Awards 2026

AWARDS

SEASON 2026

2 JAN – 5 MAR

HAMNET

MARTY SUPREME

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

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The Awards Season always sees some real quality films released, of which we are screening most of them.

As we always do, we commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in late January, this time with three films, a talk, plus two events for schoolkids.

We also bring back for a third consecutive year, the Japan Foundation Touring Programme, which features the best in Japanese cinema over seven weeks.

We start a new monthly programming feature - Staff Choice - which sees staff members pick a favourite of theirs to share with our audience. Mark Hoare and Anne-Marie Flynn take the reins this season.

Yes, we love film as much as all of you do.

Speaking of staff, we have an important announcement.

Our Senior Projectionist James Stokes is retiring after 28 years at Chichester Cinema. Jim has been witness to many changes over his time, in people, technology and the industry in general, having originally started as a projectionist at The Ritz in Gosport in the mid 1960s. He is one of the real characters of the cinema world and will be missed.

Thank you Jim. See you at the cinema HEAD OF PROGRAMMING PERFORMANCE

★★★★★ DAILY MAIL

SAT 3 JAN 20:15 SUN 4 JAN 15:45 TICKETS £19.50

THE FIFTH STEP

NT LIVE Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by Martin Freeman in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny play.

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend. Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production which the Daily Mail newspaper called “Raw, excruciating and alarmingly funny”.

90M (NO INTERVAL) 2

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CONTENTS 8½ 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE THE 400 BLOWS THE AUDIENCE AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH BECOMING VICTORIA WOOD BREATHLESS CARAVAGGIO THE CHORAL CRIME 101 DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT ELEANOR THE GREAT ETERNITY FACKHAM HALL FEDERICO FELLINI TALK THE FIFTH STEP FRENCH NEW WAVE TALK GISELLE H IS FOR HAWK HAMLET HAMNET THE HISTORY OF SOUND THE HOTEL OF MY DREAM THE HOUSEMAID I PURITANI I SWEAR IS THIS THING ON? IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT JAPAN SEASON JOHNNY GUITAR KANGAROO L’ATALANTE LA TRAVIATA THE LAST SPY LEON MARTY SUPREME

22 27 34 36 19 15 34 32 20 38 31 12 5 21 22 2 35 39 27 18 17 23 28 14 8 4 26 4 28 16 30 16 11 13 20 9

MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY 34 NO OTHER CHOICE 33 NOUVELLE VAGUE 35 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 24 OTHELLO 39 PALESTINE 36 10 PERFORMANCE 8 PETER HUJAR’S DAY 31 PILLION 7 A PLACE IN THE SUN 33 PRIME MINISTER 6 THE REAL YOU 29 RELAY 17 RENTAL FAMILY 19 RHINO 6 SAIPAN 26 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 10 SHAM 28 THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR 36 SHERLOCK JR. X R.E.M. 25 SILENCE OF THE SEA 29 SILENT SHERLOCK: THREE CLASSIC CASES 11 SINNERS 32 SONG SUNG BLUE 15 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS 30 STATE OF STATELESSNESS 23 SUNSET BOULEVARD 5 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY 9 THE TASTERS 13 TESTIMONY 14 THE THING WITH FEATHERS 18 THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB 21 WOMEN IN HOLOCAUST FILMS 12 WOOLF WORKS 25 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 37 WHAT’S ON 40

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★★★★★ TIME OUT

FRI 2 JAN SUN 4 JAN MON 5 JAN TUE 6 JAN THU 8 JAN

18:00 20:00 18:00 15:45 13:30

DISCOVER: IRAN

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

YEK TASADEF SADEH In this outstanding 2025 Palme D’or winning, darkly funny, Coenesque abduction tale, a small mishap triggers a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.

Impulsive mechanic Vahid (Vahid Mobasseri) believes he has caught the brutal interrogator who once tortured him for three months and left him scarred – a man given the epithets ‘Peg Leg’ by his victims. The guy has a prosthetic leg. It must be him. But like so much else in this blackly brilliant film, a question mark hangs over this scenario. Is this man (Ebrahim Azizi) really the author of his suffering or is he just a family man called Eghbal, as he claims?

Jafar Panahi is a formidably courageous filmmaker who has spent time in jail at the hands of his country’s repressive regime. Here, he brings deep feeling to a film that often plays closer to a straight comedy than a fiercer indictment of the state. One police officer even fishes out a card reader to take a bribe when Vahid doesn’t have cash on hand to get out of a tight spot. Panahi holds this tonal range expertly as laughs give way to a probing, philosophical third act that upends expectations in a quietly thrilling style. (Subtitles) IRAN 2025 JAFAR PANAHI 105M 100% - ROTTEN TOMATOES

FRI 2 JAN MON 5 JAN TUE 6 JAN WED 7 JAN THU 8 JAN

13:00 15:45 18:00 13:15 20:15

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

I SWEAR

One of the most requested films from the Autumn Season, this is the true story of John Davidson. Diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.

At age 15, John Davidson (Robert Aramayo) faced and overcame many hardships from adolescence and early adulthood, as a result of what was a little known and entirely misunderstood condition in 1980s Britain. Targeted as insane by his peers, Davidson lived with a condition few had ever witnessed, as he attempted to live a ‘normal’ life against the odds. This heartwarming film includes a supporting cast of Britain’s best: the always brilliant Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, and Cannes Best Actor Award winner and Golden Lion winner Peter Mullan. Aramayo has recently won the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards.

UK 2025 KIRK JONES 120M 4 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

FRI 2 JAN SAT 3 JAN MON 5 JAN TUE 6 JAN WED 7 JAN THU 8 JAN

15:30 18:00 13:30 20:30 15:30 18:00

ETERNITY

In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, a new arrival is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love.

Larry (Miles Teller) is a devoted husband who spent 65 years making his wife Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) happy. When he sees an old photograph of Joan with her first spouse Luke (Callum Turner), he chokes on a pretzel and ends up in the afterlife in a younger version of his body and eager to wait for his wife. But he’s not the only one waiting on Joan. Also on the other side is the dashing Luke (Callum Turner), who died valiantly in “the war” and has been waiting for Joan ever since. When Joan shows up in the afterlife, a new war brews between her two beaus, fighting for who she’ll spend eternity with. The result is a charming comedy with a unique premise that is heartwarming fun. Look out for the always brilliant Da’Vine Joy Randolph (‘The Holdovers’) who co-stars as an ‘afterlife counsellor’ and shares some great comedic moments with a work rival (John Early). Very funny and with a super-tight script.

USA 2025 DAVID FREYNE 112M

★★★★★

DAILY TELEGRAPH/GUARDIAN

SAT 3 JAN WED 7 JAN

13:15 18:00

SUNSET BOULEVARD

4K REMASTER A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return, in this cold-blooded satire of Hollywood. The best film ever to capture the transitory nature of film fame returns in a stunning 4K remaster.

Struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) needs to lie low for a while when he chances upon a rundown mansion on Sunset Boulevard. The creepy residence is home to faded movie star Norma Desmond (the hypnotic Gloria Swanson), and devoted manservant Max (Erich von Stroheim). Desmond is planning an unlikely movie comeback and wants Cecil B DeMille to direct her hapless version of ‘Salome’. Eyeing an easy buck, Joe offers his writing services to the deluded one-time great, who covets more than just his editing skills. ‘Sunset Boulevard’ is both a savage indictment of the star system (and the monsters it produces), and an all-too-knowing depiction of a writer’s impotence in Hollywood.

Classic scene unspools after classic scene filled with priceless one-liners.

USA 1950 BILLY WILDER 110M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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FOCUS ON DOCUMENTARY SUN 4 JAN

13:30

RHINO

Tom Hardy narrates this unique eco-thriller documentary in which Park Rangers must relocate 21 black rhinos to a new sanctuary, which is surrounded by poachers.

With only 6000 black rhinos left on Earth, one dedicated wildlife ranger, Kiloku, has made it his life mission to protect the species against all odds. Hemmed in by ruthless bandits and with overcrowding becoming an issue, the rhinos at his sanctuary risk turning on each other in a death match for territory. With the help of a recently qualified ranger named Rita, the pair launch an audacious plan to move a group of the formidable herd to a new safe haven, 60 miles west. It is a potentially deadly mission, but one that the team are willing to risk their lives for in order to launch a new population, and further Kenya’s incredible ongoing conservation efforts. Crafted from four years of living and working alongside Kenya’s conservancy community, this documentary is both timely and urgent, as poacher violence spirals out of control and the demand for illicit rhino horn climbs ever higher.

UK 2025 TOM MARTIENSSEN 83M FOCUS ON DOCUMENTARY

PLUS RECORDED Q&A

SAT 3 JAN TUE 6 JAN

PRIME MINISTER

15:45 13:15

Chronicling Jacinda Ardern’s tenure as New Zealand Prime Minister, navigating crises while redefining global leadership through her empathetic yet resolute approach.

Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s 40th Prime Minister, led her nation through unprecedented challenges, implemented bold policies and became the second leader in history to give birth in office, all while championing an inclusive and empathetic leadership style that changed global expectations of what a leader can be. This is an essential political portrait seeding optimism and concern, leaving you with hope that more Jacinda Arderns are in the wings ready to enshrine common sense, despite the pitfalls of politics. World leaders have rarely been captured with as much intimacy. The film will include a 17-minute recorded Q&A with Jacinda Ardern.

