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Friday, 06 June 2025
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Is NOW happening FRIDAYs Of Every three month Upstairs at the Ritzy. Starting from FRIDAY the 14th of March 2025. Thereafter 20th June, 12th September and 21st November 2025. Dance to the best DJs in London on rotation. Doors open at 8PM - 2AM! Tickets, £5 A Night for matured ravers dancing to Afro Latin, Rumba, Salsa, Samba, Afro-funk & Rare Groove
Friday, 06 June 2025
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to 'the golden city', or to certain destruction? Boasting a remarkable turn from his frequent collaborator (and erstwhile antagonist) Kinski, Werner Herzog’s visceral exploration of doomed adventure and savage beauty is one of German cinema’s totemic masterpieces.
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Do you like movies? Do you like feeling smug about knowing things about movies? And - most importantly - do you like having fun? If your answers to those questions are "Yes", “Yes", and perhaps even "YES!", well, good news! Ali Plumb's Untitled Film Quiz Project is just what you need in your life: an evening of BIG SCREEN, in-a-cinema film trivia fun, hosted by that geeky guy off Radio 1, Ali Plumb. You and your friends can partake in quiz rounds so bonkers, you'll be telling your other mates about them as soon as you get home – think 'Guess the film from the LEGO minifigure’ (and honestly, that's just seeing the tip of the iceberg). So gather together some fellow pop culture aficionados, cook up an absurd team name - take note: the funniest team name wins a prize, as do the last place, second last place and the person wearing the geekiest t-shirt - and book your tickets now for a night full of picture rounds, music rounds and rounds where you have to work out which two actors Ali has smushed together on Photoshop. You'll see. (Hopefully.)
Saturday, 30 August 2025
André Rieu’s 2025 Maastricht Concert: Waltz the Night Away! Step into a night of music, romance, and celebration with André Rieu’s Waltz the Night Away! An all-new summer concert captured live from the stunning Vrijthof Square in his beloved hometown of Maastricht is coming to cinemas! Each night, the Vrijthof transforms into a grand ballroom as André and his Johann Strauss Orchestra invite audiences of all ages to waltz under the stars. With timeless melodies and beautiful waltzes, this concert will take you on a journey filled with joy, love, and heartfelt emotion. Let yourself be swept away by one of the most romantic events of the year, bigger and more dazzling than ever, on the big screen. Bring someone special and create cherished memories as you Waltz the Night Away with André Rieu — only in cinemas this summer!
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: Basic Instinct | Body Heat | In The Cut | Body Double “Does this sex scene advance the plot?” Do you have a train to catch? As it is for sex, so it is for cinema: it’s about the journey, not the destination. Animus Magazine and host Elena Lazic are proud to present four films guaranteed to keep you up all night, in which the sex is almost entirely the point—four erotic thrillers where the quest for a dangerous killer is intimately intertwined with the pursuit of pleasure. Arguably the subgenre’s peak, Paul Verhoeven’s Basic Instinct (1992) will get us off to a deliriously entertaining start. As an elegant yet disarmingly blunt crime novelist, Sharon Stone is the ultimate femme fatale, while Michael Douglas shows us why he is the king of the erotic thriller in his electric interpretation of a detective almost too horny to live. Edging closer to film noir—the erotic thriller’s more respectable ancestor—Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat (1981) is packed so full with double entendres that they are almost single. William Hurt’s aimless lawyer and Kathleen Turner’s irresistible screen siren fog up the screen in their every sweat-drenched scene. Refusing to deny women the thrills found where lust meets peril, Jane Campion brings together rom-com star Meg Ryan and an alarmingly moustachioed Mark Ruffalo for In The Cut (2003). This stylish serial killer story is the rare erotic thriller to have its lustful protagonist keep (some of) her wits about her: before laying with a potential killer, she handcuffs him to the radiator. Our nocturne escapade will fittingly conclude with Brian De Palma’s orgiastic Body Double (1984). Centred on a hapless actor who, after witnessing a gruesome murder, embarks on a strange sexual odyssey, this hysterical cult classic exposes cinema’s basis in voyeurism butt naked.
Friday, 20 June 2025
The new film Apocalypse Now Final Cut, has been remastered in 4K Ultra HD. Apocalypse Now Final Cut employs a ground-breaking sound system engineered to create a truly visceral experience. In addition, the film has been enhanced with High Dynamic Range HDR, delivering spectacular colors and highlights, with brighter brights and darker-dark the result is breathtaking realism.
Friday, 06 June 2025
Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.
Saturday, 16 August 2025
Be Good! Storytelling and Ethics in Hollywood Cinema - Day School 10.00-17.00 (with a lunch break 13.00-14.00) £45 or £40 for Members and Concessions Tutor: Peter Krämer ([email protected]) From Rick’s (Humphrey Bogart’s) ‘hill of beans’ speech at the end of Casablanca to ET’s farewell to Gertie – ‘Be good!’ –, many Hollywood films have memorably raised the question of what the morally right behaviour in a given situation might be and why this is so. Films have vividly brought to life how fictional characters (sometimes based on real people) understand the situations they find themselves in, with different characters perhaps coming to different understandings; what their often conflicting impulses are; how they eventually decide to act; and how they feel about, and judge, their actions and the consequences of these actions when they later look back on them. In this course, we will consider the stories of, and key scenes in, films ranging from Casablanca and Disney’s Bambi (both from 1942) to Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Schindler’s List (1993) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001). Through our discussions of these films we will explore what our ethical obligations not only to other people but also to animals and even thinking and feeling machines might be. To inform our discussions we may read the short story that A.I. is based upon and also excerpts from publications by the moral philosopher Peter Singer. About the tutor: Peter Krämer is a Senior Research Fellow in Cinema & TV in the Leicester Media School at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK). He is a regular guest lecturer at several other universities in the UK, Germany and the Czech Republic, has written or edited twelve academic books and has also co-authored an illustrated volume about American film for children. He has been involved in adult education for thirty-five years. Programmed in partnership with The Sir John Hurt Film Trust.
Saturday, 25 January 2025
BEGINNERS CARTOON WORKSHOP WITH ROB MIDDLETON 10.30AM -12PM Have you ever wanted to draw your own cartoons? What if you could learn to draw cartoons quickly and simply?….no natural talent or endless hours of practice required… During this relaxing and fun workshop, Rob will show you how to draw some different characters and to give them a range of different expressions. And the cherry on the top is you get to do this with other people. Tutor Rob Middleton has taught adults how to draw cartoons online and in person in both the UK and Japan. He also does freelance cartooning for businesses, and plays the trumpet from time-to-time… Programmed in partnership with the Sir John Hurt Film Trust.
Friday, 31 January 2025
New to Harbour Lights Picturehouse: ‘Black In Focus’ Black British film nights by Our Version Media and Harbour Lights Picturehouse ‘Black In Focus’ is Southampton’s only Black British Film (genre) nights. There’s just one rule for the films we show: no gratuitous Black trauma. That means no films centred on gang violence, drugs, slavery or the negative Black storylines often shown in big cinemas. Started in 2022 by Our Version Media, now in partnership with Harbour Lights Picturehouse, 'Black In Focus' is billed as a refreshing change to the usual Black trauma and struggle narratives. Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing younger sister Chantal (Michele Austin) is a single mother, her life brimming with communal warmth from her salon clients and daughters alike. But things between the two of them come to a head over the course of one Mother’s Day weekend. A true legend of contemporary British cinema, Mike Leigh returns to the modern world with his first feature in six years: a fierce, humorous and compassionate study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
A film that celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. This is the second screening of London Breeze Film Festival’s Summer Breeze programme in support of Refugee Week and its theme of ‘Community as a Superpower’. With this screening we are marking an important anniversary. It is forty-five years in June since Bob Marley played his last UK concert. Join us for an evening of Bob Marley’s universally loved music and this remarkable biopic - the first to be made about the man whose music continues to inspire us to champion love, peace, resilience and community in a challenging world. Special guests to be announced.
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Thursday, 03 July 2025
Chester Film Society is committed to showing the best of recent films from World Cinema, showcasing films that may have been missed or not shown at the cinema at all. In conjunction with Picturehouse, Chester Film Society’s Film Programing Group has put together a diverse programme that showcases the very best of cinema from around the globe. Film Society membership is only £10 for the whole season and members can then buy tickets for each film for just £5. As always, non-members are still welcome with tickets at the full standard Picturehouse price. In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Thursday, 05 June 2025
Chester Film Society is committed to showing the best of recent films from World Cinema, showcasing films that may have been missed or not shown at the cinema at all. In conjunction with Picturehouse, Chester Film Society’s Film Programing Group has put together a diverse programme that showcases the very best of cinema from around the globe. Film Society membership is only £10 for the whole season and members can then buy tickets for each film for just £5. As always, non-members are still welcome with tickets at the full standard Picturehouse price. During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Thursday, 07 August 2025
Chester Film Society is committed to showing the best of recent films from World Cinema, showcasing films that may have been missed or not shown at the cinema at all. In conjunction with Picturehouse, Chester Film Society’s Film Programing Group has put together a diverse programme that showcases the very best of cinema from around the globe. Film Society membership is only £10 for the whole season and members can then buy tickets for each film for just £5. As always, non-members are still welcome with tickets at the full standard Picturehouse price. In Carla Simon"s touching autobiographical film, six-year-old Frida looks on in silence as the last objects from her recently deceased mother"s apartment in Barcelona are placed in boxes. Although her aunt, uncle, and younger cousin Anna welcome her with open arms, it"s only very slowly that Frida begins to get used to her new home in the countryside. Punctuated by moments of youthful exuberance and mature ruminations, this coming of age drama, set amongst summery hues, is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world, anchored by flawless performances by its two young stars.
Thursday, 04 September 2025
Chester Film Society is committed to showing the best of recent films from World Cinema, showcasing films that may have been missed or not shown at the cinema at all. In conjunction with Picturehouse, Chester Film Society’s Film Programing Group has put together a diverse programme that showcases the very best of cinema from around the globe. Film Society membership is only £10 for the whole season and members can then buy tickets for each film for just £5. As always, non-members are still welcome with tickets at the full standard Picturehouse price. Summerland follows the story of fiercely independent folklore investigator, Alice (Gemma Arterton) who secludes herself in her clifftop study, debunking myths using science to disprove the existence of magic. Consumed by her work, but also profoundly lonely, she is haunted by a love affair from her past. When spirited young Frank (Lucas Bond), an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and curiosity awaken Alice’s deeply buried emotions. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, second chances do occur, and that, just perhaps – magic really does exist.
Friday, 27 June 2025
A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Friday, 16 May 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of Fantastic Mr Fox, where you're free to practice your crafts and share the cinema experience with your fellow guests. Lights will be left on throughout the show so that you can craft in comfort. Just please don't bring crafts, such as paints, that may cause damage. An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Sunday, 22 June 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of Pride & Prejudice (2005), where you're free to practice your crafts and share the cinema experience with your fellow guests. Lights will be left on throughout the show so that you can craft in comfort. Just please don't bring crafts, such as paints, that may cause damage. Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Friday, 23 May 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of Flow, where you're free to practice your crafts and share the cinema experience with your fellow guests. Lights will be left on throughout the show so that you can craft in comfort. Just please don't bring crafts, such as paints, that may cause damage. The story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. With: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis.
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Dark Matter presents Green Screen; #ClimateScam? with short film Climate Anxiety at Brixton's iconic Ritzy Cinema. This screening is followed by a live panel including rising star Jasmine Njie - the host and narrator of #ClimateScam? and special guests (see blog link for details). Both films explore the impact of the climate crisis on our young people offering fresh, diverse and solutions-based perspectives that you won't have seen before. #ClimateScam - With increasingly devastating climate disasters all over the news, why do so many people believe that the climate crisis is a hoax? Join Jaz, a social media savvy member of the TikTok generation, as she explores a web of misinformation that could threaten efforts to tackle the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. A Cornwall Climate Care Film. Climate Anxiety - As the climate crisis unfolds, young people fear for their future. In this short film young people, parents and professionals discuss their experiences of climate anxiety and how they deal with it. A Cambridge Moviemakers film directed by John Yates. Dark Matter - An inclusive marketing agency that connects Black audiences with culture and the arts. Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss environmentally-focused cinema, with expert panels and friendly post-screening discussions. Everyone is welcome to 'continue the conversation' after the film in your cinema's meeting space where you can enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
Friday, 30 May 2025
A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Original Title: La hija del volcán A film by Jenifer de la Rosa Martín Colombia, Spain / 2024 / 109′ Original language: Spanish (English Subtitles) When 23,000 people died after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, Jenifer was only one week old. She survived and was adopted in Spain. 30 years later, she decides to reveal the truth about her origins, hidden under the institutional mud of the tragedy. This screening is presented in collaboration between CinemaAttic and the “Ixchel” project as part of the Latin Connections Film Festival, and will feature an introduction by Charlotte Gleghorn (University of Edinburgh), Ixchel Project team member. This film contains depictions of a tragedy, and includes themes of child abduction.
Friday, 13 June 2025
In the unfamiliar Appalachian backwoods, a weekend of male bonding for four inexperienced campers turns into a gut-wrenching fight for survival against the merciless forces of nature and the brutality of man. Their only escape is a terrifying canoe ride down the raging rapids of the Chattooga River. If their heartless pursuers don't kill them, the treacherous waters just might.
