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Cinema Schedule Main Auditorium - Screen 1
Thursday 30 November 2023
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TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING 2022 | Dir Carol Morley | 108m | UK
Online sales cease 2.5 hours before film start time. Tickets are still available from the Box Office, located in the Arts Bar, open from 45 mins before film start time.
A fictionalised road trip imagined by director Carol Morley undertaken by real-life avant-garde artist Audrey Amiss and her psychiatric nurse.
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We love to show films about art and artists and this from director Carol Morley is no less important in its presentation of the life of an artist who was courageous and passionate about her work despite being faced with mental health struggles. Monica Dolan brings Audrey Amiss to life like a British Van Gogh and Kelly Macdonald is the perfect witness to the layers of this extraordinarily complicated artist.
Michael Caine plays Bernard Jordan, the WWII veteran who in 2014 ‘broke out’ of his nursing home to attend the D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
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Based on the true story of Bernard Jordan, The Great Escaper portrays an aging veteran sneak away from his care home in order to attend the 70th anniversary of the Second World War D-Day landings in Normandy. A moving and inspiring tale, Jordan faces traumatic memories of his time leading up to the landing, and fallout that has echoed through the decades and still lingers to this day. In her final film role before her sad passing, Glenda Jackson shines, bringing a warmth and veracity to Jordan’s empathetic partner.
The Muppets’ own take on the classic Dickens’s seasonal tale, as they tell the story of how an old miser is given a final chance to redeem himself as he is visited by a series of apparitions on Christmas Eve.
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The first film to be made following Jim Henson’s death, and directed by his son Brian, this is a fairly faithful version of Charles Dickens’s classic tale, with all the regular puppets taking on the story’s many characters. Michael Caine plays it straight as Scrooge (“I’m going to play this movie like I’m working with the Royal Shakespeare Company”), and there is a fine set of songs courtesy of Paul Williams. A Christmas favourite!
A tornado whisks Dorothy and her dog Toto from rural Kansas to the land of Oz, where she helps a Scarecrow, a Tin Man and a Cowardly Lion find the Wizard of Oz and fulfil their dreams.
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In MGM’s enduring classic, based on the bestselling children’s novel by L. Frank Baum, Judy Garland plays Dorothy, the country girl transported by a tornado to the magical Technicolour land of Oz. She, her dog Toto, and her three newly found friends go in search of the wonderful Wizard, in the hope that he will grant all their wishes. It won two music Oscars, including Best Song for the timeless ‘Over the Rainbow’. This is Croydon – London Borough of Culture screening.
In this sci-fi romance, Jessie Buckley plays a woman who takes a job at an institute to test the romantic compatibility of couples. Having lied to her current boyfriend about where she works, she ends up falling in love with her work colleague (Riz Ahmed).
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Anna is hired by the Love Institute, who provide relationship strengthening to couples before they undergo a test of true love – at the cost of a fingernail! Despite having already passed the test with boyfriend Ryan, she finds unexpected feelings developing as she shadows co-worker Amir. This non-futuristic sci-fi is an unusual setting for a romance, but director Christos Nikou makes the most of his A-list cast as he “confronts big ideas and explores them, with an open heart and an off-kilter sense of humour” (Vanity Fair) and finds joy in human connections.
Tensions arise in a County Durham town as Syrian refugees are moved in, while the residents see their own properties devalued and the last pub in the town facing closure.
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TJ Ballantyne is fighting a rearguard action trying to keep the last pub in his former mining town open. The locals are angry that a community of Syrian refugees are being moved into the area, but TJ wants to help them, and forms a friendship with Yara. She has fled the Assad regime with her brother and mother, following the imprisonment of her father. The locals misinterpret the friendship and do not take kindly to TJ’s championing of the incomers. Can the two communities find common cause? In what may be his last film, Ken Loach has produced “a ringing statement of faith in compassion for the oppressed” (The Guardian).
In this award-winning thriller, a German writer is accused of the death of her husband at their isolated chalet. The only witness is their partially-sighted 11-year-old son.
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Following the mysterious death of her husband Samuel near their isolated chalet, Sandra becomes the focal point of a police investigation to determine whether his fatal fall was a tragic accident or a calculated act. What transpires is far from a routine inquiry; it evolves into a psychological journey, following the intricate web of emotions that defined Sandra and Samuel’s union. Amidst a backdrop of contradictory evidence and unreliable witness accounts, words emerge as weapons of dispute, exposing startling truths in this spellbinding thriller that clinched the prestigious Palme d’Or award. The film weaves a gripping narrative that peels away at the layers of their relationship, uncovering hidden depths and dark secrets.English/French with English subtitles. This is Croydon – London Borough of Culture Screening (7pm).
In this sci-fi romance, Jessie Buckley plays a woman who takes a job at an institute to test the romantic compatibility of couples. Having lied to her current boyfriend about where she works, she ends up falling in love with her work colleague (Riz Ahmed).
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Anna is hired by the Love Institute, who provide relationship strengthening to couples before they undergo a test of true love – at the cost of a fingernail! Despite having already passed the test with boyfriend Ryan, she finds unexpected feelings developing as she shadows co-worker Amir. This non-futuristic sci-fi is an unusual setting for a romance, but director Christos Nikou makes the most of his A-list cast as he “confronts big ideas and explores them, with an open heart and an off-kilter sense of humour” (Vanity Fair) and finds joy in human connections.
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL 1992 | Dir Brian Henson | 85m | USA | UK
Saturday 09 December at 2pm*Relaxed screening * For young people living with autism or other neurodiversity.
The Muppets’ own take on the classic Dickens’s seasonal tale, as they tell the story of how an old miser is given a final chance to redeem himself as he is visited by a series of apparitions on Christmas Eve.
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The first film to be made following Jim Henson’s death, and directed by his son Brian, this is a fairly faithful version of Charles Dickens’s classic tale, with all the regular puppets taking on the story’s many characters. Michael Caine plays it straight as Scrooge (“I’m going to play this movie like I’m working with the Royal Shakespeare Company”), and there is a fine set of songs courtesy of Paul Williams. A Christmas favourite! This is Croydon – London Borough of Culture screening.
Three British teenage girls go on holiday to Crete determined to forget about their exam results and drink, party and meet boys. But is Tara, the shyest of the three, really sure of what she wants…
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Three young British girls embark on a rite-of-passage vacation in the vibrant setting of Malia, nestled on the enchanting Greek island of Crete, with high hopes for an unforgettable summer. Their journey is initially a whirlwind of exuberant nightlife, copious drinking, and casual romances, filled with carefree laughter and heartwarming moments. However, the idyllic vacation takes a sour turn. The film is written and directed by Molly Manning Walker, in her directorial debut and stars the talented ensemble of Mia McKenna-Bruce, Lara Peake, Samuel Bottomley, Shaun Thomas, Enva Lewis, and Laura Ambler. The prestigious award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year is fully deserved.
In 2006, Baghdad is riven by sectarian violence. Pachachi’s film tells the story of how various inhabitants of the city try to lead a normal life within the ensuing turmoil.
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Set in Baghdad, during the invasion of Iraq, around the time of the execution of Saddam Hussein, we see the ordinary lives of a people under siege trying to have a normal life in this fictional debut from documentary maker Maysoon Pachachi. In a portmanteau style, we see the moving stories of different people and families combined with the story of a female translator who tries to help her neighbours write appeals to the Americans to solve some of their problems. Arabic with English subtitles.
A documentary portrait of the work done in the psychiatric centre based on a floating structure on the Seine. Patients are encouraged in their artistic endeavours and to help in the management of the centre.
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Nicholas Philibert is a French documentary filmmaker best known for his 2002 film Être et Avoir. His latest work won the Best Film prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and is about a floating psychiatric centre moored on the Seine. The staff offer counselling and therapy through various art forms, and the clients are encouraged to organise activities and manage the café. Philibert allows the patients to speak about their troubles, and keeps his camera at a discreet distance. “There is enormous warmth, sympathy and human curiosity in this film” (Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian). French with English subtitles.
From Nora Ephron, the queen of the rom-com, Sleepless in Seattle tells how widower Sam’s son Jonah engineers a romance between his father and Annie, a Boston newspaper journalist.
