FILMS showing at Ludlow Assembly Rooms in October are:

Monday, October 6 till Wednesday, October 8 - 7.30pm: THE LEOPARD (PG) 2hrs 55mins

A SUMPTUOUS Sicilian romance and family saga starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale in this tremendous adaptation of Lampedusa's great novel. Expect sweeping scenery, stunning costumes and a cast of thousands. The only venue in south Shropshire to show this digitally re-mastered print.

Thursday, October 9 - 7.30pm: MAX (15) 1hr 48mins

ART and politics form a lethal brew in this Oscar-nominated, controversial film starring John Cusack as a Jewish art dealer and his friendship with a young artist who just happened to be Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor - best known for his star performance as David Helfgott in "Shine").

Sunday, October 12 & Thursday, October 16 - 7.30pm: LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE (12A) 1hr 57mins

ARCHAEOLOGIST and explorer extraordinaire Lara Croft faces her greatest challenge yet in a thrilling underwater search for Pandora's Box.

TOP HAT CLASSIC

Sunday, October 19 & Monday, October 20- 7.30pm, cabaret seating: SUNSET BOULEVARD (PG) 1hr 50mins

A DIGITALLY re-mastered print of Billy Wilder's gothic melodrama masterpiece, described as 'the finest movie ever made about the narcissistic hellhole that is Hollywood'. A luckless Hollywood scriptwriter (William Holden) goes to stay with a wealthy older woman (Gloria Swanson), a slightly dotty and extremely possessive relic of the silent screen. Tequila Sunrise cocktails will be served from the bar. Kindly sponsored by the Silk Top Hat Gallery.

Monday, October 20 - 2.30pm; Tuesday, & Wednesday, October 21 & 22 - 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thursday, October 23 - 7.30pm; Friday, October 24 - 11am; Saturday, October 25 - 7.30pm: CALENDAR GIRLS (12A) - 1 hr 48mins

Julie Walters and Helen Mirren star in this real-life film about the women of the Rylstone Women's Institute in the Yorkshire Dales who stripped for a charity calendar after one of their husbands died of leukaemia.

HALF-TERM FILMS

Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26 - 2.30pm: PIGLET'S BIG MOVIE (U) 1hr 15mins

A MUST-see Disney animation for Winnie the Pooh fans! Join Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Roo and Pooh for more Hundred Acre Wood adventures.

Monday, October 27 - 1.30pm & 7.30pm, Tuesday, October 28 - 2.30pm: SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER (PG) 1hr 24mins

THE big screen goes 3-D (3-D glasses provided subject to availability!)

Underage agents Juni and Carmen Cortez journey inside the virtual reality world of a 3-D video game in order to save the world from a power hungry villain (Sylvester Stallone!)

Tuesday, October 28 - 7.30pm; Wednesday, October 29 - 11am & 7.30pm; Thursday, October 30 - 11am: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (12A) 2hrs 23mins

JOHNNY Depp stars as Captain Jack Sparrow and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in Disney's swashbuckling 17th century tale of pirates and adventure.

Thursday, October 30 - 7.30pm; Saturday, November 1 - 7.30pm; Sunday, November 2 - 2.30pm: TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (12A) 1hr 49mins

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger delivers a crowd-pleasing turn as everyone's favourite futuristic killing machine, sent back from the future to rescue man's would-be saviour, John Connor (Nick Stahl).