USA/NEW ZEALAND 2025 LINDSAY UTZ & MICHELLE WALSHE 101M 6 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS: BEST FILM

FRI 2 JAN SUN 4 JAN WED 7 JAN THU 8 JAN

20:15 17:45 20:15 15:45

PILLION

In this very funny… and naughty comedy, a directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

Colin (Harry Melling) is a sweet, shy guy who lives at home with his dad Pete (Douglas Hodge) and mum Peggy (Lesley Sharp), who is always tenderly trying to set Colin up with dates. Colin sings with his dad’s cheesy barbershop quartet every Sunday in the pub, which is where he somehow catches the imperious gaze of leather-clad Ray (Alexander Skarsgård). Soon Ray is requiring the thrilled Colin to cook and clean and shop for him, and ride pillion behind Ray when on his bike. Director Harry Lighton finds a delicate balance between funny, disturbing, sweet and sad, and brings out an impressive performance from his two leads, especially Melling as the instantly lovable young chap trying to understand the full spectrum of his identity as a gay man. “It’s basically what Fifty Shades of Grey should have been.” Peter Bradshaw (Guardian).

UK 2025 HARRY LIGHTON 107M

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PERFORMANCE THEATRE

THE FIFTH STEP (NT LIVE) – SUN 4 JAN 15:45 PG2 HAMLET (NT LIVE) – SUN 25 JAN 14:45 PG18 THE AUDIENCE (NT LIVE) – THU 26 FEB 19:45, FRI 27 FEB 12:15 & SUN 1 MAR 14:45 PG36 OTHELLO (THEATRE ROYAL) – WED 4 MAR 19:45 & SAT 7 MAR 15:00 PG39

OPERA

I PURITANI (MET OPERA) – SUN 11 JAN 13:45 LA TRAVIATA (ROYAL BALLET & OPERA) – THU 15 JAN 18:45 & SUN 18 JAN 13:45

BALLET

WOOLF WORKS (ROYAL BALLET & OPERA) – SUN 15 FEB 14:45 GISELLE (ROYAL BALLET & OPERA) – TUE 3 MAR 19:15 & SUN 8 MAR 15:00

PG8 PG11 PG25 PG39

EXHIBITION

CARAVAGGIO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) – SAT 21 FEB 13:00 & TUE 24 FEB 13:15

PG32

FILM & MUSIC EVENT

PG25 PERFORMANCE

SHERLOCK JR. X R.E.M. - SAT 7 FEB 15:00 (PLUS KEATON TALK) & THU 12 FEB 16:45

SUN 11 JAN 13:45 TICKETS £21.50

I PURITANI

MET OPERA For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura and virtuoso vocal fireworks, Vincenzo Bellini’s ‘I Puritani’ has few equals.

This first new Met production of Bellini’s final masterpiece in nearly 50 years – with a striking staging by Charles Edwards - arrives at Chichester Cinema. The Met has assembled a world-beating quartet of stars, conducted by Marco Armiliato, for the demanding principal roles. Soprano Lisette Oropesa and tenor Lawrence Brownlee are Elvira and Arturo, brought together by love and torn apart by the political rifts of the English Civil War, with baritone Artur Ruciński as Riccardo, betrothed to Elvira against her will, and bassbaritone Christian Van Horn as Elvira’s sympathetic uncle, Giorgio.

Libretto by Carlo Pepoli. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

225M INC INTERVAL 8 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

OSCAR FAVOURITE

FRI 9 JAN SAT 10 JAN SUN 11 JAN MON 12 JAN TUE 13 JAN WED 14 JAN THU 15 JAN

12:30 & 17:45 12:30 & 20:15 17:45 12:30 & 15:15 12:00, 17:30 & 20:15 16:15 15:45

MARTY SUPREME

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. Believe the hype – this will be one of the films of the year!

1952. In the Jewish heart of New York’s Lower East Side, we meet Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) – ping-pong legend in waiting, hustler, woman-slayer and then some. Essentially the film is about the calamitous, all-swaggering rise of Marty, including an interaction with ageing, married film star Kay Stone (Gwyneth Paltrow) on smoulderingly good form, who is seduced before being financially hoodwinked. The payback for Marty is gloriously humiliating. Chalamet turns in an Oscar-worthy performance with a titular character that is by equal turns an arrogant, abrasive people user while also being completely lovable and endearing.

USA 2025 JOSH SAFDIE 149M

MON 5 JAN

20:15 – FILM CLUB

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, intricate and suspenseful interpretation of Patricia Highsmith’s first Ripley novel, published in 1955, about a poor man who wanted to be a rich man.

By chance, Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) is offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), Dickie’s cultured fiancée, and soon finds himself soaking in luxury.

Through Damon’s performance and Minghella’s direction, each of Ripley’s lies, and murders, have an emotional immediacy in a story of self-destruction so convincing, so compelling, that we want to believe Tom’s lies as much as he does. The cast also includes Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

USA 1999 ANTHONY MINGHELLA 137M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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★★★★★

DAILY TELEGRAPH

FRI 9 JAN SAT 10 JAN SUN 11 JAN MON 12 JAN TUE 13 JAN WED 14 JAN THU 15 JAN

20:30 17:30 20:15 18:00 14:45 13:15 13:00

DISCOVER: NORWAY

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

AFFEKSJONSVERDI Eight Golden Globe nominations! An intimate exploration of family, memories and the reconciliatory power of art. One of those unmissable European films that will be spoken about in the same breath as ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Zone of Interest’. Utterly brilliant!

Sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned film director. He offers Nora, a famous face at the National Theatre in Oslo, a role in his comeback passion project, which she turns down, later discovering he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star (Elle Fanning). Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father - and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics. This is a heart-swelling and unexpectedly humour-filled tale that will break you before it makes you whole again. At one point Gustav says, “when it comes to world cinema, they really don’t make ‘em like they used to”. He is right of course, but what a treat when someone makes one like this.

Cinema this intelligent is rarely this much fun to watch. (Subtitles) NORWAY 2025 JOACHIM TRIER 133M 100% - ROTTEN TOMATOES

FRI 9 JAN 15:30 MON 12 JAN 20:30

PALESTINE 36

A film exploring the 1936-39 Arab revolt against British rule, laying bare the colonial interference that sowed the seeds for the IsraelPalestine conflict.

1936. As villages across mandatory Palestine rise against British colonial rule, Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest. But history is relentless. With rising numbers of Jewish immigrants escaping antisemitism in Europe, and the Palestinian population uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year dominion, all sides spiral towards inevitable collision in a decisive moment for the British Empire and the future of the entire region. The cast includes Jeremy Irons as High Commissioner Wauchope and Robert Aramayo (‘I Swear’) as Captain Wingate. (Some subtitles) FRANCE/PALESTINE2025 ANNEMARIE JACIR 115M 10 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

SAT 10 JAN 15:15 SUN 11 JAN 12:00

SILENT SHERLOCK: THREE CLASSIC CASES

PERFORMANCE

Numerous actors have portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the big screen, but nobody comes close to Eille Norwood, who starred as Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth in 45 shorts and two features in the 1920s.

Three of the restored two-reelers are on view here: ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’ (1921), ‘The Golden Pince-Nez’ (1922) and ‘The Final Problem’ (1923). What’s striking about these films is how well they distil the essence of Conan Doyle’s stories into twenty-odd minutes of screen time, efficiently setting up the mystery, deduction and solution, and inserting flashbacks to reveal key details. Norwood is captivating as Holmes; he is an authoritative presence and a largely understated performer perfectly suiting Conan Doyle’s detective.

Directed by the reliable hands of Maurice Elvey and George Ridgewell. Silent with new music by Joanna MacGregor, Joseph Havlat and Neil Brand.

UK 1921-23 MAURICE ELVEY/GEORGE RIDGWELL 75M

THU 15 JAN 18:45 SUN 18 JAN 13:45 TICKETS £19.50

LA TRAVIATA

ROYAL BALLET & OPERA In director Richard Eyre’s world of seductive grandeur, the tender and devastating beauty at the centre of Guiseppe Verdi’s opera shines bright.

At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisian courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking. As intimate as it is sumptuous, ‘La Traviata’ features some of opera’s most famous melodies and is a star vehicle for its leading soprano role sung by Ermonela Jaho. Cast also includes Giovanni Sala as Alfredo Germont, Aleksei Isaev as Giorgio Germont and Veena Akama-Makia as Annina. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.

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HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY We commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with three films, one talk, plus two events for schoolchildren.

★★★★ DAILY TELEGRAPH/TIMES

FRI 16 JAN 12:45 SAT 17 JAN 18:15 MON 19 JAN 20:30 TUE 20 JAN 13:00 WED 21 JAN 13:15 THU 22 JAN 15:45

ELEANOR THE GREAT

FILM TALK

After a devastating loss, witty and proudly troublesome Eleanor Morgenstein, 94, tells a tale that takes on its own dangerous life.

Eleanor (June Squibb - ‘Thelma’) and her best friend Bessie (Rita Zohar – a real Holocaust survivor) share a home in Florida. Eleanor is generally grouchy and has a tendency to lie, but when a change in their situation forces Eleanor back to New York, she becomes the unwelcome guest in her divorced and much-criticised daughter’s (Jessica Hecht) tiny apartment. This film wraps the Holocaust and Jewish identity into a sentimental story of truth and reconciliation, and Squibb brings to vivid life the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut. It is a comically poignant exploration of how the stories we hear become the stories we tell, and will make you laugh, cry and hug everyone you love. Co-stars Chiwetel Ejiofor.

