WELCOME
Our highlight of this season must surely be the selective retrospective on Director Tony Palmer screening over three consecutive Sundays in May. We present 12 films in total, all with musical themes, concluding with the much revered ‘Wagner’ on 24 May.
Some new release highlights include the much awaited ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway; ‘The Christophers’ with Sir Ian McKellen as a grumpy London-based artist; ‘The Sheep Detectives’ with Hugh Jackman alongside his flock of sheep; and ‘Tuner’ with the perfect pairing of Dustin Hoffman and dreamboat Leo Woodall – yes, him from ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’.
Some wonderful world cinema is on show: ‘Colours of Time’ (France) and ‘Primavera’ (Italy) are the real standouts, but you should not ignore ‘Orphan’ (Hungary) and ‘Kokuho’ Japan. All great films, which shouldn’t fly under your film radar.
There’s a host of classic films as well. From Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ to ‘Destry Rides Again’ starring Marlene Dietrich (part of our Pride screenings); comic book adaptations ‘Barbarella’ and ‘Modesty Blaise’ to Werner Herzog’s ‘The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser’; and the cult classic ‘Withnail and I’ to the French favourite ‘Amélie’. And yes, we do listen to you. So many of you have asked us to bring back the recent hits ‘H is for Hawk’, ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Mother’s Pride’… you’re welcome.
Finally, we have some exciting news. We will be replacing our cinema’s digital projector as well as improving the auditorium screen and ‘masking’ over three days in June (Tue 16th to Fri 18th). Even though this means you will be without films for these days, the improvement in picture quality, slight increase in screen size and most importantly, the raising of the projector so that we’ll no longer get shadows on the screen, will be more than worth it. To say that we’re excited, is an understatement.
See you at the cinema
HEAD OF PROGRAMMING
FRI 1 MAY 13:15
SAT 2 MAY 17:45
SUN 3 MAY 20:15
WED 6 MAY 13:15
THU 7 MAY 18:00
THE DRAMA
In this romantic dark comedy, a happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.
Zendaya stars as bookstore employee Emma Harwood and Robert Pattinson as British museum director Charlie Thompson. Their seemingly perfect engagement collapses just before their wedding after a “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” game reveals a dark secret from Emma’s past. From that starting point, Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli crafts an intimate, razor-sharp exploration of love, doubt and the stories we tell ourselves about the people we’re closest to. This is a relationship film with real teeth, one that refuses to let either its characters, or its audience, off the hook.
USA 2026 KRISTOFFER BORGLI 106M
FRI 1 MAY 18:00
SUN 3 MAY 18:15
MON 4 MAY 12:45
WED 6 MAY 15:45
FUZE
Central London is thrown into panic by the discovery of an unexploded WW2 bomb on a construction site. Amidst the chaos of a widespread evacuation, a gang of criminals begins an audacious heist.
In this taut, contemporary thriller, the suspenseful plot emerges on two tracks. In one, a military bomb squad, led by Major Will Trantor (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in coordination with Metropolitan Police’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw, attempts to defuse an unexploded WWII era bomb uncovered on a London construction site. Meanwhile, a few blocks away, a team of professional thieves, led by Theo James and Sam Worthington, burrow beneath a bank. Their scheme is to conduct a heist under cover of the bomb crisis. Director Mackenzie has great form in this genre, giving us ‘Hell or High Water’ in 2016, and here the tension ratchets up in an enjoyable, ticking-clock heist caper about karma, explosives, friendship and betrayal.
USA 2025 DAVID MACKENZIE 98M
FRI 1 MAY 15:30
THU 7 MAY 20:15
HAMLET
The incredibly talented Riz Ahmed produces and stars in this critically acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, a film not screened at Chichester Cinema when first released in February. Here is your chance to see it now.
The Bard’s most enduring tragedy is reimagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community. When Hamlet (Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius (Art Malik) is marrying his newly widowed mother (Sheeba Chaddha). Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns the truth and spirals into a quest for vengeance that exposes the rot at the heart of the family’s empire. Playing the title character as a fragile man dangerously unravelling, Ahmed brings considerable passion to indelible lines - but the real force comes from the emotional authenticity he lends one of drama’s most formidable and familiar roles. Timothy Spall co-stars as Polonius. UK 2025 ANEIL KARIA 114M
SAT 2 MAY 20:00
SUN 3 MAY 12:00
TUE 5 MAY 15:45
DISCOVER: CANADA
TWO WOMEN
DEUX FEMMES EN OR
In this sexy comedy, reminiscent of those from the 1970s (but more feminist), two struggling mothers grapple with unfulfilled expectations and societal pressures, sparking a re-evaluation of their lives and priorities. When new mother Violette (Laurence Leboeuf) complains to her husband (Félix Moati) that her next-door neighbour Florence (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman) and her man (Mani Soleymanlou) keep having noisy sex on the other side of their bedroom wall, it sets in place a chain of events that sees both women seeking affairs. The sex scenes are intentionally silly in their conceit, but there is also a genuine sexiness to them. Chloé Robichaud’s French Canadian comedy remake (based on Claude Fournier’s racy 1970 comedy of the same name), both fun and retrograde, would make Neil Simon proud. (Subtitles)
CANADA 2025 CHLOÉ ROBICHAUD 100M
SAT 2 MAY 13:15
MON 4 MAY 17:15
TUE 5 MAY 13:00 & 20:30
THU 7 MAY 15:15
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.
A gothic love story that follows the antihero, Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi, teaming up with director Emerald Fennell once more after ‘Saltburn’), as he wreaks 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. This film can be considered outrageous, but it also taps into an authentic representation of female longing. ‘Wuthering Heights’ was the only novel written by author Emily Brontë and initially published in 1847 under her pen name “Ellis Bell”. USA/UK 2026 EMERALD FENNELL 136
WITHNAIL AND I
MON 4 MAY 20:00 - FILM CLUB
WED 6 MAY 18:00
In this absolute British cult classic, two sloppy out-of-work actors spend a weekend holiday at an uncle’s country cottage. The anxious, luckless Marwood (Paul McGann) and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail (Richard E. Grant), spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday “by mistake” at the country house of Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths), they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain. The two leads prove irresistibly hilarious as the two cynical slackers in this biting examination of artists living on the fringes of prosperity and good taste.
UK 1987 BRUCE ROBINSON 107M
FRI 1 MAY 20:00
MON 4 MAY 14:45
TUE 5 MAY 18:00
WED 6 MAY 20:15
THU 7 MAY 12:45
DISCOVER:
FRANCE
COLOURS OF TIME
LA VENUE DE L’AVENIR
This delightful French crowd-pleaser, one of the highlights of last Autumn’s French Film Festival UK, is now released nationally. A young countrywoman searches for her mother in Belle Époque Paris while four of her 21st century descendants piece together her story from the artefacts in her soon-to-be demolished house in Normandy. A thoughtful, comic meditation on changing social mores over approximately 125 years, the epoque-shifting film reexamines some much-loved myths and images of French history, particularly from the heyday of Impressionism. Cédric Klapisch delivers France past and present with irresistible appeal to oldschool Francophiles. “The best French film I saw at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival”. Roger Gibson. (Subtitles)
FRANCE/BELGIUM 2025 CÉDRIC KLAPISCH 124M
THU 30 APR 20:00
SAT 2 MAY 16:00
TICKETS £15
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: JOHN & YOKO LIVE IN NYC
This is a new multiscreen concert film of two massive live shows by John Lennon & Yoko Ono at Madison Square Garden, New York City on 30 August 1972, newly restored, re-edited and remixed. John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests performed these now-legendary sold-out One to One concerts to a combined audience of 40,000 people, raising over $1.5M (equivalent to $11.5M in 2026) for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They were the only full-length concerts John Lennon (with Yoko Ono) performed after leaving The Beatles. Originally filmed by multi-camera director Steve Gebhardt in 1972, this 2026 version of the concert film is directed by Simon Hilton with music production by Sean Ono Lennon. Hits performed include John’s ‘New York City’, ‘Instant Karma!’, ‘Imagine’ and ‘Mother’, plus Yoko’s ‘Don’t Worry Kyoko’ and ‘Open Your Box’, plus rousing renditions of ‘Come Together’ and ‘Hound Dog’, and an amazing encore ‘Give Peace a Chance’ with special guests Stevie Wonder, Melanie and many others.
