#WeAreQFT: Steven Armour

You are stuck at home and your favourite cinema is closed. What five films do you watch?

The Devils (1971): A trippy descent into madness, Ken Russell's boldest work is brilliantly bonkers and features two go-for-broke performances from Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed.

Death Becomes Her (1992): Timeless, deliciously quotable, Streep and Hawn are hysterical. Gloriously CAMP.

Mulholland Dr. (2001): Irresistibly enigmatic, few filmmakers manage to get under my skin quite like David Lynch. More to unpack with each rewatch.

Weekend (2011): One of the best British films of the noughties that deserves to be much more widely seen, this two-hander is so tender and real in its depiction of a young gay man's experience of coming to terms with himself.

Moonlight (2016): Intoxicating filmmaking, a tapestry of beautiful moments. Deeply affecting.

What three words would you use to describe QFT?

Like being home.

What is your earliest cinema-going memory?

When I was 6, excitedly queueing down the street with my dad to get into Larne's now demolished Regal Cinema to see A Bug's Life (1998).

What film do you dislike that everyone else loves?

Granted it's been 10+ years since I watched it, but I wasn't bowled over by The Godfather (1972). Didn't get the hype. I think it's time I gave it another chance...

What is your guilty pleasure film?

Shallow Hal (2001). I'm honestly as baffled and perturbed as anyone reading this answer. I think it has a weird nostalgia factor for me since I saw it when I was around 10 years old.

What is your favourite film soundtrack?

Simon & Garfunkel's soundtrack for The Graduate (1967). Also happens to be my all-time favourite film.

What is the best thing about going to the cinema?

Nothing beats the shared anticipation of sitting in a packed-out audience, as those lights dim and the film begins to roll on the big screen. Pure magic.

Who is your favourite film villain?

Nicole Kidman's ruthlessly driven weather girl, Suzanne Stone-Maretto, in To Die For (1995).

Have you ever changed your opinion on a film?

I saw Calvary (2014) when it first came out - at QFT in fact - and I remember it really didn't click with me. I wasn't a fan. I subsequently revisited and I'm so glad I did. A staggering achievement and one of the best Irish films ever made.

What film would you love to see at QFT when it reopens?

Robert Eggers' upcoming viking epic, The Northman. Mainly because it is being filmed in Northern Ireland, so to experience it in the homeland would be extra special.