Rumble Fish (1983)

With all the current brouhaha about Megalopolis, it's almost easy to forget how great a director Francis Ford Coppola once was. He did some decent stuff afterwards but Rumble Fish is his final masterpiece, an expansion of the 50's greaser teen aesthetic of The Outsiders into an art film setting. It's filmed in glorious black and white, with a wonderful score by Stewart Copeland, a career-making performance by Mickey Rourke and a cast that also includes Dennis Hopper, Tom Waits and early appearances Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Lawrence Fishburne and Nic Cage. I CANNOT WAIT to see this on a big screen.

Teenage hoodlum Rusty James is a tearaway who lives with his alcoholic father, the memory of his absent mother and a life that veers between gang fights and a girlfriend who needs more of him. When his big brother, the legendary and mysterious Motorcycle Boy, returns, things appear more hopeful. But tragedy is always lurking in the background.

Oh look, it's a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7voEoWRKbAE

Tickets are £8 and available here. This is at the Cinema Museum, which is an amazing place to see a film if you haven't got round to it. I always say that when we go to something there, but it's true. Let's meet from 7 to get a decent seat and maybe grab a drink somewhere afterwards.