USA 2026 SIMON HILTON 81M
PERFORMANCE
OPERA
EUGENE ONEGIN (MET OPERA) – SUN 4 MAY 14:00
ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO (MET OPERA) – SUN 31 MAY 14:45
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (NATIONAL THEATRE) –THU 28 MAY 19:45 & SUN 7 JUN 14:30
LES LIAISONS DANGEUREUSES (NATIONAL THEATRE) – THU 25 JUN 19:45 & SUN 28 JUN 14:30
EVENT
(TONY PALMER) – SUN 24 MAY 11:15
KAHLO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) – SAT 23 MAY 12:30, WED 27 MAY 17:00 & TUE 2 JUN 13:30
POWER TO THE PEOPLE: JOHN & YOKO LIVE IN NYC – THU 30 APR 20:00 & SAT 2 MAY 16:00
SUN 3 MAY 14:00 TICKETS £21.00
EUGENE ONEGIN
MET OPERA
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky put together the libretto for this evocative opera from the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin, whose position in Russian literature can be compared only to that of Shakespeare in English literature.
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realises his affection for her all too late. Tchaikovsky’s universally beloved lyric gifts are at their most powerful and multilayered in this opera. Rich ensembles and buoyant dance numbers punctuate the work, and the vocal solos are among the most striking in the repertory. Pushkin presents a vast overview of old Russian society around 1820, which Tchaikovsky’s original score neatly divides into each of its three acts: from the timeless rituals of country life to the rural gentry with its troubles and pleasures and, finally, the glittering imperial aristocracy of St. Petersburg.
245M INC 2 INTERVALS
FRI 8 MAY 13:15
SAT 9 MAY 17:30
MON 11 MAY 15:30
WED 13 MAY 12:45
THU 14 MAY 13:00
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
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
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FRI 8 MAY 18:00
MON 11 MAY 13:15
TUE 12 MAY 13:30
WED 13 MAY 15:00
YOU, ME & TUSCANY
Sometimes the wrong place is right where you need to be. When a woman crashes at an empty Italian villa, posing as the owner’s fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that may transform her life.
This is a delicious romantic comedy about one little lie, one large Italian villa, and two people getting lost in the sauce of love. Anna (Halle Bailey) has abandoned her dreams of becoming a chef and is now drifting through her twenties with a series of bad choices. A chance encounter with Matteo - a handsome Italian who happens to have a villa sitting empty in Tuscany - inspires her to jet off for Italy, against the advice of her always-honest bestie, Claire (Aziza Scott). However, not all goes to plan once Matteo’s mother (Italian film icon Isabella Ferrari) and cousin Michael (Regé-Jean Page from ‘Bridgerton’) also show up. A rom-com filled to the brim with Italian escapism.
USA 2026 KAT COIRO 104M
FRI 8 MAY 20:15
TUE 12 MAY 15:45
THU 14 MAY 20:15
PAST LIFE
A Manchester-set thriller based around two men trying to solve a 1980s serial-killer cold case using hypnosis as their main tool. A sceptical journalist haunted by trauma, Jason Frey (Aneurin Barnard) is to return to Syria, where six years earlier he witnessed jihadists brutally kill a colleague. Just before setting off, he (foolishly?) volunteers to be hypnotised on a TV show by Timothy Bevan (Jeremy Piven), where he is promptly transported into a scene of a stabbing apparently committed by his previous self. Understandably, his pregnant wife Claira (Pixie Lott) later presses him to return to the hypnotist to get this door definitively locked and bolted, but the re-connection of the pair just gets them more deeply interested in solving the case.
UK 2025 SIMEON HALLIGAN 96M
SAT 9 MAY 13:15 TICKETS £15
100TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL EVENT
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement in celebration of his 100th birthday on 8 May 2026.
Sir David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Here, he reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime as a naturalist and the devastating changes he has seen. Honest, revealing and urgent, this is a powerful first-hand account of humanity’s impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations. This film, which was originally screened just after Covid where only a few people got to see it – two metres apart – will include a theatrically exclusive conversation between Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin. UK 2020 FOTHERGILL, HUGHES & SCHOLEY 115M
FRI 8 MAY 15:45
12 MAY 20:00
LA BOHÈME
An aspiring novelist falls in love with a Ukrainian cleaner whilst his best friend attempts to rekindle his romance with a social-climbing sex bomb.
Would-be novelist Rodolfo (Matthew McKinney) is hanging out with his painter flatmate Marcello (Benson Wilson), when joined by their loud friends Shaunard (Mark Nathan) and Colline (Edward Jowle) on their way to the pub. Rodolfo, however, stays behind and meets Ukrainian neighbour Mimi (Lucy Hall). This version of ‘La Bohème’, set in modern east London, uses the camera adeptly to create a sense of intimacy and naturalism. Norton-Hale’s version is both more faithful to Puccini’s original 1890s work and yet seems less dated than ‘Rent’, the 1990s stage musical from the same source material, set among Lower East Side artists in New York. UK 2026 ROBIN NORTON-HALE 106M
MON 11 MAY 20:00
WED 13 MAY 17:00
SOUL TO SOUL
Footage of a concert held in Ghana to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the independence of that country. This is a filmed documentary of what could very loosely be termed the “African Woodstock”. In 1971, several prominent African-Americans convinced the government of Ghana to hold a gala concert to commemorate that nation’s 14th anniversary of independence. Some of the big American names participating in the resulting 14-hour event are Santana, Wilson Pickett and Roberta Flack, while African artists are represented by such acts as Kofi Ghanaba and the Kumasi Drummers.
GHANA/USA 1971 DENIS SANDERS 96M
SAT 9 MAY 15:30
MON 11 MAY 18:00
TUE 12 MAY 18:00
MY FATHER’S SHADOW
Two young brothers explore Lagos with their estranged father during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, witnessing both the city’s magnitude and their father’s daily struggles as political unrest threatens their journey home.
Akinola Davis Jr.’s film is a poetic, tender portrait of father-son bonds. Framed by the political landscape of 1993 Lagos, the film follows a father (Sopé Dìrísù) and his two young sons as they journey into and around the vibrantly rendered Nigerian metropolis, quietly reckoning with their relationship while navigating a city on the precipice of democratic crisis. This film is a real hidden gem, a deeply felt memory piece and vibrant portrait of 1990s Nigeria that reveals the profound depths of what families leave unspoken. The UK’s Best Foreign Film entry to the 2026 Oscars and recipient of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes. (Some Subtitles) UK/NIGERIA 2025 AKINOLA DAVIS 94M
TONY PALMER: SELECTIVE RETROSPECTIVE
To coincide with the publication of his memoirs in May, we are presenting an ambitious retrospective of Tony Palmer’s work over three consecutive Sundays: 10, 17 and 24 May. We are selecting 14 films from his vast filmography of over one hundred films, ranging from early works with The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, to the famous portraits with and about Walton, Britten, Stravinsky, Maria Callas, Rachmaninoff, John Osborne, Leonard Cohen, Margot Fonteyn and Menuhin. His 7-hour 45-minute film on Wagner, starring Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave, was described by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the most beautiful films ever made”.
Film Tickets £8. Except ‘Wagner’ £25 (Film & Food £52.50)
Day Passes £25
We strongly suggest you visit each film’s web page where you will be able to view the full versions of these texts and read the personal –and often very direct - thoughts from Tony on all these films.
ALL MY LOVING
SUN 10 MAY 10:30
TICKETS
£8
10 MAY DAY PASS (5 FILMS): £25
A film as powerful today as it was when it was made over 50 years ago. Violent and articulate, this documentary was simply saying that here was a group of astounding musicians – The Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, The Who, Donovan, Frank Zappa – who were also eloquent and had something important to say about the world in which we lived. “As John Lennon wrote to me, ‘We have smashed down the door of the BBC, and rock ‘n’ roll on television will never be the same again’.” Tony Palmer Warning: Contains scenes of violence.
