SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (PG) – 1941 USA 90 mins – BFI Comedy Genius screening

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Preston Sturges Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick Stand-Up Film Club. The BFI Comedy Genius tour hits Croydon! Join us for a season of stand-up shows, followed by the performer’s favourite comedy film. Our final event in the season is hosted by BAFTA-nominated Kevin Day with a stand-up set before his chosen cult classic … Continue reading "SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (PG) – 1941 USA 90 mins – BFI Comedy Genius screening"

LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz While her armies war with France, Queen Anne’s courtiers are more interested in satisfying the whims of their frail monarch (Colman). Lady Sarah Churchill (Weisz) is firmly ensconced as the queen’s favourite, but her young cousin Abigail (Stone) is upwardly mobile. Lanthimos (The Lobster) and … Continue reading "LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins"

THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (12A) – 2018 USA 93 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: David Lowery Stars: Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek In what is rumoured to be his last acting role, Redford plays Forrest Tucker, who escaped from San Quentin at the age of 70. With a pair of similarly-aged accomplices, he launched a series of audacious bank heists that perplexed the police and delighted the … Continue reading "THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (12A) – 2018 USA 93 mins"

FREE SOLO (12A) – 2018 USA 100 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Features: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin Alex Honnold prefers to climb free solo: alone, without ropes. The mortality rate of elite free solo climbers is huge, but Honnold is driven by a desire to achieve the near-impossible, culminating in an attempt to ascend the sheer rock face of … Continue reading "FREE SOLO (12A) – 2018 USA 100 mins"

LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz While her armies war with France, Queen Anne’s courtiers are more interested in satisfying the whims of their frail monarch (Colman). Lady Sarah Churchill (Weisz) is firmly ensconced as the queen’s favourite, but her young cousin Abigail (Stone) is upwardly mobile. Lanthimos (The Lobster) and … Continue reading "LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins"

LGBT History Month Screening – COLETTE (15) – 2018 UK/USA 111 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

2.30 screening subtitled for those with a hearing loss Director: Wash Westmoreland Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw Kiera Knightley plays Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a young country innocent who marries the much older Willy (Dominic West), a Parisian literary lion. She soon discovers that he in fact runs a writer’s factory, passing off … Continue reading "LGBT History Month Screening – COLETTE (15) – 2018 UK/USA 111 mins"

A COUPLE OF DOWN AND OUTS (U) – 1923 UK 68 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Walter Summers Stars: Edna Best, Rex Davis, George Foley Homeless and workless on his return from the front, a decorated corporal rescues one of his wartime horses from imminent slaughter, knocking over a police sergeant while escaping. A young woman takes pity on the desperate pair, and romance ensues. Davis was awarded the Military … Continue reading "A COUPLE OF DOWN AND OUTS (U) – 1923 UK 68 mins"

LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Stars: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz While her armies war with France, Queen Anne’s courtiers are more interested in satisfying the whims of their frail monarch (Colman). Lady Sarah Churchill (Weisz) is firmly ensconced as the queen’s favourite, but her young cousin Abigail (Stone) is upwardly mobile. Lanthimos (The Lobster) and … Continue reading "LGBT History Month Screening – THE FAVOURITE (15) – 2018 Ireland/UK/USA 119 mins"

LGBT History Month Screening – COLETTE (15) – 2018 UK/USA 111 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Wash Westmoreland Stars: Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Denise Gough, Fiona Shaw Kiera Knightley plays Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a young country innocent who marries the much older Willy (Dominic West), a Parisian literary lion. She soon discovers that he in fact runs a writer’s factory, passing off other’s work as his own. When she writes a … Continue reading "LGBT History Month Screening – COLETTE (15) – 2018 UK/USA 111 mins"

STAN & OLLIE (PG) – 2018 UK/Canada/USA 97 mins

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

2.30 screening subtitled for those with a hearing loss Director: Jon S. Baird Stars: Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson Sixteen years after a contract dispute knocked them off their Hollywood pedestal, Laurel and Hardy are touring second-rate English theatres in a bid to raise interest (and funds) for a new movie venture. While … Continue reading "STAN & OLLIE (PG) – 2018 UK/Canada/USA 97 mins"