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Loosely based on the 1957 romance An Affair to Remember, rom-com queen Nora Ephron’s film stars Tom Hanks as widower Sam, who is persuaded by his son Jonah to appear in a phone-in show on Christmas Eve. Women across America fall in love with ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, including Baltimore-based reporter Annie, played by Meg Ryan, who decides to find Sam. Needless to say, even though Jonah tries to help her, fate ensures that their romantic meet-up is continually delayed. The film was a smash hit on its release, and remains one of the most commercially successful romantic comedies ever made. A 35mm presentation in association with The Cinema Museum.
Michael Caine plays Bernard Jordan, the WWII veteran who in 2014 ‘broke out’ of his nursing home to attend the D-Day commemorations in Normandy.
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Based on the true story of Bernard Jordan, The Great Escaper portrays an aging veteran sneak away from his care home in order to attend the 70th anniversary of the Second World War D-Day landings in Normandy. A moving and inspiring tale, Jordan faces traumatic memories of his time leading up to the landing, and fallout that has echoed through the decades and still lingers to this day. In her final film role before her sad passing, Glenda Jackson shines, bringing a warmth and veracity to Jordan’s empathetic partner.
Working-class Oxford undergraduate Oliver falls under the spell of Felix and his aristocratic family, but he’s out of his depth when invited to stay at them in the stately manor of the title.
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Director Emerald Fennell’s second feature is a dark gothic thriller with shades of The Talented Mr Ripley, where no one is exactly who you think they are. Oliver is a misfit student at Oxford who is drawn in by posh student Felix. When Felix invites Oliver to his family home Saltburn for the summer, Oliver discovers a very different world from the one he is used to. Saltburn has beautiful cinematography alongside a deeply disturbing violent portrait of repulsion and desire.
Dublin, 1967. Four women dream of escaping the drudgery of their domestic life by winning the local talent contest. The prize – a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
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In the aftermath of the loss of a much beloved friend and mother, four women embark on a religious pilgrimage to Lourdes, each with their own hopes for a miracle in their lives. Starring a host of acclaimed and talented famous faces, The Miracle Club follows a recent spate of female-led buddy movies including The Book Club and its sequel, and 80 for Brady, and promises a wealth of humorous moments alongside moving drama. A heartwarming story, the film carries ‘a sincerity that is hard to resist’ (Screen Daily).
Tony is a young black man, living in 1970s Britain, who tries his hardest to fit into the English society that surrounds him. With Pressure, Horace Ové was the first Black British filmmaker to direct a feature film.
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Unlike his parents and older brother, who moved to Britain from Trinidad, Tony was born and brought up in West London, and hopes to find a place in his country of birth. Leaving school, he soon experiences discrimination from the police and potential employers. His mother cannot understand why he can’t get a job, and his older brother lectures him about radical politics. Tony turns towards the Black Power movement to find answers to his problems. Now recognised as the first full-length Black British feature film, Horace Ové’s masterpiece is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. This is Croydon – London Borough of Culture screening in association with Croydon BME Forum.All tickets £5.
A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiancé, but when the weather keeps them separated on different islands, she begins to have second thoughts.
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Ambitious and independent, Joan knows where she’s going – or at least she thinks she does. Travelling to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthy fiancé, she’s forced to wait out bad weather on the Isle of Mull, where encountering Torquil, a naval officer on shore leave, sets her compass spinning… With a haunted castle, a ceilidh and the stunning island scenery, creative duo Powell & Pressburger conjured one of the most enchanting romances in movie history, now restored and re-released through the BFI. “My favourite film of all time” – Tilda Swinton.
NAPOLEON 2023 | Dir Ridley Scott | 158m | GB | USA
Thursday 04 January 2024 at 2.30pm Thursday 04 January 2024 at 7pm *HOH Saturday 06 January 2024 at 2pm *HOH – Descriptive subtitles for those with hearing loss at 7pm.
Tickets on sale from 07 December 2023 at 9am
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DRIVING MADELEINE 2022 | Dir Christian Carion | 91m | France
Tuesday 09 January 2024 at 7.30pm
Tickets on sale from 07 December 2023 at 9am
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Thursday 11 January 2024 at 2.30pm*HOH Thursday 11 January 2024 at 7.30pm Friday 12 January 2024 at 11am(Babes In Arms) Saturday 13 January 2024 at 2pm(Relaxed) *HOH – Descriptive subtitles for those with hearing loss at 7pm.
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