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WHAT'S ON - 20/04/2025

DAVID LEAN: OLIVER TWIST

Although Carol Reed’s Oliver! (1968) is perhaps the most popular adaptation, and the depiction of Fagin by Alec Guinness in Lean’s version has been problematic since the film’s release, there is much to admire and enjoy in this take on... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.45
FOUR MOTHERS

“It’s a love story, but it’s also not a love story”, says Edward (James McArdle), when asked by interviewers about his soon-to-be-published novel. The same is true of Darren Thornton’s follow-up to A Date For Mad Mary (2016), a comedy... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 16:50
HOLY COW

18-year-old Totone (Clement Faveau) lives in the Jura region in south-east France, an area renowned for its dairy cows, agricultural festivals, and award winning Comté cheese. Totone just wants to have fun with his friends, get drunk, and chase girls,... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 14:50
I’M STILL HERE

Walter Salles, the Oscar-winning director of Central Station and the Motorcycle Diaries, returns with his finest work in many years; I’m Still Here focuses on the true-life story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), whose terrifying experience under Brazil’s military dictatorship... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 20:10
MYSTERY MATINEE APRIL 2025

Join us for this month’s screening at 13.00 on Sunday, April 20th.

The film chosen could be anything from throughout the history of cinema, from a silent classic to a preview of a hotly anticipated upcoming release. Whether it’s a... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13.00
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO

One to One: John & Yoko focuses on an 18-month period when John Lennon and Yoko Ono fled a life of luxury in the UK for a relatively humble two-room apartment in New York’s West Village, becoming immediate figureheads for... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18:00
RESTLESS

The all-too-relatable dilemma of what to do about noisy neighbours is the engine that fuels Jed Hart’s tense, lean, blackly comic debut film that delves into themes of personal space invasion, and the lengths to which one might go to... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 20:45
SINS OF IRELAND + Q&A

Sins of Ireland, directed by Alex Fegan (Older Than Ireland, The Irish Pub), is a portrait of Ireland through the lens of the confession box. Fifteen Irish priests, who have long heard the sins of others, offer their own confessional... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13:00, 18:50
THE PENGUIN LESSONS

Argentina, 1976; disillusioned English schoolteacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) arrives at St George’s College, a prestigious all-boys private school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. It is a politically tumultuous era, with violence exploding on the streets; determinedly unruffled by... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15:40, 18:15
THE RETURN

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, where he discovers that much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13:10, 20:35