 

With one screening at 7.30pm ONLY. 

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