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Anything Goes: The Musical (PG)

A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. (Opening 23-07-2021) ©Tristram Kenton 07-21 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

Don’t miss Anything Goes, ‘the show of the year’ (★★★★★ The Telegraph) and a ‘fizzing tonic for our times’ (★★★★★ The Guardian) when it sails back into cinemas.

Filmed live during its sold-out 2021 run at the Barbican in London, this major 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast led by renowned Broadway royalty Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney, alongside Robert Lindsay (My Family), Felicity Kendal (The Good Life) and Gary Wilmot (Chicago).

A heart-warming romance with spectacular dance routines and some of theatre’s most memorable songs, Anything Goes is ‘a joyously shipshape revival’ (★★★★★ The Observer).

Filmed live at the Barbican, London in October 2021

2hr 36 mins // UK 2021

National Theatre Live: Life of Pi (12A)

LIFE OF PI by Martel ; Written by Yann Martel ; Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti ; Directed by Max Webster ; Designed by Tim Hatley ; Lighting by Tim Lutkin ; At Sheffield Theatres, UK ; June 27 2019 ; Credit: Johan Persson

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is brought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

“An extraordinary journey. Unmissable” – Guardian ★★★★★

Life of Pi
by Yann Martel, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
directed by Max Webster

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Contains scenes that may be unsuitable for small children

Tár (15)

Tár, set in the international world of classical music, centres on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

“Cate Blanchett is searing” Telegraph ★★★★★

“Cate Blanchett is perfect lead in delirious, sensual drama” Guardian ★★★★★

Empire ★★★★★ The i ★★★★★

*Also showing, Thu 23 February @ 6.45pm. Click here for details…

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Todd Field), Best Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Original Screenplay

Directed by Todd Field
With Cate Blanchett
2hrs 35 mins // US/GER 2022

Tár (15) + Cello Performance

Tár, set in the international world of classical music, centres on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer/conductors and first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

“Cate Blanchett is perfect lead in delirious, sensual drama” Guardian ★★★★★

“Cate Blanchett is searing” Telegraph ★★★★★

Empire ★★★★★ The i ★★★★★

*This screening will feature an exclusive pre-screening performance from Cello soloist Bethany Morris. The performance will start at 6.45pm

*The film will start at 7.30pm

*Half-price red wine will also be on offer at the bar

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Todd Field), Best Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Original Screenplay

Directed by Todd Field
With Cate Blanchett
2hrs 35 mins // US/GER 2022

Catch-up Screenings: Banshees of Inisherin (15)

Actor Colin Farrell walks alongside a donkey in a rural setting

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

“Both leads are terrific in Martin McDonagh’s slippery, complex new comedy drama set in 1923, during the last throes of the Irish Civil War”  Telegraph ★★★★★

“Visually stunning and consistently witty while being unafraid to ask serious questions about life as it is, and should be, lived. It is proper art” Times ★★★★★

“Flawless tragicomedy of male friendship gone sour” Observer ★★★★★

Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Martin McDonagh) and Best Actor (Colin Farrell)

Directed by Martin McDonagh
With Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon
1hr 54 mins // UK/IRE 2022

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG)

This February half-term, everyone’s favourite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns.

For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet.

“A sharp, striking Shrek spin-off” Guardian ★★★★

“Kids will love it but really, this Antonio Banderas-led Shrek sequel is one for the millennials” Independent ★★★★

Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Directed by Joel Crawford
Voiced by Antonio Banderas
1hrs 40 mins // US 2022

Till (12A)

(L to R) Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Bradley in TILL, directed by Chinonye Chukwu, released by Orion Pictures. Credit: Lynsey Weatherspoon / Orion Pictures © 2022 ORION PICTURES RELEASING LLC. All Rights Reserved.

The true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who was brutally lynched in 1955 while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

Guardian ★★★★ Empire ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★

Directed by Chinonye Chukwu
With Danielle Deadwyler
2hrs 10 mins // US 2022

NT Live: Othello (12A) *Encore Screening

OTHELLO by Shakespeare, , Director - Clint Dyer, Designetr - Chloe Lamford, Costumes - Michael Vale, Lighting - Jai Morjaria, The National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, 2023, Credit : Johan Persson/

An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).

She’s a bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations. He’s refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds love across racial lines has a cost.

Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together. But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.

Othello is filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre.

“Clint Dyer makes this tragedy feel utterly new” Guardian ★★★★

Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by Clint Dyer

Catch-up Screenings: Living (12A)

Actor Bill Nighy looks at his watch, dressed in a pinstripe suit and a bowler hat

London, 1953. Civil servant William is a cog within the city’s bureaucracy. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty. However, when he receives a shattering medical diagnosis, he is forced to act to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach.

“Bill Nighy tackles life and death in exquisitely sad drama” Guardian ★★★★★

“Bill Nighy is brilliant in this graceful, affecting Akira Kurosawa remake” Telegraph ★★★★★

“Bill Nighy is magnificent” Times ★★★★

Directed by Oliver Hermanus
With Bill Nighy
1hr 42 mins // UK 2022

Jazz in the Bar

Jazz in the Bar’s guests this month are John Sanderson and Sue Benson. John plays fluently on all the saxes and flute with a silky smooth swinging sound on ballads and jazz standards. Sue adds her expressive vocals to the mix, and joins Bob for a couple of vocal duets.

With the fab Bob Hudson Trio accompanying and doing their own feature numbers it will be a night of toe tapping finger snapping jazz!