The official home of the cinema in the Croydon Clocktower. We are a non-profit, Community Interest Company presenting regular film screenings.
WATERLOO SUNSET (2024) plus Q&AWednesday 04 December 2024 at 7.00pm 2024 | Dir Harvey Marcus | 90m | UKHopton’s Almshouses are a collection of affordable cottages for low-income over-65s, a stone’s throw from Tate Modern on the South Bank. This documentary films and interviews its residents, who have wonderful stories to tell, while acknowledging they … Continue reading "WATERLOO SUNSET"
ANORA (2024) Thursday 05 December 2024 at 2.30pmThursday 05 December 2024 at 7.00pm (HOH) 2024 | Dir Sean Baker | 139m | USAWinner of the prestigious Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Anora is a modern-day fairytale which Vanity Fair calls “a wild, profane blast.” The film chronicles the dizzying love affair between a New York … Continue reading "ANORA"
ELF (relaxed)Saturday 07 December 2024 at 11.00am 2024 | Dir Jon Favrea | 90m | USAAfter crawling into Santa’s sack as a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) has grown up as an elf in the North Pole. Raised by Papa Elf, Buddy knows he’s at least four feet taller than most of the other elves, and … Continue reading "ELF – RELAXED"
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (2024)Saturday 07 December 2024 at 2.00pm 2023 | Dir Tim Mielants | 96m | UKSet in a small Irish town during December 1985, Small Things Like These follows Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy), a coal merchant and devoted father, who begins to notice disturbing truths about the local convent. As he delivers … Continue reading "SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE"
ELF (2003)Monday 09 December 2024 at 4.00pm 2024 | Dir Jon Favrea | 90m | USAAfter crawling into Santa’s sack as a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) has grown up as an elf in the North Pole. Raised by Papa Elf, Buddy knows he’s at least four feet taller than most of the other elves, and … Continue reading "ELF"
MEDIHA (2024) - plus recorded Q&A Tuesday 10 December 2024 at 2.30pmTuesday 10 December 2024 at 7.30pm 2024 | Dir Hasan Oswald | 90m | USA | IraqMediha Ibrahim Alhamad is a Yazidi girl, kidnapped by ISIS fighters and later rescued and taken to a refugee camp, where we first meet her, filming her two brothers. … Continue reading "MEDIHA"
THE APPRENTICE (2024)Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 7.30pm 2024 | Dir Ali Abbasi | 120m | Canada | IrelandEverything you need to know to understand how Donald Trump became the man he is today. Sebastian Stan is unrecognisable in the guise of The Don and Jeremy Strong is impressive as Roy Cohn, the man who … Continue reading "THE APPRENTICE"
BLITZ (2024) Thursday 12 December 2024 at 2.30pm (HOH)Thursday 12 December 2024 at 7.30pm 2024 | Dir Steve McQueen | 120m | UK | USAStars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Paul WellerSet amidst the devastation of World War II, Blitz tells the gripping story of a young boy evacuated from London for safety, only to find himself … Continue reading "BLITZ"
MY OLD ASS - Babes In ArmsFriday 13 December 2024 at 11.00am 2024 | Dir Megan Park | 89m | USAElliott is ignoring her family, prior to leaving for college, instead hanging out with her two friends. One night on an outdoor camping trip, the three brew up magic mushrooms, and Elliott finds herself talking … Continue reading "MY OLD ASS BIA"
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (1970) Saturday 14 December 2024 at 2.00pm 1970 | Dir Lionel Jeffries | 109m | UK This much-loved adaptation of E. Nesbit’s children’s novel still delights family audiences over 40 years on. When their father is mysteriously arrested, Bobbie, Phyllis, Peter and their mother are forced to move from their grand house … Continue reading "THE RAILWAY CHILDREN"