CINEVANGELIST
Great Films You (Probably) Don't Know
Alternate Sundays at the Park Tavern
Park Lane, Macclesfield
A handpicked selection of underappreciated films...
...But we don't tell you what you're coming to see!
Free entry! (First come, first serve)
Box office opens at 7pm, film starts at 8pm
CINEVANGELIST
Ever take a chance on a film you’re not familiar with, only to discover you love it? One you told friends, family and colleagues seek out? That, my friends, is cinevangelism.
It’s natural to love the familiar. So we’re not going to tell you what you’re coming to watch. We’ll give you a synopsis and a genre, maybe more, but we’re basically asking you to go in blind and trust us.
What films are in the lineup?
Independent flicks which couldn’t afford wide release. Mainstream movies buried by bigger releases. Movies the studios didn’t know how to market.
Some are exceptional. Some are imperfect yet ambitious. Others are just great examples of their respective genres. The thing they all have in common is that they deserve a wider audience.
Every other Sunday, come along, take a chance and be pleasantly surprised. And if you like our choices, spread the word – Cinevangelise to others!
Tickets are available free from the bar from 7pm – First come, first serve. Films begin at 8pm.
Please note: In order to preserve surprises, some synopses or given genres may deliberately mask the full scope of the film. If in doubt, don't take the risk...!
LISTINGS - JANUARY-APRIL 2025
5 JANUARY 2025 - Brittany Runs a Marathon
A stagnating twenty-something who loves drug-fuelled parties is informed that she desperately needs to lose weight and reluctantly begins to consider giving running a serious try
Comedy Drama | You may like it if you liked... Trainwreck
19 JANUARY 2025 - Red Rocket
A washed-up, motor-mouthed porn star returns to his small town with his tail between his legs, but is immediately looking for a new hustle to find a way to somehow reclaim his old life
Comedy Drama | You may like it if you liked... Uncut Gems
2 FEBRUARY 2025 - The World to Come
In 1850s, the wife of a farmer living in relative isolation in upstate New York finds herself drawn to a neighbouring farmer's wife, who likewise has found her own marriage strained and passionless
Romantic Drama | You may like it if you liked... Brokeback Mountain
16 FEBRUARY 2025
A close-knit group of male friends head off to New York's 'gay Disneyland' for a wild summer of hedonism and hookups in the most unlikely (yet perfect) Jane Austen adaptation you've ever seen.
Romantic Comedy | You may like it if you liked... Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
2 MARCH 2025
In a future riven with social divisions and reliant on technology,a private investigator and her robot partner are hired to find a student missing after an incident at her university
Animated Sci-Fi Thriller | You may like it if you liked... Ghost in the Shell
16 MARCH 2025
Two astronauts have spent years adrift in space but kept one anothers spirits up... Until a question that has long bubbled beneath the surface finally gets asked, opening a Pandora's box
Romantic Comedy | You may like it if you liked... Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
30 MARCH 2025
After losing her mother, a resourceful twelve-year old lives with an uncle in her council estate home. Unbeknownst to social services, she invented the uncle to hide the truth that she survives on her own.
Comedy Drama | You may like it if you liked... Hunt for the Wilderpeople
13 APRIL 2025
When a spiritual Mexican health therapist finds herself stuck at the home of a rich client, she comes face to face with the true values of the privileged 1% in an incisive tale sprinkled with dark comedy
Drama | You may like it if you liked... Parasite
27 APRIL 2025
Two overworked and undervalued personal assistants to high-powered leaders devise a so-crazy-it-might-just-work plan to get their demanding bosses off their backs
Romantic Comedy | You may like it if you liked... 10 Things I Hate About You