Friday, 01 August 2025
It’s tiiiiiiime to reevaluate a cult classic! Ahead of her iconic performance at this year's Brighton Pride, join Divas Do Film for a special screening of Mariah Carey’s Glitter. In 2001, Mariah Carey’s diamond-encrusted reign threatened to come to an end with the untimely release of Glitter. A loose remake of A Star is Born, the film has a light touch on issues close to Carey’s heart, such as the patriarchy in the music industry, and a young biracial woman reckoning with how she sees herself, versus how she is seen. The making of and failures of Glitter have become more infamous than the film itself, plagued with racism and sabotage from the very beginning. Over two decades on, it’s time to re-evaluate how a sentimental star-vehicle could prove near catastrophic. Freelance writer and Divas Do Film founder Rógan Graham introduces this celebratory screening with a whistle stop dissection of the mythology surrounding the film, the 2018 #JusticeForGlitter movement and the lasting influence of the Glitter soundtrack.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Experience time and space on the big screen with Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor, Varada Sethu as Belinda Chandra, and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and celebrate an epic two-part end of season finale at your local cinema on the 31st May 2025. Watch the finale of Season 2, The Reality War, on the big screen! Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself… Screening starts at 18:00 with Wish World, followed by The Reality War.
Friday, 23 May 2025
We are happy for you to bring your dog along to this special dog-friendly screening (you're welcome without a dog too). Before the screening there are a few things to consider: If you attend this screening with a dog, you'll be issued with a fleece blanket to cover the seat used by the dog or to use as a rug if the dog sits on the floor. During the screenings, we will provide bowls of water around the screen. We will leave lighting levels a little higher than usual during the screening and lower the volume of the soundtrack. Please be aware that we reduce capacity when offering ‘dog-friendly’ screenings, so there may be fewer tickets than usual. We limit dogs to: one dog to one adult. For further information, see dog-friendly screening policy in our cinema. The story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. With: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis.
Friday, 30 May 2025
We are happy for you to bring your dog along to this special dog-friendly screening (you're welcome without a dog too). Before the screening there are a few things to consider: If you attend this screening with a dog, you'll be issued with a fleece blanket to cover the seat used by the dog or to use as a rug if the dog sits on the floor. During the screenings, we will provide bowls of water around the screen. We will leave lighting levels a little higher than usual during the screening and lower the volume of the soundtrack. Please be aware that we reduce capacity when offering ‘dog-friendly’ screenings, so there may be fewer tickets than usual. We limit dogs to: one dog to one adult. For further information, see dog-friendly screening policy in our cinema. An honest and life-affirming true story of the healing power of the natural world.
Friday, 07 February 2025
From DreamWorks Animation—creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby—comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man. When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. Includes a 5 minute Bad Guys short.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
We are happy for you to bring your dog along to this special dog-friendly screening (you're welcome without a dog too). Before the screening there are a few things to consider: If you attend this screening with a dog, you'll be issued with a fleece blanket to cover the seat used by the dog or to use as a rug if the dog sits on the floor. During the screenings, we will provide bowls of water around the screen. We will leave lighting levels a little higher than usual during the screening and lower the volume of the soundtrack. Please be aware that we reduce capacity when offering ‘dog-friendly’ screenings, so there may be fewer tickets than usual. We limit dogs to: one dog to one adult. For further information, see dog-friendly screening policy in our cinema. A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar®-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature film “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, introducing Maia Kealoha. “Lilo & Stitch” is produced by Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Louie Provost, Tom Peitzman and Ryan Halprin serving as executive producers.
Sunday, 20 July 2025
We are happy for you to bring your dog along to this special dog-friendly screening (you're welcome without a dog too). Before the screening there are a few things to consider: If you attend this screening with a dog, you'll be issued with a fleece blanket to cover the seat used by the dog or to use as a rug if the dog sits on the floor. During the screenings, we will provide bowls of water around the screen. We will leave lighting levels a little higher than usual during the screening and lower the volume of the soundtrack. Please be aware that we reduce capacity when offering ‘dog-friendly’ screenings, so there may be fewer tickets than usual. We limit dogs to: one dog to one adult. For further information, see dog-friendly screening policy in our cinema. A sexy, sun-drenched romp with an entertaining, hunky cast at its core celebrating the bonds of queer platonic friendship, and a very cute dog. While enjoying a day soaking up the sun at Athens’ gay beach, best friends Demos and Nikitas brainstorm ideas for a screenplay. Recalling the lively events of the summer where Demos reluctantly broke up with his ex, Panos, and somehow gained a dog named Carmen. The pair discuss how they can turn Demos’ encounters into a 'hero’s journey'.
Friday, 13 June 2025
This month, the Duke’s After Dark are scheming to get away from it all and make their millions with their next late night movie night; the Wachowskis’ debut, Bound. A liaison between Corky, an ex-convict, and Violet, the girlfriend of a mafioso Caesar, leads to a lesbian love affair and a plot to swipe $2 million from the mob and the chance to escape their lives if they can survive the aftermath… Since its release in 1996, this spectacularly scintillating neo-noir erotic crime thriller has taken on the status of a queer cult classic - a the perfect movie for a late night Duke’s After Dark during Pride month. Duke’s After Dark films have 10 minutes of ads and trailers.
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Scotland’s most popular filmmaking event is back! Join us for five screenings of short films made over the weekend of 23rd -25th May. Meet the filmmakers, vote for your favourites and enjoy the movie mayhem. Each screening is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. Different films each screening, so why not join us for all five! All Screenings are Wheelchair Accessible and will be Captioned and BSL Interpreted.
Friday, 06 June 2025
When the Event Horizon, a spacecraft that disappeared into a black hole years earlier, suddenly reappears, a team is dispatched to investigate the ship. Accompanied by the Event Horizon’s creator, William Weir (Sam Neill), the crew of the Lewis and Clark, led by Capt. Miller (Laurence Fishburne), begins to explore the seemingly abandoned vessel. But it soon becomes clear that something sinister resides in its corridors, and that the horrors that befell the Event Horizon’s previous journey are still present.
Friday, 09 May 2025
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
Monday, 02 June 2025
Follow a group of Southern California high school students as they explore their most important subjects: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Directed by Amy Heckerling (Clueless) and written by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous), this hilarious portrait of 1980s American teen life features film debuts of future stars Nicolas Cage and Forest Whitaker, plus decade-defining music from The Go-Go's, Oingo Boingo and The Cars.
Friday, 04 April 2025
The demon Mephisto wagers dominion over Earth with an archangel. He beguiles an old alchemist into selling his soul to him, leading a despairing Faust into a downward spiral.
Friday, 13 June 2025
A group of camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: Wolfwalkers | Perfect Blue | Apollo 10 ½ | The Wrong Trousers | …and one more film to be announced! For the last seven years, the team at Ghibliotheque have been celebrating the vast and wonderful world of animation: on screen, on the page and, first and foremost, on the microphone. So, it’s safe to say you’re in good hands. Stay up late with hosts Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham as they give us a breakneck tour through some of their favourite films that they have covered on the podcast so far, encompassing lush fantasy adventures, blockbuster anime, reality-bending psychological horror, rotoscoped Space Age nostalgia and powerhouse, plasticine-powered stop-motion perfection. All in one sitting, of course. Hold on tight!
Sunday, 08 June 2025
Johnny Saxby (O’Connor) works long hours on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge drinking at the local pub and casual sex. But when a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Secareanu) arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm, Johnny suddenly finds himself dealing with emotions he has never felt before. As they begin working closely together during lambing season, an intense relationship forms – one that could change Johnny’s life forever. Captivating and broodingly beautiful, God’s Own Country is the award-winning debut feature from writer-director Francis Lee. Set in the heart of rural Yorkshire, this is a bracingly openhearted romantic story marked by stunning lead performances.
Thursday, 04 September 2025
Green Screen with UKELA present Wilding + Live expert panel Hosted by UKELA's (UK Environmental Law Assoc) Nature Conservation Working Party UKELA is a charity, a membership association which aims ultimately to make better law for the environment. Our members voluntarily run a number of sector specific groups and the Nature Conservation Working Parting is proud to present 'Wilding' with a live expert panel to help highlight the issues facing this sector. Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell, strive to breathe new life into the ailing Knepp estate. They reintroduce native ponies, deer, pigs and other wildlife, allowing nature to thrive. Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss environmentally-focused cinema, with expert panels and friendly post-screening discussions. Everyone is welcome to 'continue the conversation' after the film in your cinema's meeting space where you can enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Greener Henley are delighted to present the universally acclaimed documentary 'Honeyland' followed by a live panel discussion as part of The Great Big Green Week. A woman utilises ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia. When a neighbouring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice. The documentary received numerous awards and nominations at film festivals, including three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and two nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards in the categories for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature. Honeyland is the first documentary to receive a nomination in both categories in the history of the Oscars. Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss environmentally-focused cinema, with expert panels and friendly post-screening discussions. Everyone is welcome to 'continue the conversation' after the film in your cinema's meeting space where you can enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
Thursday, 05 June 2025
Liverpool - Sunday 18th May + Live panel with Director Charlotte Sawyer Chester - Thursday 5th June + Live panel with Chester Green Weekend. Our FACT/Liverpool site is extremely proud to present this screening for Director Charlotte Sawyer's home crowd. Hear her talk about how the film has gone from strength to strength and discussing the issues raised with other panelists. We are launching this year’s Chester Green Weekend with a GREEN SCREEN of Rave on for the Avon at Chester Picturehouse followed by a live local panel discussion. Chester is aiming for Bathing Water status, and this film beautifully, joyfully and sadly conveys the problems facing our rivers and the incredible people willing to go to extraordinary lengths for them. Join us on the 5th June as we launch CGW 25 – meet the team in the bar area from 5.30pm. Chester Green Weekend is on the 7th and 8th June in the centre of Chester see for more information - About Chester Green Weekend - Chester Green Weekend When the water company and local authorities fail the community, the wild swimmers of Bristol fight back through activism, swimming like a mermaid and getting married. Do humans have the right to nature? In this tender film, director Charlotte Sawyer tells a story of a community of wild swimmers in Bristol (UK) affected by raw sewage pollution of the river Avon. England is one of the only two countries in the world to have a fully privatised water and sewage disposal system, and with only 14% of English rivers in good ecological health, the mission to keep the rivers clean is not going well. In a series of moving, exciting and thought-provoking scenes, the swimmers create a stunning tapestry of light-hearted yet fascinating probe into how activism starts from the grassroots, and carries a profound universal lesson for all of us. There’s a wedding, drum’n’base, an inflatable turd, and a whole lot of cheesecake in this poignant reflection on innovative people’s fight for the natural world they cherish. Directed, shot and produced by women from the UK, Kenya, Poland. This screening will be following by a panel discussion with dir. Charlotte Sawyer plus guests TBC. Green Screen is a community-led space to discuss environmentally-focused cinema, with expert panels and friendly post-screening discussions. Everyone is welcome to 'continue the conversation' after the film in your cinema's meeting space where you can enjoy a free tea or filter coffee when you bring a keep cup!
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Welcome to Harbour Highlights, a series of cult and classic favourites, handpicked by the Harbour lights staff. For June, Henry takes us back to the summer of 1963 for the classic romantic drama Dirty Dancing. Released in the summer of 1987, Dirty Dancing went on to become the third biggest film of the year, turning stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey into global stars and the film’s soundtrack into a seminal record of the time. Set over a summer at an upscale summer resort, the film follows Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman (Grey) as she discovers the hidden side of the resort where class differences keep the guests and staff separate. Drawn to the exciting side of the staff’s nightlife, she soon falls for dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze). As the pair navigate their cultural differences, Castle finds himself drawn to Baby and a romance begins to blossom during their dance sessions. Often dismissed as being a fluffier film than it actually is, Dirty Dancing holds up not just because of its soundtrack and romance but because of its empathetic and honest look at class and youth in the early 1960s. But there’s a reason Baby and Johnny remain one of cinema’s most iconic couples and there’s no better way to experience the film than at the cinema where The Lift is as big, and the soundtrack is as loud as both can be.
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Welcome to Harbour Highlights, a series of cult and classic favourites, handpicked by the Harbour lights staff. For May, Cheryl takes us to the city of Hope, Washington for the birth of an iconic character in 1982’s First Blood. Based on the novel by David Morrell which others had spent a decade trying to adapt, First Blood finally reached the screen thanks to the star power of Sylvester Stallone who was riding high thanks to the success of the Rocky franchise. In John Rambo, he’d find another character that would become synonymous with his screen persona, though in his first film the character is less of the bombastic action hero of the sequels. Instead, the film is more of a character-based action drama, following the character as a troubled Vietnam veteran forced to use his skills to survive after a series of brutal events lead to a town’s officials hunting him down. With Stallone and co-stars Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy on top form, the film would go on to huge success, launching a franchise that led to everything from sequels to an animated series. Don’t miss the chance to revisit where it all began in the place it all began – on the big screen.
Thursday, 12 June 2025
“Choose life” Welcome to Harbour Highlights, a series of cult and classic films, handpicked by the staff of Harbour Lights. This month, in the build-up to Danny Boyle’s return to cinemas with 28 Years Later, staff member Finn takes us back to his break-out hit, Trainspotting. With his debut film Shallow Grave released in early 1995 to much buzz, Boyle his team of producer Andrew Macdonald and writer John Hodge were already moving onto their next project – an adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s cult novel Trainspotting. Welsh had been worried that any film adaptation of his story of heroin addicts would be a serious social drama for the arthouse crowd. Instead, Boyle and co. brought the dark comedy of Welsh’s novel to the fore, bolstered by an incredible soundtrack and brought to life by a cast including Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller, actors who made the characters of Renton, Begbie and Sick Boy into icons. Released in February 1996 with an unforgettable marketing campaign of black and white portraits emboldened by splashes of bright orange, the film and everything associated with it – the soundtrack, the poster, the cast - became the epitome of British cool. Nearly thirty years later, its lost none of its lust for life, especially when seen on the big screen.
Monday, 09 June 2025
Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
Monday, 09 June 2025
From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society. With the fierce and ambitious Astrid (BAFTA nominee Nico Parker; Dumbo, The Last of Us) and the village’s quirky blacksmith Gobber (Nick Frost; Snow White and the Huntsman, Shaun of the Dead) by his side, Hiccup confronts a world torn by fear and misunderstanding. As an ancient threat emerges, endangering both Vikings and dragons, Hiccup’s friendship with Toothless becomes the key to forging a new future. Together, they must navigate the delicate path toward peace, soaring beyond the boundaries of their worlds and redefining what it means to be a hero and a leader.