USA 2025 SCARLETT JOHANSSON 98M

SAT 24 JAN 10:30 TICKETS £8

WOMEN IN HOLOCAUST FILMS

COLLABORATORS, PERPETRATORS, BYSTANDERS AND VICTIMS An illustrated talk to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. This talk by Professor Maggie Andrews and Sonia Smith interrogates the representations of women in feature films about the Holocaust.

Some, such as ‘Frieda’ (1947) and ‘Lore’ (2012), encourage audiences to consider women’s complicity in genocide, or portray women as either monstrous fascists or powerless victims. However more nuanced renderings of ordinary women’s relationship with the Nazi regime can be found in ‘Downfall’ (2004) or ‘The Tasters’ (2025), which prompt audience reappraisals of women’s personal, ethical and moral choices when living in the Third Reich. (Some subtitles) 100M INC Q&A 12 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

SAT 24 JAN 12:45 TUE 27 JAN 18:00 SPECIAL PREVIEW

THE TASTERS

FOCUS ON DOCUMENTARY

LE ASSAGGIATRICI A special preview ahead of this film’s March 2026 release, in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. Based on Margot Wölk’s extraordinary real-life account, this film sees a group of women risk their lives as Hitler’s ‘food tasters’.

Rosa Sauer (Elisa Schlott) flees her bombed-out Berlin apartment, moves in with her in-laws, all while her German soldier husband is fighting in Ukraine. Not too far away in a forest surrounded by barbed wire is the “Wolf’s Lair” - the Eastern Front military headquarters of Adolf Hitler. Rosa lands among a group of warweary young women, long deprived of sufficient food, who are forcibly recruited by the SS as his food tasters, dining on abundant vegetarian delicacies three times a day. The extraordinary account by then 95-year-old Margot Wölk created a sensation when it first appeared in a Berlin tabloid more than a decade ago. (Subtitles) ITALY/BELGIUM/SWITZERLAND 2025 SILVIO SOLDINI 123M

SAT 31 JAN 15:45 TUE 3 FEB 20:15 SPECIAL PREVIEW

THE LAST SPY

Following its November premiere at the 2025 Jewish Film Festival, we are delighted to be given permission to screen this special preview, a riveting portrait of 100-year-old CIA spymaster Peter Sichel.

German-born, Jewish ex-spy, Peter Sichel - known as “the Jewish James Bond” in his Hamptons’ community, and “the wunderkind” in espionage circles - was in his early 20s when he joined the OSS (the precursor to the CIA). Aged 100, he looks back on his chequered career with the organisation, considering his huge successes, as well as his decision to quit in the 1960s, following years of disagreements with the CIA and consecutive American administrations. With spotless integrity plus a good dose of wit and humour to boot, Sichel relishes the opportunity to talk about the copious amounts of alcohol consumed by CIA agents in the 1950s, berate senior politicians, and call General Patton “a very stupid man” - in short, being a worldclass secret agent and mensch. “A fascinating and wide-ranging history lesson.” Screen Daily USA/GERMANY 2025 KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN 91M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 | 13

FRI 16 JAN 17:30 SUN 18 JAN 20:30 TUE 20 JAN 20:00 WED 21 JAN 15:30 THU 22 JAN 20:30

THE HOUSEMAID

This wildly entertaining thriller follows a struggling woman who is happy to start over as a housemaid for an affluent, elite couple.

Trying to escape her past, Millie (Sydney Sweeney) accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. Behind the Winchesters’ closed doors lies a world of shocking twists that will leave you guessing until the very end.

Based on the best-selling book by Freida McFadden and directed by Paul Feig (‘Bridesmaids’), the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems.

USA 2025 PAUL FIGG 131M

SAT

17 JAN 14:30

SPECIAL EVENT

TESTIMONY

PLUS TONY PALMER Q&A To commemorate 50 years since the death and 120 years since the birth of Dmitri Shostakovich, we present Tony Palmer’s remarkable film portrait of the great composer, starring Ben Kingsley in the title role.

Palmer’s prowess as an editor, skilfully interweaves archive footage and Soviet cinematic portrayals of Stalin with his own film, which is mostly in black and white reflecting the nature of the times in which Shostakovich lived. The starting point is Shostakovich’s funeral, where the composer himself is commenting sardonically in a voiceover on the guests. The dread figure of Stalin looms over the film, and Shostakovich’s terror becomes emblematic of the Great Terror itself. Based on the now-equivocally-considered memoirs of Shostakovich, written down by Solomon Volkov, this film is an overwhelming experience. Music (generously) is performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Barshai. Rare 35mm print.

UK/NETHERLANDS/DENMARK 1987 TONY PALMER 157M We are delighted to welcome back director Tony Palmer for a Q&A after the film.

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FRI 16 JAN 14:45 & 20:15 SAT 17 JAN 12:00 & 20:15 SUN 18 JAN 18:00 MON 19 JAN 13:15 & 18:00 TUE 20 JAN 15:15 WED 21 JAN 20:15 THU 22 JAN 13:00 & 18:00

SONG SUNG BLUE

FOCUS ON DOCUMENTARY

‘Lightning and Thunder’, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson shine as these troubled souls - a middle-aged mechanic and hairdresser - drawn to each other as much as they are to their shared love of the venerable singer-songwriter, and the film’s musical sequences are superb.

The best Neil Diamond songs are catchy enough to unite huge crowds, they’re deeply sentimental, and they refuse to make even the slightest effort to be cool… just like this film. It shows us that everyone has a voice worth using and the world is a better place when we all sing along.

USA 2025 CRAIG BREWER 133M

MON 19 JAN 16:00 WED 21 JAN 18:15

BECOMING VICTORIA WOOD

A documentary which delves into the complex inner world of this national treasure nearly ten years after her passing.

Victoria Wood remains one of Britain’s most cherished entertainers - a Northern comic genius whose work reshaped the landscape of British humour. But behind the joyous persona - the singer, the satirist, the sharp-witted writer - lay a young woman navigating insecurity, anger and self-doubt. Told in her own words and through the voices of those who knew her best, the film uncovers the formative experiences and personal battles that powered Victoria’s unmatched ability to make the nation laugh. Actor Jessica Barden brings to life extracts from letters, interviews and Victoria Wood’s own personal archive in specially filmed scenes combining readings with dramatisation in the upcoming feature-length documentary.

UK 2025 CATHERINE ABBOTT 90M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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★★★★★

THE GUARDIAN

SUN 18 JAN 12:00 TUE 20 JAN 18:00

L’ATALANTE

Jean Vigo’s dreamy classic returns to cinemas in a beautiful 4K restoration. A film now considered to be one of cinema’s very greatest works.

Dita Parlo stars as a young bride who begins married life aboard her husband’s barge on the Seine. But within its cramped confines, shared with a small crew (including the eccentric Père Jules, memorably played by Michel Simon) and an abundance of cats, the relationship begins to flounder. Vigo imbues this simple tale, beautifully shot by Boris Kaufman, with social realism, lyrical romance and sensual eroticism to create a unique and enduring classic. A timeless masterpiece of love and yearning, this was the only full-length film made by Jean Vigo before his tragic early death. (Subtitles) FRANCE 1934 JEAN VIGO 89M

SUN 25 JAN 12:30 MON 26 JAN 18:00 STAFF CHOICE – MARK HOARE

JOHNNY GUITAR

To kick off our Staff Choice selections, Head of Technical Operations Mark Hoare has chosen Nicholas Ray’s ferocious, frayed melodramatic Western, led by two women whose real-life dislike for one another bled into their performances.

Vienna (Joan Crawford) owns a saloon on the edge of town, a regular haunt of outlaw The Dancin’ Kid (Scott Brady). The railroad is coming and Vienna’s plot of land will soon make her fortune.

But opposing her is Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge), scion of the richest family in the area and so ashamed of her desire for the Kid that she wants him dead. Enter Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden), a musician with a past that Vienna is desperate for him to forget. Enter love or something like it. A yearning score by Peggy Lee and Victor Young. A cast including John Carradine, Royal Dano, Ernest Borgnine and Ben Cooper. The boldest colour scheme. Pedro Almodóvar’s favourite film. Rapture.

Mark: “I chose this chiefly because it’s sublime and I adore it, but also because of its melding and rejection of genre and convention, its repression and twisted emotion, its gorgeous and gaudy colours, its spite and malice, McCambridge and Crawford in a battle of who crumbles first, the longing”.

USA 1954 NICHOLAS RAY 110M 16 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

★★★★★

DAILY TELEGRAPH/TIMES

FRI 23 JAN 13:15 & 18:00* SAT 24 JAN 15:15 & 17:45 SUN 25 JAN 18:00 & 20:30 MON 26 JAN 13:00 MON 26 JAN 15:30 & 20:15 TUE 27 JAN 13:00, 15:30 & 20:30 WED 28 JAN 13:30 & 16:15 THU 29 JAN 13:00, 18:00 & 20:30

* The Fri 23 Jan 18:00 screening will include a short intro by Executive Producer Laurie Borg.

