Friday: Show Me Love (15), Rex, 6pm. Lively Swedish drama about two teenage girls in a small town, one of which is secretly in love with the other.

To Have and Have Not (PG), Lighthouse, 6pm. Hemingway's story brought to screen life by Howard Hawks with Humphrey Bogart and the young Lauren Bacall.

Cool & Crazy (15), Durlston Castle, Swanage, 7.30pm. Eccentric Norwegian tale centred around the Berlevag male voice choir.

Classic British Transport Films (E), Harmans Cross village hall, 7.30pm. Vintage footage of trains trains trains... from 1952-1966.

Startup.com (15), Allsebrook Theatre, Bmth Uni, 7.45pm. Documentary following the birth of a new internet company.

A Streetcar Named Desire (15), Rex, 8pm. Brando, Leigh, Hunter... pure cinematic magic as Elia Kazan gets every ounce of angst from Tennessee Williams' play.

A Day at the Races (U), Lighthouse, 8.10pm. Glorious Marx bros' comedy.

Saturday:

Edge of Darkness, Rex, 2pm. Eight hour, all day screening of the classic 80s TV thriller shown in three sections with two intervals for meal breaks. A policeman sets out to solve the murder of his daughter. Bob Peck, Joanne Whalley and Joe Don Baker star. Screenwriter Troy Kennedy-Martin will be on hand for a discussion.

Fargo (18), Lighthouse, 6pm. The Coen brothers' brilliant dark comedy thriller stars Frances McDormand as a persistent pregnant cop who unravels the inept crime of car salesman William H Macy.

Sexy Beast (18), Durlston Castle, Swanage. Ben Kingsley nabbed an Oscar for his role in this hard-hitting, if occasionally surreal thriller about a retired safe cracker (Ray Winstone) who is strong-armed into one last job.

A Streetcar Named Desire (15), Lighthouse, 8.10pm. Brando bursts into instant cinematic glory in Elia Kazan's steamy take on Tennessee Williams' play, co-starring Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter.

Sunday:

Kirikou and the Sorceress (U), Mowlem Community Hall, Swanage, 2.45pm. Animated feature inspired by folk stories from Senegal.

Fargo (18), Rex, 6pm. See Saturday.

The Carriers Are Waiting (15), Durlston Castle, Swanage, 7.30pm. Bizarre French comedy in which a man tries to break a world record for opening doors!

All About Eve (U), Rex, 8pm. Mankiewicz's classic comedy about a starlet who wheedles her way into the company of an established but ageing stage star. Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, George Sanders and Marilyn Monroe star.

Monday:

Europa Europa (15), Rex, 6pm. Julie Delpy features in this agonising true story of a young Polish Jew in WW2 who joins the Hitler Youth to disguise his race, then pretends to be a good communist as the Russians take over.

Manhattan (15), Lighthouse, 6pm. One of Woody Allen's finest in which he plays a divorced man having a relationship with a schoolgirl and chasing his friend's mistress as well. Oh, Woody...

Touching the Void (15), Allsebrook Theatre, Bmth Uni, 7.45pm. Engrossing docu-drama telling the dramatic true story of the two British climbers and their life-changing mission to conquer the Siula Grande in Peru.

Festen (15), Lighthouse, 8.10pm. The first Dogme film, a domestic drama in which family and friends gather for a 60th birthday party where unpleasant truths spill out.

Ossessione (PG), Rex, 8.15pm. Classic story of love, murder and betrayal in which a handsome young tramp falls for the unhappily married owner of a roadside caf.

Tuesday:

The Carriers Are Waiting (15), Rex, 6pm. See Sunday.

Italian For Beginners (15), Lighthouse, 6pm. Charming comedy about a group of Danish lonely hearts who join an Italian class looking for love.

Monsoon Wedding (15), Durlston Castle, Swanage, 7.30pm. Colourful and frantic comedy drama that packs an emotional punch set around the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself (15), Allsebrook Theatre, Bmth Uni, 7.45pm. Two brothers in a Glaswegian bookshop meet a mother and daughter who become integral to their lives.

Festen (15), Rex, 8pm. See Monday.

Ossessione (PG), Lighthouse, 8.20pm. See Monday.

Wednesday:

Merci Pour le Chocolat (15), Rex, 6pm. Isabelle Huppert and Jacques Dutronc in Chabrol's elegant thriller in which a woman sets out to find her real parents after finding out she may have been switched at birth with another new-born baby.

The King Is Alive (15), Lighthouse, 6pm. Dogme experiment in which a bus load of tourists is stranded in the Namibian desert where they decide to stage a version of King Lear. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Bruce Davison feature.

Central Station (15), Durlston Castle, Swanage, 7.30pm. Walter Salles' affecting film about a young boy searching for the father he never knew.

Touching the Void (15), Corfe Castle village hall, 7.30pm. See Monday.

Cool & Crazy (15), Allsebrook Theatre, Bmth Uni, 7.45pm. Musical documentary following the antics of a Norwegian male voice choir.

Italian For Beginners (15), Rex, 8pm. See Tuesday.

Brighton Rock (PG), Lighthouse, 8.20pm. Richard Attenborough in fine form as small time gangster Pinkie who marries a waitress after she witnesses one of his crimes.

Thursday:

Sweet Sixteen (18), Rex, 5.30pm. Producer Rebecca O'Brien talks about making director Ken Loach's gritty Glaswegian drama in which a teenager tries to make a home for his recovering addict mother.

Mifune (15), Lighthouse, 6pm. More Dogme, this time the story of an aspiring businessman who returns to his rural home and employs a prostitute to care for his retarded brother.

Merci Pour le Chocolat (15), Durlston Castle, Swanage, 7.30pm. See Wednesday.

Bad Education (15), Allsebrook Theatre, Bmth Uni, 7.45pm. Almodovar's intriguing film within a film about a director who receives a script from his boyhood friend that is based on the terrible events that shaped their youth. Gael Garcia Bernau stars.

La Fleur du Mal (15), Lighthouse, 8.10pm. Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when an old murder scandal is revived.

The King Is Alive (15), Rex, 8.15pm. See Wednesday.

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