An amnesiac wakes up in a hotel room beside a dead body and begins a desperate search of his own recent past in this nightmarish sci-fi thriller from Director Alex Proyas.

Rufus Sewell stars as John Murdoch, a confused man adrift in a reality he can't trust, until he encounters Jennifer Connelly's melancholic lounge singer and Kiefer Sutherland's unnerving scientist. Together they uncover a disturbing underworld where a race of pale, telekinetic beings known as the Strangers are manipulating the city around its inhabitants like a living experiment.

Dark City is a brooding neo-noir mystery that plunges you into a world where memory, identity, and reality are constantly shifting. Sitting comfortably alongside more mainstream favourites such as The Matrix and Blade Runner, it shares their fascination with artificial realities, oppressive architecture, and existential dread, to deliver its own unforgettable vision of a man's mind coming apart at the seams.

Dark City is screening as part of our monthly Retro Vault Night. Head down early with any unwanted DVDs to pick up some new films from our DVD swap box or acquire a poster in our poster sale.

For more details and to book tickets visit www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk