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From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen, director of Cobain: Montage of Heck, and featuring never-before-seen concert footage, Moonage Daydream is an immersive cinematic experience; an audio-visual space odyssey that not only illuminates the enigmatic legacy of David Bowie but also serves as a guide to living a fulfilling and meaningful life in the 21st Century.

Moonage Daydream is not a documentary. It is a genre-defying cinematic experience based on one of the most iconic and global rock stars of all time, destined to be one of the defining cultural moments of the year.

“A glorious, shapeshifting eulogy to David Bowie” Guardian ★★★★★

Observer ★★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★★ Express ★★★★★

*The film has the full support of Bowie’s estate and features many of his greatest tracks, as well as previously unseen concert footage.

Directed by Brett Morgen
2hrs 15 mins

In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III were discovered beneath a carpark in Leicester. The search had been orchestrated by an amateur historian, Philippa Langley, whose unrelenting research had been met with incomprehension by her friends and family and with scepticism by experts and academics.

The Lost King is the life-affirming true story of a woman who refused to be ignored and who took on the country’s most eminent historians, forcing them to think again about one of the most controversial kings in England’s history.

Telegraph ★★★ Express ★★★

Directed by Stephen Frears
With Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan
1hr 48 mins // UK 2022

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances.

“Clooney and Roberts revive the rom-com” Times ★★★★

Directed by Ol Parker
With George Clooney, Julia Roberts
1hr 44 mins // US 2022

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the time they spend together turns his life around.

“Charlotte Rampling is absolutely furious and fabulous” Guardian ★★★

Directed by Matthew J. Saville
With Charlotte Rampling
1hr 34 mins // UK 2022

A free screening arranged by Councillor John Parr, we’ll be showing the magical musical Grease, featuring an iconic performance from the late Olivia Newton-John.

Tickets are free, but attendance must be confirmed with Councillor Parr. For more information, contact Cllr John Parr on 0115 953 7118

The free buffet will start at midday, with the film to follow…

Based on the celebrated novel from 1958, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris is the enchanting tale of a seemingly ordinary British housekeeper whose dream to own a couture Christian Dior gown takes her on an extraordinary adventure to Paris.

“Oscar nominee Lesley Manville is on excellent form in a sweet-natured Cinderella tale about a cleaner on a mission to buy a Dior dress” Guardian ★★★★

Directed by Anthony Fabian
With Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert
1hr 57 mins // US 2022

*Extra screenings – 13- 17 November! Click here…

Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, starring Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem, Constance Wu and Shawn Mendes, is a live-action/CGI musical comedy that brings this beloved character to a new, global audience.

“Javier Bardem’s flamboyant showman steals the film” Guardian ★★★

Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon
Voiced by Shawn Mendes
1hr 35 mins // US 2022

Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.

While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)—get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company.

All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose what’s really going on in this paradise?

“Hints of The Stepford Wives in this citrus-sharp psychological thriller” Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by Olivia Wilde
With Florence Pugh, Harry Styles
2hrs 3 mins // US 2022

From the best-selling novel comes a captivating mystery. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina.

For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect.

As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within the marsh.

Directed by Olivia Newman
With Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith
2hrs 5 mins // US 2022

We’re told we all have the right to roam in the countryside, but does that apply to everyone equally? Right of Way is a new feature-length programme that mixes stunning new artists’ commissions with historical archive films to examine and debate who is welcomed into the great outdoors and who is excluded.

Three new short films challenge the enduring image of the rural idyll where time stands still. How have Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse people perceived these landscapes? Who tells the stories of protest, trespassing, activism and raves that found their home in the countryside?

These new works are paired with a programme of archive films from the 1930s to the 1980s that allow us to reflect how different people and groups have always enjoyed and accessed our rural spaces in myriad and sometimes contested ways.

Archive Films

Father Thames (1935) Courtesy of BFI National Film Archive

Pilgrims Way (1956) Courtesy of BFI National Film Archive

Holiday on the North Norfolk Coast (1952) Courtesy of the East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia

Norfolk 1986 (1986) Courtesy of the East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia

Eastbourne (1958) Courtesy of Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton

The South Downs Way (1975) Courtesy of Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton

Country Ways: The Ridgeway in October (1988) Courtesy of the Wessex Film and Sound Archive at Hampshire County Council

Artist Films

Pastoral Malaise (2022), dir Ufuoma Essi

black strangers (2022), dir. Dan Guthrie

Syncopated Green (2022), dir. Arjuna Neuman