Too Much is our winter season of screenings and events celebrating films that are unashamedly emotional.
We are proud to be part of the BFI’s UK-wide celebration of melodrama this November and December. With exaggerated staging, score and performance, melodrama tells intimate and familial stories concerned with women’s inner lives yet has repeatedly been dismissed by critics who find the outpouring of emotion "too much"! But beneath the glossy veneer of these films there’s a searing social commentary; imperfectly feminist yet endlessly relatable.
The Electric Palace is set to embrace the vivid visual language and heightened dramatics of this form of cinema, inviting you to leave your cynicism at the door and feel something.
No, we won't calm down!
Enjoy screenings of classic, high-camp and emotionally intense films from all eras, with some events organised by local young film curators. More to be announced in the coming weeks.
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Events coming up in the season:
Johnny Guitar + introduction
Sunday 16 November, 3pm
A thrilling Western, a showcase of two phenomenal actresses, and a film that challenges conventions at every possible turn. It's feverish, delirious, and one of the great historical examples of queer coding.
Screening as part of Too Much, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
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