FRI 30 JAN 13:00 SAT 31 JAN 17:45 SUN 1 FEB 20:15 MON 2 FEB 13:15 TUE 3 FEB 15:30 WED 4 FEB 15:30 THU 5 FEB 17:00

HAMNET

A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of William Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, ‘Hamlet’.

Agnes (Jessie Buckley), an expert falconer, and Will (Paul Mescal), a Latin tutor who longs to be a writer, quickly fall in love, marry and have three children. But when their 11-year-old son Hamnet (Jacobi Jupe) succumbs to the plague, Agnes and Will face the first severe challenge to their relationship. Chloe Zhao’s (‘Nomadland’) adaptation of the Maggie O’Farrell novel charts the romance between Shakespeare and his wife and the tragedy that inspired the Bard’s heralded ‘Hamlet’. Where other films reduce the act of creation to a simplistic cause-and-effect scenario, ‘Hamnet’ far more profoundly investigates how love and art shift in intensity and clarity over time. So much of the movie is meticulously composed, colourful and detailed, that it almost feels like a romantic fairytale.

One of the must-sees of the season.

UK/USA 2025 CHLOÉ ZHAO 125M

★★★★

THE TIMES/TELEGRAPH

FRI 23 JAN 20:45 THU 29 JAN 15:45

RELAY

A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

Riz Ahmed plays a world class “fixer” who specialises in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules.

But when a message arrives one day from a potential client (Lily James), needing his protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change. This is a crisply edited old-school thriller, full of style, and with Ahmed outstanding as always.

USA 2024 DAVID MACKENZIE 112M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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FRI SAT

23 JAN 16:00 24 JAN 20:15

THE THING WITH FEATHERS

After a tragic loss, a grieving father tries to raise his young sons whilst dealing with an unlikely, unpredictable and uninvited houseguest.

Following the death of his wife, a young father’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons (real-life brothers Henry and Richard Boxall). A man-like crow, seemingly brought to life from the father’s work as an illustrator, is about to become a very real part of all of their lives, ultimately guiding them towards the new shape their family must take. Anyone who has had an experience with loss will deeply identify with this film; it will be a little distressing, yet somewhat cathartic viewing. Cumberbatch’s full-throttle performance is the best he has been in years.

UK 2025 DYLAN SOUTHERN 98M PERFORMANCE

★★★★★

BROADWAY WORLD

SUN 25 JAN 14:45 TICKETS £19.50

HAMLET

NT LIVE Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (‘Life of Pi’) is Hamlet in this National Theatre fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (‘Standing at the Sky’s Edge’, ‘Operation Mincemeat’) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining. “This is exactly the kind of ‘Hamlet’ you would hope to see.” Broadway World. “Francesca Mills’ Ophelia brings this intelligent, thoughtful production to its most vivid life.” WhatsOnStage.

180M INC 2 INTERVALS. 18 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

★★★★

DAILY TELEGRAPH

FRI 30 JAN 18:00 SAT 31 JAN 20:15 SUN 1 FEB 18:00 MON 2 FEB 15:45 TUE 3 FEB 18:00 WED 4 FEB 13:15 THU 5 FEB 12:30

& 20:30

RENTAL FAMILY

An American actor struggling to find purpose, lands an unusual gig in Tokyo: working for an agency playing stand-in roles for strangers, where he rediscovers purpose, belonging and the beauty of human connection.

Phillip Vandarpleog (Brendan Fraser) is a washed-up American actor whose only brush with fame came from a Japanese toothpaste commercial years before. Now stuck in a loop of loneliness and failed auditions, his life changes when he is hired to pose as a mourner at a “living funeral”. What follows is a strange odyssey through Japan’s rent-a-relative industry, where he takes on increasingly intimate roles, being caught in a whirlwind of exhilarating experiences. ‘Rental Family’ is not only funny, but also melancholic and deeply human, and Brendan Fraser is a real Oscar hopeful, following his big win in 2023 with ‘The Whale’.

USA 2025 HIKARI 103M

SAT 31 JAN 12:15 THU 5 FEB 19:30

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in this epic spectacle of an adventure The family of Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) grapples with grief after their eldest child Neteyam’s death, encountering a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang (Oona Chaplin), as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges. Cast includes Kate Winslet as clan leader Ronal, as well as Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Jermaine Clement and David Thewlis.

USA 2025 JAMES CAMERON 192M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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★★★★★

EMPIRE MAGAZINE

MON 2 FEB

20:15 – FILM CLUB

LEON

When her family is murdered by a group of corrupt officers led by the tyrannical Norman Stansfield, a young 12-year-old girl enlists the help of an Italian-American hitman to seek revenge.

Mathilda (Natalie Portman) is only 12 years old, but is already familiar with the dark side of life: her abusive father stores drugs for corrupt police officers and her mother neglects her. Léon (Jean Reno), who lives down the hall, tends to his houseplants and works as a hired hitman for mobster Tony (Danny Aiello). When her family is murdered by crooked DEA agent Stansfield (Gary Oldman), Mathilda joins forces with a reluctant Léon to learn his deadly trade and avenge her family’s deaths. Oozing style, wit and confidence from every sprocket, and offering a dizzyingly, fresh perspective on the Big Apple that only Besson could bring, this is, in a word, wonderful. (Some subtitles) FRANCE 1994 LUC BESSON 110M

FRI 30 JAN 15:30 SUN 1 FEB 13:00 MON 2 FEB 18:00 TUE 3 FEB 13:00 WED 4 FEB 18:00 THU 5 FEB 14:45 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

THE CHORAL

In this comedy/drama, a choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers.

Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.

1916. As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) - driven, uncompromising and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together. Director Hytner has previously given us ‘The History Boys’ and ‘The Lady in a Van’, giving us an idea of the similar crowd-pleasing tone of this film.

UK/USA 2025 NICHOLAS HYTNER 113M 20 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

FRI 6 FEB SUN 8 FEB THU 12 FEB

13:15 17:30 20:30

FACKHAM HALL

In this wicked ‘Downton’ parody from the pen of comedian Jimmy Carr, a new porter forms an odd bond with the youngest daughter of a well-known UK family, as the Davenport family deals with the epic disaster of the wedding of their eldest daughter to her caddish cousin.

From the director of ‘Catastrophe’ Jim O’Hanlon; the hilarious story of a pickpocket (Ben Radcliffe) who blags his way into service at the grand Fackham Hall, only to fall for the Lord’s (Damien Lewis) rebellious daughter (Thomasin Mckenzie) who is betrothed to marry another (Tom Felton) to keep the family from financial ruin. A British Comedy from comedian turned screenwriter Jimmy Carr. Mistaken identities, forbidden love and one very inconvenient corpse turn the grand English manor of Fackham Hall into total bedlam in this comedy of class, romance, manners and mischief.

UK 2025 JIM O’HANLON 97M

★★★★★

THE TIMES/BBC.COM

SUN 8 FEB 15:30 TUE 10 FEB 20:30 THU 12 FEB 14:45 DISCOVER: PALESTINE

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

SAWT HIND RAJAB A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, Red Crescent volunteers do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.

This is an innovative hybrid of drama and documentary, recounting the heart-shattering story of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl caught in the Israel-Gaza war in January 2024. Travelling one afternoon in a car with her family, the car was fired upon, and Hind was the only one to survive. She was then trapped for hours in the wreckage, squeezed against the bodies of her relatives, and hoping to be rescued. Heart-wrenching recordings of phone conversations between the terrified girl and Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers have been used as the basis of this film. Director Kaouther Ben Hania is no stranger to the Oscars, having been nominated for ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ (2020), and ‘Four Daughters’ (2024). But her latest work – which includes Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Jonathan Glazer and Alfonso Cuarón among its executive producers – will have a greater impact than anything she has done before.

TUNISIA/FRANCE 2025 KAOUTHER BEN HANIA 89M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 | 21

★★★★★

GUARDIAN/THE TIMES

FRI 30 JAN 20:15 SUN 1 FEB 15:15

8½

FILM TALK

OTTO E MEZZO Probably Fellini’s most acclaimed work. This tale of a harried filmmaker retreating into memories and fantasies strikes the perfect balance between fantasy and reality.

Troubled Italian filmmaker Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) struggles with creative stasis as he attempts to get a new movie off the ground. Overwhelmed by his work and personal life, the director retreats into his thoughts, which often focus on his loves, both past and present, and frequently wander into fantastical territory. As he tries to sort out his many entanglements, romantic and otherwise, Anselmi finds his production becoming more and more autobiographical. The result is a dazzling array of themes and images, which make this the quintessential Fellini movie as well as the most potent movie about filmmaking.

ITALY 1963 FEDERICO FELLINI 138M

MON 9 FEB 18:30 TICKETS £8

MAGIC AND PASTA

THE LIFE AND CINEMA OF FEDERICO FELLINI Joining the Friends of Ravenna in a second collaboration, we examine one of the giants of Italian cinema - Federico Fellini.

Fellini (1920-1993) was one of the most imaginative and highly respected filmmakers of the 20th century. As an Italian and therefore a Hollywood outsider, his films were nonetheless nominated for 23 Academy Awards… and won eight! The extraordinary personal cinema he created over nearly 50 years, weaving the realities of daily life, fantasies and autobiography, still astound us today. This illustrated talk by Patrick Hargood and Mike Jennings from the cinema’s Education Team will explore this cinema magician’s life, career and major influences, from his early days in comics and journalism, through to his worldwide fame with ‘8½’ and ‘La Dolce Vita’. A must for all cinema lovers.