Friday, 26 December 2025
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Anne Rice, author of Interview With The Vampire, wanted Daniel Day Lewis for the role of Lestat, the villainous, preening European vampire responsible for turning protagonist Louis into a creature of the night. She got Tom Cruise. Cruise’s casting was reviled at the time, along with the film – but now, nearly thirty years later, Neil Jordan’s gothic melodrama (and Cruise’s wonderfully wicked performance) is beloved, bloody fun. Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt) is a vampire. He tells his story to an eager modern-day journalist: reanimated in 1790s Louisiana by a merciless, maniacal vampire named Lestat (Tom Cruise), Louis becomes entangled with Lestat due to their thirst for blood, and their joint stewardship of ten-year-old vampire Claudia (Kirsten Dunst).
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Based on the real story that inspired Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, follows the greatest love story of all time, set as an original pop musical.
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn't want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren't enough. Li's kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.
Tuesday, 03 June 2025
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Laid Bare At The Ritzy is BACK! And just in time for our 8th Birthday too, where we'll be making up for lost time with a top-class line-up specially curated to get this popular night up and running again! It's south London's première Acoustic Night, presenting the best musicians, singers and poets South London has to offer! Hosted by local musician Rami Radi, the night is based around carefully selected featured acts and dedicated to local performers showcasing their talent in a warm and friendly environment. Doors: 7.30 & FREE ENTRY! -- Laid Bare is a community for musicians, run by musicians. It was founded with the sole mission of encouraging positivity, artist-wellbeing and freedom of expression. What started as an acoustic night in Brixton, is now a flourishing musical community offering a platform to some of the country’s most exciting artists. Laid Bare also offers a range of professional services to musicians across the board, helping each take their next step on their own musical journey and, most importantly, ensure the experience of being an artist is an enjoyable one. For more details, check out our Website. And follow us on YouTube & Instagram. Please note: After 8pm, the Upstairs bar is for over 18's only.
Friday, 28 February 2025
As the Germans take over France during World War II, widowed mother Barny becomes increasingly anxious about her half-Jewish daughter. She decides to hide the girl on a nearby farm and have her baptised as a cover. The ceremony reminds Barny of the absurdity of religion, and inspires her to pick a fight with parish priest Leon. She's surprised to learn that he shares a great many of her views, and the two begin a chaste yet deep relationship.
Friday, 28 February 2025
Stefan Brand is a wealthy pianist who goes out at night to seduce women. One evening, when he returns home, he finds a letter from an unknown sender. This letter changes his life forever.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Molly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realize their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands.
Friday, 05 September 2025
This noir-influenced spine-chiller follows a jazz saxophonist (Bill Pullman) who, after a bizarre encounter at a party, is framed for the murder of his wife (Patricia Arquette). In prison, the man inexplicably transforms into a young mechanic and begins a new life for himself. Featuring piercing support performances from Robert Blake, Gary Busey and Richard Pryor, Lost Highway has become a cult favourite of Lynch fans. Join us as we revisit one of Lynch's most eerie and affecting works. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
We're delighted to welcome Amy Hardie for a live Q&A following this screening. Kenny and Kerry marry with secrets that almost blow their young family apart. After their new baby is born, Kenny's PTSD is triggered by his crying. Kenny no longer knows what is real, calls it ‘the screams’. It seems the marriage is over. But Kerry makes a choice - to return to school, study how the brain works, and discover that suffering isn’t a given - you can “use thoughts to change feelings”. We follow their recovery over ten years, through psychiatric medication, talking therapy, horses, race-cars and ice swimming as they emerge with new insights and resilience for their life ahead.
Monday, 24 March 2025
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 15 August 2025
Set in beautiful San Francisco, this is a suspense-filled story of a bank clerk who is terrorised by a murderous extortionist and the reassuring FBI agent who protects the ingenue. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 03 October 2025
Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation, where he accidentally (but good-naturedly) causes havoc. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 06 June 2025
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 14 November 2025
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, an aging silent film queen, and William Holden as the struggling writer who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in Sunset Boulevard. Winner of three Academy Awards., director Billy Wilder's orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence through the inevitable unfolding of tragic destiny, the film is the definitive statement on the dark and desperate side of Hollywood. Erich von Stroheim as Desmond's discoverer, ex-husband and butler, and Nancy Olson as the bright spot in unrelenting ominousness, are equally celebrated for their masterful performances. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 18 July 2025
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) that needs a brain, a Tin Man (Jack Haley) missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) to earn his help. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 05 September 2025
John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia, and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, as he believes she has been possessed by a dead ancestor who committed suicide. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees to the assignment after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
ACT I Spring, 1789, at the Château de Coigny near Paris. Gérard, servant to the Countess de Coigny, mocks the aristocracy and their manners. Observing his father struggle with a piece of furniture, Gérard laments the suffering of all servants under their arrogant masters (“Son sessant’anni”). Maddalena, the Countess’s daughter, appears and Gérard realizes how much he loves her. Busy with preparations for a soirée that evening, the Countess scolds Maddalena for not yet being dressed. Maddalena complains to her servant, Bersi, about the discomfort of the current fashions and then runs out to change. Among the guests to arrive is Fléville, a novelist, who has brought with him the rising poet Andrea Chénier. After the Abbé relates the latest depressing news from Paris, Fléville enlivens the party with a pastorale he has written for the occasion. Maddalena then teases a reluctant Chénier into improvising a poem (“Un dì all’azzurro spazio”). Chénier scandalizes the guests with his criticism of the indifference of the clergy and the aristocracy to the suffering of the impoverished. The guests’ gavotte is interrupted by Gérard, who brings in a group of starving peasants. The Countess orders Gérard out along with the rabble. The guests are then invited to return to the gavotte, but they depart instead, and the Countess is left alone. ACT II Spring, 1794, along the Cours-la-Reine in Paris. The Revolution has begun, and the Reign of Terror is in full force. To fend off the Incredibile, a spy, Bersi pretends to be a daughter of the Revolution (“Temer? Perchè?”). The Incredibile is not deceived and notices that Chénier is waiting for someone in the Café Hottot. Chénier is joined by his friend Roucher, who has brought a passport so that Chénier may leave the country safely. Chénier says his destiny is to remain to find the love he has never had and to discover who has been writing him anonymous letters (“Credo a una possanza arcana”). A procession of dignitaries led by Gérard interrupts their conversation. The Incredibile takes Gérard aside to ask about the woman he is looking for. Gérard describes Maddalena to him. Meanwhile, Bersi asks Chénier to wait at the café for someone who wants to meet him. Maddalena appears and reveals to Chénier that it was she who wrote the letters. They pledge to love each other until death (“Ora soave”). The Incredibile, having seen Chénier and Maddalena together, brings Gérard to the scene. Gérard is wounded as Chénier defends Maddalena. Gérard, however, recognizes Chénier and sends him away, asking him to protect Maddalena. When the gathering crowd asks who wounded Gérard, he answers that his assailant was unknown. ACT III July 24, 1794, in the courtroom of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Mathieu, a revolutionary, is unsuccessfully urging the crowd to donate to the cause. Gérard, recovered from his wound, makes an impassioned plea for the motherland. Madelon, an old woman who has already lost her son and a grandson in the war, offers her last grandson as a soldier (“Son la vecchia Madelon”). As the crowd disperses, the Incredibile appears. If Gérard wants to have Maddalena, the Incredibile insists, he must first arrest her lover, Chénier. As Gérard writes the accusation, he is filled with remorse at the bloodshed he has caused in his rise to power. He concedes that his new master is passion (“Nemico della patria”). No sooner does he hand Chénier’s indictment to the court clerk than Maddalena appears. Gérard admits that he has laid a trap for her and that he loves her. Maddalena offers herself to Gérard if he will save Chénier. She has been a fugitive, her mother was killed in the Revolution and their home was burned (“La mamma morta”). Touched by her love for Chénier, Gérard promises to try to save him. The Tribunal convenes with an unruly mob in attendance. Chénier pleads for his life (“Sì, fui soldato”) and Gérard admits to the judges that the accusation he wrote was false. Nevertheless, Chénier is sentenced to death and taken away. ACT IV July 25, 1794, in the ruins of Paris’ St. Lazare prison. Chénier reads a final poem (“Come un bel dì di maggio”) to his friend Roucher, who then bids him a final farewell. Gérard and Maddalena are met by the jailer, Schmidt, whom Maddalena bribes with some jewels to allow her to take the place of another young woman sentenced to death. Gérard leaves to once again plead Chénier’s case with Robespierre. Maddalena tells Chénier she is there to die with him. As the day dawns, they share one final moment together (“Vicino a te”) before being taken to the guillotine.
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
ACT I Vienna, 1860. In the Waldners’ hotel suite, Countess Adelaide von Waldner consults a fortuneteller about the family’s financial crisis. The cards predict a rich marriage for their beautiful daughter Arabella, which would get the family out of debt, but the fortuneteller sees danger from a second daughter. Adelaide admits that their “son,” “Zdenko,” who has been warding off creditors at the door, is in fact a girl, Zdenka, who has been brought up as a boy to save the family the ruinous expense of introducing two daughters into society. Adelaide and the fortuneteller leave and Zdenka, alone, laments the family’s situation. She fears they will have to leave Vienna and she will never see Matteo again, a young lieutenant and one of her sister’s suitors whom Zdenka has fallen in love with. To keep him happy, she has been writing him love letters in Arabella’s hand. Suddenly Matteo appears and asks his best friend, “Zdenko,” to help him win Arabella—otherwise he will shoot himself. Then he rushes off, leaving Zdenka desperate. Arabella returns from a walk to find presents from her three other suitors, Counts Elemer, Dominik, and Lamoral. Although Zdenka loves Matteo, she begs her sister to favor him so he will not be heartbroken. Arabella replies that the right man for her hasn’t appeared yet—she knows that once he does, she’ll recognize him. Elemer arrives to invite Arabella for a sleigh ride. Before she goes off to change, she notices a stranger outside the window whom she had seen earlier that morning. The two girls leave as Count Waldner enters and tells his wife that as a last resort he sent a photograph of Arabella to a rich old friend and fellow officer, Mandryka, hoping he would marry her. A few moments later Mandryka himself is announced—in fact, not the old Croatian friend, who has died, but his nephew and heir. The younger Mandryka has fallen in love with Arabella’s portrait and sold one of his forests in Slavonia to come to Vienna and ask for her hand. He lends the stunned Waldner some money, then leaves with the promise of an introduction later in the day. Waldner sets off to gamble with his newfound wealth. Matteo returns and Zdenka promises him she will have another letter from her sister that evening at the Coachmen’s Ball. Arabella, alone, reflects on the decision she has to make, her thoughts turning to the stranger she saw in the street. When Zdenka returns, the sisters go off to their sleigh ride. ACT II In the foyer of the ballroom, Waldner introduces Arabella to Mandryka, who turns out to be her fascinating stranger. Their meeting begins awkwardly as Mandryka, not used to Viennese society, feels he doesn’t find the right words, but Arabella is instantly attracted by his honest and straightforward manner—it is love at first sight. Mandryka tells of his young wife who died, of his lands, and the Slavonian custom of a girl pledging her engagement by presenting her future husband with a glass of water. Arabella returns his declaration of love but asks for one last evening to bid farewell to her girlhood. The coachmen’s mascot, the Fiakermilli, enters accompanied by her admirers and names Arabella queen of the ball. Mandryka orders champagne for everyone and steps aside as Arabella bids goodbye to Dominik, Elemer, and Lamoral. Meanwhile Matteo pleads desperately with Zdenka for some sign of Arabella’s professed love. Zdenka presses a key into his hands, telling him it opens the door next to Arabella’s bedroom, and that Arabella will meet him there later this evening. Mandryka, who has overheard the conversation, is appalled. Furious, he orders more champagne, drinks recklessly, and flirts with the Fiakermilli. Waldner appears, demanding to know what’s going on, and Adelaide explains that Arabella has gone home. Assuming there must be some sort of misunderstanding, Waldner convinces Mandryka to return with him to the hotel at once. ACT III Arabella enters the hotel lobby, dreamily thinking about her future life. Matteo, who has just spent some time in a dark room with someone he thought was Arabella, is amazed to find her there and can’t make sense of her cool cordiality. Mandryka arrives with the Waldners. Recognizing Matteo as the person who was given the key, he is convinced of Arabella’s betrayal despite her protestations of innocence. His behavior leads Waldner to demand satisfaction. Suddenly Zdenka comes running down the stairs in a nightgown. Overcome with shame, she confesses she gave herself to Matteo to avert a worse disaster. While her shocked parents forgive her, Matteo happily realizes that something didn’t add up from the beginning and that he is in love with Zdenka. Mandryka, though mortally ashamed, quickly takes charge of the situation and asks Waldner for Zdenka’s hand on Matteo’s behalf. As the others retire to their quarters, Arabella asks Mandryka to have his servant bring a glass of water to her room. Left alone and unable to forgive himself for his lack of trust in Arabella, Mandryka despondently wonders how she feels about him now that she left without even saying goodnight. As he is about to leave, Arabella appears at the top of the stairs, water glass in hand. She forgives Mandryka, and they renew their promise of love.
