The official home of the cinema in the Croydon Clocktower. We are a non-profit, Community Interest Company presenting regular film screenings.
Director: Paul Greengrass Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles Matt Damon reprises his role as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in the latest iteration of the spy film franchise. Now aware of his true identity, Bourne lives a life off the grid as a bareknuckle fighter. However, … Continue reading "Jason Bourne (2016, USA) cert. 12A"
Director: Rebecca Miller Stars: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore Maggie (Gerwig) is organised, independent and ready to start a family on her own, until she meets John (Hawke), who is eager to escape his marriage to the brilliant, brittle Georgette (Moore). After a few years, and with a daughter she adores, Maggie realises … Continue reading "Maggie’s Plan (2015, USA) cert. 15"
Director: Roar Uthaug Features: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Thomas Bo Larsen In the beautiful Norwegian fjords, a catastrophic rockslide-induced tsunami, 80 meters high, will inevitably strike the community of Geiranger one day. Geologist Kristian (Joner) and his likeable family are due to leave, but his final day at an early … Continue reading "The Wave (2015, Norway) cert. 15 (subtitled)"
Screenings at 2.30 and 7.30pm Director: Robert Budreau Stars: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Stephen McHattie A stirring, unvarnished portrait of jazz legend Chet Baker’s career. Budreau eschews the conventional biopic model by focusing on the trumpeter’s comeback attempt in the late ’60s (similar, in approach, to Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead, well received … Continue reading "Born to be Blue (2015, Canada/UK) 97 mins, cert. 15"
Director: Rebecca Miller Stars: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore Maggie (Gerwig) is organised, independent and ready to start a family on her own, until she meets John (Hawke), who is eager to escape his marriage to the brilliant, brittle Georgette (Moore). After a few years, and with a daughter she adores, Maggie realises her … Continue reading "Maggie’s Plan (2015, USA) cert. 15"
Director: Brady Corbet Stars: Liam Cunningham, Bérénice Bejo, Robert Pattinson, Stacy Martin What happens to a lonely little boy, living in a big house in a foreign country? While his American father (Cunningham) plays an ineffectual bit-part in the Versailles peace conference, and his German mother (Bejo) shows little interest in him, young Prescott drifts … Continue reading "The Childhood of a Leader (2015, UK/France) cert. 12A (part-subtitled)"
Screenings at 2.30PM and 7.30pm Director: Pedro Almodóvar Stars: Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Emma Suárez, Inma Cuesta About to leave Spain for a new life with her partner Lorenzo, Julieta seems to be a happy and contented woman. However, a chance meeting with a childhood friend of her long-lost daughter Antía provides shocking news: … Continue reading "Julieta (2016, Spain) 96 mins, cert. 15 (subtitled)"
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob Middle-aged philosophy teacher Nathalie Chazeaux (Huppert) is married with two children. Between work and family life, her spare time is spent dealing with her supposedly depressed (or perhaps just attention seeking) mother and battling with her publisher who wishes to recover her academic … Continue reading "Things To Come (2016, Fra/Ger) cert. 12A, subtitled"
Screenings at 2.30PM and 7.30pm Director: Ron Howard Features: The Beatles From their early performances at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and the Star Club in Hamburg to their final concert in San Francisco in 1966, The Beatles’ extensive touring schedule brought them worldwide fame but eventually burned them out. Beatles fan Ron … Continue reading "The Beatles: Eight Days A Week, the Touring Years (2016, UK/USA) 130 mins, cert. 12A"
11.00am Babes in Arms screening Bringing a baby is not compulsory but we cannot guarantee a quiet auditorium during this screening! Director: John Carney Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Lucy Boynton Dublin, mid 1980s. 14-year-old Conor is transferred from a posh private school to the local comprehensive – a hostile territory of bullies … Continue reading "Sing Street (2016, Ireland/UK/USA) cert. 12A"