A24’s tunnel-dark comedy about the stresses of motherhood, illness, a missing person and therapy, with a monumental performance by Rose Byrne. While trying to manage her own life and career, a woman on the verge of a breakdown must cope with her daughter's illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an unusual relationship with her therapist, played by Conan O'Brien. "Bronstein is brillian...

1959 retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set at the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval, with an incandescent bossa nova soundtrack. You ng lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira while passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend introduce...

Hastings' Aristotelis Maragkos' haunting and evocative tale of a sailor’s son who obsessively dreams of building a boat from scrap metal. Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is. Hastings Own, Aristoteli...

The 1977 fairy-tale-in-space shown as a tribute to editor Marcia Lucas who died in May. Even more thrilling, fantastical and life-affirming on the big screen. Marcia Lucas may not be a familiar name, but she was a film editor who shaped some of the most influential American films of the 1970s and early 1980s – including Star Wars, Medium Cool and Taxi Driver. Marcia worked with Martin Scorsese ...

The tale of neo-pop-psych Liverpool band The Coral, director Q&A hosted by Meltdown curator James Endeacott. An immersive coming-of-age documentary tracing six misfit friends from suburban Merseyside as they form a band and rise to shape Britain's new millennium music scene. We are delighted to present this new film about 90s group The Coral plus live Q and A with the film's director James Slate...

For one night only we are thrilled to be part of this Dogwoof special release - an outstanding collaboration between two essential artists! This movie is an intimately shot and thus presented live performance of David Byrne's Broadway show American Utopia which emerged from his album of the same name. The show itself is part concert, part musical theater, part performance art, but always Byrne's c...

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness in the world of table tennis. Oscar nominated for Best Film and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet in this accelerated story of battling against the odds. 1952. Twenty-three year old New Yorker Marty Mauser puts one hundred and ten percent into everything he does; unfortunately for the world it is ...

Helsinki-born writer/illustrator Tove Jansson’s enduring creations come to the big screen in this subversively old-fashioned (and lovingly respectful) feature. Shipping up on the ritzy shores of the Riviera, the Moomins unwittingly check into an expensive hotel, naively dazzled by l’elegance of the Côte d’Azur. Sharp gags about the value of art and the worthlessness of wealth are interwoven throug...

Wim Wenders’ acclaimed 1999 documentary follows a group of Cuban musicians who reunite later in life to record an album and share their music with the world. The film traces their journey from Havana rehearsal rooms to international stages, capturing friendships, stories and the deep musical traditions that shaped their lives. Through intimate portraits and unforgettable performances, we see how ...

Emma Matthews' and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers' son Louis, his debilitating epilepsy and the journey to Europe to find the right treatment, through personal, travelogue and archival film footage and Jodhi May’s narration. 'A deeply personal movie: painfu...

This blast from the past was playing on cinema screens at the same time as the 1966 England team were playing football and making history! This was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character and was a cinematic spin-off of the popular live-action television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward. The world’s most notorious criminal minds team up to conquer Gotham City ...

It's a Summerween special! Picked by our TikTok guru, Emilie. Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, gold-digger Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands. One of those rare gems, a sequel that is...

Emma Matthews' and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers' son Louis, his debilitating epilepsy and the journey to Europe to find the right treatment, through personal, travelogue and archival film footage and Jodhi May’s narration. Raw, intellectually ambitious and ...

The sun-soaked 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival brought together Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder. S ly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more. A powerful and transporting celebration of Black music, community and cultural history. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentar...

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of director Steven Spielberg with a Double-Bill. First we will screen the ultimate summer blockbuster Jaws, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, followed by a mystery Spielberg film for those who dare to do the double! When the seaside community of Amity Island finds itself under attack by a great white shark, the town's chief of police, a marine biologis...

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of director Steven Spielberg, with a Double-Bill. First we will be screening the ultimate ultimate summer blockbuster, Jaws (bookable here). And then this mystery Spielberg for those who dare to do the double! MEMBERSHIP Join our community of film lovers, get free tickets, and enjoy priority and fee-free booking! Standard membership costs £48 and you get four fre...

See the world through the eyes of five-year-old Tibetan novice monk Hopakuli and share in his joys and sorrows as he endures the rigours of monastic life. A Little Wisdom endeavours to tell a story of children who find happiness through a simple life and the power of imagination. Buddhist Sunday Mornings are curated by Chris McKenna, local Buddhist practioner, who leads a short meditation and i...