Casper

Casper is back on the big screen at Warwick Arts Centre on Saturday 31 October, a family screening of the 1995 comedy. It's a fitting date for a ghost story, and this one marks the film's 31st anniversary.

Directed by Brad Silberling, the story follows Casper, a kindly young ghost who peacefully haunts Whipstaff Manor in Friendship, Maine, and just wants a friend. Life there is turned upside down when afterlife specialist James arrives with his teenage daughter Kat, and Casper's mischievous poltergeist uncles — Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso — complicate things. It's remembered as much for its themes of compassion, friendship and how to deal with loss as for the ghost-hunting, and Casper himself is voiced by Malachi Pearson, with Bill Pullman as James and Christina Ricci as Kat.

Warwick Arts Centre is one of the Midlands' largest arts venues, based on the University of Warwick campus and running its cinema programme across three screens. Alongside the main screening, they're running a relaxed version: the sound is lowered, the lights stay slightly up, there's a chill-out space, and noise-cancelling headphones are available for anyone who needs them. It's a good option if you're bringing younger children or anyone who finds a standard cinema environment a bit much.

The screening starts at 2pm and runs for an hour and 40 minutes, so it's a proper afternoon thing rather than an evening out. Tickets are £5, and the film is rated 12A.