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| CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

★★★★

FINANCIAL TIMES

FRI 6 FEB SAT 7 FEB SUN 8 FEB MON 9 FEB TUE 10 FEB WED 11 FEB THU 12 FEB

15:15 & 20:30 17:15 13:00 13:00 & 20:30 12:45 16:30 18:00

PRIDE SELECTION

THE HISTORY OF SOUND

Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.

Paul Mescal brings the same introspective charm that gently lit ‘Normal People’ and ‘Aftersun’ to the role of Lionel, a goldenvoiced singing student of humble rural origins who is gifted with synaesthesia wherein stimulation of one sense triggers experience of another. Josh O’Connor’s ethno-musicologist David is more angular, urbane and theatrical, flamboyant of gesture with a slightly smug smirk. He also possesses a photographic - or rather phonographic - memory for folk songs. When the two men embark on a field trip, their journey of musical discovery leads to mutual discovery, and the two fall in love. The lead performances are remarkable, particularly Mescal’s - just to watch him listening is galvanising. This beautiful-looking, measured period piece is allowed to resonate quietly and linger in the mind and ears of the viewer.

USA/UK 2025 OLIVER HERMANUS 128M

MON 9 FEB THU 12 FEB

15:30 12:30

DISCOVER: TIBET

STATE OF STATELESSNESS

This is the first-ever Tibetan-language anthology feature film, exploring the profound themes of statelessness and migration through four poignant stories of Tibetans living in exile.

Directed by Tibetan filmmakers in India, America and Vietnam, the film captures the painful realities of a scattered people, from a father’s tale of the Mekong River to a son’s discovery of a family secret in Dharamshala. Directors: Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, Tsering Tashi Gyalthang, Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam and Sonam Tseten.

(Subtitles) INDIA/USA/VIETNAM 2024 VARIOUS DIRECTORS 106M SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

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★★★★★

GUARDIAN/EMPIRE/TIME OUT

BEST FILM OF 2025

FRI 6 FEB SAT 7 FEB SUN 8 FEB TUE 10 FEB WED 11 FEB

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

17:30 20:00 19:45 15:15 13:15

Nine Golden Globe nominations! When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own’s daughter.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film is inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel ‘Vineland’ set in “a zone of blessed anarchy” in Northern California. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a civil rights activist who joins an anti-government group to combat an “alt-right” white supremacist organisation, with Sean Penn playing the leader. Part political satire, part black comedy and part action blockbuster, the film is shot in glorious Vista Vision with breathtaking cinematography bathed in golden-hour natural light. With a cast to die for that also includes Benicio Del Toro and Regina Hall, the film also marks the sixth feature film collaboration between Anderson and composer Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), whose score oscillates between high tension and playful mischief, grounding the more chaotic moments with sonic weight. An Oscar favourite!

USA 2025 PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON 161M

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SAT 7 FEB 15:00 (PLUS KEATON TALK) THU 12 FEB 16:45

SHERLOCK JR. X R.E.M.

PERFORMANCE

Following the very popular ‘Nosferatu X Radiohead’ for Halloween 2025, we bring you one of Buster Keaton’s best comedies paired with supergroup R.E.M. In this sublime comedy teetering between reality and illusion, Buster Keaton stars as a film projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective. He uses his limited skills when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend’s father’s pocket watch. Keaton reportedly broke his neck performing one of the many dangerous practical stunts in the film. ‘Silents Synced’ pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music to bring audiences a unique big screen experience.

Here, Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M.’s altrock masterpieces ‘Monster’ (1994) and ‘New Adventures in Hi-Fi’ (1996). Whether you’re a movie lover or a rock music fan, this is an experience you won’t want to miss!

USA 1924 BUSTER KEATON 45M We are delighted to have Mike Jennings from the Cinema Education Team present a short Buster Keaton talk directly after the Saturday screening. We will explore Keaton’s life and the astonishing cinema he made, featuring clips that portray his remarkable contribution to cinema

SUN 15 FEB 14:45 TICKETS £19.50

WOOLF WORKS

ROYAL BALLET & OPERA Experience a ballet triptych inspired by Virginia Woolf’s genredefying works, haunting meditations of memory, madness and time.

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures.

‘Woolf Works’ is a collage of themes from ‘Mrs Dalloway’, ‘Orlando’, ‘The Waves’ and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award-winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit. Direction and Choreography: Wayne McGregor; Music: Max Richter; Conductor: Koen Kessels.

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★★★★★ THE TIMES

FRI 13 FEB SAT 14 FEB SUN 15 FEB MON 16 FEB TUE 17 FEB WED 18 FEB THU 19 FEB

15:30 & 18:00 15:15 & 20:15 19:45 13:00 & 15:30 15:15 & 18:00 13:15 & 20:30 20:00

IS THIS THING ON?

Laura Dern and Will Arnett play a divorcing couple in this hilarious Bradley Cooper-directed film, loosely based on the Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop’s life.

“We need to call it, right?” says Tess (Dern) to her husband Alex (Arnett). “I think so too”, Alex replies as they calmly countdown to their divorce. Alex then does what anyone would do: he makes his debut as a stand-up comedian, spilling the minutiae of the split to a roomful of strangers. Tess’s eventual exposure to the routine is a not-to-be-spoiled highlight. Bradley Cooper is a hoot as Alex’s best buddy, and in a lesser film would have stolen the show, but the leads in this warm and extremely funny comedy are just so engaging, with the ever-superb Dern giving an Oscar-worthy performance.

USA 2025 BRADLEY COOPER 124M

★★★★

THE TIMES/GUARDIAN

FRI 13 FEB SUN 15 FEB MON 16 FEB WED 18 FEB THU 19 FEB

20:30 17:45 18:00 16:00 18:00

SAIPAN

On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team’s preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy.

Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) is a player turned manager taking charge of the Republic of Ireland football team as they make a rare appearance in a global tournament. The media is perhaps rightfully crediting this to Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke), whose success as part of a very professional Manchester United organisation has elevated the national team, whether McCarthy likes to admit it or not. When they arrive in Saipan, however, they are welcomed to a junky and crumbling hotel (Keane compares it to Fawlty Towers), allocated unsafe training facilities and served sandwiches for food.

Tensions begin to spiral out of control and into the media spotlight.

Coogan, now one of England’s most reliable character actors, is excellent but it is Hardwicke who steals the film and their final, blistering confrontation is an escalating thrill to watch.

IRELAND/UK 2025 LISA BARROS D’SA & GLENN LEYBURN 91M 26 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

★★★★

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

FRI 13 FEB SAT 14 FEB SUN 15 FEB TUE 17 FEB WED 18 FEB THU 19 FEB

13:00 12:45 & 17:45 12:30 20:30 18:00 15:15

H IS FOR HAWK

After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.

Helen (Claire Foy) is a gently eccentric young Cambridge academic whose father Alisdair (Brendan Gleeson) is one of the most notable press photographers of his day. He is also his daughter’s closest friend, confidante and mentor, so when he dies she is understandably bereft. To deal with the loss, Helen buys a goshawk from a dealer, names it Mabel, and obsessively dives into training it... a unique yet effective way to deal with her grief.

This is an incredible true story, a warm and pensive adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s 2014 memoir where she rediscovers the beauty of being alive. Look out for the outdoor hunting scenes, shot with natural-history-documentary photographic precision as Mabel chases down her prey, skimming mere inches over the ground and flitting instinctively between trees.

UK 2025 PHILLIPA LOWTHORPE 114M

SAT 21 FEB 20:00 WED 25 FEB 16:30

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

As Spike is inducted into Jimmy Crystal’s gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson makes a discovery that could alter the world.

Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in ‘28 Years Later’ - but turning that world on its head - Nia DaCosta directs ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’. In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike’s (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) becomes a nightmare he can’t escape.

In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.

UK/USA NIA DACOSTA 109M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 | 27

JAPAN SEASON We are delighted that for a third consecutive year, we are taking part in the Japan Foundation Touring Programme, which features the best in Japanese cinema over seven consecutive weeks. Check online for the three Spring Season films.

SPECIAL OFFER: BUY 4 JAPANESE FILMS FOR THE PRICE OF 3.

TUE 10 FEB 18:00

THE HOTEL OF MY DREAM

WATASHI NI FUSAWASHI HOTEL A semi-autobiographical story about the author of the bestseller ‘Butter’, this charming and comical film explores the brutal reality of becoming a notable novelist.

Despite winning an award for newcomers, the future of rookie novelist Nakajima Kayoko (Non) does not seem at all bright, her struggles stemming from harsh criticism courtesy of veteran writer Higashijujo Munenori (Takito Kenichi). When Kayoko visits a prestigious hotel for a writing retreat, to her surprise, staying in the room directly above her is none other than Higashijujo himself! With the help of her editor (Tanaka Kei), she devises a plan to sabotage Munenori’s work. Transposing Yuzuki Asako’s original story from the present day to the 1980s, the film is filled with satire, humour and a fabulous 1980s wardrobe! (Subtitles) JAPAN 2024 TSUTSUMI YUKIHIKO 98M

MON 16 FEB 20:00

SHAM

To believe, or not to believe, that is the question… A gripping film challenging us to question what is real, whom to trust, and how fragile the images we create of others truly are.