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
ACT I England, around 1650. Plymouth, a Puritan stronghold, is threatened by siege from the Royalist troops. Distant voices herald the wedding day of Elvira, daughter of Gualtiero, the fortress’s commander. Riccardo enters lamenting that his promised bride, Elvira, loves another man—a Stuart partisan. Her father will not force her to marry against her will, it seems, so Riccardo’s friend Sir Bruno urges him to devote his life to leading the parliamentary forces. Elvira tells her uncle, Giorgio, that she would rather die than marry Riccardo. Her uncle reassures her that he has persuaded her father to let her marry her lover, Arturo. Although Arturo is a Royalist, he is heralded as he approaches the castle. Everyone gathers for the wedding celebration and Arturo greets his bride. He learns that King Charles’s widow, Queen Enrichetta, is a prisoner in the castle and soon to be taken to trial in London. Alone with the queen, Arturo offers to save her even if it means his death. Elvira returns with the bridal veil and capriciously places it over Enrichetta’s head. When he is alone again with the queen, Arturo explains that the veil will provide the perfect disguise for escape from the castle. As they are about to leave, Riccardo stops them, determined to kill his rival. Enrichetta separates them and reveals her identity. Riccardo lets them get away, knowing this will ruin Arturo. The others return for the wedding, and Riccardo tells of Arturo’s escape with Enrichetta. Soldiers rush off in pursuit. Elvira, believing herself betrayed, is overcome by madness. ACT II The townsfolk mourn Elvira’s mental breakdown. Giorgio explains that she continues to long for Arturo. Riccardo arrives to announce that Arturo has been condemned to death by Parliament. The Puritans depart. Elvira wanders in, reliving her happy past. In her madness, she mistakes Riccardo for Arturo and dreams of her wedding. When she leaves, Giorgio tries to convince Riccardo to save Arturo. At first indignant, Riccardo is finally moved to help Elvira, and the two men unite in patriotism: if Arturo returns as a friend, he shall live—if as an armed enemy, he shall die. ACT III In Elvira’s garden, Arturo reveals that love for her has brought him back to Plymouth. He overhears her sing their old love song and is torn between his affection and his loyalty to the Stuarts. Elvira herself appears and Arturo reassures her that she is his only love. Soldiers rush in to arrest Arturo. Just then, a diplomat arrives with the news of the Royalists’ final defeat and a general amnesty for all the offenders. The shock of this news restores Elvira’s senses, and all rejoice in the peace as Elvira and Arturo embrace their new happiness.
Monday, 02 June 2025
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
ACT I Paris, in the 1830s. In their Latin Quarter garret, the near-destitute artist Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm on Christmas Eve by feeding the stove with pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. They are soon joined by their roommates—Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician, who brings food, fuel, and funds he has collected from an eccentric nobleman. While they celebrate their unexpected fortune, the landlord, Benoit, comes to collect the rent. After getting the older man drunk, the friends urge him to tell of his flirtations, then throw him out in mock indignation at his infidelity to his wife. As the others depart to revel at the Café Momus, Rodolfo remains behind to finish an article, promising to join them later. There is another knock at the door—the visitor is Mimì, a pretty neighbor, whose candle has gone out in the stairwell. As she enters the room, she suddenly feels faint. Rodolfo gives her a sip of wine, then helps her to the door and relights her candle. Mimì realizes that she lost her key when she fainted, and as the two search for it, both candles go out. Rodolfo finds the key and slips it into his pocket. In the moonlight, he takes Mimì’s hand and tells her about his dreams. She recounts her life alone in a lofty garret, embroidering flowers and waiting for the spring. Rodolfo’s friends call from outside, telling him to join them. He responds that he is not alone and will be along shortly. Happy to have found each other, Mimì and Rodolfo leave, arm in arm, for the café. ACT II Amid the shouts of street hawkers near the Café Momus, Rodolfo buys Mimì a bonnet and introduces her to his friends. They all sit down and order supper. The toy vendor Parpignol passes by, besieged by children. Marcello’s former sweetheart, Musetta, makes a noisy entrance on the arm of the elderly, but wealthy, Alcindoro. The ensuing tumult reaches its peak when, trying to gain Marcello’s attention, she loudly sings the praises of her own popularity. Sending Alcindoro away to buy her a new pair of shoes, Musetta finally falls into Marcello’s arms. Soldiers march by the café, and as the bohemians fall in behind, the returning Alcindoro is presented with the check. ACT III At dawn at the Barrière d’Enfer, a toll-gate on the edge of Paris, a customs official admits farm women to the city. Guests are heard drinking and singing within a tavern. Mimì arrives, searching for the place where Marcello and Musetta now live. When the painter appears, she tells him of her distress over Rodolfo’s incessant jealousy. She says she believes it is best that they part. As Rodolfo emerges from the tavern, Mimì hides nearby. Rodolfo tells Marcello that he wants to separate from Mimì, blaming her flirtatiousness. Pressed for the real reason, he breaks down, saying that her illness can only grow worse in the poverty they share. Overcome with emotion, Mimì comes forward to say goodbye to her lover. Marcello runs back into the tavern upon hearing Musetta’s laughter. While Mimì and Rodolfo recall past happiness, Marcello returns with Musetta, quarreling about her flirting with a customer. They hurl insults at each other and part, but Mimì and Rodolfo decide to remain together until springtime. ACT IV Months later in the garret, Rodolfo and Marcello, now separated from their girlfriends, reflect on their loneliness. Colline and Schaunard bring a meager meal. To lighten their spirits, the four stage a dance, which turns into a mock duel. At the height of the hilarity, Musetta bursts in with news that Mimì is outside, too weak to come upstairs. As Rodolfo runs to her aid, Musetta relates how Mimì begged to be taken to Rodolfo to die. She is made as comfortable as possible, while Musetta asks Marcello to sell her earrings for medicine and Colline goes off to pawn his overcoat. Left alone, Mimì and Rodolfo recall their meeting and their first happy days, but she is seized with violent coughing. When the others return, Musetta gives Mimì a muff to warm her hands, and Mimì slowly drifts into unconsciousness. Musetta prays for Mimì, but it is too late. The friends realize that she is dead, and Rodolfo collapses in despair.
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
ACT I In the village square, preparations are under way for the wedding of Elvino and Amina, a village favorite. Only Lisa, the practical-minded innkeeper, who was once engaged to Elvino herself, is unhappy. Amina enters and expresses her happiness and gratitude to all and especially to Teresa, who brought her up after she was orphaned (“Come per me sereno”). Elvino rushes in late for the contract signing and offers a bouquet of violets to Amina in apology, then gives her a ring that belonged to his mother (Duet: “Prendi, l’anel ti dono”). Suddenly, a stranger arrives—Count Rodolfo in disguise. After accepting Lisa’s offer to spend the night at the inn he declares his love for this place that he has not seen in years (“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni”). Noticing Amina, he is struck by her resemblance to a great love of his youth. As it grows dark, the villagers become apprehensive and Teresa explains to the stranger that a ghost haunts the town. Amused, the stranger says he’d like to see the ghost, then departs, followed by the villagers. Alone, Elvino and Amina quarrel over the count’s attentions to Amina, but Elvino soon apologizes for his jealousy (Duet: “Son geloso del zeffiro errante”). At the inn, Lisa has identified the stranger as the lost heir of the former local count. The two of them flirt, when suddenly there is a noise and Lisa hides in the closet, dropping her handkerchief. Amina enters, walking in her sleep. Rodolfo realizes that she must be the village “ghost.” Lisa, however, assumes Amina is coming to meet Rodolfo as a lover and slips away. Moved by her unconscious expressions of love for Elvino, Rodolfo leaves Amina innocently asleep on his bed. Unfortunately, the ever-inquisitive villagers choose this moment to come sneaking in to get another look at the stranger. Lisa appears with Elvino and Teresa, and everyone is shocked to find Amina in the count’s bed. Awakened by the commotion, the girl protests her innocence (“D’un pensiero e d’un accento”). For a moment, the entire village seems heartbroken over Amina’s betrayal, but soon rage sets in. In spite of Teresa’s pleas and Amina’s protestations, Elvino calls off the wedding and, with the rest of the village, turns on Amina (“Non più nozze”) In the ensuing chaos, Teresa picks up Lisa’s handkerchief. ACT II Feeling repentant, the villagers walk through a wood to Count Rodolfo’s castle, to speak to him regarding Amina’s case. Amina and Teresa enter and overhear Elvino lamenting (“Tutto è sciolto”). When he sees Amina, he reproaches her again and takes his ring from her. The villagers return to say that Rodolfo has confirmed Amina’s innocence and is on his way, but Elvino refuses to see his “rival” and leaves in despair. Amina is led away by Teresa. Elvino has decided to marry Lisa after all. He enters to lead her to church, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Rodolfo, who again proclaims Amina’s innocence, explaining to the incredulous crowd that she was only sleepwalking. Teresa appears, asking for quiet, since Amina has fallen asleep from exhaustion. She is shocked to see that Lisa is about to marry Elvino, who replies that Lisa was not found in another man’s room. When Teresa produces the handkerchief, Elvino realizes that Lisa has lied to him. Suddenly Amina appears, sleepwalking at a great height along a treacherous ledge. Afraid of waking her, the villagers watch and pray for her as she slowly reaches safety. Still asleep, Amina mourns the loss of Elvino, remembering the flowers he gave her that have since faded, and searching for her lost ring (“Ah! non credea mirarti”). Convinced of her innocence and unable to watch her suffer any longer, Elvino puts the ring back on her finger. Waking, Amina’s embarrassment turns to joy when she realizes that her dream has come true.
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
New Production. The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.
Saturday, 13 December 2025
ACT I Spring, 1789, at the Château de Coigny near Paris. Gérard, servant to the Countess de Coigny, mocks the aristocracy and their manners. Observing his father struggle with a piece of furniture, Gérard laments the suffering of all servants under their arrogant masters (“Son sessant’anni”). Maddalena, the Countess’s daughter, appears and Gérard realizes how much he loves her. Busy with preparations for a soirée that evening, the Countess scolds Maddalena for not yet being dressed. Maddalena complains to her servant, Bersi, about the discomfort of the current fashions and then runs out to change. Among the guests to arrive is Fléville, a novelist, who has brought with him the rising poet Andrea Chénier. After the Abbé relates the latest depressing news from Paris, Fléville enlivens the party with a pastorale he has written for the occasion. Maddalena then teases a reluctant Chénier into improvising a poem (“Un dì all’azzurro spazio”). Chénier scandalizes the guests with his criticism of the indifference of the clergy and the aristocracy to the suffering of the impoverished. The guests’ gavotte is interrupted by Gérard, who brings in a group of starving peasants. The Countess orders Gérard out along with the rabble. The guests are then invited to return to the gavotte, but they depart instead, and the Countess is left alone. ACT II Spring, 1794, along the Cours-la-Reine in Paris. The Revolution has begun, and the Reign of Terror is in full force. To fend off the Incredibile, a spy, Bersi pretends to be a daughter of the Revolution (“Temer? Perchè?”). The Incredibile is not deceived and notices that Chénier is waiting for someone in the Café Hottot. Chénier is joined by his friend Roucher, who has brought a passport so that Chénier may leave the country safely. Chénier says his destiny is to remain to find the love he has never had and to discover who has been writing him anonymous letters (“Credo a una possanza arcana”). A procession of dignitaries led by Gérard interrupts their conversation. The Incredibile takes Gérard aside to ask about the woman he is looking for. Gérard describes Maddalena to him. Meanwhile, Bersi asks Chénier to wait at the café for someone who wants to meet him. Maddalena appears and reveals to Chénier that it was she who wrote the letters. They pledge to love each other until death (“Ora soave”). The Incredibile, having seen Chénier and Maddalena together, brings Gérard to the scene. Gérard is wounded as Chénier defends Maddalena. Gérard, however, recognizes Chénier and sends him away, asking him to protect Maddalena. When the gathering crowd asks who wounded Gérard, he answers that his assailant was unknown. ACT III July 24, 1794, in the courtroom of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Mathieu, a revolutionary, is unsuccessfully urging the crowd to donate to the cause. Gérard, recovered from his wound, makes an impassioned plea for the motherland. Madelon, an old woman who has already lost her son and a grandson in the war, offers her last grandson as a soldier (“Son la vecchia Madelon”). As the crowd disperses, the Incredibile appears. If Gérard wants to have Maddalena, the Incredibile insists, he must first arrest her lover, Chénier. As Gérard writes the accusation, he is filled with remorse at the bloodshed he has caused in his rise to power. He concedes that his new master is passion (“Nemico della patria”). No sooner does he hand Chénier’s indictment to the court clerk than Maddalena appears. Gérard admits that he has laid a trap for her and that he loves her. Maddalena offers herself to Gérard if he will save Chénier. She has been a fugitive, her mother was killed in the Revolution and their home was burned (“La mamma morta”). Touched by her love for Chénier, Gérard promises to try to save him. The Tribunal convenes with an unruly mob in attendance. Chénier pleads for his life (“Sì, fui soldato”) and Gérard admits to the judges that the accusation he wrote was false. Nevertheless, Chénier is sentenced to death and taken away. ACT IV July 25, 1794, in the ruins of Paris’ St. Lazare prison. Chénier reads a final poem (“Come un bel dì di maggio”) to his friend Roucher, who then bids him a final farewell. Gérard and Maddalena are met by the jailer, Schmidt, whom Maddalena bribes with some jewels to allow her to take the place of another young woman sentenced to death. Gérard leaves to once again plead Chénier’s case with Robespierre. Maddalena tells Chénier she is there to die with him. As the day dawns, they share one final moment together (“Vicino a te”) before being taken to the guillotine.
Saturday, 22 November 2025
ACT I Vienna, 1860. In the Waldners’ hotel suite, Countess Adelaide von Waldner consults a fortuneteller about the family’s financial crisis. The cards predict a rich marriage for their beautiful daughter Arabella, which would get the family out of debt, but the fortuneteller sees danger from a second daughter. Adelaide admits that their “son,” “Zdenko,” who has been warding off creditors at the door, is in fact a girl, Zdenka, who has been brought up as a boy to save the family the ruinous expense of introducing two daughters into society. Adelaide and the fortuneteller leave and Zdenka, alone, laments the family’s situation. She fears they will have to leave Vienna and she will never see Matteo again, a young lieutenant and one of her sister’s suitors whom Zdenka has fallen in love with. To keep him happy, she has been writing him love letters in Arabella’s hand. Suddenly Matteo appears and asks his best friend, “Zdenko,” to help him win Arabella—otherwise he will shoot himself. Then he rushes off, leaving Zdenka desperate. Arabella returns from a walk to find presents from her three other suitors, Counts Elemer, Dominik, and Lamoral. Although Zdenka loves Matteo, she begs her sister to favor him so he will not be heartbroken. Arabella replies that the right man for her hasn’t appeared yet—she knows that once he does, she’ll recognize him. Elemer arrives to invite Arabella for a sleigh ride. Before she goes off to change, she notices a stranger outside the window whom she had seen earlier that morning. The two girls leave as Count Waldner enters and tells his wife that as a last resort he sent a photograph of Arabella to a rich old friend and fellow officer, Mandryka, hoping he would marry her. A few moments later Mandryka himself is announced—in fact, not the old Croatian friend, who has died, but his nephew and heir. The younger Mandryka has fallen in love with Arabella’s portrait and sold one of his forests in Slavonia to come to Vienna and ask for her hand. He lends the stunned Waldner some money, then leaves with the promise of an introduction later in the day. Waldner sets off to gamble with his newfound wealth. Matteo returns and Zdenka promises him she will have another letter from her sister that evening at the Coachmen’s Ball. Arabella, alone, reflects on the decision she has to make, her thoughts turning to the stranger she saw in the street. When Zdenka returns, the sisters go off to their sleigh ride. ACT II In the foyer of the ballroom, Waldner introduces Arabella to Mandryka, who turns out to be her fascinating stranger. Their meeting begins awkwardly as Mandryka, not used to Viennese society, feels he doesn’t find the right words, but Arabella is instantly attracted by his honest and straightforward manner—it is love at first sight. Mandryka tells of his young wife who died, of his lands, and the Slavonian custom of a girl pledging her engagement by presenting her future husband with a glass of water. Arabella returns his declaration of love but asks for one last evening to bid farewell to her girlhood. The coachmen’s mascot, the Fiakermilli, enters accompanied by her admirers and names Arabella queen of the ball. Mandryka orders champagne for everyone and steps aside as Arabella bids goodbye to Dominik, Elemer, and Lamoral. Meanwhile Matteo pleads desperately with Zdenka for some sign of Arabella’s professed love. Zdenka presses a key into his hands, telling him it opens the door next to Arabella’s bedroom, and that Arabella will meet him there later this evening. Mandryka, who has overheard the conversation, is appalled. Furious, he orders more champagne, drinks recklessly, and flirts with the Fiakermilli. Waldner appears, demanding to know what’s going on, and Adelaide explains that Arabella has gone home. Assuming there must be some sort of misunderstanding, Waldner convinces Mandryka to return with him to the hotel at once. ACT III Arabella enters the hotel lobby, dreamily thinking about her future life. Matteo, who has just spent some time in a dark room with someone he thought was Arabella, is amazed to find her there and can’t make sense of her cool cordiality. Mandryka arrives with the Waldners. Recognizing Matteo as the person who was given the key, he is convinced of Arabella’s betrayal despite her protestations of innocence. His behavior leads Waldner to demand satisfaction. Suddenly Zdenka comes running down the stairs in a nightgown. Overcome with shame, she confesses she gave herself to Matteo to avert a worse disaster. While her shocked parents forgive her, Matteo happily realizes that something didn’t add up from the beginning and that he is in love with Zdenka. Mandryka, though mortally ashamed, quickly takes charge of the situation and asks Waldner for Zdenka’s hand on Matteo’s behalf. As the others retire to their quarters, Arabella asks Mandryka to have his servant bring a glass of water to her room. Left alone and unable to forgive himself for his lack of trust in Arabella, Mandryka despondently wonders how she feels about him now that she left without even saying goodnight. As he is about to leave, Arabella appears at the top of the stairs, water glass in hand. She forgives Mandryka, and they renew their promise of love.
Saturday, 02 May 2026
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.
Saturday, 10 January 2026
ACT I England, around 1650. Plymouth, a Puritan stronghold, is threatened by siege from the Royalist troops. Distant voices herald the wedding day of Elvira, daughter of Gualtiero, the fortress’s commander. Riccardo enters lamenting that his promised bride, Elvira, loves another man—a Stuart partisan. Her father will not force her to marry against her will, it seems, so Riccardo’s friend Sir Bruno urges him to devote his life to leading the parliamentary forces. Elvira tells her uncle, Giorgio, that she would rather die than marry Riccardo. Her uncle reassures her that he has persuaded her father to let her marry her lover, Arturo. Although Arturo is a Royalist, he is heralded as he approaches the castle. Everyone gathers for the wedding celebration and Arturo greets his bride. He learns that King Charles’s widow, Queen Enrichetta, is a prisoner in the castle and soon to be taken to trial in London. Alone with the queen, Arturo offers to save her even if it means his death. Elvira returns with the bridal veil and capriciously places it over Enrichetta’s head. When he is alone again with the queen, Arturo explains that the veil will provide the perfect disguise for escape from the castle. As they are about to leave, Riccardo stops them, determined to kill his rival. Enrichetta separates them and reveals her identity. Riccardo lets them get away, knowing this will ruin Arturo. The others return for the wedding, and Riccardo tells of Arturo’s escape with Enrichetta. Soldiers rush off in pursuit. Elvira, believing herself betrayed, is overcome by madness. ACT II The townsfolk mourn Elvira’s mental breakdown. Giorgio explains that she continues to long for Arturo. Riccardo arrives to announce that Arturo has been condemned to death by Parliament. The Puritans depart. Elvira wanders in, reliving her happy past. In her madness, she mistakes Riccardo for Arturo and dreams of her wedding. When she leaves, Giorgio tries to convince Riccardo to save Arturo. At first indignant, Riccardo is finally moved to help Elvira, and the two men unite in patriotism: if Arturo returns as a friend, he shall live—if as an armed enemy, he shall die. ACT III In Elvira’s garden, Arturo reveals that love for her has brought him back to Plymouth. He overhears her sing their old love song and is torn between his affection and his loyalty to the Stuarts. Elvira herself appears and Arturo reassures her that she is his only love. Soldiers rush in to arrest Arturo. Just then, a diplomat arrives with the news of the Royalists’ final defeat and a general amnesty for all the offenders. The shock of this news restores Elvira’s senses, and all rejoice in the peace as Elvira and Arturo embrace their new happiness.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside high-flying tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the titular barber of Seville, with bass-baritone Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and bass Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Saturday, 08 November 2025
ACT I Paris, in the 1830s. In their Latin Quarter garret, the near-destitute artist Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm on Christmas Eve by feeding the stove with pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. They are soon joined by their roommates—Colline, a philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician, who brings food, fuel, and funds he has collected from an eccentric nobleman. While they celebrate their unexpected fortune, the landlord, Benoit, comes to collect the rent. After getting the older man drunk, the friends urge him to tell of his flirtations, then throw him out in mock indignation at his infidelity to his wife. As the others depart to revel at the Café Momus, Rodolfo remains behind to finish an article, promising to join them later. There is another knock at the door—the visitor is Mimì, a pretty neighbor, whose candle has gone out in the stairwell. As she enters the room, she suddenly feels faint. Rodolfo gives her a sip of wine, then helps her to the door and relights her candle. Mimì realizes that she lost her key when she fainted, and as the two search for it, both candles go out. Rodolfo finds the key and slips it into his pocket. In the moonlight, he takes Mimì’s hand and tells her about his dreams. She recounts her life alone in a lofty garret, embroidering flowers and waiting for the spring. Rodolfo’s friends call from outside, telling him to join them. He responds that he is not alone and will be along shortly. Happy to have found each other, Mimì and Rodolfo leave, arm in arm, for the café. ACT II Amid the shouts of street hawkers near the Café Momus, Rodolfo buys Mimì a bonnet and introduces her to his friends. They all sit down and order supper. The toy vendor Parpignol passes by, besieged by children. Marcello’s former sweetheart, Musetta, makes a noisy entrance on the arm of the elderly, but wealthy, Alcindoro. The ensuing tumult reaches its peak when, trying to gain Marcello’s attention, she loudly sings the praises of her own popularity. Sending Alcindoro away to buy her a new pair of shoes, Musetta finally falls into Marcello’s arms. Soldiers march by the café, and as the bohemians fall in behind, the returning Alcindoro is presented with the check. ACT III At dawn at the Barrière d’Enfer, a toll-gate on the edge of Paris, a customs official admits farm women to the city. Guests are heard drinking and singing within a tavern. Mimì arrives, searching for the place where Marcello and Musetta now live. When the painter appears, she tells him of her distress over Rodolfo’s incessant jealousy. She says she believes it is best that they part. As Rodolfo emerges from the tavern, Mimì hides nearby. Rodolfo tells Marcello that he wants to separate from Mimì, blaming her flirtatiousness. Pressed for the real reason, he breaks down, saying that her illness can only grow worse in the poverty they share. Overcome with emotion, Mimì comes forward to say goodbye to her lover. Marcello runs back into the tavern upon hearing Musetta’s laughter. While Mimì and Rodolfo recall past happiness, Marcello returns with Musetta, quarreling about her flirting with a customer. They hurl insults at each other and part, but Mimì and Rodolfo decide to remain together until springtime. ACT IV Months later in the garret, Rodolfo and Marcello, now separated from their girlfriends, reflect on their loneliness. Colline and Schaunard bring a meager meal. To lighten their spirits, the four stage a dance, which turns into a mock duel. At the height of the hilarity, Musetta bursts in with news that Mimì is outside, too weak to come upstairs. As Rodolfo runs to her aid, Musetta relates how Mimì begged to be taken to Rodolfo to die. She is made as comfortable as possible, while Musetta asks Marcello to sell her earrings for medicine and Colline goes off to pawn his overcoat. Left alone, Mimì and Rodolfo recall their meeting and their first happy days, but she is seized with violent coughing. When the others return, Musetta gives Mimì a muff to warm her hands, and Mimì slowly drifts into unconsciousness. Musetta prays for Mimì, but it is too late. The friends realize that she is dead, and Rodolfo collapses in despair.
Saturday, 18 October 2025
ACT I In the village square, preparations are under way for the wedding of Elvino and Amina, a village favorite. Only Lisa, the practical-minded innkeeper, who was once engaged to Elvino herself, is unhappy. Amina enters and expresses her happiness and gratitude to all and especially to Teresa, who brought her up after she was orphaned (“Come per me sereno”). Elvino rushes in late for the contract signing and offers a bouquet of violets to Amina in apology, then gives her a ring that belonged to his mother (Duet: “Prendi, l’anel ti dono”). Suddenly, a stranger arrives—Count Rodolfo in disguise. After accepting Lisa’s offer to spend the night at the inn he declares his love for this place that he has not seen in years (“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni”). Noticing Amina, he is struck by her resemblance to a great love of his youth. As it grows dark, the villagers become apprehensive and Teresa explains to the stranger that a ghost haunts the town. Amused, the stranger says he’d like to see the ghost, then departs, followed by the villagers. Alone, Elvino and Amina quarrel over the count’s attentions to Amina, but Elvino soon apologizes for his jealousy (Duet: “Son geloso del zeffiro errante”). At the inn, Lisa has identified the stranger as the lost heir of the former local count. The two of them flirt, when suddenly there is a noise and Lisa hides in the closet, dropping her handkerchief. Amina enters, walking in her sleep. Rodolfo realizes that she must be the village “ghost.” Lisa, however, assumes Amina is coming to meet Rodolfo as a lover and slips away. Moved by her unconscious expressions of love for Elvino, Rodolfo leaves Amina innocently asleep on his bed. Unfortunately, the ever-inquisitive villagers choose this moment to come sneaking in to get another look at the stranger. Lisa appears with Elvino and Teresa, and everyone is shocked to find Amina in the count’s bed. Awakened by the commotion, the girl protests her innocence (“D’un pensiero e d’un accento”). For a moment, the entire village seems heartbroken over Amina’s betrayal, but soon rage sets in. In spite of Teresa’s pleas and Amina’s protestations, Elvino calls off the wedding and, with the rest of the village, turns on Amina (“Non più nozze”) In the ensuing chaos, Teresa picks up Lisa’s handkerchief. ACT II Feeling repentant, the villagers walk through a wood to Count Rodolfo’s castle, to speak to him regarding Amina’s case. Amina and Teresa enter and overhear Elvino lamenting (“Tutto è sciolto”). When he sees Amina, he reproaches her again and takes his ring from her. The villagers return to say that Rodolfo has confirmed Amina’s innocence and is on his way, but Elvino refuses to see his “rival” and leaves in despair. Amina is led away by Teresa. Elvino has decided to marry Lisa after all. He enters to lead her to church, but they are interrupted by the arrival of Rodolfo, who again proclaims Amina’s innocence, explaining to the incredulous crowd that she was only sleepwalking. Teresa appears, asking for quiet, since Amina has fallen asleep from exhaustion. She is shocked to see that Lisa is about to marry Elvino, who replies that Lisa was not found in another man’s room. When Teresa produces the handkerchief, Elvino realizes that Lisa has lied to him. Suddenly Amina appears, sleepwalking at a great height along a treacherous ledge. Afraid of waking her, the villagers watch and pray for her as she slowly reaches safety. Still asleep, Amina mourns the loss of Elvino, remembering the flowers he gave her that have since faded, and searching for her lost ring (“Ah! non credea mirarti”). Convinced of her innocence and unable to watch her suffer any longer, Elvino puts the ring back on her finger. Waking, Amina’s embarrassment turns to joy when she realizes that her dream has come true.
Saturday, 21 March 2026
New Production. The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: Gaslight (1940) | A Zed and Two Noughts | Only Lovers Left Alive | Romeo + Juliet | …and a surprise film! For years now, genius filmmakers (and husband-and-wife duo!) David Lowery and Augustine Frizzell have been movie marathon aficionados across the pond. But now they're setting sail for the moonlit waters of Picturehouse Central and joining us in person to warmly welcome you to a night of cinema magic. “There are few things Augustine and I love more than movie marathons. We love attending them, and we love programming them (the highlight of our year is the 24-hour Halloween Horrorthon that we throw for our friends in October), so when the possibility of curating a Picturehouse Marathon was presented, we leapt at it,” David tells us. “The lineup we've put together contains one film I haven't seen, one film Augustine hasn't seen, as well as a selection of titles that have endured and become beloved in our household. Some of them we know by heart; others we haven't seen in decades.” This spellbinding selection offers delight and darkness in equal measure: cross paths with arty vampires and star-crossed teens, be dazzled by dead ringers and strange obsessions, and sink into one superbly sumptuous mystery movie, all pulled from the minds and hearts of our brilliant hosts. Ready to be spellbound? “All of them deserve to be viewed on the biggest screen possible,” our host tells us (he’s right), “and with that in mind, we hope you'll join us for a night of cozy cinematic madness.”
Friday, 14 November 2025
Beautiful, bizarre and strangely addictive, the film begins as a botched hit which results in the meeting of brunette amnesiac Rita (Laura Harring – Love in the Time of Cholera) and blonde would-be Hollywood actress Betty (Naomi Watts – Birdman, 21 Grams). Taking the viewer on a memorable neo-noir trip through Hollywood’s dark underbelly, Lynch dispenses with a conventional narrative in favour of a hallucinogenic assault on the senses that will stay with you long after the credits roll. Recently voted the best film of the 21st Century in a BBC Culture poll, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is essential viewing by one of the masters of contemporary American cinema. David Lynch’s scary and seductive vision of Hollywood is a true masterpiece, weaving together a tale of love, jealousy, and revenge like no other. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Tuesday, 01 July 2025
“A portrait of a now-gone New York and, sadly, of Chantal Akerman herself. News from Home centres on the tension that occurs when, after yearning for new space, this sensation gives way to the reality of prolonged (perhaps even unbridgeable) distance: the inescapable condition of loneliness.” Kiva Reardon “Enveloping, graceful, maudlin and spikily class-conscious.” Andrew Simpson “Akerman’s legacy is a tender, questioning voice in filmmaking, peeling back layers of intimate dynamics.” Sophie Brown
Friday, 26 July 2019
Norwich History Festival Presents: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE - ROTTEN ROMANS Who are the Celts? What have the Romans ever done for us? And why is Emperor Nero dousing himself in horse wee? Find out in 90 minutes of historical hijinks based on the popular children’s books by Terry Deary. Friends, Romans, Celts… lend us your ears! The all-conquering Romans rule the civilised world – and that includes “the stain” that is Britain. While the young Emperor Nero must battle his scheming mother Agrippina for ultimate power, Celt queen Boudicca gathers an army in Britain to repel the rotten Romans. Mixed up in this battle for liberation are the teenage Atti, a reluctant Roman soldier, and Orla, a young Celt with dreams of becoming a warrior like Boudicca. Will they fall on opposite sides or forge a friendship in the chaos of Celtic-inspired rebellion?
Friday, 25 April 2025
Norwich History Festival presents THE ELEPHANT MAN Dr. Frederic Treves (Anthony Hopkins) discovers Joseph (John) Merrick (John Hurt) in a sideshow. Born with a congenital disorder, Merrick uses his disfigurement to earn a living as the "Elephant Man." Treves brings Merrick into his home, discovering that his rough exterior hides a refined soul, and that Merrick can teach the stodgy British upper class of the time a lesson about dignity. Merrick becomes the toast of London and charms a caring actress (Anne Bancroft) before his death at 27. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Monday, 28 April 2025
Norfolk Folklore Society, in partnership with Norwich History Festival and Reel Connections present WITCHFINDER GENERAL + Introduction & short archive film. “He has the right to hang them in the sight of God…” The Norfolk Folklore Society invites you to an unholy night of righteous terror, rural horror and East Anglian evil as they present Witchfinder General (1968) in collaboration with Reel Connections and Cinema City. Shot on location in Norfolk and Suffolk, and based on real historical events, Witchfinder General tells the harrowing story of Matthew Hopkins, the self-appointed witch-hunter who blackmailed, tortured and executed his way across East Anglia during the English Civil War. Starring a viciously restrained Vincent Price, this brutal, beautiful film is widely considered a masterpiece of British folk horror. Hopkins wasn’t a fantasy - he was real. And the landscapes he haunts in the film are our own: ruined churches, wind-blown fields, lost villages. Here, horror rises not from demons or devils but from dreadful men in power. Now considered one of the most important horror films of all time, this is folk horror at its most grounded and grim: no monsters, no magic—just cruelty, fear and the terrifying collapse of order. Before the screening, Norfolk Folklore Society’s Stacia Briggs and Siofra Connor will introduce the film, exploring its historical roots, folkloric themes and impact on the genre, while Shuck Zine artist Matt Willis will be selling his eerie artwork in the gallery. This event is presented in collaboration with Reel Connections, a not-for-profit organisation that uses film, music and the arts to connect people across Norfolk and the East of England. Before and after the screening, the bar will be transformed into a folk horror haven, complete with a DJ set full of sinister strings, rustic rhythms, and witchy bangers. Guests will also receive a free special-edition badge to commemorate this chilling night of East Anglian horror.
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
We're proud to have a live accompaniment from Hugo Max for this screening of Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror. An iconic film of the German expressionist cinema, and one of the most famous of all silent movies, F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu. Eine Symphonie des Grauens. [Nosferatu. A Symphony of Horror.] continues to haunt — and, indeed, terrify — modern audiences with the unshakable power of its images. By teasing a host of occult atmospherics out of dilapidated set-pieces and innocuous real-world locations alike, Murnau captured on celluloid the deeply-rooted elements of a waking nightmare, and launched the signature “Murnau-style” that would change cinema history forever. In this first-ever screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, a simple real-estate transaction leads an intrepid businessman deep into the superstitious heart of Transylvania. There he encounters the otherworldly Count Orlok — portrayed by the legendary Max Schreck, in a performance the very backstory of which has spawned its own mythology — who soon after embarks upon a cross-continental voyage to take up residence in a distant new land… and establish his ambiguous dominion. As to whether the count’s campaign against the plague-wracked populace erupts from satanic decree, erotic compulsion, or the simple impulse of survival — that remains, perhaps, the greatest mystery of all in this film that’s like a blackout… Check out more from Hugo Max here!
Thursday, 05 June 2025
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education), Vanessa Kirby (The Crown), and Ben Foster (Lone Survivor) lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, returning to cinemas. As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. From visionary director Benedict Andrews, this acclaimed production was filmed live during a sold-out run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2014.
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. This explosively funny satire, about a rogue U.S General who triggers a nuclear attack, is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley.
Thursday, 04 September 2025
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
Friday, 28 February 2025
Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe is assigned the case of a series of horrific murders in a rural Chinese town. As the investigation progresses, pressure from his superiors to find the suspected serial killer mounts, leading to a hasty arrest. But while his colleagues rush to celebrate, several clues push Ma Zhe deeper into a desperate investigation of his own – leading him into a dark world where mystery hangs over his every lead. A gripping crime thriller, ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS will take you on a journey into one man’s obsession with finding the truth whatever it takes.
Saturday, 16 August 2025
Join Out at Clapham in celebrating Madonna's birthday with this special screening of A League of Their Own. Plus after party at The Cav from 8pm! Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.
Saturday, 14 June 2025
S/HE IS STILL HER/E - THE OFFICIAL GENESIS P-ORRIDGE DOC We're delighted to welcome Genesse, Genesis P-Orridge’s daughter as well as other special guests for a live Q&A follwing the documentary. Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now. In this authorised but raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH) documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality and, in the process, reveal the many sacrifices and ultimate payoffs of a life that transcended boundaries. Featuring William Burroughs, Brion Gyson, Timothy Leary, Alice Genese (Psychic TV), David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Nepalese monks, African witch doctors, and a special cameo by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, plus never-before-seen archival treasures, including performances from Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.
Sunday, 20 July 2025
This Outdoor Cinema screening will take place at: Ealing: Gunnersbury Park House, Popes Lane, London, W5 4NH Please note that films will start after sundown (approximately 20.30-21.00) so that you can enjoy outdoor cinema at its best. Doors open at 19.30, so be sure to arrive early to enjoy our drinks and snacks and settle in with your choice of seat. The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism and joins a football team.
Saturday, 26 July 2025
These Outdoor Cinema screenings will take place at: Ealing: Gunnersbury Park House, Popes Lane, London, W5 4NH Norwich: The Plantation Garden, 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3DB Please note that films will start after sundown (approximately 20.30-21.00) so that you can enjoy outdoor cinema at its best. Doors open at 19.30, so be sure to arrive early to enjoy our drinks and snacks and settle in with your choice of seat. A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town that's harbouring a dark secret.
Friday, 30 May 2025
PIG changes are coming! Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby! There’s no better time to embark on a full house renovation, shop for a new car and make special memories together. Celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of Peppa Pig at this special, big screen experience with an hour of laughter, tears and loads of heartwarming moments. With 10 oinktastic new episodes, 6 brand new songs and music videos, your little ones can dance and sing along with Peppa and her family and friends. The wait is finally over... join Peppa and George as they meet their new baby sibling for the first time at Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience!
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: A Surprise Film | Another Surprise Film | What’s That? Another Surprise Film! One | One More Surprise Film Three All Nighters down, and the might of our Pot Luck screen remains – so this time, we're adding a twist to the mystery movie celebrations! As always, this screen promises nothing but surprise-film hits, but attendees will have an added challenge on their hands: guessing the theme that ties all four of these movies together. Is it a plot twist? A secret star? Something completely random (and entirely, wonderfully unexpected)? Regardless of whether you connect the dots, the cinematic treats remain: we’ve had previews, rarities and crowd-pleasers, and this time around is no different. What surprises await? There’s only one way to find out…
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: Nightbreed: Director’s Cut | Revenge of the Creature (3D) | Hallucinations | The Green Slime | Little Shop of Horrors: Director’s Cut Monsters have long been cinema’s queer cyphers — the feared other! — but they also represent our ferocious queer selves as we fight back against oppression. This night of deviant horror — both unintentionally and audaciously queer — is our collective call to action. Your host Token Homo invites you to ‘Bring Your Freak’ with a costume competition (prizes for best look!) and a sleeping bag slug monster makeover workshop (bring your own sleeping bag, all other materials provided!). NIGHTBREED: DIRECTOR’S CUT Pride starts with an uprising, and queer filmmaker Clive Barker’s dark fantasy about a himbo discovering his subterranean queer family is the Stonewall Riot of monster movies. REVENGE OF THE CREATURE 3D Swim in the dangerous waters of overlooked sequels with this 1950s B&W horror show where Universal’s horny Gill-Man resurfaces from the Black Lagoon to resist conversion therapy and battle toxic beefcake (all in glorious 3D!). HALLUCINATIONS How do you create maximalist horror cinema in your bedroom whilst your parents are downstairs having a dinner party? These are the teenage emissions of 1980s shot-on-video enfants terribles John and Mark Polonia, and their gay best pal, Todd Michael Smith. THE GREEN SLIME Our queer selves aren’t fixed and this spectacular 1960s sci-fi catastrophe — about space goo attacking the patriarchy! — is a chaotic serving of shape-shifting practical FX and the ULTIMATE movie theme song. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: DIRECTOR’S CUT We end our night with a plant-based apocalypse, a radical reworking of the much-loved movie musical where heteronormativity is gleefully defeated and Audrey II might just be horror cinema’s first Black Trans Final Girl. Feel free to sing along! RADIANT CIRCUS / TOKEN HOMO radiantcircus.com / tokenhomo.com IG & X @radiantcircus / @tokenhomo
Friday, 20 June 2025
A vibrant dive into the heart of a working-class seaside town, Queering Blackpool charts the rise of its drag and LGBTQ+ scene - from the bold pioneers who built it to the new generation carrying the glittering torch. Through candid interviews, rare footage, and show-stopping performances, the film celebrates the resilience, rebellion, and fierce joy that makes Blackpool a queer sanctuary. Both a tribute and a promise, it captures the soul of a town where identity takes centre stage. Q&A with the Filmmakers after the film.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out...With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love awaits. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family and will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.
Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans. 65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille mal gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking. As intimate as it is sumptuous, La traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber... Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it. Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure. Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure. Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.
Wednesday, 01 October 2025
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out? A star-studded cast includes soprano Anna Netrebko performing the role of Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Music Director of The Royal Opera Jakub Hrůša conducting his first new production in the role. An alternative, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears’ unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini’s thriller.
Monday, 09 February 2026
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures. Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out...With a little bit of magic, she is transported into an ethereal new world – one where fairies bring the gifts of the seasons, where pumpkins turn into carriages, and where true love awaits. This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family and will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.
Tuesday, 03 March 2026
The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.
Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans. 65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille mal gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking. As intimate as it is sumptuous, La traviata features some of opera’s most famous melodies, and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Verdi’s opera shines bright.
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber... Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it. Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure. Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.
Wednesday, 01 October 2025
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art. But when Cavaradossi helps an escaped prisoner, the lovers make a deadly enemy in the form of Baron Scarpia, Chief of Police. At the mercy of Scarpia’s twisted desires, Tosca is forced to make a horrific bargain: sleeping with the man she hates in order to save the man she loves. Can she find a way out? A star-studded cast includes soprano Anna Netrebko performing the role of Tosca, tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley as Scarpia, with Music Director of The Royal Opera Jakub Hrůša conducting his first new production in the role. An alternative, modern-day Rome provides the backdrop for Oliver Mears’ unmissable, gripping new production of Puccini’s thriller.
Monday, 09 February 2026
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures. Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Hitchcock’s first Daphne Du Maurier adaptation remains one of his most chilling works: a timid young woman (Joan Fontaine) meets and falls madly in love with a wealthy widower (Laurence Olivier) whilst working as a lady’s companion in Monte Carlo. After a whirlwind romance, she travels to her new home, the misty English country estate Manderley, but finds her newlywed bliss short-lived when she discovers that Rebecca – her husband's first wife, and object of withering housekeeper Mrs. Danvers’ (Judith Anderson) fixation – wields a ghostly hold over everything and everyone who lives there.
Monday, 02 June 2025
Reclaim the Frame presents Lollipop + Q&A with director Daisy-May Hudson Molly, a young woman released from prison struggles to regain custody of her children. When she bumps into her childhood friend Amina the two women soon realize their only chance is to join forces and take destiny into their own hands. The Edinburgh event on 2 June will feature a conversation with director Daisy-May Hudson, moderated by Reclaim The Frame Impact Producer, Eilidh Akilade. The Brighton event on 11 June will feature a conversation with director Daisy-May Hudson and cast Posy Sterling & Idil Ahmed , moderated by Reclaim The Frame Impact Producer, Rui Jin. Reclaim The Frame is a charity that champions marginalised perspectives in cinema, connecting with audiences and communities through special screenings and events across the UK. Reclaim The Frame events create a space to discuss what's under the surface of each story. Sign up for their newsletter to stay up to date on all their programming: https://www.reclaimtheframe.org/sign-up-as-an-advocate
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Presented by Dark Matter and Round Table Books Join us for an illuminating evening with writer, art historian, and founder of A Black History of Art, Alayo Akinkugbe, in conversation with curator and educator Bolanle Tajudeen. In Reframing Blackness, Akinkugbe challenges the historical erasure of Blackness in mainstream art history. This discussion will delve into key themes from the book, shedding light on the intersections of race, feminism, and cultural narratives in art. Expect a thought-provoking conversation on how we can rethink art history, challenge dominant narratives, and celebrate the contributions of Black artists. Whether you’re an art lover, artist, student, or simply curious about the untold stories of Blackness in art, this event is not to be missed. The event will include an audience Q&A, book sales with Round Table Books and a book signing. About Reframing Blackness Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored. In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void. Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, as well as Blackness in museums, in feminist art movements and in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an overlooked but integral part of our collective art history. Refreshing and accessible, this promises to start a much-needed conversation in culture and education. Alayo Akinkugbe graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in History of Art in 2021 and graduated with an MA in Curating the Art Museum from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2023. She runs the Instagram platform @ABlackHistoryofArt, which highlights Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day; and hosts the podcast A Shared Gaze. Alayo is a contributing editor and writes the column ‘Black Gazes’ for AnOther Magazine. She was awarded a curatorial research grant by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art for the exhibition Entangled Pasts: Art Colonialism and Change at the Royal Academy of Arts. Alayo was on the advisory panel and contributed to the book African Artists: From 1882 to Now, published by Phaidon in 2021, and has written for publications including Dazed, Tate Etc. and The World of Interiors. Reframing Blackness is her first book. Bolanle Tajudeen is a curator, cultural leader, and founder of Black Blossoms, an expanded curatorial platform and online art school supporting artists from diverse backgrounds. She is also a curator at the Bristol Legacy Foundation, where she leads projects reimagining public spaces and cultural narratives. In 2024, she launched Bolanle Contemporary, a gallery dedicated to showcasing exceptional work from artists often underrepresented in the art world. Founded in 2024 Bolanle Contemporary supports artists committed to artistic excellence. The gallery promotes artists from diverse backgrounds, offering a platform to reach wider audiences. Bolanle Contemporary hosts exhibitions that enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art. Dark Matter is an inclusive marketing agency that works collaboratively to connect Black audiences with culture and the arts. Find out more here. Round Table Books is an inclusion-led bookshop. They sell books for every reader and run community projects, based in the heart of Brixton. They work with authors and illustrators that celebrate underrepresented experiences. Find out more here.
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Join us for a relaxed double bill of Tod Browning’s Freaks & David Lynch’s The Elephant Man: a pair of ahead-of-their-time films about disability. Both found their home on the alternative cinema circuits of the 1930s and 80s respectively, embraced by those who found resonance in all the credence they gave—and still give—to marginalised people. This double bill is open to all, will be introduced by Lynchspirations season programmer Hope Hopkinson, with an interval and informal discussion group about the film’s themes and resonance. Timings: 6:30: Introduction + FREAKS 7.50: Intermission + in-screen discussion 8.20: THE ELEPHANT MAN Please note: these screenings will have no ads or trailers, so make sure to arrive with plenty of time! Relaxed screenings are designed to make cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Find out more here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/relaxed-screenings
Friday, 27 June 2025
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice? Relaxed screenings are designed to make cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Find out more here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/relaxed-screenings
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Based on the popular graphic novel by the North American writer Sara Varon, ROBOT DREAMS tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s. Relaxed screenings are designed to make cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Find out more here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/relaxed-screenings
Friday, 30 May 2025
Tracy Samantha Lord is the daughter of a wealthy family and about to marry for the second time. On the eve of her wedding, ex-husband appears, with a tabloid reporter by his side in an attempt to kill a character-damning news-story of her father. This evolves into a love triangle (or square) and Tracy is forced to take an unflinching look at herself to realise who she truly loves. Relaxed screenings are designed to make cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Find out more here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/relaxed-screenings
Monday, 02 June 2025
The story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor. With: Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis. Relaxed screenings are designed to make cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Find out more here: https://www.picturehouses.com/blog/relaxed-screenings
Friday, 22 March 2024
Based on the popular graphic novel by the North American writer Sara Varon, ROBOT DREAMS tells the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s.
Monday, 04 November 2013
A charming animated version of Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler's magical tale of a kind witch who invites a surprising collection of animals to join her on her broom, much to the frustration of her loyal cat. The gang ultimately saves the witch from a fearsome dragon, and in gratitude she rewards them all with a magnificent new broom which has room for everyone.
Monday, 23 June 2025
S/HE IS STILL HER/E - THE OFFICIAL GENESIS P-ORRIDGE DOC Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now. In this authorised but raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH) documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality and, in the process, reveal the many sacrifices and ultimate payoffs of a life that transcended boundaries. Featuring William Burroughs, Brion Gyson, Timothy Leary, Alice Genese (Psychic TV), David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Nepalese monks, African witch doctors, and a special cameo by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, plus never-before-seen archival treasures, including performances from Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.
Sunday, 15 June 2025
S/HE IS STILL HER/E - THE OFFICIAL GENESIS P-ORRIDGE DOC We're delighted to welcome Genesse, Genesis P-Orridge’s daughter as well as other special guests for a live Q&A follwing the documentary. Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now. In this authorised but raw and personal documentary, award-winning director David Charles Rodrigues (GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH) documents the final year of P-Orridge’s existence as they grapple with mortality and, in the process, reveal the many sacrifices and ultimate payoffs of a life that transcended boundaries. Featuring William Burroughs, Brion Gyson, Timothy Leary, Alice Genese (Psychic TV), David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), Nepalese monks, African witch doctors, and a special cameo by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, plus never-before-seen archival treasures, including performances from Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV.
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
We're delighted to welcome director Bernard MacMahon and the producer Allison McGourty for a live Q&A following this screening, hosted by Scared To Dance's Paul Richards. Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group. Scared To Dance are independent club night, live music, film screening and book event promoters founded by Paul Richards in 2009. The club plays post-punk, indiepop, new wave and art rock music and is on the first Saturday of the month at The Victoria and the third Saturday of the month at The Shacklewell Arms in London. We also host club nights in Berlin, Glasgow and Brighton. Photosensitivity Warning: The following title contains a sequence of flashing lights which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Nomi, a young drifter, arrives in Las Vegas to become a dancer and soon sets about clawing and pushing her way to become the top of the Vegas showgirls.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
The South London Film Festival Official Awards Showcase 2025 The South London Film Festival is back with an unforgettable evening of cinema celebrating 15 award-winning, powerful and thought-provoking short films. Amongst the line-up is the Oscar-nominated and Palme d'Or-winning The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent; BAFTA-shortlisted Room Taken (Exec produced by Colin Farrell); An Award-Winning music video by Joy Crookes and Kano; plus the WORLDWIDE PREMIERE of Highway to the Moon the stunning directorial debut of Black Panther’s Letitia Wright - To name a few. The evening will be hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Fee Mak, and includes a live Awards Ceremony + Q&A. After the screening, head to the Ritzy bar to network with fellow film enthusiasts, industry professionals and the talent behind the films. This is a screening you will not want to miss.
Saturday, 14 June 2025
The South London Film Festival Presents: She Owns The Scene No Permission. Just Presence. Join The South London Film Festival as they proudly present a powerful showcase of 9 bold short films that celebrate women who OWN the scene both on and off screen. This striking programme amplifies voices that challenge convention, celebrate identity and shake the status quo. From emerging on screen talent to boundary-pushing directors/producers. These are stories for everyone - made to move, challenge and simply entertain. 9 Bold films that showcase outstanding female talent who own the scene both on and off screen. + Q&A - Including Oscar, BIFA & BAFTA - longlisted film "Sister's Wives". As well as a powerful line up with some incredible talents including works from Tamzin Outhwaite (Eastenders), Gary Beadle (Eastenders, Rye Lane, Star Wars: Andor), Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex), Kellie Shirley (In The Long Run, Eastenders) and Michael Fox (Downton Abbey) to name a few. Stick around after the screening for drinks, networking, and real talk.
Monday, 17 February 2020
Spark is Britain’s first true storytelling club. They welcome all into a friendly open-mic style atmosphere. Sit back and listen, or sign up on the night to tell your own story! Just three rules - your story must be true, about you, and around 5 minutes long. Everyone (not just 'performers') has a story. We connect people through true stories. Doors 7.30pm, stories from 8pm. Tickets: £5 Please note: after 8pm, Upstairs is for over 18s only.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: The Florida Project | Bottoms | After Hours | Charlie’s Angels | Paddington 2 With over 20 million people in the Letterboxd community around the world, settle in for a night of programming from cinephiles who have been sharing their love of film with us for decades. From Marty to Charli, the Letterboxd screen presents five titles made—or adored by—Letterboxd members you may well be familiar with.
Friday, 28 February 2025
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Sunday, 29 June 2025
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Friday, 27 June 2025
John Huston’s much-loved adventure pits a prim missionary and a cynical river captain against German gunboats and natural hazards in East Africa in 1915. The African Queen is surrounded in legend: for the unlikely pairing of Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart (who won his only Best Actor Oscar for his performance), and the logistical nightmares and clashes of temperament which attended the shoot.
Friday, 18 October 2024
The Apprentice is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump's ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.
Friday, 30 May 2025
Eccentric lottery winner Charles dreams of getting his favorite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, back together. The fantasy becomes real when the bandmates and former lovers agree to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
Thursday, 09 June 2022
Are you a Movie Buff, a Film Connoisseur or a Wannabe Director? Ready to show off your movie knowledge whilst winning some one of a kind prizes and supporting charity all at the same time? Then get yourselves down to The Big Ritzy Quiz the first Sunday of every month. Our fantastic Ritzy Picturehouse team will be your Quiz Masters, putting your knowledge to the test!
Friday, 04 July 2025
A semi-autobiographical tale based on Spielberg's own childhood. Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place.
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
From visionary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy and Stoker) comes The Handmaiden, a sumptuous and exhilarating period thriller inspired by Sarah Waters’ best-selling novel 'Fingersmith'. Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, a young handmaiden named Sookee (Kim Tae-ri) is hired by Hideko (Kim Min-hee), a reclusive heiress who lives in a sprawling mansion under the watchful eye of her domineering Uncle Kouzuki (Cho Jin-woong). But Sookee harbours a secret: she has been recruited by Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo), a scheming con artist posing as a Japanese Count, to trick Hideko into entrusting him with her fortune. However, when Sookee and Hideko begin to develop unexpected emotions for each other, they start putting together a plan of their own. With breathtaking visuals, grandiose set design and frenzied humour, The Handmaiden is one of the year’s most anticipated films - an opulent and labyrinthine tale of deception, romance and triple-crossing that marks a career high for one of modern cinema’s most thrilling auteurs.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
Line up: The Hunger Games | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two With Haymitch’s story fresh on the shelves, a London stage production about to open and a brand new film coming our way next year, we can’t imagine a better time to revisit dystopian blockbuster series The Hunger Games! Get your side braids in and dust off your Mockingjay pins as we emotionally reset to 2012 and binge all four films in the original franchise, following 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she fights to survive in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Big Night Out brings our signature slumber party feel, free badges and interactive shenanigans to new highs as we battle to survive all night long. May the odds be ever in your favour.
Friday, 30 May 2025
It started as a concert. It became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars as they celebrate The Band’s historic 1976 Thanksgiving Day farewell performance. Directed by Martin Scorsese, “The Last Waltz” is not only “the most beautiful rock film ever made” (The New Yorker)…it’s “one of the most important cultural events of the last two decades” (Rolling Stone)! Featuring Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters and more.
Friday, 13 June 2025
The Night of the Hunter is revered today, but it failed on its first release, and Laughton never recovered from the disappointment – it was his only film as director. Adapted from a bestselling novel by Davis Grubb, it is part expressionist horror movie, part luminous fairytale, and contains some of the most haunting images in cinema. Evil, in the form of fake preacher Robert Mitchum, is visited upon a woman and two innocent children until they’re rescued by Good, in the form of frail Lillian Gish. In its intensely visual treatment of the story, the film harks back to the great silent cinema, thanks to former Orson Welles collaborator Stanley Cortez’s marvellously expressive black and white cinematography. As the former criminal convinced that his executed cellmate’s loot is in the possession of his widow (Shelley Winters) – whom he marries purely in order to get his hands on it – Robert Mitchum was never better: charismatic and charming, vicious and violent, his symbolic ‘duel’ between two sets of tattooed knuckles (‘LOVE’ and ‘HATE’) gave American cinema one of its indelible images.
Friday, 20 June 2025
Directed by Rupert Julian, and based on a novel by Gaston Leroux, classic silent horror masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera stars Lon Chaney, in one of his most grotesque performances as the crazed man without a face, who lives in the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, and falls in love with the voice of a young opera singer. Infatuated, he kidnaps her, dragging her to the depths below where she will sing only for him.
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Oh hi, Mark! Join us for a special evening with Mark himself, Greg Sestero – star of THE ROOM and the New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated THE DISASTER ARTIST! The evening will include a special screening of THE ROOM featuring live Q&A with Greg! Also, a chance to join Greg on stage for a live script reading. You’ll find yourself saying “What a story Mark!” time and time again, as he’s not keeping any of his stupid comments in his pocket on this night. Plus a meet-and-greet with Greg…and maybe even a bonus surprise or two?! Written, produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau, The Room is celebrated as one of the 21st century's most beloved cult films. In the years since its first release in 2003, it has found a devoted audience; in 2013, Sestero penned The Disaster Artist, his memoir of the making of The Room, which was adapted into a film in 2017. Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.
Friday, 30 May 2025
An honest and life-affirming true story of the healing power of the natural world.
Friday, 01 August 2025
New 2K digital restorations of six short films by Lynch: Six Men Getting Sick (1967), The Alphabet (1968), The Grandmother (1970), The Amputee, Version 1 and Version 2 (1974), and Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995), Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place.
Friday, 20 December 2019
A classic family animation based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. A restless young snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on a whale's tail. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the snail feels very small in the vastness of it all. But when the whale is beached in a bay, it's the tiny snail who saves the day.
Friday, 03 October 2025
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual journey. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Original Title: Los restos del pasar Directors: LUIS (SOTO) MUÑOZ Y ALFREDO PICAZO Country: Spain Year: 2023 Duration: 83 minutes The Trail Left by Time is a film that drifts between fiction and non-fiction, told with stunning sensitivity and a poetic realism reminiscent of the most lyrical and folkloric Carlos Saura. It follows a man who, in what feels like his final breath, recalls an Easter Week from his childhood in the village where he grew up; seven days that shaped the adult he would become. Through an intimate tone and a powerful soundtrack, the film allows its evocative images and music to speak for themselves. It reflects on the essence of a place: the meaning of its customs and beliefs, its rituals around life and death, the delicate balance between individual and collective memory, and the inevitable transience of all that inhabits us. This event is part of the Latin Connections Film Festival in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy of the United Kingdom.
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Asil, a young Syrian refugee, tells her story through Little Amal, a 12ft puppet symbolising millions of displaced children. Little Amal’s journey from the Syrian border in Turkey across Europe is one of compassion and discovery. The Walk is not a typical documentary. It mixes vérité documentary with fantastical semi-scripted elements to create a fairytale for children and adults alike.. London Breeze Film Festival is delighted to once again be supporting Refugee Week and this year's theme of 'Community as a Superpower'. Join us at The Ritzy and follow the 3,000-mile journey made by Little Amal and her puppeteers representing every child's need for comfort, welcome, safety and a home. The screening will be followed by a free 30-minute interactive puppetry demonstration from the world renowned Little Angel Puppet Theatre, who will bring along two puppets made and operated in similar ways to Little Amal - made by the creators of the War Horse puppets.
Friday, 14 February 2025
Animated special feature adapted from the picture book story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler that follows a little fish with a big imagination who entertains friends with tall tales. One day, Tiddler gets lost but is saved by his own storytelling.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Set in the rugged landscape of 1790’s Britain, Tornado (played by model-songwriter Koki,) finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s travelling puppet show crosses paths with a ruthless criminal gang led by Sugarman (PULP FICTION star Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (SLOW HORSES’ Jack Lowden). In an attempt to create a new life, Tornado seizes the opportunity to steal the gold from the gang’s most recent heist; what follows is a thrilling tale of adrenaline-fueled action as Tornado fights to escape a violent demise.
Friday, 15 August 2025
In the homely little town of Deerfield, an FBI agent disappears into thin air during an investigation into the mysterious murder of teenager Teresa Banks. Prompted by a series of strange, haunting visions and uncanny supernatural encounters, fellow Agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan), becomes certain that the murderer will strike again. Meanwhile, a year on from these events in the nearby town of Twin Peaks, Homecoming Queen Laura Palmer is on a hedonistic path leading nowhere good... At once prologue and epilogue to Lynch's iconic television series, Fire Walk With Me entered into cult history with the same strange, heady brew of folksy Americana and weird symbolism. Screening in a beautifully restored version join us in a world where the birds sing a pretty song and there’s always music in the air. Costumes and logs welcome. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 20 June 2025
As part of David Lynch’s Dream Theatre our year-long celebration of the inimitable filmmaker, we’re thrilled to bring his groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks to the big screen for the first time. Step in between the fir trees and solve one of the small screen’s most enduring mysteries: who killed Laura Palmer? Season 1, Episode 5: The One-Armed Man The investigation progresses as Agent Cooper questions Laura's psychiatrist, Dr. Jacoby, who has some suspicions of his own. Meanwhile, Gordon Cole, Cooper's supervisor, calls in; mill owner Josie Packard spies on Ben Horne and Catherine Martell; Deputy Hawk tracks down the One-Armed Man from Cooper's dream; and Audrey Horne decides to begin her own investigation. Season 1, Episode 6: Cooper’s Dream Agent Cooper, Sheriff Truman and company have tea with eccentric local the Log Lady, who tells them there was another suspicious man around on the night Laura died - and leads them to discover a macabre crime scene in the woods. James and Donna take Madeleine Ferguson, Laura's doppelganger cousin, into their confidence.
Saturday, 07 June 2025
As part of David Lynch’s Dream Theatre our year-long celebration of the inimitable filmmaker, we’re thrilled to bring his groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks to the big screen for the first time. Step in between the fir trees and solve one of the small screen’s most enduring mysteries: who killed Laura Palmer? Season 1, Episode 1: Northwest Passage The small town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken to its core when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic. Arriving to help Sheriff Harry Truman and local law enforcement investigate the case, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper becomes convinced of a link between Palmer's murder and that of Theresa Banks, who died a year earlier. While Laura's parents mourn, Cooper begins his investigation – but the town’s eccentricities mean he may have to solve more than he bargained for. Season 1, Episode 2: Traces to Nowhere While Agent Cooper settles in at the Great Northern Hotel – catching the eye of Audrey Horne, an unruly classmate of Laura Palmer’s – he endeavours to discover more about Laura’s troubled secret life after getting her autopsy report. Meanwhile, three initial suspects – a frightened James Hurley, vengeful Bobby Briggs, and Mike Nelson – are released from custody.
Friday, 27 June 2025
As part of David Lynch’s Dream Theatre our year-long celebration of the inimitable filmmaker, we’re thrilled to bring his groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks to the big screen for the first time. Step in between the fir trees and solve one of the small screen’s most enduring mysteries: who killed Laura Palmer? Season 1, Episode 7: Realisation Time Agent Cooper and team pay a special visit to One Eyed Jack's, while Audrey Horne attempts to go undercover as a hostess there. Meanwhile, Josie Packard shares her suspicions with Truman about Catherine Martell's intentions, and Dr. Jacoby receives a phone call from the dead Laura Palmer. Season 1, Episode 8: The Last Evening Agent Cooper and Sherif Truman's investigation builds to a terrifying conclusion as they hone in on Jacques Renault, now their prime suspect, who has details to divulge about Laura Palmer’s final hours.
Friday, 13 June 2025
As part of David Lynch’s Dream Theatre our year-long celebration of the inimitable filmmaker, we’re thrilled to bring his groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks to the big screen for the first time. Step in between the fir trees and solve one of the small screen’s most enduring mysteries: who killed Laura Palmer? Season 1, Episode 3: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer As they continue to dig into Laura Palmer’s murder, Agent Cooper demonstrates an unusual deductive technique for the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department. As Laura’s friends, Donna Hayward and James Hurley pledge their love to each other, businessman Benjamin Horne and his brother, Jerry, take a trip to the seedy One Eyed Jack’s. Season 1, Episode 4: Rest in Pain The townsfolk of Twin Peaks gather for Laura Palmer's funeral, where a surprising outburst brings proceedings to a halt. Agent Cooper reels from a dream he had about Laura’s killer; he tells Truman he can't remember who the killer was, but insists the dream is a clue to solving the crime. He also connects with Audrey, who confesses to leaving him a note about One Eyed Jack's.
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) brings the stories of the Windrush generation and their descendants to life through the lens of film. Now in its sixth year, the festival connects audiences across the UK and the global diaspora through powerful storytelling that explores identity, migration, and belonging. 🌍 www.windrushfilmfestival.com The programme includes the acclaimed documentary Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande, celebrating the legacy of the pioneering British funk band Cymande. The screening will also feature a selection of short films, including Remembering BRAFA - as the song that became Hackney's answer to Live Aid celebrates its 40th anniversary, and animations by artists supported through Film London’s FLAMIN Animations programme. Presented in partnership with ALT A REVIEW, Joy Coker (www.alt-africa.com), a bespoke online and print media platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black, Brown, and minority creatives.
Friday, 23 May 2025
Three friends go on a quest to obtain powers thinking it will be the solution to all of their problems. Episode 1: Welcome to Blue Zoo A bump in the road sends two store fish best friends flying out of a car window and into a strange Pond.They accidentally save the life of Jam (a precocious Neon Tetra). Episode 2: Great Beast! Jam’s new friends unintentionally release Bolo, a generations-old threat that wreaks havoc. The Trio bands together to find a unique way to stop Bolo. Episode 3: The Marshy Maze Jam’s plans to take BZ and I.M. Tiger on a tour of Blue Zoo get interrupted by Sheriff Alpha who has the town on red alert after The Great Beasts got released.
Friday, 30 May 2025
Three friends go on a quest to obtain powers thinking it will be the solution to all of their problems. Episode 4: Nost-Algae After BZ gets lectured by Sheriff Alpha for a prank, he sets off to prove the Sheriff wrong by replicating one of his old feats of bravery. Episode 5: The New Tiger After nervous I.M. Tiger becomes scared that he’ll end up just like the town weirdo Cory, he sets out to reinvent himself before it’s too late. Episode 6: Zinker Stinker The Trio is tired of not being taken as seriously as the Grown-Ups after the town imposes a new curfew law on Sprats. Episode 7: Scaredy Fish As The Trio follows Zinker further and further into the The Lunarbalk Forest, narrowly evading danger at every turn, the Grown-Ups of Blue Zoo realize they were too hard on them.
Friday, 18 July 2025
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor. Part of David Lynch's Dream Theatre, a year-long tribute to an artist from another place. Our monthly screening of a Lynch masterpiece will also be paired with one film cited as an inspiration.
Friday, 25 April 2025
Wind, Tide & Oar is a compelling exploration of engineless sailing, shot on analogue film over three years. The film delves into the experiences of those who travel solely by harnessing the natural elements alone, following a diverse array of traditional boats and uncovering the unique rhythms and motivations of engineless navigation. Journeying through rivers, coastlines, and open seas, spanning the UK, the Netherlands, and France, Wind, Tide & Oar creates a contemplative space, addressing themes of ecology, heritage, traditional skills, and maritime history. Using a 1960s hand-wound camera, Wahl offers a poetic and intimate perspective on a millennia-old craft, upended by the invention of mechanised power. Through the film’s reveries, sailing becomes a means to explore our interaction with and responsibility to the environment. It invites deep reflection on our relationship with nature, our understanding of and commitment to sustainability, and our care for the world around us.
Sunday, 22 June 2025
In Wings of Desire, director Wim Wenders’ most metaphysical work, a guardian angel desires nothing more than to be human. Every day, Dammiel (Bruno Ganz) listens to the thoughts of mortals who play their lives out on the streets of West Berlin. He finds himself entranced by a trapeze artist whose eloquent expression of her doubts and fears makes him yearn for a life where he can feel happiness and love.
Friday, 06 June 2025
Follow the adventures of Xavier, Yadina, and Brad, as they travel back in time to meet famous heroes of the past and learn how to be their own heroes of the present! Episode 1: I am Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach shows Xavier that to get better at something, such as playing the recorder, you have to work hard and practice. Episode 2: I am Marie Curie Marie Curie shows Brad that if he wants to learn more about butterflies, he should follow his dreams no matter what.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Follow the adventures of Xavier, Yadina, and Brad, as they travel back in time to meet famous heroes of the past and learn how to be their own heroes of the present! Episode 3: I am Mary Shelley Mary Shelley shows Xavier that it’s okay if he doesn’t like telling spooky stories around a campfire, he should tell stories his own way. Episode 4: I am Harry Houdini Harry Houdini shows Brad that when he’s scared, he can take a deep breath to calm down and feel better.
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Based on the book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler Directed by: Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon Starring: Patsy Ferran, Kit Harington, Sir Lenny Henry, Hugh Skinner, Tracey Ullman A half hour family film based on the much loved picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. ZOG is the story of a keen young dragon who wants to learn how to fly, roar, and breathe fire in his first years at Dragon School. He’s desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he’s accident prone and each year he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises. Then in Year Four, he has to capture a princess - can the young girl help him with his trickiest challenge yet?