The screening on Tuesday 14 July will be introduced by filmmaker John Gordillo.
One of the most beloved films of all time, this sizzling masterpiece by Billy Wilder set a new standard for Hollywood comedy. After witnessing a mob hit, Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, in landmark performances) skip town by donning drag and joining an all-female band en route to Miami. The charm of the group’s singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe, at the height of her bombshell powers) leads them ever further into extravagant lies, as Joe assumes the persona of a millionaire to woo her and Jerry’s female alter ego winds up engaged to a tycoon. With a whip-smart script by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and sparkling chemistry among its finely tuned cast, Some Like It Hot is as deliriously funny and fresh today as it was when it first knocked audiences out over six decades ago. - The Criterion Collection
John Gordillo is a filmmaker working across documentary and comedy, with credits including stand-up specials for Sean Lock, Dylan Moran, Eddie Izzard and Reg D. Hunter. Recently directed & edited Screwed Up (2025), the most-viewed British comedy special to premiere on YouTube. He wrote and directed the feature documentary Tales From the Colony Room, currently in post-production, and is script editor & picture editor on Barry’s Economics, a popular YouTube channel exploring the psychology of inequality. He is co-devising and directing a new show from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Phil Nichol which will premiere this August at the Edinburgh Festival.