Fukuoka, 2003. Devoted schoolteacher Yabushita Seiichi (Ayano Go) is accused of callously disciplining a child by the boy’s mother (Shibasaki Ko). Despite insisting that it is completely untrue, Seiichi is forced by his headteacher - who is more concerned about the school’s reputation - to apologise publicly. However, a news reporter (Kamenashi Kazuya) seizes on the story, publishing a sensational exposé that reveals Seiichi’s real name and casts him as a national villain. Internationally acclaimed director Miike Takashi delivers a film that serves as both a social critique and a moral inquiry. (Subtitles) JAPAN 2025 MIIKE TAKASHI 129M 28 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

MON 23 FEB 18:00

THE REAL YOU

HONSHIN Would knowing the truth about somebody you loved bring you happiness? This is a possible glimpse into our future and a critique of advancing technology.

Factory worker Ishikawa Sakuya (Ikematsu Sosuke) witnesses his mother (Tanaka Yuko) drowning in a river. One year later, after waking from a coma caused by an injury sustained while trying to save her, he discovers that she participated in a governmentapproved “elective death” programme, leaving Sakuya distraught and confused. Sakuya meets a developer (Tsumabuki Satoshi) of AI recreations of the dead built from harvested data and accessed through VR goggles, and commissions a ‘Virtual Figure’ of his mother. However, her digital image gradually reveals a side of her that Sakuya has never known. From AI to virtual beings to the controversial topic of assisted dying, this film tackles urgent social issues while confronting audiences with the question of what we might feel when we finally learn the truth about others. (Subtitles) JAPAN 2024 ISHII YUYA 122M

MON 2 MAR 18:00

SILENCE OF THE SEA

UMI NO CHINMOKU The line between imitation and authenticity is thin, and so is the line that determines the value of art. Where does the truth about ourselves lie?

A major incident occurs at an exhibition celebrating the career of world-renowned artist Tamura Shuzo (Ishizaka Koji): one of the displayed works is revealed to be a forgery. Guided by artistic conscience or pride – Shuzo publicly acknowledges it, even conceding its superiority. When the body of a tattooed woman is discovered, suspicions quickly fall on Shuzo’s rival and former prodigy, Tsuyama Ryuji (Motoki Masahiro). Having made a living by creating forgeries and tattooing women, Ryuji is now terminally ill and pursued for his crimes, obsessively devoting his final days to completing one last painting. Featuring stunning cinematography and an extraordinary lead performance by Motoki. (Subtitles) JAPAN 2024 WAKAMATSU SETSURO 112M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 | 29

KIDS ONLY £ .00

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TUE 17 FEB 13:15 THU 19 FEB 13:00

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS

SpongeBob journeys to the ocean’s depths to face the Flying Dutchman’s ghost, encountering challenges and uncovering marine mysteries.

SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss, cinematic event ever. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman - a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

USA 2025 DEREK DRYMON 96M

★★★★

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

KIDS ONLY £ .00

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KANGAROO

FRI 20 FEB 12:30 TUE 24 FEB 15:30

A heartwarming family comedy about a disgraced TV host and a young indigenous girl who work together to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Australian Outback community.

When Chris Masterman (Ryan Corr) loses his job as a TV breakfast show presenter in Sydney, he heads west to take up another offer but accidentally runs over a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch, damaging his sports car in the process. The only person he can interest in his predicament is 12-year-old indigenous girl Charlie (Lily Whiteley – a real find here) who is having her own problems adjusting to the Outback town, but finds him (and the joey) a place to stay. Here, Chris has a chance for redemption, but not before making heavy weather of ingratiating himself with the locals. Ernie Dingo (‘Crocodile Dundee’) is at his homespun best as chatty local mechanic who is in no hurry to fix Chris’s car. ‘Kangaroo’ is a fun film, loaded with Aussie charm, and manages to sell both the wonder of the beleaguered Alice Springs region, and glitzy Bondi Beach, to the world.

AUSTRALIA 2025 KATE WOODS 117M 30 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

★★★★

THE GUARDIAN

FRI 20 FEB 20:15 MON 23 FEB 13:15 DISCOVER: SOUTH AFRICA

DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT

A compelling drama that explores a family’s bond with Africa’s land and the war’s impact on the region and individuals through a child’s perspective.

Eight-year-old Bobo (Lexi Venter) lives on her family’s Rhodesian (now Zimbabwe) farm during the Bush War’s final stages. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family’s desperate attachment to Africa’s soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul. Venter, who was only 7 years old when making this film, is remarkable and entirely natural: a captivating, curious presence and our guide in this uncertain world. This is an earthy adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s autobiographical novel about her childhood. (Some subtitles) SOUTH AFRICA 2024 EMBETH DAVIDTZ 99M

MON 23 FEB 20:30

PETER HUJAR’S DAY

A conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz sheds light on New York’s vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist.

Hujar (Ben Wishaw) was a brilliant photographer and stylish gay man of the 1970s and 1980s, associated with Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe and part of a hip New York coterie of artists and intellectuals. In 1974, he took part in a kind of documentary nonfiction project undertaken by author Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall), in which he simply came to her apartment and recounted into a tape machine everything that happened to him on a certain day. This is an intriguing time capsule of life in New York’s 1970s downtown scene.

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OSCAR FAVOURITE

FRI 20 FEB 17:30 TUE 24 FEB 20:15 WED 25 FEB 13:30

SINNERS

PERFORMANCE

Seven Golden Globe nominations! Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an evil is waiting to welcome them back.

The dreams of rabble-rousing (and former Chicago enforcers for Al Capone) twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) come to fruition when they return to their small Mississippi hometown and successfully open a music bar in an abandoned sawmill. The place overflows with music and mysticism, and when their cousin Preacher Boy (Miles Caton) picks up his guitar and plays the Blues in front of a rowdy audience, all hell (including a rabble of vampires) breaks loose. Jack O’Connell co-stars as the despicably smirking villain in this rip-roaring fusion of masterful visual storytelling and outstanding toe-tapping blues. It looks phenomenal too: shot on 70mm film, the frame throbs with sultry reds and golds. Do not let any vampire film prejudice stop you from seeing this film, it is a recent stand-out of the genre.

USA 2025 RYAN COOGLER 137M

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CARAVAGGIO

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, murder – shine a new light on Caravaggio in this dramatic biography. Winner of Best Documentary Audience Award at the 2025 Chichester International Film Festival.

Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of his mysterious disappearance. Caravaggio’s masterpieces are some of art’s most instantly recognisable. No one else uses his signature blend of dramatic light, intense naturalism and bold, striking figures. His incredible paintings have captivated audiences for centuries. But there lies a deeper mystery - one that still beckons us to explore. What do these masterpieces reveal about the man behind the brush? The intriguing self-depictions within his works - sometimes disguised, sometimes in plain sight offer a rare window into his psyche and personal struggles. Join us as we unravel the story of one of history’s most brilliant, complex and controversial figures.

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★★★★★ BBC.COM

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20 FEB 21 FEB 22 FEB 26 FEB

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DISCOVER: SOUTH KOREA

NO OTHER CHOICE

In this satirical black comedy thriller from one of South Korea’s best directors, an unemployed man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

When paper expert Yoo Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun from ‘Squid Game’) is abruptly laid off, he loses the perfect life he’s worked hard for. So, when a new job comes along, he realises a perfect plan – by getting rid of his competition via any available means. Park Chanwook is one of Asia’s best contemporary directors, having two of the 21st century’s best in his canon (‘Oldboy’, ‘The Handmaiden’). He has once again delivered with this delightfully wicked, continually surprising black comedy, featuring his signature twists and exquisite imagery – everything that has made him such a unique cinematic presence. (Subtitles) SOUTH KOREA 2025 PARK CHAN-WOOK 139M

★★★★★

DAILY TELEGRAPH/GUARDIAN

SUN 22 FEB 15:15 STAFF CHOICE – ANNE-MARIE FLYNN

A PLACE IN THE SUN

In our second Staff Choice, Executive Director Anne-Marie Flynn has chosen this deeply romantic but ultimately tragic 1951 film about an impossible love triangle.

Anne-Marie: “This is the film which made me fall hopelessly in love with cinema. Shot in atmospheric black and white, every luminous frame is beautiful to behold. Described by Charlie Chaplin as “the greatest film ever made about America”, it pairs two of Hollywood’s most heavenly creatures; Montgomery Clift as George Eastman, the impoverished nephew of a wealthy industrialist, and Elizabeth Taylor as glamorous socialite, Angela Vickers. George faces the ultimate dilemma of fulfilling all his American dreams in a life with Angela or doing the right thing with co-worker Alice (Shelley Winters), and succumbing to a life of drudgery. If ever a film was made to be seen on the big screen, it is this one. I urge you to savour every dazzling moment.”

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THE 400 BLOWS

LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS François Truffaut’s semi-autobiographical 1959 debut is one of the French New Wave’s most accessible and best-loved films.

Antoine (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is a tearaway kid perpetually in trouble both in school and at home and resolves to leave home and see life for himself, eventually ending up in reform school. The film looks superb and Antoine’s heartbreakingly open face is like Truffaut’s monochrome Paris: beautiful, tough, innocent and yet worldly. One of the great movies about childhood, you will never forget Léaud’s extraordinary central performance or the film’s remarkable coda.