UK 1968 TONY PALMER 60M
SUN 10 MAY 12:00
TICKETS
£8
10 MAY DAY PASS (5 FILMS): £25
STRAVINSKY: ONCE, AT A BORDER
Being ushered into the presence of the 5’ 2” Igor Stravinsky could be an extremely daunting experience for anyone.
“Although 84 years old and somehow being kept alive by blood transfusions, when I met him, he had lost none of his prodigious energy and wicked sense of humour. Some years later, after Stravinsky had died, his American scribe Robert Craft and his second wife Vera asked me to make a documentary profile to mark the centenary of Stravinsky’s birth in St. Petersburg in 1882. Among many others, we managed to reach Stravinsky’s three surviving children, and even the last two dancers alive who had performed in the notorious première of ‘The Rite of Spring’.” Tony Palmer
UK 1982 TONY PALMER 165M
SUN 10 MAY 15:15
TICKETS
£8
10 MAY DAY PASS (5 FILMS): £25
WALTON: AT THE HAUNTED END OF THE DAY
Few composers have been more loved in their lifetime than William Walton.
“The strange thing is that despite an almost inevitable dip in his popularity following his death in 1983, since the turn of the 21st century, here we are discovering once again the extraordinary power and richness of his music. This film was first broadcast as a ‘South Bank Show’ in 1981. It had originally been offered to the BBC but rejected on the grounds that a long film about Walton “would be of little interest to the general public”. This Italia prize-winning film includes the only full-length interview ever recorded with Walton”.
Tony Palmer
UK 1980 TONY PALMER 100M
SUN 10 MAY 17:30
TICKETS
£8
10 MAY DAY PASS (5 FILMS): £25
JOHN OSBORNE AND THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP
The only full-length film biography of one of the most important playwrights of the second half of the 20th century, whose play ‘Look Back in Anger’ transformed theatre.
“Here Osborne talks about his struggles, his wives (five in all), his rejection by society, his eventual triumph. The film includes extracts of several of his important plays, with Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Nicol Williamson, Robert Stephens, Albert Finney and Natasha Richardson. As Osborne himself says: ‘These days, newspapers and television pour out opinions with a frenzy that marked the production of spitfires during the last war’.” Tony Palmer
UK 2003 TONY PALMER 125M
SUN 10 MAY 20:00
TICKETS £8
10 MAY DAY PASS (5 FILMS): £25
MENUHIN: A FAMILY STORY
“In 1990 I made a film to celebrate Yehudi Menuhin’s 75th birthday. At least, that was the ‘commission’ from Channel Four television. It subsequently won numerous prizes around the world. It also provoked a maelstrom of protest from Menuhin aficionados as well as from many members of the Menuhin family, especially Lady Diana and Yehudi himself. However, Jerry Kruppnick wrote in the New York Star; “This is an extraordinary family portrait. It brings tears to our eyes. Just the glorious music alone makes this eye- and ear-boggling film worth watching”. Tony Palmer
UK 1990 TONY PALMER 105M
SUN 17 MAY 10:00
TICKETS
£8
17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
RAGTIME
EP 3 FROM ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: I CAN HYPNOTISE ‘DIS NATION
Thanks to the hit movie ‘The Sting’, everyone reckons they know about Ragtime. But do they?
“This episode includes the oldest known piece of film (1898) showing what the Ragtime cakewalk was really like. Although reference is made to other early ragtime composers, this episode is essentially the story of Scott Joplin – an extraordinary tragedy of failure, frustration, pride, of the black man’s struggle to achieve for himself a proper place in American society. There is also rare early film of Irving Berlin (Alexander’s Ragtime Band), as well as film of Joplin’s birthplace and of the madhouse where he died”. Tony Palmer
UK 1975/76 TONY PALMER 58M
MARGOT
SUN 17 MAY 11:15
TICKETS
£8
17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
The life and tribulations of world renowned ballerina Margot Fonteyn as told by herself, friends and fellow dancers.
“How did it come about that the most famous dancer England has ever produced was deceived and betrayed by those closest to her; of how a girl brought up in Shanghai, told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world; and of how, in spite of being almost unable to walk, she was still performing at 67? Among the ballets featured are: ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Giselle’, ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Marguerite and Armand’, ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Les Sylphides’ and of course ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Nureyev”. Tony Palmer
UK 2005 TONY PALMER 163M
BRITTEN: NOCTURNE
SUN 17 MAY 14:15
TICKETS £8 17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
Made in 2013 for the 100th anniversary of Britten’s birth, this is Tony Palmer’s fifth film with and about this tortured composer.
“After its first screening, critic Simon Heffer wrote: “I have rarely seen such a profoundly troubling film. Palmer is a master, and this is his masterpiece”. With interviews including Peter Pears, Janet Baker, Simon Rattle, Yehudi Menuhin, Irina Shostakovich and Britten himself, the film tells the story of a deeply troubled man whose own masterpiece, ‘War Requiem’, almost didn’t happen. “My subject is war”, Britten wrote as a preface, quoting Wilfred Owen. “All a poet can do is warn.” This film with its political message is perhaps that warning”. Tony Palmer
UK 2013 TONY PALMER 135M
SUN 17 MAY 16:45
TICKETS
£8
17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
DVOŘÁK IN LOVE?
A strange and rather tragic story lies behind Dvořák’s last major work, the ‘Cello Concerto’.
“The search for that story began in the early 80s when I visited Prague looking for books about Czechoslovakia’s most famous composer. To my surprise, I could find nothing at all. So, when in 1988 I was asked to film a new recording of the ‘Cello Concerto’ in Prague, including soloist Julian Lloyd-Webber, I accepted. Initially, it could not be shown in Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia, but two years later the Russians were thrown out, and this film was among the first documentaries to be shown on newly liberated Czech television”.
Tony Palmer
UK/CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1988 TONY PALMER 92M
SUN 17 MAY 18:45
TICKETS
£8
17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
RACHMANINOFF: THE HARVEST OF SORROW
The life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff told through the use of home movies, concert footage and interviews.
“Shot in Russia, Switzerland and America, this documentary was made with the full participation of the composer’s grandson, Alexandre Rachmaninoff. And Rachmaninoff’s letters and other reminiscences are spoken by Sir John Gielgud. Rachmaninoff says, “Nowadays, I am rarely satisfied with myself, and almost never feel that what I do is successful. I am burdened with a harvest of sorrow”. The film features soloists Mikhail Pletnev, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and young stars Valentina Igoshina, Peter Jablonski and Nikolai Putilin”. Tony Palmer
UK 1998 TONY PALMER 100M
BIRD ON A WIRE
SUN 17 MAY 20:45
TICKETS £8
17 MAY DAY PASS (6 FILMS): £25
This documentary follows gravel-voiced Leonard Cohen on his 1972 European tour. Long lost 16mm prints were restored for this 2010 release, not seen since 1972.
“After being invited to follow Cohen on what was then billed as one of his last-ever tours, our crew of only four filmed the Canadian singer songwriter – or poet as he preferred to be called – on the road across Europe, ending up at a final gig in Jerusalem. What is valuable about the film today is not only that it contains 17 of Cohen’s greatest songs performed by him in his prime, but it has a real feel for the rough and tumble, and difficulties, of life on the road”. Tony Palmer
UK 1972/2010 TONY PALMER 106M
SUN 24 MAY 11:15-22:35
TICKETS £25
FILM & FOOD £52.50
SPECIAL
EVENT
WAGNER
WITH SPECIAL GUEST - DIRECTOR TONY PALMER
A huge panorama of Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria, to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner’s radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life, music and times. Only an actor of the stature of Richard Burton could measure up to the titanic character of Wagner, and this proved to be his final film role. Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave co-stars as Cosima, Wagner’s second wife.
