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After despairing businessman George Bailey wishes he had never been born, an angel is sent to earth to make George’s wish come true. As he sees what life would have been like if he had never existed, George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted…
“Capra’s Christmas cracker shines anew” – Guardian ★★★★★
Directed by Frank Capra
With James Stewarts
2hrs 10 mins // US 1946
This towering, fearless love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Telegraph ★★★★★ Independent ★★★★ BBC ★★★★
Directed by Bradley Cooper
With Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan
2hrs 9 mins // US 2023
Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the chequered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.
“Joaquin Phoenix makes a magnificent emperor in thrilling biopic” Guardian ★★★★★
Telegraph ★★★★ Independent ★★★★ Times ★★★★
Directed by Ridley Scott
With Jaoquin Phoenix
2hrs 38 mins // US 2023
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wish is an all-new musical comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force: a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe, King Magnifico, to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Empire ★★★ Independent ★★★
Directed by Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Voiced by Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine
1hr 38 mins // US 2023
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
“Terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman.” Guardian ★★★★★
Directed by David Fincher
With Michael Fassbender
1hrs 58 mins // US 2023
Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan, Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team-up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as “The Marvels.”
“Marvellous!” Independent ★★★★
Directed by Nia DaCosta
With Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani
1hr 45 mins // US 2023
A love letter to Britain from our friends in Europe, Jens Meurer’s funny, bittersweet and loving Seaside Special visits the town of Cromer, Norfolk as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show during the summer of 2019.
With the show due to be performed twice a day for three months, we meet the performers, the team pulling it together, and the townsfolk who will flock to each show day after day. In the background Brexit is hitting its stride, and as we see the talent and the passion driving the show, we also witness a microcosm of a Britain in flux.
All shot beautifully on 16mm film, Seaside Special is affectionate and funny filmmaking reflecting the eccentricities of classic English entertainment while the country sets out to leave its European neighbours.
“Vivid and richly affectionate” Guardian ★★★★
Seaside Special: German film captures British traditions at time of Brexit – BBC News
Read what our Film Programmer Jeremy had to say here…
Directed by Jens Meurer
1hr 33 mins // GER 2023
A love letter to Britain from our friends in Europe, Jens Meurer’s funny, bittersweet and loving Seaside Special visits the town of Cromer, Norfolk as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show during the summer of 2019.
With the show due to be performed twice a day for three months, we meet the performers, the team pulling it together, and the townsfolk who will flock to each show day after day. In the background Brexit is hitting its stride, and as we see the talent and the passion driving the show, we also witness a microcosm of a Britain in flux.
All shot beautifully on 16mm film, Seaside Special is affectionate and funny filmmaking reflecting the eccentricities of classic English entertainment while the country sets out to leave its European neighbours.
“Vivid and richly affectionate” Guardian ★★★★
Read what our Film Programmer Jeremy had to say here…
*Food will be served from 6.45pm onwards, with the film starting at 7.30pm
*Mini Fish + Chips will be served from 6.45pm onwards
Directed by Jens Meurer
1hr 33 mins // GER 2023
Also screening, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December
When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The MIGHTY PUPS! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a mad scientist to steal the superpowers for the two villains. With the fate of Adventure City hanging in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it’s too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference.
1hr 32 mins
Typist Artist Pirate King puts forgotten artist Audrey Amiss on the map. Inspired by her extensive archive of diaries, letters and art, the film weaves real events into an imagined journey as Audrey goes on a road trip with her psychiatric nurse. From acclaimed British filmmaker, Carol Morley, this dark and funny exploration of the growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for reconciliation, is filled with adventure, humour and compassion.
Directed by Carol Morley
With Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee
1hr 46 mins // UK 2023