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Knives Out
The Dirty War On The National Health Service
"This film is a tribute to a unique institution," says Pilger at the start of Dirty War, which is about threatened democracy. Above all, it is a warning. Pilger investigates the dismantling "by stealth" of the National Health Service, "a last bastion of true public service".
EVENT CINEMA: Branagh Theatre Live The Winter's Tale
King Leontes appears to have everything: power, wealth, a loving family and friends. But sexual jealousy sets in motion a chain of events with tragic consequences. Featuring Dame Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman (Florizel), Jessie Buckley (Perdita), Hadley Fraser (Polixenes), Miranda Raison (Hermione) and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.
Whisky Galore Plus Whisky Tasting
*Please note change to event. Mary Kiely is now unavailable and Martin Rae of Gaidhlig Dumgal will provide an introduction based on Mary's notes and recollections of filming on Barra. Annandale Distillery will provide a whisky tasting afterward. Today’s event has been kindly sponsored by Gàidhlig Dumgal.
Luce
Screening as part of the Monday Night Film Club.
La Belle Epoque
EVENT CINEMA: Royal Ballet Sleeping Beauty
This production of The Sleeping Beauty has been delighting audiences in Covent Garden since 1946. A classic of Russian ballet, it established The Royal Ballet both in its new home after World War II and as a world-class company. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original staging was revived, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage. Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score and Marius Petipa’s original choreography beautifully combine with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. This ballet is sure to cast its spell over anyone who sees it.
Harriet
Contains racism, moderate violence, threat and infrequent strong language.
Heimat Is A Space In Time (Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)
The Last Black Man In San Fransisco
Screening as part of the Monday Night Film Club. Each film will be introduced by a volunteer and all are welcome to stay on afterwards to discuss the film over complimentary tea and/or coffee.
Her Century
Discover their stories and hear their voices in ‘Her Century’, a timely collection of archive film curated by the National Library of Scotland and guaranteed to spark debate. These films are screened together for the first time in a touring program full of contemporary relevance. Featuring work by professional documentarians such as Sarah Erulkar, Budge Cooper, Jenny Gilbertson and Jenny Brown as well as amateur footage from Grace Williamson. Our screening will be followed by a panel and audience Q&A – details to follow.
Calamity Jane Sing-Along
Remember to bring your singing voice with you as this film is a singalong version. Whip-crack-away! Screening as part of BFI Musicals! The Greatest Show on Screen, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery, BFI Film Audience Network and ICO. bfimusicals.co.uk.
Cats
Over a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
So Long, My Son (Di jiu tian)
Screening as part of the Monday Night Film Club. Each film will be introduced by a volunteer and all are welcome to stay on afterwards to discuss the film over complimentary tea and/or coffee.
EVENT CINEMA: ROH La Boheme Screened Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
The Cave
Screening as part of the Monday Night Film Club. Each film will be introduced by a volunteer and all are welcome to stay on afterwards to discuss the film over complimentary tea and/or coffee.
Little Women
Written and directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird).
The Room
Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again. The Room is a genuine oddity in the film world. It's truly a masterpiece of bad cinema, it defies description, understanding, logic and everything else that usually goes into a half-decent movie. It's barely coherent yet incredibly compelling. And funny, very , very funny.... "To make a movie that's so bad it's good you need vision, drive, luck and obsessive vanity. Fortuitously, The Room's writer/producer/director/star Tommy Wiseau appears to possess all of these qualities, combined with a total lack of acting talent," The Guardian |
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Fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
The Dirty War on the NHS is the new documentary from renowned BAFTA and Emmy-winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger.
Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption, reimagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh. Originally broadcast live from London's Garrick Theatre, following their triumphant staging of
Sparkling French comedy-drama in which a disillusioned elderly man seeks to recreate the events of a week in 1974 when he met the great love of his life.
Coffee Club - 10.45am on Wed 15 Jan
Screened Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Heimat Is A Space In Time is a near 4 hour German documentary shot almost entirely in black and white. In this immersive film essay, master documentary filmmaker Thomas Heise dives into four generations of his own family archives to trace the profound cultural and political upheaval of Germany's last century.
Glimpse into the work, home life and leisure of Scottish women during the twentieth century.Scotland’s women lived through major social change in the twentieth century, challenging their roles in society and fighting for equality: at work and at home, classroom to croft, girlhood to motherhood. In this programme there are crofters, campaigners, factory workers, psychologists, mothers, pilots and educators.
Dust off your Stetson and polish those cowboy boots – Calamity Jane is coming to UK cinemas!
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, including lyrical arias, celebratory choruses for Act II’s evocation of Christmas Eve in the Latin Quarter and a poignant final scene over which the composer himself wept. Richard Jones’s character-led production perfectly captures La bohème’s mixture of comedy, romance and tragedy, with striking designs by Stewart Laing. The cast features some of the greatest interpreters of Puccini’s bohemian lovers performing today, as well as former members of The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme.
Feras Fayyad’s companion piece to his Oscar-nominated 'Last Men in Aleppo' follows a woman doctor in an underground hospital as she treats victims of the Syrian conflict.
American coming-of-age period drama - adapted from the Louisa May Alcott novel - which explores the lives of the March sisters in 1860s New England.
Celebrate the best ‘worst’ film of all time in a rare big screen outing!