Film Screening

"Celebrating the beauty of the written word and the magic of the silver screen"

the flicker club are bringing cinema to the art deco Council Chamber within Stoke Newington Town Hall and finding exciting ways to involve the local community in programming decisions, reinterpreted film posters, art work and special evenings.

At each screening you can expect a warm welcome from your hosts, a bespoke bar, the occasional story read to you and a few other surprises along the way…

We hereby invite you to the flicker club presents

Thursday Night Cinema at Stoke Newington Town Hall

A Dog Day Afternoon

Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Al Pacino, John Cazale, Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen.

Inspired by true story of the robbery of a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in 450 Avenue P, at the cross street of East 3rd Street, in Gravesend Brooklyn, New York by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile on August 22, 1972, was published as an article entitled "The Boys in the Bank" by P.F. Kluge in Life Magazine in 1972.

Sidney Lumet's 1975 drama chronicles a unique bank robbery on a hot summer afternoon in New York City. Shortly before closing time, scheming loser Sonny (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy, Sal (John Cazale), burst into a Brooklyn bank for what should be a run-of-the-mill robbery, but everything goes wrong, beginning with the fact that there is almost no money in the bank. The situation swiftly escalates, as Sonny and Sal take hostages; enough cops to police the tristate area surround the bank; a large Sonny-sympathetic crowd gathers to watch; the media arrive to complete the circus; and police captain Moretti (Charles Durning) tries to negotiate with Sonny while keeping the volatile spectacle under control. When Sonny's lover, Leon (Chris Sarandon), tries to talk Sonny out of the bank, we learn the robbery's motive: to finance Leon's sex-change operation. Sonny demands a plane to escape, but the end is near once menacingly cool FBI agent Sheldon (James Broderick) arrives to take over the negotiations. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi