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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.
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Captured during Simply Red's electrifying performances in Santiago, Chile in March 2025, this spectacular concert film captures Mick and the band at their absolute finest. As part of their monumental 40th anniversary world tour, the Santiago shows delivered an unforgettable experience that now comes to the big screen for fans worldwide. The 4K film showcases the band performing their greatest hits spanning four decades, with stunning cinematography that captures both the intimate moments and the grandeur of the packed arena. Audiences will be treated to classics like "Stars," "Something Got Me Started," "Money's Too Tight to Mention," and of course, "Holding Back the Years," all performed with the passion and soul that have made Simply Red a global phenomenon since 1985. Beyond the music, the film offers exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and candid moments that reveal the special connection between the band and their Latin American fans. The atmosphere of Santiago provides the perfect backdrop for this celebration of Simply Red's enduring legacy. Whether you're a lifelong fan or discovering their music for the first time, this concert film provides an unparalleled opportunity to experience the timeless sound and charismatic performance of one of Britain's most beloved bands.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
On a small farm in a Norwegian forest, the Paynes live a purposefully isolated life, aiming to be wild and free. Maria and Nik, along with their four children Ulv, Falk, Freja, and Ronja are self-sufficient. They practice home-schooling and strive for a closely-knit family dynamic in harmony with nature. However, when tragedy strikes the family, it upends their idyllic world and forces them to forge a new path into modern society.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Join us for a rare and powerful evening as two internationally acclaimed authors - Abi Daré, author of The Girl With the Louding Voice, and Charmaine Wilkerson, author of Black Cake - as they come together to discuss their latest novels, And So I Roar and Good Dirt. Abi and Charmaine are known for crafting unforgettable stories that centre resilient women, family legacy, and the power of voice. In this intimate discussion, they’ll delve into the emotional landscapes of their new books - stories that explore what it means to come of age through adversity, healing, sisterhood, and the courage it takes to reclaim your future. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering these writers for the first time, this is a rare opportunity to experience their talents side by side. The event will include an audience Q&A, book sales with Round Table Books and a book signing with both authors. About And So I Roar Plucky fourteen-year-old Adunni is in Lagos, excited to finally enrol in school. Having escaped her rural village in a desperate bid to seek a better future, she's found refuge with Tia, a kind and brilliant woman on her own troubled journey of self-discovery. But it's not so simple to run away from your past. On the night before she is due to join her new classmates for her first lesson, a terrible knocking at the front gate summons Adunni back to her home village, Ikati, where her dramatic story of resilience first begun. As Tia frantically tries to protect her from an uncertain fate, Adunni must try to save not only herself but all the young women of her village, and transform Ikati into a place where girls. About Good Dirt Ebby Freeman’s life has always been marked with tragedy. First, the death of her brother Baz, killed in an anonymous armed robbery when they were teenagers. Then her perfect fiancé Henry deserting her on the day of their wedding, without an explanation. When Ebby arrives in a sleepy French village, she believes she’s found an opportunity for healing and anonymity. Until Henry appears, staying at the neighbouring property with his beautiful new girlfriend in tow. It’s the worst situation that Ebby can imagine. But might it give her a chance to piece together the fragments of her past – and finally embrace her future? Dark Matter is a community-first marketing agency that works collaboratively to reach audiences often left out of the mainstream conversation. 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.
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
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.)
Friday, 28 February 2025
In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.
Friday, 09 May 2025
A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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!
Friday, 23 June 2023
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
We're delighted to welcome director Kwabana Oppong for a live Q&A following this screening. Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s advisor on race Samuel Kasumu, and Sal Naseem the former Regional Director for London at the IOPC, as well as cultural figures Che Lingo, Nathalie Emmanuel, broadcasters Andi and Miquita Oliver and Munya Chawawa. This feature documentary tells the story of George Floyd’s murder, the massive global reaction to it and the backlash that followed. At a time when diversity initiatives in the USA are being scrapped by President Trump’s decree, and Elon Musk is retweeting Ben Chapiro's call for the police officer who murdered George Floyd to be pardoned, this film explores how his death became one of the most significant moments of our time. It also questions whether enough has been achieved since then and what needs to happen next. Capturing a UK-wide perspective, we will see how Floyd’s murder was a moment of reckoning, not only in the US but also in the UK which sparked the BLM movement.
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, 10 May 2025
Big Night Out’s journey through the Twilight Saga ends* with a bang, with a back-to-back screening of Breaking Dawn - Part One and Breaking Dawn - Part Two. Double the film, double the thrills: ✦ Flightless Bird: American Mouth by Iron and Wine ✦ A honeymoon that’s mostly chess ✦ Robert Pattinson performs a caesarean with his teeth ✦ Vampire Model UN ✦ Vampire Model UN members Lee Pace and Rami Malek ✦ YOU NICKNAMED MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE LOCH NESS MONSTER?! ✦ The most upsetting CGI-puppet baby you’ve ever seen (leave resume alone) ✦ Passport forgery Bella and Edward are at the start of their happily ever after, as they celebrate their wedding with friends and family and head off to honeymoon in a private island paradise. But Bella soon notices some unexpected changes - a pregnancy that defies what the couple thought possible. As the baby grows unnaturally fast, the Cullens are divided and the Quileutes close in, will Bella survive her greatest challenge yet? …spoilers, yes! And she’s finally a vampire! But her newborn half-human, half vampire child puts her family in a whole new kind of danger, and will require their greatest push yet before an ultimate showdown with the Volturi… TIMINGS 3.00pm: Part One 5.15pm - 6.00pm: Break (pizza and drinks available in the Twilight bar upstairs!) 6.00pm: Part Two Big Night Out brings you social, themed screenings of guilty pleasures and cult favourites. Expect giveaways, badges, a quote-off competition, Muse on the playlist, and strictly no imprinting on newborn babies. Twilight-inspired looks strongly encouraged as always. *Until the all day marathon…?
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Björk: Cornucopia, the highly anticipated concert film recorded live in Lisbon, captures the celebrated artist’s groundbreaking tour that mesmerised audiences worldwide for five years. This unique cinematic experience immerses viewers in Björk’s spectacular stage production, featuring a setlist spanning her iconic early works to the visionary Utopia (2017) and Fossora (2023). The production showcases bespoke instruments, including a magnetic harp, a circular flute, an aluphone, and a reverb chamber, and Björk is furthermore joined on stage by musical director and multi-instrumentalist Bergur Þórisson, percussionist Manu Delago, flute septet Viibra, harpist Katie Buckley and the Hamrahlid choir. Digitally animated moving curtains create a modern lanterna magica for live music, transforming 21st-century VR visuals into the grandeur of a 19th-century theatre — and now into an immersive cinema experience, enhanced by meticulously crafted Dolby Atmos spatial audio. Directed by Ísold Uggadóttir, the film features sound and visual creative direction, music arrangements, production, and performance by Björk. It showcases the work of James Merry as co-creative director of visuals, and original animation by Tobias Gremmler – with additional contributions from Andrew Thomas Huang, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Pierre-Alain Giraud, Nick Knight, and Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton-Jones. Cornucopia sees Björk pushing the boundaries of live performance, offering a visually and sonically immersive experience unlike anything seen before.
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, 12 March 2025
Doodle your way into our fortnightly Cartooning Club, where pencils fly and creativity soars! These sessions are designed to give cartoonists a forum to share, discuss, and develop their work in a supportive environment. Through guided discussion, fun drawing exercises, and constructive feedback, you'll have the chance to level up your cartoon game – plus enjoy a dedicated time and place to draw every other week. Absolute beginners are just as welcome as seasoned sketchers! Whether you've been nurturing a character concept, have a strip you're itching to develop, or simply want to spend time with fellow cartoon enthusiasts, our Club offers both community and that gentle nudge of accountability to make sure you actually draw! Come see where your pencil might take you! Hosted by Rob Middleton, a cartoonist and teacher of cartooning. Programmed in partnership with The Sir John Hurt Film Trust.
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Beaming in live from Basel, Switzerland, the Eurovision Song Contest is back lighting up the big screen at the City Screen York. Whether you’re remembering your roots and rooting for the UK’s Remember Monday, or you think there’s something about San Marino this year, it’s guaranteed to be an absolutely trashy good time. Your ticket includes a glass of Prosecco, a pint of Camden Hells, or a soft drink of your choice. Cheers!
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.
Friday, 02 May 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of Picturehouse Entertainment's latest offering; the sumptuous, sun-soaked Parthenope, 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. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime. Born in the Bay of Naples in 1950, Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. But when tragedy strikes, and carefree romances lose their thrill, she decides to seek a deeper sense of purpose. Featuring a captivating performance from Dalla Porta and an outstanding cast that includes Gary Oldman, PARTHENOPE is another tale of great beauty from a master of modern cinema. Please note that this film is in multiple languages, and the English language sections are not subtitled - except in Subtitled (Captioned) screenings.
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Get cosy and craft away over a classic film! You’re welcome to bring your crafts into this screening (crochet, knitting, drawing etc) and work on them whilst the film is playing. Please note the lights will be left on during this film. Please do not bring paint or any craft that may cause damage for this screening - thank you! 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.
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel, 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. At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel in the early 20th century, peerless concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself swept up in the battle for an enormous family fortune – and subsequently framed for murder – when one of his frequent guests dies. Assisted by his young, inexperienced protege Zero (Tony Revolori), who becomes a trusted friend, Gustave attempts to prove his innocence while political tumult transforms the old-world splendour of the Europe he calls home. Meticulously designed and performed with panache by an all-star ensemble, the inimitable Wes Anderson brings all his wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper, anchored by a magnificent Fiennes. You’ll never want to check out.
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Join us for a special crafting screening of The Penguin Lessons, 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. Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
We are delighted to welcome Fabio for a live Q&A following this screening moderated by Anthony Andrews from We Are Parable. Fabio is a pioneering British DJ and music producer, renowned for his contributions to the drum and bass and jungle scenes. With a career spanning over three decades, he has become a key figure in electronic music, known for his smooth mixes and deep, soulful sound. Fabio was instrumental in shaping the genre, hosting influential radio shows and performing at legendary clubs and festivals worldwide, cementing his status as one of the genre's true icons. "Desire: The Carl Craig Story" is an intimate portrait of legendary techno producer, DJ and record label creator Carl Craig and an ode to his beloved city, Detroit. Raised in a middle class African American family, Carl's parents fostered his artistic pursuits, even if that meant breaking with his family's tradition of pursuing higher education. With Detroit's decline and recovery as a backdrop, "Desire: The Carl Craig Story" follows the career of a musical pioneer whose genre-defying techno music – which was inspired by a wide range of sounds, has been performed to jazz enthusiasts at the Montreux Jazz Festival and in the premier classical auditoriums around the world, including Carnegie Hall. Thirty-five years into his music career, Carl Craig, a leading figure of the second generation of the Detroit techno artists, has now been embraced by the visual arts world, with recent exhibitions at MOCA in Los Angeles and Dia Beacon in New York. But at the pinnacle of his creative and deejaying success, the musician faces challenges that could ultimately force him to stay away from the dance floor.
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.
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.
Friday, 25 April 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. After the unexpected death of her closest friend and mentor, New York novelist and writing teacher Iris becomes the caretaker of both his literary legacy and his beloved Great Dane, Apollo. Reluctantly bringing the enormous dog into her tiny Manhattan apartment, Iris develops a surprising kinship with the soulful animal—even though his outsized presence upends both her professional commitments and her daily routine. Together, the unlikely duo begins to move through their shared grief, tentatively embarking on a surprising path toward acceptance and healing.
Wednesday, 11 March 2020
9pm - Midnight. Free entry. Please note: After 8pm, the Upstairs bar is for over 18's only.
Friday, 23 May 2025
Duke’s After Dark: The Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D This month, the Duke’s After Dark team are going amphibious and taking a dive into another dimension for a very special 3D Friday late night monster movie. A science expedition voyaging through the Amazon rainforest discovers evidence of a mysterious prehistoric reptilian humanoid creature - but their interfering soon has deadly consequences! Jack Arnold’s seminal B&W monster movie, featuring one of the most iconic costume designs of all time and a monster musical motif to unnerve the bravest of souls in, is rightly regarded as a peak in Hollywood’s early ‘50s dalliance with 3D. 3D glasses will be available on the night for £1 or free for Members. Duke’s After Dark films have 10 minutes of ads and trailers.
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.
Friday, 16 May 2025
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule. 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, 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, 16 May 2025
The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this renaissance genius? Who was this ambitious and passionate man? A virtuoso craftsman, Michelangelo’s artistry is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the deeply moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling still leave us breathless today. Spanning his 89 years, Michelangelo – Love and Death, takes a cinematic journey from the print and drawing rooms of Europe, through the great chapels and museums of Florence, Rome and the Vatican to explore the tempestuous life of Michelangelo. We go in search of a greater understanding of this most charismatic figure, his relationship with his contemporaries and his valuable artistic legacy. Through expert commentary and Michelangelo’s own words, this film takes a fresh look at an enigmatic man whose life is celebrated in every mark and every stroke he made. A giant artistic force and universally loved, discover why Michelangelo is without a doubt one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance – and perhaps of all time.
Saturday, 17 May 2025
CinemaLive is excited to bring to cinemas across the UK the Live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. Fans can come together and be ‘united by music’ sharing in the incredible experience of celebrating the biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year on the big screen! The 69th edition of the Contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland following Nemo’s victory at the Grand Final in May 2024 with their song The Code.
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, 09 May 2025
A powerful mix of documentary and drama, the first full-length film to be shot within the occupied Palestinian West Bank ‘Green Line’, FERTILE MEMORY is a powerful portrait of two Palestinian women whose individual struggles both define and transcend the politics that have torn apart their lives. The film will be introduced by Scottish-Palestinian poet Nada Shawa, and followed by a discussion led by Falastin Film Festival’s Nehad Khader.
Friday, 16 May 2025
The newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
Friday, 09 May 2025
Final Destination (2000) After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one. Final Destination: Bloodlines The newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all. There will be a 15-minute interval between films.
Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Resident DJs Leslie Michel, Akin Shenbanjo Jnr & Fitzroy (Soul Survivors) spinning an eclectic selection of jazz, funk, soul, latin & boogie grooves old & new for those who like to dance it freestyle on a wooden dance floor.
Friday, 16 May 2025
During a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam navigates the clash of egos between her father and his oldest friend.
Thursday, 05 June 2025
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.
Monday, 05 May 2025
“Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man.” Welcome to Harbour Highlights, a series of cult and classic films, handpicked by the staff of Harbour Lights. For the May Day bank holiday, Ruth sends a dinghy to take us to the island of Summerisle for Robin Hardy’s horror classic, The Wicker Man. Originating from an idea between writer Anthony Schaffer and star Christopher Lee – who was keen to try a type of horror outside of his work in the Hammer films – the resulting film follows a Christian police officer (Edward Woodward) who is summoned to a remote island to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. Met with hostility from the locals, he soon discovers a community of rituals and secrets, led by the enigmatic Lord Summerisle (Lee), leading to a horrible truth and a horrific ritual… Filled with iconic moments and images that quickly cemented themselves in pop culture history – from Britt Ekland’s dance of temptation to the titular character himself – The Wicker Man’s power remains as potent as it did over fifty years ago. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate the May Bank Holiday by revisiting this British classic on the big screen. To get you in the May Day mood, there will be a folk music session in our bar from 18:30 (which any folk musicians are welcome to join in with) and a Morris dancing presentation at 19:30 before your appointment with The Wicker Man at 20.00
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.
Sunday, 25 May 2025
An ancient prophecy seems to be coming true when a mysterious presence begins stalking the corridors of a school of magic and leaving its victims paralyzed.
Saturday, 24 May 2025
Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the son of two wizards and also has magical abilities of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he learns new spells, plays the popular wizarding sport Quidditch and, along with best friends Ron and Hermione, works to once again face the Dark wizard from his past.
Monday, 26 May 2025
It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.
Thursday, 30 January 2025
In an old stone village on the outskirts of Paris lives one of the most prolific reggae musicians in the history of Jamaica. Vin Gordon, the 74-year-old reggae titan, chooses to live an unassuming life. He spends his days walking in nature and teaching the trombone to young students, a world away from the hustle and energy of Jonestown in Kingston, Jamaica, where he made his name as one of the most impactful brass musicians to ever hail from the island. With him, he keeps a catalogue of forgotten stories from an illustrious period of music history. As one of the only musicians to play extensively from the development of ska into rocksteady, and consequently reggae, Vin Gordon's legacy paints him as arguably the most featured musician in the legendary record label Studio One's history. In this one-hour film, broadcaster, author and DJ Haseeb Iqbal traces down this overlooked figure and spends an afternoon with him in his humble apartment in rural France. They share conversation as Vin opens up about what he learned by playing in Bob Marley's band for 13 years. From the intricacies of Bob's character, to recording the legendary albums Kaya and Exodus together, Vin even reveals the trauma of being in the room during the assassination attempt of Marley. Constantly accompanied by his trombone, Vin backs up stories with songs throughout, as Iqbal asks him to explore the never-discussed relationship between reggae and jazz. Vin's response, citing the influence of Sun Ra and John Coltrane bridges a gap hardly appreciated by journalists historically, as the pair celebrate how the African Americans and Jamaicans were united in the same struggle despite creating different sounds. When he responds to one question by singing a Louis Armstrong ballad into the camera, the audience can't help but shudder to the emotion held in his eyes and voice. He speaks of the time Lee Scratch Perry paid him just £1 for his debut album and talks of the legendary UK band Aswad not crediting him for writing the famous anthem Warrior Charge, as Vin crucially sheds light on the darker side of the industry that most people do not hear of. His sincere honesty drives the conversation, as he warms increasingly towards Iqbal throughout their chat. The chemistry the pair share, 50 years apart in age, illustrates the binding power of music irrespective of difference. A crescendo is reached when Vin shares his most valuable life advice, overcome with disbelief and joy as Iqbal constantly impresses him with his deep-rooted knowledge and curiosity, as the pair share a warm and loving embrace. "The purpose of reggae music is to uplift people. But to remind them not forget the past too," he shares in response to one question. This documentary is an uplifting and honest snapshot into the voice of one of reggae's forgotten heroes. One of the final living figures to play throughout the sound's evolution, Vin Gordon's stories bring to life a rich period of musical history that entails little digital footprint away from the music. It is a story that sheds light on a unique and magical period of sound. A period where sunshine music stemmed from struggle and healed the masses.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Considered one of the foundation stones of Lebanese cinema, and the first Lebanese film to screen at Cannes, George Nasser’s ILA AYN tells the story of a poor family in the Lebanese mountains whose father leaves to travel the world, seeking Eldorado. Many years later, a ragged old man arrives in the village. Will those who remained learn from his experiences before it is too late? The film will be introduced by traditional Middle Eastern music from Bashir Saade.
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.
Tuesday, 03 June 2025
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
It is, hands down, THE most requested film for London Australian Film Society, and now they return on May 8 (MATE!) for their annual screening of this Australian comedy classic. When the Kerrigan’s airport-adjacent family home is threatened with compulsory acquisition, sweet-natured patriarch Darryl (Michael Caton) takes his fight all the way to the High Court. An Ealing Comedy transposed to Melbourne’s outer suburbs, this low budget marvel, from the team behind TV’s D-Generation and The Late Show became an instant cult classic, full of quotable quips and mountains of bathos. Don't miss your opportunity to bag a seat to this regular sell-out session & try some Aussie snacks that will be on sale before the screening. How’s the serenity?
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.
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
LMF Presents: The Sandbox Showcase is an exciting evening dedicated to celebrating short films from some of the most talented filmmakers in the North West of England. This event is designed to give both new and established filmmakers a platform to present their work in front of a live audience, bringing together creativity, community, and cinema under one roof at Liverpool’s renowned Picturehouse @ FACT. Expect a night full of diverse storytelling, with a range of genres and themes, each film offering a fresh perspective and unique voice. Whether you’re a fan of drama, comedy, documentary, or experimental films, this showcase has something for everyone. Filmmakers will also have the opportunity to discuss their projects in post-screening Q&A sessions, offering valuable insights into their creative process and the challenges they faced during production. Beyond the screenings, The Sandbox Showcase aims to foster connections and spark collaborations within the local film community. Attendees will have the chance to network with filmmakers, share ideas, and build relationships that could lead to future projects. This event is part of Let’s Make Films’ ongoing mission to support and promote local filmmakers, offering a stage where new talent can be discovered and celebrated. Join us for a memorable evening of film, conversation, and community. Secure your spot for this celebration of North West filmmaking by booking your tickets now!
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Dust off your party hats because Daddy’s SuperYacht is turning 5, and you're invited to the comedy celebration of the year! With over 100 shorts under their belt, DSY has become a launchpad for some of the funniest and most original voices in comedy. Now, they’ve hand-picked their finest, weirdest, and most side-splitting work to share on the big screen. The programme includes award-winning hits and cult favourites, and stars a glorious line up of your favourite comedians. This special Best Of birthday screening at LOCO takes a deep dive into the brilliantly bizarre, joyfully chaotic world of one of the UK’s boldest indie comedy producers. Comics (likely to be) featured include: Tom Little, Josh Pugh, Sunil Patel, Esther Manito, Sean Burke, Waleed Akhtar, Ian Smith, Amy Gledhill, Chris Cantrill, Alison Thea-Skot, Kat Bond, Sean McLaughlin, Josh Weller, Em Humble, Jain Edwards, Aruhan Galieva, Ed Night, Ed Macarthur, Rosie Holt, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Rich Fulcher, Erika Ehler, Nim Odedra, Martin Treneman, Nina Wadia, Eleanor Morton, Jen Ives, Jack Barry, Mark Silcox, Anna Leong-Brophy, Emily Lloyd Saini, Crizards, Sam Nicoresti and many, many more...
Friday, 09 May 2025
Our screening of this classic satire on church and local politics celebrates the 100th anniversary of Peter Sellers' birth. Sellers plays Smallwood, an idealistic prison chaplain who, due to an administrative blunder, is made vicar of a leafy Surrey parish. After introducing radical political ideas about redistribution, Smallwood inspires the wrath of local bigwigs and businesspeople. In the struggle between kindness and capitalism, which side will win out? Sellers gives one of his iconic early performances in this scathing political commentary by the Boulting brothers, whose work defined British cinematic satire in the 1950s and 60s. Starring a riotous who’s who of British comedy – including Cecil Parker, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Brock Peters, Bernard Miles, Ian Carmichael, Roy Kinnear, and William Hartnell – this film has never looked better due to a dazzling 4K restoration.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Join us for a preview of this hilarious, timely comedy before general release. With a stellar cast including Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts), Tanya Moodie (Motherland), Nicholas Asbury (Alma’s Not Normal) and Raj Ghatak (Starter for Ten), Hostages is one of the most exciting British comedies of the year. After a terrifying explosion in a London hotel, three strangers escape together and hide out in a room, with chaotic, surprising, and very funny results. While the strangers wait for news of what’s going on, authorities tell them ‘Just sit in the middle of the room and be quiet.’ It sounds simple, but in the age of the smartphone, staying quiet is harder than it sounds. Hostages is an explosive new comedy about the 24hr news cycle, experts, and whether social media is more important than people’s lives. (It is…)
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Join us for the London premiere of this hilarious, timely comedy. With a stellar cast including Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts), Tanya Moodie (Motherland), Nicholas Asbury (Alma’s Not Normal) and Raj Ghatak (Starter for Ten), Hostages will launch the LOCO London Comedy Film Festival with a bang and will include a Q&A with writer/director Jim Owen and members of the cast. After a terrifying explosion in a London hotel, three strangers escape together and hide out in a room, with chaotic, surprising, and very funny results. While the strangers wait for news of what’s going on, authorities tell them ‘Just sit in the middle of the room and be quiet.’ It sounds simple, but in the age of the smartphone, staying quiet is harder than it sounds. Hostages is an explosive new comedy about the 24hr news cycle, experts, and whether social media is more important than people’s lives. (It is…)
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Nanny McPhee is hired by widower Cedric Brown to look after his mischievous children in this brilliantly funny modern children’s classic. Arriving during a terrible storm, the eccentric and seemingly stern nanny arrives just in time to help the unruly Browns to get their lives in order. Thrills, magic, mayhem, and laughs follow as the family learn to work together and help each other find happiness. Written by and starring Emma Thompson, Nanny McPhee is twenty years old, and LOCO is helping to celebrate its birthday. The glittering cast includes legends Angela Lansbury and Colin Firth. Also starring is national treasure Celia Imrie, who is one of the judges in this year’s LOCO short film competition. As part of the Ritzy’s popular Kids’ Club, this screening offers discounted tickets for adults accompanying children.
Friday, 09 May 2025
A Silver Screen presentation of a classic Brixton comedy by Horace Ové, the first Black British filmmaker to direct a feature film. South London cricket team the Caribbean Brixton Conquistadors are invited to play a charity match in the Suffolk countryside. When they arrive, things do not remain wholly charitable and tensions arise between the teams. As the match approaches, both sides face difficulties and comic confusion ensues. With a superb script by Caryl Philips and knockout performances by a cast including Norman Beaton (Desmond’s), this film is a gentle comedy about race and class in 1980s Britain. First shown on Channel 4 as part of its commitment to representing diverse voices during its early years, Playing Away is an unmissable treat. At this Silver Screen presentation, all over-60s will receive a discounted ticket and a free cup of tea.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
This landmark queer, Black comedy explores the crucial question of who gets to write history. While working at a video rental store, Cheryl becomes fascinated by the uncredited Black actresses who appeared in films from the 1930s and 40s. One actress, referred to only as ‘The Watermelon Woman’, particularly intrigues her. Cheryl decides to make a documentary in which she will try to reveal the Watermelon Woman’s identity. As her work continues, she also begins to uncover as much about her own life. The Watermelon Woman was the first feature film directed by a Black lesbian and is a brilliantly sharp and funny exploration of cinephilia, film history, and romance. This will be a relaxed screening, making cinema-going easier for those needing additional support, including neurodivergent audiences and those living with dementia. Lights are left on low, volume is reduced, and the audience is free to move around.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Two Big Feet is an exquisitely shot comedy about a down-on-his-luck monster-hunter and the best friend who’ll do anything for him. After Lad, a conspiracy theorist, is unambiguously dumped, his loyal-to-a-fault childhood best friend schemes to fake a Sasquatch sighting to lift his dwindling spirits. Largely improvised by its magnificent cast, Two Big Feet is one of the comedy highlights of 2025 and an astonishing example of microbudget filmmaking. Join us for the London premiere of this film which is fresh from winning the Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at Manchester Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer/director Noah Stratton-Twine as well as stars Luke Rollason (Disney+’s Extraordinary) and Oliver Woolf.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
BAFTA-Recognised festival LOCO (aka The London Comedy Film Festival) is back to share the best comedy short films. The festival ends on the dark side – finding the funny dimensions of illness, death, and crime. These short films revel in transforming the disturbing into the amusing. Their stories of family loss, friendly suspicion, stress relief, and the odd (and sometimes very odd) case of murder prove that no area is out of bounds for comedy. You’ll never see a pair of socks, a rollercoaster, or a carrot cake in the same way again, as LOCO 2025 goes out with a swing. This Town May Not Be Big Enough for the Bertha Us (Dalton Deverell) Defrost (Nick Flügge) A Wonderful Neighbour (Alun Rhys Morgan) The Carrot (Joakim Benum) Suspicious Women in a Small Town (Alison Thea-Skot, Kathryn Bond) Odd Socks (David Ledger) Bless You! (Will Haigh-Gannon) Falling Out (Jack Salvadori) SOS But Don't Worry If Not (Florence Poppy Deary) Whistle (Ainsley James Cannon) Stress Head (Kyle Jon Shephard) Not Surgery Hours (Tia Salisbury) Shit Swimmer (Matt Christy) Learning to Skateboard at 40 (Alex Goddard) The Nun Slayer (Ben Bovington-Key) Sidewalk Shuffle (Max Bach)
Sunday, 11 May 2025
BAFTA-Recognised festival LOCO (aka The London Comedy Film Festival) is back to share the best comedy short films. Things get intimate in this selection of short comedy films about romance, family, friendship, and sex. There is no topic too private, no matter too confidential. Join us as we explore the funny side of dating, procreating, and spicing up your sex life. Whether it’s pushy fathers or tricky colleagues, getting too near can be hilarious. May I Ask? (Harry Robinson and Tom Briggs) Angela (Brendan Cleaves) Elephant (Matthew Hopper) The Test (Benjamin Sutton) The Stork (Stephen Gallacher) Run Like We (Rhys Aaron Lewis) HOT Neighbour (Alexandra Boulton) Senior Consultant (Simon Haines) Burger Van Man (Dan Trueman, Alex Singh, Calum Rhys) Do You Want To (Andy Berriman) Role Play (Kyle Jon Shephard)
Sunday, 11 May 2025
BAFTA-Recognised festival LOCO (aka The London Comedy Film Festival) is back to share the best comedy short films. These comedy shorts visit us from the other side. These are worlds of fantasy, and daydreaming, and the supernatural – where nothing is quite what it seems. Imaginations run away with themselves as a pub becomes the site of a dragon fight, a customer battles with cursed furniture, and a boy’s hair gets the better of him. Along the way, passionate readers, anxious daters, and a work experience candidate with delusions of grandeur get us chortling. Mayfly Love (Christian Brighty) Dragon Slayers United (Tom Levinge) Book Club (Barbara Wiltshire) Hopes and Beans (Klara Kaliger) Time Share (Sarah Sawyer McCarthy) Borrowed Time (Hannah Berry George) Pushing Daisy (Leah Revivo) The Shelves (Espen Johnson) The Head on Him (Seán Gallen) Fluff (Max Clendaniel) Nervous Ellie (David Yorke)
Sunday, 11 May 2025
BAFTA-Recognised festival LOCO (aka The London Comedy Film Festival) is back to share the best comedy short films. We take a walk on the wild side with these films dedicated to the weird, the wacky, and the wonderful. See a world of extraordinary events through the eyes of eccentric characters as they put in a coffee order, host a kids’ party, and discover their inner and outer sheep. We eavesdrop on private feline conversations and witness first contact with an alien species – and find the funny in all of it. I Said Maybe (Nayonica Ghosh) 1 in 5 Sheep (James Button) Dog House (Miranda Holms) The Secret Lives of Lesbians' Cats (Kate Jessop) MEOW! (Michal Vojtech, Ariel de la Garza Davidoff) Jazz Emu: Fun Kitai Furai Dei (Hunter Allen) I Can't Go On (Laoisa Sexton) Lemonade Stand-Off (Max Mir, Matthew Poole, Kanhaiya Trivedi) Hold… Please! (Asa Gartland) Chimpsters (David Bryan) Human Relations (Thomas Michaelson) Bitter Pubs – Purgatory (Jack J Harris) All Quiet on the Weggstern Front (Adam McNicol, Ben Yates, Jack Attwood, Jack Attewell) Egyptian Geese (Sarah Morgan) The Snow Hog (Brook Morgan)
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, 16 May 2025
A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey, "Dune" tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive. 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.
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.
Monday, 19 May 2025
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. 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, 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, 17 May 2025
Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive, Victorian-era setting rich in symbolism and subtle shades of darkness and light. Headlining the new staging is soprano Elza van den Heever as the abused and unhinged antiheroine, who demands the head of Jochanaan, sung by celebrated baritone Peter Mattei. Tenor Gerhard Siegel is Salome’s lecherous stepfather, King Herod, with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung as his wife, Herodias, and tenor Piotr Buszewski as Narraboth. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
Monday, 09 June 2025
Monkey See Monkey Do provides educational concepts in a fun and engaging way. The show features a monkey, as well as other jungle animals who promote physical activity and problem-solving skills! Episode 4: Penguin While trying to win a big snowbowling tournament, Monkey discovers that one of his bowling pins is a penguin! A penguin is perfect for Monkey’s favorite game….. "Monkey See Monkey Do"! With Penguin leading the way at the beautiful arctic, Monkey and the children learn how to move their heads, flap their wings, walk and dance just like penguins. Episode 5: Frog Monkey is expecting a visit from his friend Frog; in the meantime he practices his leapfrog abilities. When Frog finally arrives Monkey has an even better idea, that they play his favorite game… “Monkey See Monkey Do”! Frog happily leads the way as Monkey and the children imitate him and learn how to squat, leap, fill their cheeks with air and croak just like Frog. Episode 6: Lion Monkey thinks he’s got a scary roar although the fly that’s bothering him doesn’t seem to think so. Hearing his friend Lion, Monkey realizes that he needs to learn how to roar properly. With the ‘King of the jungle’s’ help Monkey plays his favorite game… Monkey see Monkey do! With Lion putting them through their paces, Monkey and the children learn how to walk like lions, shake their manes, and of course most importantly roar like him, too.
Wednesday, 04 June 2025
Monkey See Monkey Do provides educational concepts in a fun and engaging way. The show features a monkey, as well as other jungle animals who promote physical activity and problem-solving skills! Episode 1: Ostrich Want to meet one of Monkey’s fastest friends? Well he would too if he can only get it to stop… when he finally does succeed, Monkey invites Ostrich to play his favorite game… “Monkey See Monkey Do”! With Ostrich slowly showing them how, Monkey and the children learn to stretch and move their long necks, open and close their beaks, shake their tail feathers and of course, run just like Ostrich. Episode 2: Peacock Monkey is very proud of his tail and the wonderful things he can do with it. He thinks his tail is the greatest until he sees Peacock’s tail. Left almost speechless, monkey offers peacock to play his favorite game… “Monkey See Monkey Do”! Now monkey and the children can all be as impressive as Peacock. He shows them how to open and close their tail feathers and walk proudly about. Episode 3: Gorilla Monkey created quite a mess when the branch he was bouncing on broke. Monkey tried to move the branch but it was too heavy for him, but not for his friend Gorilla. Seeing the special way Gorilla moves made Monkey invite Gorilla to play his favorite game… “Monkey See Monkey Do”! Gorilla shows Monkey and the children how to squat down with clenched fists, walk on four using their fists and beat their chest while crying out like a Gorilla’s.
Friday, 09 May 2025
The neon-hued Motel Destino, a roadside sex hotel steaming under the burning blue skies of the northeastern coast of Brazil, is run by hot-headed Elias and his restless younger wife Dayana. The unexpected arrival of 21-year-old Heraldo, on the run after a botched hit, disrupts the established order. As the tropical noir plays out, loyalties and desires intertwine to reveal that destiny has its own enigmatic design.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Looking after his madcap gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as uncle David lends his credit card to neighbours, greets visitors in the nude and teaches Simon a profound lesson on dying happy.
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.
Friday, 15 November 2024
Norwich Jazz festival in collaboration with Cinema City proudly presents Soundtrack to a Coup D'Etat with a live performance by TBC, in the courtyard at 6pm (TBC). Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
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!
Monday, 12 May 2025
A lonely teenager, curious and sharp, grows up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two women clash for his love: Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him, and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up. Yearning for a normal family, John Lennon escapes into music. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as John’s new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape. Poignant and powerful, this is the untold story of the boy who created The Beatles. The feature directorial debut of conceptual video artist Sam Taylor-Wood, NOWHERE BOY was adapted from the memoirs of John Lennon’s stepsister by screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh (CONTROL).
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.
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster (Life of Pi) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
Monday, 05 May 2025
The first horror film to be made in the Welsh language, O'R DDAEAR HEN follows a mysterious stone head that is unearthed in a council house garden in Bangor. When this ancient artefact is brought inside, into the home of a local archaeologist, their family begins to experience terrifying visions of a half-man, half-animal creature, with terrifying ties to the ancient gods of the land. Will anyone survive the encounter unchanged? The film will be introduced with a special mini-concert from Welsh harpist and singer Gwen Màiri Yorke.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen. Screening in cinemas with theatrically exclusive footage.
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.
Friday, 28 February 2025
A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited by the British secret service to act as a spy in Havana. When he sends off phoney reports, recruits mysterious agents and claims to have discovered rocket installations, the home office decides to send him some help in the form of an agent named Beatrice.
Monday, 12 May 2025
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, 23 May 2025
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Monday, 05 May 2025
A playful new documentary from Scottish filmmaker and writer Gerda Stevenson, PAPER PORTAITS celebrates the history and working people of Penicuik’s paper mills. Featuring a bustling cast of local community members, and filmed with a keen sense of cinematic poetry, PAPER PORTRAITS is a powerful celebration of community, past and present. The film will be introduced with a special mini-concert from musicians with ties to the film, including Penicuik-based musicians Mary and Ailsa McInroy, and followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
Friday, 09 May 2025
Peg O’ My Heart is co-written, directed and stars Nick Cheung (Beast Stalker, Line Walker franchise ) as well as Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire) and Terrance Lau (Twilight of Warriors: Walled In). DR. MAN, an unorthodox psychiatrist, is skilled at extracting the deepest secrets of his patients. One day, he hops into a random cab and encounters CHOI, the cab driver. MAN finds CHOI's condition deeply disturbing but is unable to express his concern during the short cab ride. A few days later, the two men cross paths again. CHOI has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation due to his alleged involvement in reckless driving, and MAN is assigned to his case. MAN quickly realizes that CHOI struggles to differentiate between dreams and reality. He constantly sees "devils". Awake or not, his mind can never rests; his body continues to waste away. As hopeless as CHOI’s condition seems, MAN is determined to get to the bottom of his story.
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!
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.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.
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.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.
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.
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. 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
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. 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
Friday, 09 May 2025
Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.
Friday, 25 April 2025
The extracurricular king of Rushmore preparatory school is put on academic probation.
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.
Friday, 09 May 2025
The most recognisable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. ‘Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing’ taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
The South London Film Festival Official Awards Showcase 2025 The South London Film Festival is back with an unforgettable showcase 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. 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. Featuring a live Q&A with selected filmmakers. Stick around after the screening for drinks, networking, and real talk.
Friday, 16 May 2025
Dark humour pervades this gritty western as naive teenager Jay Cavendish, played by Kodi Smit-McPhee – whose role in The Road may have prepared him for these harsh landscapes peopled by harsher characters – searches for his estranged sweetheart, who alas has a price on her head. Rescued from a vicious bandit (Mendelsohn), and henceforth accompanied by Silas, a roughneck drifter (the ever-excellent Fassbender) with an agenda all his own, Jay eventually learns what it is to be a man in an unyielding world. John Mclean, whose 2009 short Man On A Motorcycle also featured Fassbender, writes and directs his first feature – shot in New Zealand – with a keen grasp of dramatic reversal and the visual majesty of the Old West, to gripping and quietly magnificent ends.
Thursday, 09 December 2021
A friendly, cosmopolitan crowd of rare and underplayed soul fans gathering every second Thursday of the month to enjoy the to-die-for collections of our guest DJs. Come and join us for a shuffle and a drink. Just don’t take your glass onto the dance floor! 7.30pm - Midnight. Free entry. Please note: After 8pm, the Upstairs bar is for over 18's only.
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.
Thursday, 25 January 2024
The greatest concert film of all time, Stop Making Sense brings to the screen Talking Heads at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December 1983: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, alongside an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians. Renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) captures the band at their exhilarating best, in this new and complete restoration for the film's 40th anniversary.
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.
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Fabled English record producer Mark Pritchard, luminary songwriter Thom Yorke and groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada present Tall Tales – a collaborative visual and audio cinema experience a decade in the making. Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. Like all good fairy tales – this work edges light with the dark as Thom’s echoed chants intertwine with Mark’s shimmering electronics on top of Jonathan’s hyperreal environments. On Tall Tales, we hear seasoned musicians continue down the path of experimentation, juxtaposed with uneasy landscapes of natural beauty and the brutal aesthetics of a dystopian world. Through Yorke’s lyrics, Pritchard’s atemporal compositions and Zawada’s visuals, Tall Tales questions where our insatiable appetite for ‘progress’ might have landed us. A prophetic cinematic experience, Tall Tales has been years in the making, but delivered right on time. This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
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.
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.
Friday, 09 May 2025
A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Praised by Jean-Luc Godard, THE ENCHANTED DESNA is a magical-realist exploration of the childhood of Ukraine’s greatest filmmaker, Alexander Dovzhenko, directed by the filmmaker’s widow, Yuliya Solntseva. Drawing on the unique qualities of Ukrainian poetic cinema, THE ENCHANTED DESNA is a rhapsodic invocation of the natural world, and of a childhood spent along the banks of the Desna river in Chernihiv. The screening will be introduced with a special mini-concert by Edinburgh’s Ukrainian Choir.
Friday, 09 May 2025
A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 70s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio.
Friday, 09 May 2025
A spellbinding performance film by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, bringing to life the remarkable story the extraordinary Geraldine Flower, and the discovery of a suitcase of letters sent to her in the 1960s and 70s that inspired acclaimed Icelandic singer/songwriter Emilíana Torrini to return to the studio. Hackney Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard to attend, moderated by fellow film maker Carol Morley Central Iain Forsyth - Jane Pollard – Caroline Catz – Emiliana Torrini to attend, moderated by film maker Carol Morley DAK Brighton Iain Forsyth - Jane Pollard – Emiliana Torrini to attend
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.
Friday, 16 May 2025
At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel in the early 20th century, peerless concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself swept up in the battle for an enormous family fortune – and subsequently framed for murder – when one of his frequent guests dies. Assisted by his young, inexperienced protege Zero (Tony Revolori), who becomes a trusted friend, Gustave attempts to prove his innocence while political tumult transforms the old-world splendour of the Europe he calls home. Meticulously designed and performed with panache by an all-star ensemble, the inimitable Wes Anderson brings all his wit and visual inventiveness to this exquisite caper, anchored by a magnificent Fiennes. You’ll never want to check out.
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Jep Gambardella, a 65-year-old journalist and once promising novelist, lives his easy life among Rome’s decadent high society in a swirl of rooftop parties and late-night soirees. But when he learns of the death of his friend’s wife – a woman he once loved as an 18-year-old – his life is thrown into perspective and he begins to see the world through new eyes. Paolo Sorrentino's (Il Divo, The Consequences of Love) deliriously entertaining film plays out like a modern La Dolce Vita. Sorrentino regular Toni Servillo - whose entrance in the film is nothing short of magnificent - plays the lead character, through whose world-weary eyes we witness the decadence of a bankrupt culture consuming itself. The result is a dazzling, sumptuously shot satire of life in Berlusconi's Italy.
Tuesday, 06 May 2025
A powerful allegory of the dangers of misogyny, THE JUNIPER TREE is an Icelandic adaptation of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, featuring a compelling early performance from Björk. When their mother is burned for witchcraft, sisters Margit and Katla take shelter with John and his young son Jonas. However, as a delicate new family unit starts to take shape, Katla’s own powers of sorcery begin to awaken. The film will be introduced with a special mini-concert from celebrated Scottish musicians Rachel Newton and Alasdair Roberts.
Friday, 23 May 2025
Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film pays homage to Hollywood's classical age as it chronicles generational rites of passage in Anarene, a fictional one-horse Texas town. In 1951, high school seniors Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) play football, go to the movies at the Royal Theater, hang out at the pool hall owned by local elder statesman Sam the Lion (Ben Johnson), and lust after rich tease Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd in her film debut). As the year passes, Sonny learns about the pitfalls and compromises of adulthood through an affair with his coach's wife Ruth (Cloris Leachman) and a thwarted elopement with Jacy after she dumps Duane. Following two tragic deaths, and with Duane gone to Korea and Jacy packed off to college in Dallas, Sonny is left behind in Anarene, wise enough to absorb the life lessons of Sam the Lion and Jacy's mother Lois (Ellen Burstyn). He is determined to honor Sam's legacy as the town's conscience, despite a telling sign of incipient communal disintegration: the closing of the Royal Theater after a final showing of Howard Hawks' RED RIVER.
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, 02 May 2025
With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
Friday, 16 May 2025
Acclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds an older brother, a musician and factory worker. Their reunion sparks a fraternal, musical journey amidst the town's factory closure.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
When Lila returns home after the end of the Algerian War, she reflects on the differences between her life and those of other women. Taking its title from the ‘Nouba’, a traditional Algerian song of five movements, this haunting film mixes drama and documentary to explore the intergenerational histories of women in Algeria. Celebrating the power of grandmothers passing down traditions of anti-colonial resistance to their granddaughters, NOUBA is a powerful exploration of speech and silence, where the past and present coexist.
Friday, 23 May 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.
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.
Sunday, 18 May 2025
The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.
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, 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.
Friday, 09 May 2025
When a man returns to his beach side hometown in Australia, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local group of surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.
Friday, 28 February 2025
When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.
Friday, 23 May 2025
In 1949, an American writer of Westerns, Holly Martins, arrives in post-war Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime. On arrival, he learns that his friend has been killed in a street accident, and when he meets Calloway, Chief of the British Military Police in Vienna, he is informed that Lime was in fact a black marketer wanted by the police. He decided to prove Harry's innocence, but is Harry really dead?
Friday, 09 May 2025
THE UNINVITED is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. This comedic drama centres on Rose, a former actress now living as a stay-at-home mom, who as she prepares the house to host a party for her husband’s job an elderly woman named Helen arrives, claiming she has returned home. This unexpected encounter, along with the presence of other complicated characters from her past and present, creates a night of chaos and forces Rose to confront her insecurities and reflect on her journey as a woman. The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
We are delighted to welcome Walton Goggins (The White Lotus, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Justified, Fallout) writer/director Nadia Conners and Producer Rosie Fellner for a live Q&A following this preview screening. THE UNINVITED is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. This comedic drama centres on Rose, a former actress now living as a stay-at-home mom, who as she prepares the house to host a party for her husband’s job an elderly woman named Helen arrives, claiming she has returned home. This unexpected encounter, along with the presence of other complicated characters from her past and present, creates a night of chaos and forces Rose to confront her insecurities and reflect on her journey as a woman. The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.
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, 09 May 2025
From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness, and cultural identity. Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile, their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s sceptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza. With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, Award-winning rom-com teems with humour and heart in a poignant reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.
Friday, 16 May 2025
William Holden leads a band of aging robbers through the hard world of the Old West as they try to outrun the bounty hunter (the legendary Robert Ryan) who is hot on their trail. The balletic violence and weary fatalism that Peckinpah brings to his vision of the American West is underscored by some of sweatiest, dirtiest, bloodiest performances from some of the the toughest, ugliest actors of all time. Ernest Borgnine, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates shoot, screw, drink, and ride horses all while imbuing the film's harsh, empty world with a sense of real poetry. This is a film about the mantle of violence passing from old professionals, who live by a code, to even more chaotic and deadly future generations. And what is the code these old men live by? Stand by your friends and against the world, take what you can get, and don't kill civilians...unless they get in the way.
Friday, 16 May 2025
Through the Woods follows Rider and his dog Wolfie as they explore the kind of "nearby nature" that so many kids can relate to: spider webs, a bunny nest, fireflies and more. In each 3-minute story, the ever-curious Rider wonders about something he has seen or heard in the small woods behind his house, observes an animal or plant to learn more and then shares his discoveries with his Grammie through play. Episode 1: Rider the Spider A discovery in the woods prompts the question: “Why do spiders spin webs?” Episode 2: Rider and the Woodpecker Rider and Wolfie investigate a strange tapping sound in the trees. What could it be? Episode 3: Roly Poly Rider Looking closely at the ground near a rock, Rider and Wolfie find a family of roly poly bugs. Rider tries to roll up just like them! Episode 4: Fairies and Fireflies Rider, Dad, and Wolfie discover glowing "fairies" while walking to Grammie's house on a beautiful summer evening. But there’s no such thing as fairies! Episode 5: A Snowy Morning On their way to Grammie’s, Rider and Wolfie find animal tracks in the snow. Some are bigger than Wolfie’s! What could have made them? Episode 6: Squirrel Treasure Rider and Wolfie discover a squirrel burying acorns all over the forest floor. But why? Episode 7: A Froggy Day A symphony of sounds greets Rider and Wolfie as they walk through the woods on a spring day. It’s an orchestra of little frogs called peepers!
Sunday, 18 May 2025
A legendary figure in Hollywood, Tom Cruise has entertained audiences on the big screen for over forty years. This summer, Cruise is set to receive one of the BFI’s highest honours: a BFI Fellowship. The rare star who’s equally at home in both a high-octane action franchise like Mission Impossible and critically-acclaimed auteur films like Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise is also being deservedly recognised for his ‘dedication to reinventing cinematic spectacle and preserving the theatrical experience’ (BFI). We’re dedicating a whole screen to Tom Cruise Day on May 18th - so join us for the ultimate Cruise movie marathon! Our Regal team have hand-picked four favourites to put back on the big screen: Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men & Jerry Maguire. One of cinema’s most enduring courtroom dramas, Cruise is on fine form here as Lieutenant Kaffee, a junior military lawyer investigating two marines charged with the murder of a fellow recruit. Adapted from the Aaron Sorkin play of the same name, Cruise and co-star Demi Moore invigorate Sorkin’s trademark narrative twists and fast-paced dialogue, culminating in a fiery third-act showdown with Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessep. A Few Good Men was nominated for Best Picture at the 65th Academy Awards. - Levi
Sunday, 18 May 2025
A legendary figure in Hollywood, Tom Cruise has entertained audiences on the big screen for over forty years. This summer, Cruise is set to receive one of the BFI’s highest honours: a BFI Fellowship. The rare star who’s equally at home in both a high-octane action franchise like Mission Impossible and critically-acclaimed auteur films like Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise is also being deservedly recognised for his ‘dedication to reinventing cinematic spectacle and preserving the theatrical experience’ (BFI). We’re dedicating a whole screen to Tom Cruise Day on May 18th - so join us for the ultimate Cruise movie marathon! Our Regal team have hand-picked four favourites to put back on the big screen: Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men & Jerry Maguire. When Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), a sports agent, has a moral epiphany and pens a company-wide memo that gets him fired, he is desperate to hang on to the athletes he represents. Jerry starts his own management firm with single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger). Also starring Cuba Gooding Jr as their only client, football player Rod Tidwell, Cruise’s performance secured him Best Actor at the 1997 Golden Globes. Jerry Maguire spawned several lasting catchphrases such as “You had me at hello” and “ Show me the money”! - Claire
Sunday, 18 May 2025
A legendary figure in Hollywood, Tom Cruise has entertained audiences on the big screen for over forty years. This summer, Cruise is set to receive one of the BFI’s highest honours: a BFI Fellowship. The rare star who’s equally at home in both a high-octane action franchise like Mission Impossible and critically-acclaimed auteur films like Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise is also being deservedly recognised for his ‘dedication to reinventing cinematic spectacle and preserving the theatrical experience’ (BFI). We’re dedicating a whole screen to Tom Cruise Day on May 18th - so join us for the ultimate Cruise movie marathon! Our Regal team have hand-picked four favourites to put back on the big screen: Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men & Jerry Maguire. Cruise stars as Charlie Babbitt, a self-absorbed collectables dealer who learns he has been cut out of his late father’s $3 million fortune which is instead going to a mental institution. There, Charlie discovers he has an older brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant with extraordinary abilities. Motivated by his late father’s estate, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility and embarks on a cross-country road trip with his brother which ultimately changes both of their lives. Rain Man was awarded Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director at the 61st Academy Awards, and was the highest-grossing film of 1988. - Claire
Sunday, 18 May 2025
A legendary figure in Hollywood, Tom Cruise has entertained audiences on the big screen for over forty years. This summer, Cruise is set to receive one of the BFI’s highest honours: a BFI Fellowship. The rare star who’s equally at home in both a high-octane action franchise like Mission Impossible and critically-acclaimed auteur films like Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise is also being deservedly recognised for his ‘dedication to reinventing cinematic spectacle and preserving the theatrical experience’ (BFI). We’re dedicating a whole screen to Tom Cruise Day on May 18th - so join us for the ultimate Cruise movie marathon! Our Regal team have hand-picked four favourites to put back on the big screen: Top Gun, Rain Man, A Few Good Men & Jerry Maguire. Starring Cruise as hotshot pilot Maverick, alongside Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards, the film follows an elite group of Navy fighter pilots training at the prestigious Top Gun flight school. As Maverick pushes his limits in the air and navigates a rivalry with Iceman (Kilmer), he also finds romance with his instructor Charlie (McGillis). Known for its thrilling aerial sequences, iconic soundtrack and intense action, Top Gun remains a high-flying classic that captures the adrenaline and drama of aerial combat. - Dino
Saturday, 10 May 2025
A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy!
Saturday, 10 May 2025
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose”. Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
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.
Wednesday, 10 January 2024
An evening of FREE stand-up comedy every second Monday of the month! Each month will be hosted and curated by DeeVoeNay, who will bring you the best rotation of up-coming comedy, right here in the heart of Brixton. Join us for a safe place to laugh and mingle with amazing comics from all over.
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
We are delighted to welcome writer/director Ciaran Lyons and lead actor Lorn Macdonald for a live Q&A following this screening. When a narcissistic tattoo artist (Lorn Macdonald) gets an unexpected visit from a celebrity client (Orlando Norman), a seemingly innocent selfie request causes the night to spiral into a bizarre and devastating game of psychological warfare.
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.
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big Whiskey prostitutes, led by fierce Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), take justice into their own hands and put a $1000 bounty on the lives of the perpetrators. Notorious outlaw-turned-hog farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is sought out by neophyte gunslinger the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) to go with him to Big Whiskey and collect the bounty.
Sunday, 12 December 2021
All Vinyl Rejoicing In Reggae Of All Styles So what goes on? * Miss Feelgood (Shirley Slattery) And Debbie Golt (both formerly of Sisters of Reggae) will play fabulous full sets later in the evening - going head to head 1 2 1 at the end and ... Mc Mad X will be gracing the mic with her topnotch inimitable style. * Kicking off with a welcome set from the Resident/Guest Djs * Followed by superb short sets from Womxn who may be resuming DJ-ing, not playing that often or have never played out and who have stunning record collections - they always step up brilliantly! The host DJ’s are on hand to help as needed. On April 6th Vinyl Sisters are hosting an extra special one off night where they will be joined by their Vinyl Brothers!
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.
Monday, 12 May 2025
An anthology examines the themes of violence and revenge, which includes a newlywed bride who discovers that her husband is cheating on her and an engineer who plots revenge against a towing company.
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.
Monday, 05 May 2025
Victor Sjöström is magnificent as the crabby professor taking a nostalgic road trip with his daughter-in-law. One of Bergman’s warmest films, this boasts a magnificent performance by Sjöström as the ageing, grouchy academic driving to Lund to accept an award; the trip also traverses memories, reveries and illuminating encounters with family members and strangers alike. Famous for its early dream sequence, the film is nevertheless most impressive for its rich, vivid characterisations from a superb cast of Bergman regulars.
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.