Picnic at Hanging Rock is part of a double bill with Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides to mark the launch of Hannah Strong's book, Sofia Coppola: Forever Young.

To activate the multibuy discount (£16 for both films), add the seats you want for both films to the basket. Proceed to checkout where the discount will be automatically applied.

Hannah will introduce both films and will be signing copies of her book in the interval between screenings.

A leading film of the Australian New Wave, Peter Weir's adaptation of Joan Lindsay's novel was a key inspiration for Sofia Coppola in realizing her vision of The Virgin Suicides. The film follows the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls during a Valentine's Day picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria, and the subsequent fallout from their unexplained absence. A young Jacki Weaver stars alongside Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard and Helen Morse in this ethereal mystery, grappling with themes of feminity, death, and adolescent understandings of romance and freedom.

About Sofia Coppola: Forever Young

Sofia Coppola: Forever Young offers a rich and intimate look at the overarching stylistic and thematic components of Coppola's work. In addition to critical essays about Coppola's filmography, the book will include interviews with some of her closest collaborators, including musician Jean-Benoît Dunckel and costume designer Nancy Steiner, along with a foreword by Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher. It engages with her creative output while celebrating her talent as an image maker and storyteller. Along the way, readers meet again a cast of characters mired in the ennui of missed connections: loneliness, frustrated creativity, rebellious adolescence, and the double-edged knife of celebrity, all captured by the emotional, intimate power of the female gaze.

Ticket holders for either/both screenings can purchase the book for a special discounted price of £27 (RRP £35).

About the Author

Hannah Strong is the Digital Editor at Little White Lies magazine. Her work has appeared in Vulture, Gawker, The Times, GQ, The Guardian, and Dazed & Confused, and she regularly appears on television and radio as a film critic. Sofia Coppola: Forever Young is her first book.

Cast:
Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child