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Although the early work of Miyazaki and films such as Barefoot Gen (Mori Masaki, 1983) had made inroads, Akira may be considered the film that brought anime to wider, adult Western audiences. In 2019, thirty years after its destruction in... Read More
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BOOK NOW Times: 20.45
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s wonderfully quirky and irresistibly enchanting Amélie returns to the big screen for its 25th anniversary. After a lonely childhood, the adult Amélie (an adorable Audrey Tautou) devises elaborate, secret stratagems for bringing happiness to those around her. In... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 18.00
GOODBYE TO GLOCAMORRA
Inwood, Manhattan, has been called the last of the Irish ghettos – Irish accents can be heard and advertisements for Irish games and functions are on display. There are Irish newspapers for sale. But it looks as... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 13.00
Jim Jarmusch, master of the droll vignette, contemplates family dynamics in a triptych of thematically linked stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their estranged or deceased parents, and each other, and does so in typically cool and laconic fashion.... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 15.50
SCREENING FROM APRIL 24th
Venice, early 18th century. Renowned for its exceptional music programme, the Pièta orphanage is home to Cecilia, a young violin virtuoso. Despite her talent, Cecilia’s future seems dim, with the prospect of an arranged marriage her... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 13.50, 18.15
In the aftermath of a catastrophic wildfire, Dusty (Josh O’Connor), a taciturn Colorado rancher returns to the charred remains of his property to assess the damage and salvage what he can. Living temporarily in a FEMA camp, he reconnects with... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 16.10
SCREENING FROM APRIL 27th
When the titular trawler mysteriously returns, having disappeared from a Cornish fishing village thirty years ago, local man Nick (George Mackay) and brash out-of-towner Liam (Callum Turner), unwittingly take her out to sea. With its grainy,... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 15.35, 20.35
Eccentric millionaire Charles (Tim Key) reunites his favourite folk-rock duo, McGwyer (Tom Basden) and Mortimer (Carey Mulligan), inviting the estranged bandmates and former lovers to perform on the remote and windswept Wallis Island.
Hailed by Richard Curtis as one of... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 18.10
Kristoffer Borgli’s (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) latest is a darkly comic romantic drama about Emma and Charlie, an engaged couple played by Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, whose relationship begins to unravel in the days before their wedding. As long-buried secrets... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 20.55
Albert Camus’s enduring and enigmatic 1942 novella L’Étranger follows Meursault, a detached young man in 1930s Algeria whose indifference to social conventions and emotional expectations sets him apart from others. When he impulsively kills an Arabic man, he must face... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 13.10
Olivier Assayas’s adaptation of Giuliano Da Empoli’s novel – a thinly veiled portrait of Vladislav Surkov, renamed Vadim Baranov, Vladimir Putin’s adviser in chief – is a gripping delineation of an impactful period in modern world history. The narrative is... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 12.45
This quirky film tells a migration story with a difference, written, directed and starring El Salvador filmmaker Julio Torres. Alejandro is a toymaker in New York on a work visa, keen to bring his whacky ideas to manufacturers who are... Read More
BOOK NOW Times: 11.00
AKIRA (4K RESTORATION) 20.40
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 13.00
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER 15.50, 18.20
FROM THE VAULTS: GARAGE 18.30
REBUILDING 13.30, 20.50
THE BLUE TRAIL 13.50, 18.10
THE DRAMA 16.00
THE STRANGER 15.40
THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN 20.15
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