The official home of the cinema in the Croydon Clocktower. We are a non-profit, Community Interest Company presenting regular film screenings.
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy A man is shipwrecked on a tropical island, with only birds and sea creatures for company. Tired and hungry, he strives to survive and sail away on a home-made raft - until an encounter with a red turtle … Continue reading "The Red Turtle (2016 France/Belgium/Japan) Cert. PG"
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Stars: Emmanuel Garijo, Tom Hudson, Baptiste Goy A man is shipwrecked on a tropical island, with only birds and sea creatures for company. Tired and hungry, he strives to survive and sail away on a home-made raft - until an encounter with a red turtle … Continue reading "The Red Turtle (2016 France/Belgium/Japan) Cert. PG"
Additional screening for unmet demand Director: Lone Scherfig Stars: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy Facing a new demand for realistic Home Front movies, a London film studio hires copywriter Catrin (Arterton) to write the “slop” - industry slang for “girl talk” – to improve their product. And she proves a … Continue reading "Their Finest (2016, UK) Cert. 12A"
Screenings at 2.30 & 7.30 Director: François Ozon Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner Part romance, part detective story, this sumptuous film from Ozon (8 Women, Potiche) is set in 1919 in the aftermath of The Great War, with all its bitterness, grief and prejudice. In a small German … Continue reading "Frantz (2016 France/Germany) 113 mins, Cert. 12A (subtitled)"
Our Monthly 11.00am Babes in Arms screening Bringing a baby is not compulsory but we cannot guarantee a quiet auditorium during this screening! Intending patrons should note that the lights will not be fully dimmed during the screening and that people may need to move around. This Month we present: Their Finest (2016, UK), Cert. … Continue reading "July Babes in Arms Screening"
Director: Hope Dickson Leach Stars: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden Set on a struggling farm on the - regularly flooded - Somerset Levels, 'The Levelling' sees Clover (Kendrick) return to the family farm from her veterinary studies prematurely following the shocking news of her brother’s death. She must now address a fractured … Continue reading "The Levelling (2016 UK) Cert. 15"
Screenings at 11AM & 7.30 Director: Juho Kuosmanen Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff In 1962 Finnish boxer Olli Maki (Lahti) was surprisingly lined up to challenge for the world featherweight boxing title, fighting on home turf against American favourite Davey Moore. Everyone is keen for him to win and put … Continue reading "The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki (2016 Finland/Sweden/Germany) 92 mins, Cert. 12A (subtitled)"
Director: Fritz Lang Stars: Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke In Lang's Der Mude Tod (literally The Weary Death) Death (Goetzke) pays a visit and takes the fiancé (Janssen) of a young woman (Dagover). Death offers her a challenge. She can save his life if she can change destiny and save one of three lives … Continue reading "Destiny (Der Mude Tod – 1921 Germany) Cert. PG – silent film"
Screenings at 2.30* & 7.30+ The 2.30 screening will be subtitled for those with hearing loss The 7.30 screening is nearly sold out - there will be an extra evening show on Wednesday 2nd August Director: Roger Michell Stars: Sam Claflin, Rachel Weisz, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen A fine British cast lead this adaptation … Continue reading "My Cousin Rachel (2017 UK/USA) 106 mins, Cert. 12A"
Director: Claude Barras Stars: Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud Following the sudden death of his mother (no plot spoilers here) the orphaned Icare, who likes to be called Courgette, is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who takes him to his new foster home. Here, he meets other orphans his age, but struggles to … Continue reading "My Life As A Courgette (2016 Switzerland/France) Cert. PG – subtitled"