Perhaps Truffaut’s best film – it was also his first. (Subtitles) FRANCE 1959 FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT 99M

SAT 28 FEB 12:30 THU 5 MAR 15:45

BREATHLESS

À BOUT DE SOUFFLE Screening in conjunction with ‘Nouvelle Vague’, Jean-Luc Godard’s gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when first released in 1960.

Small-time thief (Jean-Paul Belmondo) steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he reunites with a hip American journalism student (Jean Seberg) and attempts to persuade her to run away with him to Italy. Widely regarded as the ground zero of the French New Wave movement and clearly hugely influential and standout in terms of narrative and attitude, it forever changed perceptions of cinema. (Subtitles) FRANCE 1960 JEAN-LUC GODARD 90M

SUN 1 MAR 12:45 MON 2 MAR 20:15 – FILM CLUB

MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY

LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT Monsieur Hulot arrives at a beachside hotel for a vacation, where he accidentally (but good-naturedly) causes havoc.

This was the first film to introduce Jacques Tati’s much-loved alter ego Monsieur Hulot, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humour ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satire. Tati was the heir to the great comics of the silent era - Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd. If you have not seen this classic, make sure you see it this time around. (Some subtitles) FRANCE 1953 JACQUES TATI 83M 34 | CHICHESTERCINEMA.ORG

FILM TALK SAT 28 FEB 10:30 TICKETS £8

THE REVOLUTIONARY VISION OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE

As Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ returns to the cinema, accompanied by a screening of ‘Breathless’, this talk will examine the impact of one of the most radical movements in cinema history.

We will explore the two strands of the French New Wave: the Cahiers du Cinémacritics such as Godard and Truffaut, and the Left Bank filmmakers including Agnès Varda, who together transformed cinema with bold technique and radical storytelling. We trace how ideas rooted in cinephilia, political awareness and a love/hate relationship with Hollywood created films that still feel modern.

Delivered by film historian Ellen Cheshire, this talk reveals how their rule-breaking style produced films that still feel strikingly modern today. (Some subtitles) 100M INC Q&A

★★★★ TIME OUT

FRI 27 FEB SAT 28 FEB SUN 1 MAR TUE 3 MAR WED 4 MAR THU 5 MAR

15:15 17:45 17:45 12:15 15:00 18:00

NOUVELLE VAGUE

The story of Jean-Luc Godard making ‘Breathless’, told by American director Richard Linklater (‘Before Sunrise’, ‘Boyhood’) in the form and spirit of the times.

This is a playful, black-and-white making-of story for Godard’s New Wave classic ‘À Bout de Souffle’ that captures a revolutionary moment in cinema history with reverence and a touch of cheek.

Styled as a mischievous declaration of love for the 1959 cult film, but also for a pivotal period of cinema that Linklater nostalgically revisits right down to techniques characteristic of the era. More than the portrait of a man and his art, the film evokes a prolific period in film, symbolised by freedom of voice, improvisation and an attachment to everyday poetry. “It’s the story of a personal revolution of cinema led by a man, and by everyone around him”, the filmmaker says. The cast includes Guillaume Marbeck (JeanLuc Godard), Zoey Deutsch (Jean Seberg), Aubry Dullin (JeanPaul Belmondo), Adrien Rouyard (François Truffaut) and Antoine Besson (Claude Chabrol), with the film paying tribute to their accomplishments with infectious admiration. “An enchanting ode to the rapture of cinema.” Variety. (Subtitles) FRANCE/USA 2025 RICHARD LINKLATER 105M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 | 35

FOCUS ON DOCUMENTARY

SPECIAL EVENT

SUN 22 FEB 12:30 (INC Q&A)

THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR

PERFORMANCE

PLUS DIRECTOR Q&A We are delighted to welcome local director Max Keegan (Fishbourne) for a Q&A following his documentary about an aging shepherd struggling to find a successor as bears prey on his flock.

Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, we learn of a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears amid a traditional shepherding community. 63-year-old Yves struggles to find a successor to take over his work whilst a teenage boy becomes obsessed with tracking the bears, recently reintroduced after their disappearance in 2004. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, ‘The Shepherd and the Bear’ is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world. Keegan learned to speak French fluently from scratch for the film and spent two years living in the Pyrenees with his subjects. ‘Lyrical, visually and aurally ravishing’ – Screen International. (Some subtitles) UK/FRANCE 2024 MAX KEEGAN 101M

THU 26 FEB 19:45 FRI 27 FEB 12:15 SUN 1 MAR 14:45 TICKETS £19.50

THE AUDIENCE

NT LIVE One of the most watched NT Live releases of all time. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the muchanticipated return of the Olivier Award–winning hit production that inspired Netflix’s The Crown.

Peter Morgan’s play shows a series of the Queen’s weekly meetings with various prime ministers that have held office during her reign, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron. For 60 years she has met each of her 12 Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace - a meeting like no other in British public life - it is private. ‘The Audience’ breaks this contract of silence - and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. Directed by Stephen Daldry (‘Billy Elliot’, ‘The Hours’).

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★★★★

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THE GUARDIAN

FRI 27 FEB SAT 28 FEB SUN 1 MAR MON 2 MAR TUE 3 MAR WED 4 MAR THU 5 MAR

17:30 20:00 20:00 12:30 14:15 17:00 20:15

TICKETS ON SALE MID-JANUARY

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

The passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

‘Wuthering Heights’ was the only novel by author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name “Ellis Bell”. A gothic love story that follows the anti-hero, Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi, teaming up with director Emerald Fennell once more after ‘Saltburn’), as he gets revenge on the people who kept him away from his love, Cathy Earnshaw (Margot Robbie). After over a decade, he finally succeeds in his revenge and gains Thrushcross Grange, the family home of Cathy’s husband (Martin Clunes). Fennell is known for risk-taking and edgy filmmaking, so be prepared for a very different take on this classic of English literature.

UK 2025 EMERALD FENNELL TIMETBC Please note that tickets will go on sale for ‘Wuthering Heights’ in mid-January. Please check our website.

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CRIME 101

20:15 15:00 15:00 16:45 12:30 13:00

The paths of an elusive thief and a disillusioned insurance broker intertwine, with only a relentless detective in the way of the multimillion dollar heist they are planning.

Set against the sun-bleached grit of Los Angeles, elusive thief Davis’s (Chris Hemsworth) high-stakes robberies along the iconic 101 freeway have mystified police. When he eyes the score of a lifetime with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with disillusioned insurance broker Sharon (Halle Berry) who is facing her own crossroads. As the multimillion dollar heist approaches, relentless detective Lou (Mark Ruffalo) closes in, and the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur. This high-action thriller also stars Barry Keoghan as the more ruthless rival thief.

USA 2026 BART LAYTON 135M

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PERFORMANCE TUE 3 MAR 19:15 SUN 8 MAR 15:00 TICKETS £19.50 KIDS (UNDER 15) £10

GISELLE

PERFORMANCE

ROYAL BALLET & OPERA Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, this classic ballet conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.

The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost. Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Choreography - Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot; Music - Adolphe Adam; Conductor - Vello Pahn.

140M INC 2 INTERVALS

WED 4 MAR 19:45 SAT 7 MAR 15:00 TICKETS £19.50

OTHELLO

THEATRE ROYAL Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ rages to life like never before in an explosive new production from the Theatre Royal.

David Harewood (‘Homeland’, ‘Best of Enemies’) is compelling as the suave Othello, while Toby Jones (‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’, ‘Detectorists’) is a gleefully malicious Iago. Caitlin FitzGerald (‘Succession’, ‘Masters of Sex’), Vinette Robinson (‘Boiling Point’) and Luke Treadaway (‘A Street Cat Named Bob’) make up the rest of the cast. Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris (‘War Horse’) with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire.

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WHAT’S ON FRI 2 JAN 13:00 I SWEAR (15) 120M 15:30 ETERNITY (15) 112M 18:00 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (PG) 105M 20:15 PILLION (18) 107M SAT 3 JAN 13:15 SUNSET BOULEVARD (12A) 110M 15:45 PRIME MINISTER (PG) 118M 18:00 ETERNITY 20:15 THE FIFTH STEP (NT LIVE) 90M SUN 4 JAN 13:30 RHINO (PG) 83M 15:45 THE FIFTH STEP (NT LIVE) 90M 17:45 PILLION 20:00 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT MON 5 JAN 13:30 ETERNITY 15:45 I SWEAR 18:00 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 20:15 THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (15) 137M TUE 6 JAN 13:15 PRIME MINISTER 15:45 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 18:00 I SWEAR 20:30 ETERNITY WED 7 JAN 13:15 I SWEAR 15:30 ETERNITY 18:00 SUNSET BOULEVARD 20:15 PILLION THU 8 JAN 13:30 IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 15:45 PILLION 18:00 ETERNITY 20:15 I SWEAR FRI 9 JAN 12:30 MARTY SUPREME (15) 149M 15:30 PALESTINE 36 (12A) 115M 17:45 MARTY SUPREME 20:30 SENTIMENTAL VALUE (15) 133M