The incredible supporting cast also includes screen legends Sir Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, (together in a single film for the first time!) plus Gemma Craven, Richard Pascoe, Ronald Pickup, Gwyneth Jones, Joan Greenwood, Franco Nero, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe, Prunella Scales, Corin Redgrave, Joan Plowright, Cyril Cusack with Laslo Gálfi (Ludwig II), Ekkehardt Schall (Liszt), Martha Keller (M. Wesendonck) and Gabriel Byrne, making his debut. This remains the definitive account of this monstrous, but great, composer, and a film which Richard Hornak in Opera News described as “one of the most beautiful motion pictures in history”. Tony Palmer says:
“Much rubbish has been written about this film since its completion in 1983. Apparently, it is 9 hours long; 2 hours long; 5 hours long. It is none of those. It is 7 hours and 46 minutes in length precisely. It is not, and never has been, a mini-series, and was always intended as a single film. Apparently, it went hugely over budget; was made as a ‘tax loss’; ITV refused to show it; the producers ordered the negative burnt. Only the last is true. Fact: it cost less than £7 million. Fact: it was finished and delivered on time”. (Read more online) UK 1983 TONY PALMER 466M
Schedule:
11:15 – Part One (Introduced by Tony Palmer) 163m + Intro 14:20 – Lunch Interval (100m) Film & Food Option Available* 16:00 – Part Two 160m 18.45 – Interval (45m) Inc. Book Signing
19:30 – Part Three (Inc. Q&A with Tony Palmer) 155m + Q&A 22:35 – Finish
*Please view full menu options online for the Film & Food tie-in with Brasserie Blanc.
SAT 9 MAY 19:45
THU 14 MAY 15:30
DISCOVER: FRANCE
AMÉLIE
LE FABULEUX DESTIN D’AMÉLIE POULAIN
New 4K remaster of this vibrant French modern classic that sees a young lady on a quest to spread joy, leading her on a journey to true love.
Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tatou) lives in Montmartre, where she works as a waitress in an old-style café. Her life is changed forever when she discovers a box of toys in her house, and decides to try to track down the boy, now a man, and return his childhood treasures. On her quest she helps those around her and changes their lives, including quirky characters played by Dominique Pinon and Mathieu Kassovitz. Shot in over 80 Parisian locations, acclaimed director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (‘Delicatessen’) invokes his incomparable visionary style to capture the exquisite charm and mystery of modern-day Paris through the eyes of a beautiful ingenue. This is a sheer delight and will entrance everyone who sees it. (Subtitles)
FRANCE 2001 JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET 122M
REBUILDING
FRI 15 MAY 20:30
MON 18 MAY 18:00
TUE 19 MAY 15:45
WED 20 MAY 13:15
THU 21 MAY 15:45
After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a Federal Emergency camp. He finds community with others who lost homes, while reconnecting with his daughter and ex-wife. This gently humanist story of the American West follows Dusty (Josh O’Connor), a reserved, divorced father whose ranch has burned down in a devastating wildfire. Now living in a trailer community on a government-run campsite, Dusty finds solace with his new neighbours who have also lost everything, quietly reassembles his life, and starts reconnecting with his ex-wife Ruby (Meghann Fahy) and young daughter Callie-Rose (Lily LaTorre). Filmed against the rapturous backdrop of southern Colorado, ‘Rebuilding’ is a ruminative, moving portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of loss. O’Connor adds another triumph to his growing list of exceptional performances in this lyrical tale of combatting misfortune via community. USA 2025 MAX WALKER-SILVERMAN 96M
FRI 15 MAY 13:15 & 18:00
SAT 16 MAY 13:15 & 20:30
MON 18 MAY 13:00 & 15:30
TUE 19 MAY 13:00 & 20:30
WED 20 MAY 15:30 & 20:00
THU 21 MAY 13:15 & 18:00
THU 21 MAY 10:30
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
Twenty years after their iconic turns as Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel - Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci return to the fashionable streets of New York City and the sleek offices of Runway Magazine.
Meryl Streep is once again an absolute blast as Runway Magazine Editor Miranda Priestly (widely believed to be inspired by Vogue’s Anna Wintour). As she nears retirement and the print magazine world struggles in its fight against all things digital, she reunites with Andy Sachs (Hathaway) to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton (Blunt). There are plenty of spectacular locations including Paris, Milan, Lake Como and of course New York, and look out for Kenneth Branagh as Miranda’s husband, plus appearances by Lucy Liu and Lady Gaga making this a true A-list cast. This is going to be so much fun!
USA 2026 DAVID FRANKEL 120M
THU 14 MAY 18:00
FRI 15 MAY 16:00
MON 18 MAY 20:00
THU 21 MAY 20:15
MOTHER’S PRIDE
A popular return for the comedy drama about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards! Despite once being the lifeblood of many communities, tens of thousands of pubs and breweries across Britain have closed down since the 1970s, with thousands more falling victim to Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions. Now, leading British filmmakers Meg Leonard and Nick Moorcroft, who made ‘Fisherman’s Friends (one of the most successful British independent films of the past decade), have taken inspiration from the near loss of their own community pubs to produce a comedy feature film that they describe as “a love-letter to family, community, real ale and Britain’s forgotten rural traditions”. Its great British cast includes Mark Addy (‘The Full Monty’), Martin Clunes, Miles Jupp and Josie Lawrence.
UK 2025 NICK MOORCROFT 90M
SAT 16 MAY 10:30AM
TICKETS £8
THE EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA OF WERNER HERZOG
“EVERY MAN SHOULD PULL A BOAT OVER A MOUNTAIN ONCE IN HIS LIFE”
In a second collaboration with the Friends of Speyer Twinning Association, this talk looks back at the incredible career of one of the giants of cinema.
Werner Herzog is a visionary German filmmaker, directing both feature films and documentaries that astound us with their imaginative interpretation of characters’ dreams and journeys in overcoming setbacks to achieve their goals, in often dangerous landscapes and with the possibility of failure or death. His films such as ‘Fitzcarraldo’, ‘The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser’ (screening Tue 19 May 18:15) and ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ are masterpieces of cinema. John Harte and Mike Jennings of the Cinema’s Education Team explore Herzog’s fascinating life and career, with many film extracts.
100M INC. Q&A
TUE 19 MAY 18:15
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER
JEDER FÜR SICH UND GOTT GEGEN ALLE
In association with the Friends of Speyer Twinning Association. A young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note. When young German man Kaspar Hauser (a remarkable performance from Bruno S.) is suddenly released from an existence of inexplicable confinement, he is forced into regular society. Barely capable of communicating, Hauser is exploited in a circus sideshow until he is taken under the wing of the kind-hearted Professor Daumer (Walter Ladengast), who slowly helps him acclimatise to conventional life. Based on the true story of a 16-year-old youth who appeared out of nowhere in a German square in 1828, this is one of Herzog’s most remarkable films and now with a 4K remaster. (Subtitles)
DISCOVER: GERMANY
MIRRORS NO. 3
MIROIRS NO. 3
After a car crash kills her boyfriend, piano student Laura is taken in by Betty, who witnessed the accident. Living with Betty’s family brings comfort, but Laura starts questioning their intentions as time passes.
During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura (Paula Beer), a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman (Barbara Auer) and her initially reluctant husband (Matthias Brandt) and son (Philip Froissant). By turns haunted and hopeful, Laura and her adopted family reawaken to the world and come to find a strange harmony together. However, they cannot outrun the ghosts of the past, which begin to stir, as acclaimed director Christian Petzold spins a modern gothic fairytale about the lies we tell ourselves and the strange ways that grief, connection and humanity bind and sustain us. (Subtitles)
GERMANY 2025 CHRISTIAN PETZOLD 86M Would you like to join our education team to give a talk on an aspect of cinema, whether on a filmmaker, a genre, a period in film history, or perhaps to lead an event for schools? We are especially keen to increase the proportion of women speakers. Our
FRI 22 MAY 18:00
SAT 23 MAY 20:00
MON 25 MAY 17:45
TUE 26 MAY 15:15
MICHAEL
This is the eagerly awaited cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known.
The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fuelled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world. Highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career, the film gives audiences a front-row seat to Michael Jackson as never before. This is where his story begins. The impossible task of playing one of the most famous musical artists of the last 50 years falls to Jaafar Jackson, nephew of Michael, and son of Jermaine Jackson.
USA 2026 ANTOINE FUQUA 127M
SAT 23 MAY 14:30
TUE 26 MAY 19:45
DISCOVER: JAPAN KOKUHO
In post-war Japan’s economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life’s challenges, he develops into a gifted performer. Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo (Ryô Yoshizawa) is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke (Ryûsei Yokohama), the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together - from acting school to the grandest stages - amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals. One of them will become the greatest Japanese master of the art of Kabuki - the 400-year-old traditional Japanese performing art that combines highly stylised drama, traditional dance and elaborate, dramatic makeup. (Subtitles)
JAPAN 2025 SANG-IL LEE 175M
FRI 22 MAY 13:30
SAT 23 MAY 18:00
MON 25 MAY 15:30
THU 28 MAY 15:15
GLENROTHAN
Two brothers reunite in the Highland home of their birth after being apart for 40 years following a violent exchange on the day of their mother’s funeral.
This is a story of family, forgiveness and the possibility of healing. Set in the Scottish Highlands, Sandy (Brian Cox) runs the family distillery in Glenrothan, and he writes to his brother in America Donal (Alan Cumming) to tell him that his health is worsening, and it would be nice to see him after a 40-year absence. Donal does visit but is gradually reminded of the reasons why he left as Sandy tries to reconnect with him, encountering resistance at every turn. This is Brian Cox’s first film as a director, and he has delivered a family comedy drama with magnificent Highland scenery, that will leave you savouring a single-malt whisky.
UK 2025 BRIAN COX 97M
FRI 22 MAY 15:45
THU 28 MAY 17:30
BREAK
National Theatre director Polly Findlay joins forces with two topnotch British actors in a beautiful drama about a longtime couple who take a life-changing trip to Amsterdam. Married Irish couple Stella (Lesley Manville) and Gerry (Ciaran Hinds) are in their 60s and have lived an ordinary life near Glasgow since escaping The Troubles. Stella decides to book a trip to Amsterdam for the pair in what appears to be an attempt to bring some excitement into their relationship. Once they arrive, she is keen to visit a particular part of the city which may have a link to their past. The drama is leavened with touches of humour – little jokes about Irishness, or about how comfortable people get in their marriages in later life – balancing the film beautifully. This stirring meditation on faith, commitment and the enduring power of love is based on the novel by Bernard MacLaverty.
UK 2026 POLLY FINDLAY 90M
FRI 22 MAY 20:30
MON 25 MAY 20:30
TUE 26 MAY 17:30
WED 27 MAY 14:45
ROSE OF NEVADA
Mark Jenkin – director of the brilliant ‘Bait’ (2019) – brings us his latest unique drama, focusing on a mysterious boat which returns to a village years after vanishing.
Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbour, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera, Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today.
UK 2025 MARK JENKIN 114M
THU 28 MAY 19:45 SUN 7 JUN 14:30
TICKETS £19.50
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
NT LIVE
Nicola Coughlan (‘Bridgerton’) joins Éanna Hardwicke (‘The Sixth Commandment’) and Siobhán McSweeney (‘Derry Girls’) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts; that is, until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets. 150M INC INTERVAL
HOPPERS
USA 2026 DANIEL CHONG 104M KIDS ONLY £3.00
TUE 26 MAY 13:00
WED 27 MAY 12:45
In Pixar’s most recent animation, a 19-year-old animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination. What if you could talk to animals and understand what they’re saying? In ‘Hoppers’, scientists have discovered how to “hop” human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals! The adventure introduces Mabel, an animal lover who seizes an opportunity to use the technology, uncovering mysteries within the animal world that are beyond anything she could have imagined.
KIDS ONLY £3.00
MON 25 MAY 13:30 THU 28 MAY 13:30
LITTLE AMÉLIE
AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE
DES TUBES
The third birthday of Amélie, a Belgian child in Japan, becomes a turning point, marking the beginning of life-altering events that shape her understanding of the world. The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie (Loïse Charpentier) until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san (Victoria Grosbois), Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family’s idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan. Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Amélie Nothomb and brought to life in the completely original animated style of directors Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ to give it its full title, tells a tender, poignant and visually stunning story about the healing power of human connection. (In English).
FRANCE/BELGIUM 2025 LIANE-CHO HAN JIN KUANG & MAÏLYS VALLADE 77M
SAT 23 MAY 12:30
WED 27 MAY 17:00
TUE 2 JUN 13:30
TICKETS £15
FRIDA KAHLO
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN
As a complement to the new Met Opera on Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera (see below), we bring back this 2020 Exhibition on Screen documentary – missed by many due to Covid – with an added 20 minutes of content, bringing the film right up to date.
Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns?
Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art and uncover the truth behind her often-turbulent life. Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. This personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, politics, men and women.
UK 2020/26 ALI RAY 110M
SUN 31 MAY 14:45
EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO
MET OPERA
American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.
Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, portrayed by baritone Carlos Álvarez. The famously feuding pair briefly relive their tumultuous love, embracing both the passion and the pain, before bidding the land of the living a final farewell. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Met premiere of Frank’s opera, a “confident, richly imagined score” (The New Yorker) that “bursts with colour and fresh individuality” (Los Angeles Times). The vibrant new production, taking enthusiastic inspiration from Frida and Diego’s paintings, is directed and choreographed by Deborah Colker, following her remarkable 2024 debut staging of ‘Ainadamar’.
170M INC INTERVAL
FRI 29 MAY 15:45 & 20:30
SAT 30 MAY 15:45 & 18:00
SUN 31 MAY 18:00 & 20:00
MON 1 JUN 13:15 & 18:00
TUE 2 JUN 15:45 & 20:15
WED 3 JUN 12:45 & 16:45
THU 4 JUN 13:15 & 20:15
THE CHRISTOPHERS
The children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so that they’ll have an inheritance when he dies.
Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) is a once-brilliant painter who has sullied his name over time with awful behaviour. Now, separated from the world he looks down on, from his crumbling, yet expansive, London townhouse, he is cursed with two vile, talentless children (Jessica Gunning – ‘Baby Reindeer’ and James Corden – ‘Gavin and Stacey’). They are only interested in their inheritance and see an opportunity with a set of nine unfinished paintings in the loft – The Christophers. The siblings hire an art restorer, Lori (the brilliant Michaela Coel), to finish the paintings without their father’s knowledge, convinced that this will guarantee their fortune. The two lead actors play off each other beautifully in this intimate comedy drama about art, commerce and the mess in between. This is the third Londonset Steven Soderbergh film in two years, following ‘Presence’ and ‘Black Bag’.
UK 2025 STEVEN SODERBERGH 100M
EMPIRE OF LIES
SAT 30 MAY 20:15 WED 3 JUN 15:00
When a mysterious young woman comes to interview a paranoid man living in rural isolation, he is forced to confront his part in his daughter’s murder.
Dave (Joseph Millson) is a middle-aged conspiracy theorist living in a caravan in a field in the middle of farmland. He has isolated himself from the world, but then a young YouTuber (Natalie Spence) stomps into his field brandishing a camera. The police do not have enough evidence to charge Dave for his daughter’s killing, but he has been vilified in the media. What is his side of the story? This claustrophobic two-hander, set entirely in a field in Gloucestershire, is a lesson in what can be achieved with an interesting story, a pair of actors who balance each other beautifully, and a relatively low budget.
UK 2026 MATTHEW HOPE 73M
THE PULP POP CINEMA OF THE 1960s
We welcome back Professor Hugo Frey of the University of Chichester who will be taking us back to the colourful world of 1960s pop culture.
To mark the publication of ‘The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and the Pulp Pop Comics’, its co-author Hugo Frey will explore the zany time when avant garde comics became international movies. This uniquely groovy happening for Chichester will tour from Jane Fonda’s infamous ‘Barbarella’ to Joseph Losey’s ‘Modesty Blaise’ and will also include very special contributions from John Coldstream on Dirk Bogarde in ‘Modesty Blaise’ and Patrick Hargood, son of Losey’s stills photographer. We are also delighted to present a rare screening of ‘Modesty Blaise’ and a special 35mm screening of ‘Barbarella’. 100M INC. Q&A
MODESTY BLAISE
Stylish ex-con Modesty Blaise and her partner are tasked by the British Secret Service with preventing her rival from stealing diamonds that are to be delivered to her adoptive father, a Sheikh. A beautiful former criminal named Modesty (Monica Vitti) decides to go straight and so begins working for the Secret Service, which sends her to infiltrate a ring of jewel thieves. But soon after she joins the gang, dangerous head crook Gabriel (Dirk Bogarde) grows suspicious of his new recruit, and Modesty realises that British Intelligence gave her a mission she wasn’t meant to survive. She then enlists her former partner in crime, Willie (Terence Stamp), to help her outwit both sides. Based on Peter O’Donnell’s comic strip of the same name, this classic film (along with ‘Barbarella’) is screening to accompany Hugo Frey’s illustrated talk on Comic Books in Film (see previous page).
UK 1966 JOSEPH LOSEY 119M
MON 1 JUN 20:00 – FILM CLUB FRI 5 JUN 20:15
BARBARELLA
In the 41st century, an astronaut seeks to stop an evil scientist who threatens to unleash a powerful weapon upon the galaxy. The year is 40,000. Peacefully floating around in zero-gravity, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is suddenly interrupted by a call from the President of Earth. A young scientist, Duran-Duran, is threatening the ancient universal peace and Barbarella is the chosen one to find him and save the world. During her mission, Barbarella never finds herself in a situation where it isn’t possible to lose at least part of her already minimal dressing. This is the first of three colourful, sexy, trivial, endearing Dino De Laurentiis productions adapted from popular comic strips - the others being ‘Diabolik’ (1968) and Mike Hodges’ delirious remake of ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980). Thoroughly cheesy, ‘Barbarella’ is nonetheless full of humour, entertaining visuals and Jane Fonda’s sex appeal. This classic film (along with ‘Modesty Blaise’) is screening to accompany Hugo Frey’s illustrated talk on Comic Books in Film (see previous page).
FRANCE/ITALY 1968 ROGER VADIM 98M
FRI 29 MAY 13:15 & 18:00
SUN 31 MAY 12:15
MON 1 JUN 15:30
TUE 2 JUN 18:00
THU 4 JUN 15:30
THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.
In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can’t possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realise they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers. Yes! This is indeed that fun film that we have all been waiting for. The A-List cast led by Jackman and Emma Thompson are joined by the voices of Bryan Cranston, Bella Ramsey, Patrick Stewart, Regina Hall and Chris O’Dowd.
IRELAND/UK 2026 KYLE BALDA 109M
ALIEN
This season’s Staff Choice is a sci-fi classic - the 1979 movie that made Sigourney Weaver’s name - chosen by Abi Exelby (Memberships and Community Relations).
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. Ripley’s (Weaver) colleagues include Parker (Yaphet Kotto), petulant and resentful Brett (Harry Dean Stanton), Dallas (Tom Skerritt), and then there is the always impressive John Hurt as Kane, an eager volunteer for the job of exploring the planet’s surface, and Ian Holm is superb as the scientific officer Ash. After nearly 50 years, this sci-fi horror masterpiece that conveys the idea of space as a limitless new extension of human paranoia, still feels lethally contemporary.
USA 1979 RIDLEY SCOTT 117M
FRI 5 JUN 15:30
SUN 7 JUN 12:15
MON 8 JUN 15:30
TUE 9 JUN 18:00
WED 10 JUN 16:45
THU 11 JUN 13:00
DISCOVER: ITALY PRIMAVERA
18th Century Venice. A talented violinist, confined in an orphanage, meets Vivaldi who becomes her teacher. Under his mentorship and through his music, she gains courage to break free from the life she was destined for and pursue her passion.
There is plenty of music in young Cecilia’s (Tecla Insolia) life, but little harmony as she has been a resident of the Orphanage della Pieta in Venice since birth. She is inspired to embrace her violin as a potential tool for liberation with the arrival of new musical director – a certain Don Antonio Vivaldi (Michele Riondino) at the school. The film beautifully evokes 18th century Venice - its churches, markets and gondolas; the music of Vivaldi is played throughout the film, and it is magnificent; and Director Damiano Michiletto is an awardwinning opera director, clearly knowing how to skilfully present a musical performance to an audience. (Subtitles) ITALY/FRANCE 2025 DAMIANO MICHIELETTO 110M
MOTHER MARY
FRI 5 JUN 18:00
SUN 7 JUN 19:45
MON 8 JUN 13:00
TUE 9 JUN 15:30
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when an iconic pop star reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer on the eve of her comeback performance. In what has been described as a “psychosexual pop thriller”, Anne Hathaway plays pop star Mother Mary and Michaela Coel (who also shines in ‘The Christophers’ this season) is her estranged fashion designer Sam Anselm. They reunite when the musician travels to her former friend’s English manor to create a new dress for her upcoming concert tour. The original music has been written and produced by Charli XCX, Jack Antonoff and FKA twigs with Hathaway providing her own vocals. Hathaway recently described her character as “a sort of Lady Gaga-Taylor Swift hybrid”. UK 2026 DAVID LOWERY 112M
SAT 6 JUN 10:30
TICKETS £8
MARLENE DIETRICH: SEXUALITY, PERFORMANCE AND POLITICS
To mark Chichester Pride 2026, Maggie Andrews & Sonia Smith present a talk celebrating the career of a legend of Hollywood cinema.
This talk celebrates Chichester Pride by exploring iconic Hollywood legend and anti-fascist campaigner Marlene Dietrich. She rose to stardom by embracing androgynous roles, displaying sexual allure in ‘Morocco’ (1930), sporting top hats and tuxedos, while in films such as ‘The Scarlet Empress’ (1932) and ‘Shanghai Express’ (1932) she cast aside preconceived ideas of gender. Her public image was one of an openly bisexual woman, sporting male attire, casting aside preconceived ideas of gender. Nevertheless, although often seen as ahead of her time, Dietrich was both a product of Weimar Germany and a response to the rise of Nazism, exemplified by the post-war satire ‘A Foreign Affair’ (1948).
100M INC. Q&A
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
SAT 6 JUN 13:15
To complement our talk on Marlene Dietrich, we present this classic comedy Western in a new 4K remaster. Deputy Sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottleneck, including saloon singer Frenchy. The small town of Bottleneck is under the control of Kent (Brian Donlevy), a power-hungry boss who gets control over the local cattle ranchers by winning a rigged card game. When the local sheriff questions the legitimacy of the game, Kent has him killed and names the town drunk, Dimsdale (Charles Winninger), as sheriff. What Kent doesn’t know is that Dimsdale knows legendary lawman Tom Destry, who in turn sends his daring son Tom Destry Jr. (James Stewart) to Bottleneck to save the day. Dietrich is Frenchy, the hardened, ever-scrapping saloon entertainer with a reckless sense of comedy. She sings, she dances, partakes in a free-for-all brawl and elevates this Western into a real gem. Stewart cuts quite the striking figure as the lanky, against-the-odds gunman and shares a wonderful chemistry with Dietrich.
USA 1939 GEORGE MARSHALL 95M
MADFABULOUS
FRI 5 JUN 13:15
SAT 6 JUN 18:15
WED 10 JUN 14:30
THU 11 JUN 18:00
Inspired by the true story of the unlikely British aristocrat who smashed society’s notions of class, gender and decorum, squandering a multimillion fortune before his heartbreaking untimely death.
Meet Henry Paget (Callum Scott Howells), the Fifth Marquess of Anglesey and a fabulously flamboyant aristocrat. Born in 1875, he inherited a fortune and promptly set about spending every last penny of it on jewels, theatre productions and scandalously lavish parties. While polite society clutched its pearls, Henry became a beloved figure to the people of Bangor. Outwardly, that is how people will remember him but understanding the young man grieving his mother and desperately seeking the approval of the father he never met brings an extra dimension to this extraordinary life. A riotous, uncompromising celebration of otherness. Cast includes Rupert Everett and Siobhán McSweeney. UK 2026 CELYN JONES 108M
MON 8 JUN 18:00 THU 11 JUN 20:15
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
4K REMASTER
A beautiful new remaster of this vivid 18th century portrait of the stolen romantic relationship between two young women who have a persuasive onscreen connection, which gives this affair a life of its own.
Brittany 1760. Painter Marianne (Merlant Noémie) is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel). Héloïse is a reluctant bride-to-be and Marianne must paint her without her knowing. She observes her by day and secretly paints her at night. Intimacy and attraction grow between the two as they share Héloïse’s first and last moments of freedom, all while Marianne paints the portrait that will end it all. You can capture, mount and hang every moment of this film on a wall as high art. (Subtitles) FRANCE 2019 CÉLINE SCIAMMA 121M
SAT 6 JUN 15:30
MON 8 JUN 20:15
THU 11 JUN 15:15
DISCOVER: HUNGARY
ORPHAN
Hungary, 1956. A lonely teenage boy, raised by his mother and idolising the memory of the dead father he never knew, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father.
