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From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Hamnet tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece Hamlet.

“Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley will break your heart” Times ★★★★★

“Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy” Guardian ★★★★★

Directed by Chloé Zhao
With Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley
2hrs 6 mins | UK/US 2025

Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Chloé Zhao) and Best Actress (Jessie Buckley)

Looking for more Shakespeare? Try Two Sisters, the story of Shakespeare’s daughters    

An enchanting story about two devoted scarecrows, Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay, who are planning a wedding to remember. When Harry insists on leaving the farm to collect one last thing for their big day, a smooth-talking scarecrow named Reginald Rake swoops in with plans of his own. Chaos ensues, and soon, Betty is in danger and everything’s at risk. Can Harry get back in time and save the day?

Full of heart, humour and adventure, this is the joyful tale about loyalty, love and learning that the most important thing isn’t a grand gesture – it’s simply being together.

25 mins

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

“Uncompromising and politically consequential” Times ★★★★★

“About as powerful as cinema gets” Empire ★★★★

Guardian ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature 

Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
1hrs 29 mins| FRA / TUN 2025

The Voice of Hind Rajab | Official Website | 16 January 2026

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.

Directed by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) and written by BAFTA, Olivier and Tony Award winner Alan Bennett, The Choral marks their fourth writer-director collaboration following the acclaimed films The Madness of King George, The History Boys, and The Lady in The Van.

Guardian ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by Nicholas Hytner
With Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam
1hrs 53 mins | UK 2025

*This screening will take place in Arnold Library’s Meeting Room 1. Entry will be via Arnold Leisure Centre / Bonington Theatre. Please check in at the Box Office upon arrival.

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family—forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.

“Bradley Cooper’s John Bishop comedy is Oscar-worthy!” Times ★★★★★

Filmhounds ★★★★★ Guardian★★★★ Metro ★★★★

Directed by Bradley Cooper
With Will Arnett, Laura Dern
1hrs 59 mins | US 2025

When a charming house guest (Nicholas Galitzine) arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry (Maika Monroe), and their devoted maid Hero (Emma Corrin), is thrown into chaos.

Based on Isabel Greenberg’s acclaimed graphic novel, this richly imagined medieval fantasy sees loyalty, desire and storytelling collide. Charli XCX joins the enchanting ensemble as Rosa in this whimsical romance full of wit and heart.

Directed by Julia Jackman
With Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Charli XCX
1hrs 30 mins | UK/US 2025

From a teenager struggling to fit in to a present day advocate, this is John Davidson’s journey. 

I Swear tells the “remarkable and life-affirming” true story of John Davidson, following his journey from a misunderstood teenager growing up with Tourette syndrome in 1980s Britain to adulthood, finding inspiration in his experiences and discovering his purpose in advocating for others.

I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart | Film | The Guardian

Directed by Kirk Jones
With Robert Aramayo, Shirley Henderson, Peter Mullan
1hrs 58 mins | UK 2025

*This screening will take place in Arnold Library’s Meeting Room 1. Entry will be via Arnold Leisure Centre / Bonington Theatre. Please check in at the Box Office upon arrival.

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Academy Award and BAFTA-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell comes Wuthering Heights, starring Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Margot Robbie opposite BAFTA nominee Jacob Elordi.

Directed by Emeral Fennell
With Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi
2hrs 15 mins | US/UK 2025

This is more than a concert film. It is EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience from Academy Award-nominated Baz Luhrmann. Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in this new cinematic experience from the visionary filmmaker behind Elvis, Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
1hrs 36 mins | US 2025

In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootropolis 2, detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootropolis and turns the mammal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.

Nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature

Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard
1hrs 38 mins | US 2025

*Zootropolis 2 contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.