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SAT 10 JAN 12:30 MARTY SUPREME 15:15 SILENT SHERLOCK: THREE CLASSIC CASES (PG) 75M 17:30 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 20:15 MARTY SUPREME SUN 11 JAN 12:00 SILENT SHERLOCK: THREE CLASSIC CASES (PG) 75M 13:45 I PURITANI (MET OPERA) 225M INC INTERVAL 17:45 MARTY SUPREME 20:15 SENTIMENTAL VALUE MON 12 JAN 12:30 MARTY SUPREME 15:15 MARTY SUPREME 18:00 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 20:30 PALESTINE 36 TUE 13 JAN 12:00 MARTY SUPREME 14:45 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 17:30 MARTY SUPREME 20:15 MARTY SUPREME WED 14 JAN 13:15 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 16:15 MARTY SUPREME THU 15 JAN 13:00 SENTIMENTAL VALUE 15:45 MARTY SUPREME 18:45 LA TRAVIATA (RBO) 240M INC 2 INTERVALS FRI 16 JAN 12:45 ELEANOR THE GREAT (PG) 98M 14:45 SONG SUNG BLUE (PG) 133M 17:30 THE HOUSEMAID (15) 131M 20:15 SONG SUNG BLUE SAT 17 JAN 12:00 SONG SUNG BLUE 14:30 TESTIMONY + TONY PALMER Q&A (PG) 157M 18:15 ELEANOR THE GREAT 20:15 SONG SUNG BLUE SUN 18 JAN 12:00 L’ATALANTE (PG) 89M 13:45 LA TRAVIATA (RBO) 180M INC 2 INTERVALS 18:00 SONG SUNG BLUE 20:30 THE HOUSEMAID MON 19 JAN 13:15 SONG SUNG BLUE 16:00 BECOMING VICTORIA WOOD (PG) 90M 18:00 SONG SUNG BLUE 20:30 ELEANOR THE GREAT TUE 20 JAN 13:00 ELEANOR THE GREAT 15:15 SONG SUNG BLUE 18:00 L’ATALANTE 20:00 THE HOUSEMAID SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

RENTAL FAMILY WED 21 JAN 13:15 ELEANOR THE GREAT 15:30 THE HOUSEMAID 18:15 BECOMING VICTORIA WOOD 20:15 SONG SUNG BLUE THU 22 JAN 13:00 SONG SUNG BLUE 15:45 ELEANOR THE GREAT 18:00 SONG SUNG BLUE 20:30 THE HOUSEMAID FRI 23 JAN 13:15 HAMNET (12A) 125M 16:00 THE THING WITH FEATHERS (15) 98M 18:00 HAMNET 20:45 RELAY (15) 112M SAT 24 JAN 10:30 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TALK 100M INC Q&A 12:45 THE TASTERS (15) 123M 15:15 HAMNET 17:45 HAMNET 20:15 THE THING WITH FEATHERS SUN 25 JAN 12:30 JOHNNY GUITAR (PG) 110M 14:45 HAMLET (NT LIVE) 180M INC 2 INTERVALS 18:00 HAMNET 20:30 HAMNET MON 26 JAN 13:00 HAMNET 15:30 HAMNET 18:00 JOHNNY GUITAR 20:15 HAMNET TUE 27 JAN 13:00 HAMNET 15:30 HAMNET 18:00 THE TASTERS - HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY SCREENING 20:30 HAMNET WED 28 JAN 13:30 HAMNET 16:15 HAMNET THU 29 JAN 13:00 HAMNET 15:45 RELAY 18:00 HAMNET 20:30 HAMNET

FRI 30 JAN 13:00 HAMNET (12A) 125M 15:30 THE CHORAL (12A) 113M 18:00 RENTAL FAMILY (12A) 103M 20:15 8½ (15) 138M SAT 31 JAN 12:15 AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (12A) 192M 15:45 THE LAST SPY (PG) 93M 17:45 HAMNET 20:15 RENTAL FAMILY SUN 1 FEB 13:00 THE CHORAL 15:15 8½ 18:00 RENTAL FAMILY 20:15 HAMNET MON 2 FEB 13:15 HAMNET 15:45 RENTAL FAMILY 18:00 THE CHORAL 20:15 LEON (18) 110M TUE 3 FEB 13:00 THE CHORAL 15:30 HAMNET 18:00 RENTAL FAMILY 20:15 THE LAST SPY WED 4 FEB 13:15 RENTAL FAMILY 15:30 HAMNET 18:00 THE CHORAL 20:30 RENTAL FAMILY THU 5 FEB 12:30 RENTAL FAMILY 14:45 THE CHORAL 17:00 HAMNET 19:30 AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH FRI 6 FEB 13:15 FACKHAM HALL (15) 97M 15:15 THE HISTORY OF SOUND (15) 128M 17:30 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (15) 161M 20:30 THE HISTORY OF SOUND

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SAT 7 FEB 12:15 TBC - ZULU DAWN ??? + Q&A 15:00 SHERLOCK JR. WITH REM (U) 45M + BUSTER KEATON TALK 17:15 THE HISTORY OF SOUND 20:00 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SUN 8 FEB 13:00 THE HISTORY OF SOUND 15:30 THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (15) 89M 17:30 FACKHAM HALL 19:45 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER MON 9 FEB 13:00 THE HISTORY OF SOUND 15:30 STATE OF STATELESSNESS (PG) 106M 18:30 FELLINI TALK 100M INC Q&A 20:30 THE HISTORY OF SOUND TUE 10 FEB 12:45 THE HISTORY OF SOUND 15:15 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 18:30 THE HOTEL OF MY DREAM (ADV15) 98M 20:30 THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB WED 11 FEB 13:15 ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 16:30 THE HISTORY OF SOUND THU 12 FEB 12:30 STATE OF STATELESSNESS 14:45 THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB 16:45 SHERLOCK JR. WITH REM 18:00 THE HISTORY OF SOUND 20:30 FACKHAM HALL FRI 13 FEB 13:00 H IS FOR HAWK (12A) 114M 15:30 IS THIS THING ON? (15) 124M 18:00 IS THIS THING ON? 20:30 SAIPAN (15) 91M SAT 14 FEB 12:45 H IS FOR HAWK 15:15 IS THIS THING ON? 17:45 H IS FOR HAWK 20:15 IS THIS THING ON?

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SUN 15 FEB 12:30 H IS FOR HAWK 14:45 WOOLF WORKS (RBO) 165M INC 2 INTERVALS 17:45 SAIPAN 19:45 IS THIS THING ON? MON 16 FEB 13:00 IS THIS THING ON? 15:30 IS THIS THING ON? 18:00 SAIPAN 20:00 SHAM (ADV 15) 129M TUE 17 FEB 13:15 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (PG) 96M 15:15 IS THIS THING ON? 18:00 IS THIS THING ON? 20:30 H IS FOR HAWK WED 18 FEB 13:15 IS THIS THING ON? 16:00 SAIPAN 18:00 H IS FOR HAWK 20:30 IS THIS THING ON? THU 19 FEB 13:00 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS 15:15 IS THIS THING ON? 18:00 SAIPAN 20:00 IS THIS THING ON? FRI 20 FEB 12:30 KANGAROO (PG) 117M 14:45 NO OTHER CHOICE (15) 139M 17:30 SINNERS (15) 137M 20:15 DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT (15) 99M SAT 21 FEB 13:00 CARAVAGGIO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) 90M 15:00 THE 400 BLOWS (PG) 99M 17:15 NO OTHER CHOICE 20:00 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (15) 109M SUN 22 FEB 12:30 THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR (PG) 101M (PLUS Q&A) 15:15 A PLACE IN THE SUN (U) 122M 17:15 FILM TBC 20:00 NO OTHER CHOICE MON 23 FEB 13:15 DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT 15:15 FILM TBC 18:00 THE REAL YOU (ADV15) 122M 20:30 PETER HUJAR’S DAY (15) 76M TUE 24 FEB 13:15 CARAVAGGIO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) 90M 15:30 KANGAROO 18:00 FILM TBC 20:15 SINNERS SUBTITLED FOR HARD OF HEARING

MON 2 MAR 12:30 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 15:00 CRIME 101 18:00 SILENCE OF THE SEA (ADV15) 112M 20:15 MR. HULOT’S HOLIDAY TUE 3 MAR 12:15 NOUVELLE VAGUE 14:15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 16:45 CRIME 101 19:15 GISELLE (RBO) 140M INC INTERVAL WED 4 MAR 12:30 CRIME 101 15:00 NOUVELLE VAGUE 17:00 WUTHERING HEIGHTS 19:45 OTHELLO (THEATRE ROYAL) 165M INC INTERVAL THU 5 MAR 13:00 CRIME 101 15:45 BREATHLESS 18:00 NOUVELLE VAGUE 20:15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS

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WED 25 FEB 13:30 SINNERS 16:30 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE THU 26 FEB 12:15 NO OTHER CHOICE 15:00 FILM TBC 17:45 THE 400 BLOWS 19:45 THE AUDIENCE (NT LIVE) 160M INC INTERVAL FRI 27 FEB 12:15 THE AUDIENCE (NT LIVE) 160M INC INTERVAL 15:15 NOUVELLE VAGUE (15) 106M 17:30 WUTHERING HEIGHTS (15) TIMETBC 20:15 CRIME 101 (15) 135M SAT 28 FEB 10:30 FRENCH NEW WAVE TALK 100M INC Q&A 12:30 BREATHLESS (12A) 90M 15:00 CRIME 101 17:45 NOUVELLE VAGUE 20:00 WUTHERING HEIGHTS SUN 1 MAR 12:45 MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY (U) 83M 14:45 THE AUDIENCE (NT LIVE) 160M INC INTERVAL 17:45 NOUVELLE VAGUE 20:00 WUTHERING HEIGHTS

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