To mark the production of Släpstick in our theatre and linking up with the BFI’s Comedy Genius programme, HOME presents its own slapstick snapshot.
These screenings are supported by Comedy Genius, a celebration of comedy on screen, led by BFI, the Independent Cinema Office and BFI Film Audience network, supported by funds from the National Lottery.
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The trailblazing Mabel Normand – who starred in 167 shorts and 23 features – gets her long-overdue moment in the spotlight.
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Jacques Tati’s glorious comic masterpiece, Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday follows its lovable, geeky protagonist as he attempts to relax. This effortlessly well-choreographed fusion of sight gags,…
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HarmonieBand present a live and lively accompaniment to two Buster Keaton classics.
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Subjected to the infernal production rate of the factory, a model worker suddenly has a nervous breakdown and goes mad in Chaplin’s celebrated look at…
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The legendary Marx Brothers take a hilarious, musical swipe at self-importance, pomposity and insensitivity, that crescendos with a manic on-stage performance in A Night at…
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A film projectionist (and amateur detective) offers to solve the case of a missing watch, but is instead framed for the crime himself. Desperate to…