Growing up in Budapest in the late 1950s, shortly after the quashing of the anti-Communist uprising of 1956, is young Andor (Bojtorján Barabás). His painful life journey to date is thrown into confusion when a man, Berend (Grégory Gadebois), appears from his mother’s (Andrea Waskovics) past. Andor discovers the true story of her survival during World War II and has to come to terms with this man as a usurping father he only has hatred for. From the director of Best Foreign Film Oscar winner ‘Son of Saul’ (2015), this is a film that will keep you guessing, due mostly to young Barabas’s energised alertness and ability to register Andor’s pain without overstatement. (Subtitles)
HUNGARY 2025 LÁSZLÓ NEMES 132M
SAT 6 JUN 20:30
TUE 9 JUN 20:15
WED 10 JUN 12:30
NORMAL
This latest comedy thriller from Ben Wheatley centres on a temporary small-town sheriff who uncovers dark mysteries after a local bank robbery.
For Sheriff Ulysses (Bob Odenkirk), his provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern American town of Normal, Minnesota was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty. But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake. Because it is Wheatley directing, the already funny script gets an extra dose of dark humour from its over-the-top kills. Think of this as a comedically thematic companion piece to the Coen Brothers’ ‘Fargo’, which then moves into Tarantino-esque excess. Support cast includes Lena Headey and Henry Winkler.
CANADA/USA 2025 BEN WHEATLEY 90M
SUN 7 JUN 17:15
SPECIAL EVENT
BEST OF BRITISH: JEWISH CULTURE MONTH
SHORT FILMS PROGRAMME
An entertaining and thought-provoking evening of some of the most outstanding British-Jewish short films commissioned by UK Jewish Film over the first quarter of the 21st century.
Films: Beshert (Lewis Rose, 20m); Sidney Turtlebaum (Tristram Shapeero, 20m); Primordial Chicken Soup (Lewis Rose, 20m); The 10th Man (Lewis Rose, 20m); Orphaned Burial Grounds (Lewis Rose, 20m); Growing Up Mizrahi (Lewis Rose, 20m); Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion (Lewis Rose, 20m); The Chop (Lewis Rose, 20m). We hope to welcome one of the filmmakers for a Q&A after the screening. See the webpage for this event for full film details.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME INCLUDING Q&A IS 125M.
FRI 12 JUN 15:45 & 20:00
SAT 13 JUN 15:45 & 18:00
SUN 14 JUN 13:15 & 19:45
MON 15 JUN 18:00 & 20:15
TUNER
A talented piano tuner’s meticulous skills for tuning pianos lead him to discover an unexpected aptitude for cracking safes, turning his life upside down.
Niki (Leo Woodall) is a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, Niki works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki’s safecracking work, however, threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory. Anchored by a quiet yet compelling performance by Woodall (surely one of our most charismatic stars), the film gives a lovely late-career showcase to Hoffman. The mix of genre elements is a delight, and the jazzy score, fast pace and strong performances make much of the film sing. This is Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature after the Oscar-winning 2023 documentary ‘Navalny’. USA 2025 DANIEL ROHER 109M
FRI 12 JUN 18:00 MON 15 JUN 15:45
MOSS & FREUD
Supermodel Kate Moss embarks on a journey of self-discovery when acclaimed artist Lucian Freud offers to paint her portrait. 2002. At 28, Kate Moss (Ellie Bamber) is already the greatest fashion icon of our time. Endlessly watchable, never predictable, always natural and utterly unpretentious. Kate shaped a generation, yet she still yearns to be seen, truly seen. In a bold move, Kate enters Lucian Freud’s (Derek Jacobi) studio and agrees to sit for a series of portrait sessions with Lucian, who is going to create the now iconic painting ‘Naked Portrait’. This film manages to stay away from traditional biopic clichés and structures by focusing exclusively on one specific topic: the friendship between the two main characters, skilfully treating them as normal human beings with their complicated histories, relationships and character traits.
UK 2025 JAMES LUCAS 100M
SAT 13 JUN 10:30
TICKETS £8
TRANSFORMATIONS:
IAN MCEWAN AT THE MOVIES
In the first of two events for the Festival of Chichester, both of which are linked to productions at Chichester Festival Theatre, this talk explores the many screen adaptations of the work of novelist Ian McEwan.
Ian McEwan is Britain’s pre-eminent literary novelist, with 18 best-sellers and numerous literary prizes to his name. Less wellknown is McEwan’s film and screenwriting work, from 1980’s TV dramas to the Academy Award blockbusters like ‘Atonement’ (2007). Nick Johnston-Jones reviews McEwan’s 40 years of screen work alongside his literary output: his reputation for darkness, the scientific and political issues he explores, and his ability to dramatise moral complexities on both page and screen. ‘Atonement’ screens after the talk (see below), and the stage version runs from 29 May to 20 June at the Chichester Festival Theatre. 100M INC. Q&A
ATONEMENT
A 13-year-old fledgling writer irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister’s lover of a crime he did not commit. Screening to complement our talk on Ian McEwan screen adaptations.
This sweeping English drama, based on the book by Ian McEwan, follows the lives of young lovers Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy). When the couple are torn apart by a lie constructed by Cecilia’s jealous younger sister, Briony (Saoirse Ronan), all three of them must deal with the consequences. Robbie is the hardest hit, since Briony’s deception results in his imprisonment, but hope for Cecilia and her beau increases when their paths cross during World War II. The film skilfully keeps the same sense of dreamy otherworldliness and unsettling nervous energy from the McEwan source novel. Support cast includes Brenda Blethyn, Benedict Cumberbatch and Juno Temple. UK 2007 JOE WRIGHT 123M
FRI 12 JUN 13:30
SAT 13 JUN 20:15
SUN 14 JUN 15:45 & 17:45
MON 15 JUN 13:30
MY MOTHER’S WEDDING
Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother, where they revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colourful group of unexpected wedding guests.
