Tuesday 28th May | 7pm | £6.30 advance tickets

Electric Blue presents: In the Cut (2003), a neo-noir erotic thriller by Oscar-winning director Jane Campion. Adapted from the 1995 novel by Susanna Moore, the film marked Campion’s foray into the mainstream Hollywood studio system, having won the Academy Award for The Piano (1993), a decade earlier. Working within the slasher-thriller genre, it boasted A-lister star Meg Ryan, whose career took a nosedive as a result of the explicit sex scenes and some disastrous press appearances. As a result, In the Cut’s reputation has been unfairly maligned; after two decades, it’s finally receiving a much deserved critical reappraisal, with many seeing it as a subversive feminist classic, exploring the female gaze within a male dominated genre.

The first film shot in post-9/11 New York, it oozes paranoia; Electric Blue expands on this theme by presenting a selection of shorts before the main screening that are rife with a feeling of overwhelming anxiety, exploring the dreamlike and surreal. The films will begin with a brief introduction by resident curators, featuring guest curator + researcher Kat Hayletts.

ABOUT ELECTRIC BLUE

Electric Blue is an experimental screening space in Brighton dedicated to presenting avant-garde cinema, and unusual relics - from artist-film/experimental short programmes to unlikely features. They are invested in platforming marginalised perspectives, archive cinema, and in creating an accessible space for heightened creative conversation and visual collaboration.

Bringing their programmes this Spring to The Rose Hill, they will be curating a triptych of subversive films by women directors - emerging with the surrealism of French New Wave legend Agnès Varda, the eternal Elaine May, and continuing to traverse through the radical, unorthodox and pioneering works of female-driven cinema. Each of their feature screenings will be complimented by a series of short innovative works that reflect the thematics of our central film, and visually inspire audiences to consider an imagination that lies outside of the limitations of traditional cinema.

Electric Blue derives from a coming-together of various film curators, film fanatics, writers, directors and artists who seek to mobilise film culture in Brighton and hope to promote a community of creative interaction and development, one which transpires from the screen.