Babes in Arms screening – ON CHESIL BEACH (15) – 2017 UK 110 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Monthly 11.00 am Babes in Arms screening Bringing a baby is not compulsory, but we cannot guarantee a quiet auditorium! Lights will not be fully dimmed, sound will be lower than usual and people may need to move around. When available, subtitles will be shown. The babes in arms may be up to one year … Continue reading "Babes in Arms screening – ON CHESIL BEACH (15) – 2017 UK 110 min"

LEAVE NO TRACE (PG) – 2018 USA 109 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Debra Granik Stars: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Dale Dickey Will and Tom are a father-daughter pair living an Edenic life in Forest Park, a nature reserve near Portland, Oregon. As squatters, they maintain minimal and cautious contact with the outside world, until a careless mistake exposes them. With their lives now derailed, the … Continue reading "LEAVE NO TRACE (PG) – 2018 USA 109 min"

THE HAPPY PRINCE (15) – 2018 UK 105 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Rupert Everett Stars: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson Responsible for the script and direction, as well as starring as Oscar Wilde, this could be regarded as a vanity project by Rupert Everett, but in fact it does an excellent job of chronicling Wilde’s last days. Having been released from Reading Gaol, he escapes … Continue reading "THE HAPPY PRINCE (15) – 2018 UK 105 min"

SWIMMING WITH MEN (12A) – 2018 UK 96 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Oliver Parker Stars: Rob Brydon, Adeel Akhtar, Jim Carter, Rupert Graves Struggling with career and marital problems, accountant Eric (Brydon) finds that friendship provides solace – and in a surprising form, as an all-male synchronised swimming team comes together. Can their coach Susan (Riley) whip this motley crew into shape, as they train for … Continue reading "SWIMMING WITH MEN (12A) – 2018 UK 96 min"

FIRST REFORMED (15) – 2017 USA 113 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Paul Schrader Stars: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric Kyles Reverend Ernst Toller (a great performance by Hawke) is the pastor of a small parish church in New York. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, it is now a tourist attraction with a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by a modern church nearby. When pregnant parishioner … Continue reading "FIRST REFORMED (15) – 2017 USA 113 min"

MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART (12A) – 2017 UK 92 min

Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Joe Stephenson Features: Ian McKellen, Scott Chambers, Luke Evans ‘Human beings,’ reflects Sir Ian McKellen, ‘are acting all day long. It’s not yourself you offer to the world, but part of yourself.’ This insight is characteristic of a film that continually focuses on the man behind the famous actor who, at the age of … Continue reading "MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART (12A) – 2017 UK 92 min"

PIN CUSHION (15) – 2017 UK 82 min – Q&A with Joanna Scanlan

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Deborah Haywood Stars: Lily Newmark, Joanna Scanlan, Loris Scarpa A mother and her teenaged daughter move into a Northern town. Disabled and friendless, mother Lyn (Scanlan – The Thick of It; The Invisible Woman) tries to keep daughter Iona (Newmark) in a state of childhood, but as the pressures of high school life weigh … Continue reading "PIN CUSHION (15) – 2017 UK 82 min – Q&A with Joanna Scanlan"

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (PG) – 2018 UK/USA 114 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

2.30 screening subtitled for those with a hearing loss Director: Ol Parker Stars: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep Five years after the events of Mamma Mia, a pregnant Sophie dreams of reopening the renovated Hotel Bella Donna with a party to reunite her family and friends. Sophie learns about her mother Donna’s spirited past … Continue reading "MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (PG) – 2018 UK/USA 114 min"

Babes in Arms screening – TULLY (15) – 2018 USA 95 min

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Monthly 11.00 am Babes in Arms screening Bringing a baby is not compulsory, but we cannot guarantee a quiet auditorium! Lights will not be fully dimmed, sound will be lower than usual and people may need to move around. When available, subtitles will be shown. The babes in arms may be up to one year … Continue reading "Babes in Arms screening – TULLY (15) – 2018 USA 95 min"

LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE (PG) – 2017 Spain 90 min – subtitled

David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, Croydon

Director: Gustavo Salmerón Features: Julita Salmerón, Antonio García Cabanes, Ramón García Salmerón Fourteen years in the making, Salmerón has edited 400 hours of footage into this documentary of his charismatic Spanish mother, Julita. While her wish to have lots of children, own a monkey and live in a castle came true, the economic crisis forces … Continue reading "LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE (PG) – 2017 Spain 90 min – subtitled"