The three daughters are from vastly different walks of life: Katherine (Scarlett Johansson) is a Captain in the Royal Navy; Victoria (Sienna Miller) is a Hollywood star; and Georgina (Emily Beecham) is a hospice nurse. They reluctantly return to their childhood home in the British countryside to be bridesmaids for the third wedding of their glamorous mother Diana (Kristin Scott Thomas). The family navigates a weekend of see-sawing emotions, reflecting on grief, memory and fraternal bonds. Heartfelt and funny, this is a summer film that makes you want to step into its world and spend some time there. This is Scott Thomas’s directorial debut. UK 2023 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS 95M
THU 25 JUN 19:45 SUN 28 JUN 14:30
TICKETS £19.50
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
NT LIVE
The pen is mightier than the sword. Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything –and for women, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil (Lesley Manville - ‘Phantom Thread’), master in the art of survival, wields her influence with intelligence and control. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont (Aidan Turner - ‘Poldark’), they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path. Marianne Elliott (‘Angels in America’) directs this striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s (‘The Father’) celebrated adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ classic novel – a thrilling game of love, lies and social warfare. 150M INC INTERVAL
WHAT’S ON
FRI 1 MAY
13:15 THE DRAMA (15) 106M
15:30 HAMLET (15) 114M
18:00 FUZE (15) 98M
20:00 COLOURS OF TIME (15) 124M
SAT 2 MAY
13:15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS (15) 136M
16:00 POWER TO THE PEOPLE: JOHN & YOKO LIVE IN NYC 81M
17:45 THE DRAMA
20:00 TWO WOMEN (15) 100M
SUN 3 MAY
12:00 TWO WOMEN
14:00 EUGENE ONEGIN (MET) 245M INC 2 INTERVALS
18:15 FUZE
20:15 THE DRAMA
MON 4 MAY
12:45 FUZE
14:45 COLOURS OF TIME
17:15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS
20:00 WITHNAIL AND I (15) 107M
TUE 5 MAY
13:00 WUTHERING HEIGHTS
15:45 TWO WOMEN
18:00 COLOURS OF TIME
20:30 WUTHERING HEIGHTS
WED 6 MAY
13:15 THE DRAMA
15:45 FUZE
18:00 WITHNAIL AND I
20:15 COLOURS OF TIME
THU 7 MAY
12:45 COLOURS OF TIME
15:15 WUTHERING HEIGHTS
18:00 THE DRAMA
20:15 HAMLET
FRI 8 MAY
13:15 H IS FOR HAWK (12A) 114M
15:45 LA BOHÈME (15) 106M
18:00 YOU, ME & TUSCANY (12A) 104M
20:15 PAST LIFE (15) 96M
SAT 9 MAY
13:15 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET (PG) 115M
15:30 MY FATHER’S SHADOW (15) 94M
17:30 H IS FOR HAWK
19:45 AMÉLIE (15) 122M
SUN 10 MAY –TONY PALMER DAY 1
10:30 ALL MY LOVING 60M
12:00 STRAVINSKY: ONCE, AT A BORDER 165M
15:15 WALTON: AT THE HAUNTED END OF THE DAY 100M
17:30 JOHN OSBORNE AND THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP 125M
20:00 MENUHIN: A FAMILY PORTRAIT 105M
MON 11 MAY
13:15 YOU, ME & TUSCANY
15:30 H IS FOR HAWK
18:00 MY FATHER’S SHADOW
20:00 SOUL TO SOUL (PGTBC) 96M
TUE 12 MAY
13:30 YOU, ME & TUSCANY
15:45 PAST LIFE
18:00 MY FATHER’S SHADOW
20:00 LA BOHÈME
WED 13 MAY
12:45 H IS FOR HAWK
15:00 YOU, ME & TUSCANY
17:00 SOUL TO SOUL
THU 14 MAY
13:00 H IS FOR HAWK
15:30 AMÉLIE
18:00 MOTHER’S PRIDE (12A) 90M
20:00 PAST LIFE
FRI 15 MAY
13:15 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 (CERT TBC) 120M
16:00 MOTHER’S PRIDE
18:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
20:30 REBUILDING (PG) 96M
SAT 16 MAY
10:30 WERNER HERZOG TALK (15) 100M INC Q&A
13:15 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
15:45 MIRRORS NO. 3 (15TBC) 86M
18:00 UNI GRADUATION SCREENING (PRIVATE SCREENING)
20:30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
SUN 17 MAY –TONY PALMER DAY 2
10:00 RAGTIME 58M
11:15 MARGOT 163M
14:15 BRITTEN: NOCTURNE (PG) 135M
16:45 DVOŘÁK IN LOVE 92M
18:45 RACHMANINOFF: THE HARVEST OF SORROW 100M
20:45 BIRD ON A WIRE 106M
MON 18 MAY
13:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
15:30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
18:00 REBUILDING
20:00 MOTHER’S PRIDE
TUE 19 MAY
13:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
15:45 REBUILDING
18:15 THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER (PG) 110M
20:30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
WED 20 MAY
13:15 REBUILDING
15:30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
18:00 MIRRORS NO. 3
20:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
THU 21 MAY
10:30 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
13:15 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
15:45 REBUILDING
18:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2
20:15 MOTHER’S PRIDE
FRI 22 MAY
13:30 GLENROTHAN (12A) 97M
15:45 MIDWINTER BREAK (PG) 90M
18:00 MICHAEL (PG) 127M
20:30 ROSE OF NEVADA (15) 114M
SAT 23 MAY
12:30 FRIDA KAHLO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) 90M
14:30 KOKUHO (15 TBC) 174M
18:00 GLENROTHAN
20:00 MICHAEL
SUN 24 MAY –TONY PALMER DAY 3
11:15 WAGNER (PART ONE) 163M PLUS TONY PALMER INTRO
14:30 LUNCH BREAK
16:00 WAGNER (PART TWO) 160M
18:45 LONG BREAK INC. BOOK SIGNING
19:30 TONY PALMER Q&A
20:00 WAGNER (PART THREE) 155M
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
MON 25 MAY
13:30 LITTLE AMÉLIE (PG) 77M (DUBBED IN ENGLISH)
15:30 GLENROTHAN
17:45 MICHAEL
20:30 ROSE OF NEVADA
TUE 26 MAY
13:00 HOPPERS (U) 104M
15:15 MICHAEL
17:30 ROSE OF NEVADA
19:45 KOKUHO
WED 27 MAY
12:45 HOPPERS
14:45 ROSE OF NEVADA
17:00 FRIDA KAHLO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) 90M
THU 28 MAY
13:30 LITTLE AMÉLIE (DUBBED IN ENGLISH)
15:15 GLENROTHAN
17:30 MIDWINTER BREAK
19:45 THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (NT LIVE) 150M INC INTERVAL
FRI 29 MAY
13:15 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES (PG) 109M
15:45 THE CHRISTOPHERS (15) 100M
18:00 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
20:30 THE CHRISTOPHERS
SAT 30 MAY
10:30 COMIC BOOK FILMS TALK 100M INC Q&A
13:15 MODESTY BLAISE (12A) 119M
15:45 THE CHRISTOPHERS
18:00 THE CHRISTOPHERS
20:15 EMPIRE OF LIES (15) 73M
SUN 31 MAY
12:15 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
14:45 EL ÚLTIMO SUEÑO DE FRIDA Y DIEGO (MET) 170M INC 2 INTERVALS
18:00 THE CHRISTOPHERS
20:00 THE CHRISTOPHERS
MON 1 JUN
13:15 THE CHRISTOPHERS 15:30 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
18:00 THE CHRISTOPHERS
20:00 BARBARELLA (PG) 98M
TUE 2 JUN
13:30 FRIDA KAHLO (EXHIBITION ON SCREEN) 90M
15:45 THE CHRISTOPHERS
18:00 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
20:15 THE CHRISTOPHERS
WED 3 JUN
12:45 THE CHRISTOPHERS
15:00 EMPIRE OF LIES
16:45 THE CHRISTOPHERS
THU 4 JUN
13:15 THE CHRISTOPHERS
15:30 THE SHEEP DETECTIVES
18:00 ALIEN (15) 117M
20:15 THE CHRISTOPHERS
FRI 5 JUN
13:15 MADFABULOUS (15) 108M
15:30 PRIMAVERA (15) 110M
18:00 MOTHER MARY (15) 112M
20:15 BARBARELLA (PG) 98M
SAT 6 JUN
10:30 MARLENE DIETRICH TALK (15) 100M INC Q&A
13:15 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (PG) 95M
15:30 ORPHAN (15TBC) 132M
18:15 MADFABULOUS
20:30 NORMAL (15TBC) 91M
SUN 7 JUN
12:15 PRIMAVERA
14:30 THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD (NT LIVE) 150M INC INTERVAL
17:15 BEST OF BRITISH: JEWISH CULTURE MONTH SHORTS (15) 125M
19:45 MOTHER MARY
MON 8 JUN
13:00 MOTHER MARY
15:30 PRIMAVERA
18:00 PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (15) 122M
20:15 ORPHAN
BARBARELLA
TUE 9 JUN
13:30 FILM TBC
15:30 MOTHER MARY
18:00 PRIMAVERA
20:15 NORMAL
WED 10 JUN
12:30 NORMAL
14:30 MADFABULOUS 16:45 PRIMAVERA
THU 11 JUN
13:00 PRIMAVERA
15:15 ORPHAN
18:00 MADFABULOUS
20:15 PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
FRI 12 JUN
13:30 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING (15) 95M
15:45 TUNER (15) 109M
18:00 MOSS & FREUD (CERTTBC) 100M
20:00 TUNER
SAT 13 JUN
10:30 IAN MCEWAN TALK 100M INC Q&A
13:15 ATONEMENT (15) 123M
15:45 TUNER
18:00 TUNER
20:15 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING
NEW PARK SEAT PLAN
SUN 14 JUN
13:15 TUNER
15:45 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING 17:45 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING 19:45 TUNER
MON 15 JUN
13:30 MY MOTHER’S WEDDING
15:45 MOSS & FREUD
18:00 TUNER
20:15 TUNER
TUE 16 JUN - THU 18 JUN
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