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La La Land (12A)
Dir: Damien Chazelle 2016 | 128 mins
Mia is an aspiring actress. Sebastian is a dedicated jazz musician. Both are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes and breaking hearts. Winner of six Academy Awards.
WHY? ‘Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone shine in a sun-drenched musical masterpiece’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the review in full.
This is one of this season's films you wish you hadn't missed that deserve to be seen on the big screen! Tickets £7.
Movie Monday's Offer
Monday film screening tickets £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
Despicable Me 3 (U)
Dir: Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda 2017 | 96 mins
The Minions, Gru, Lucy, and their adorable daughters - Margo, Edith and Agnes - return to the big screen! Gru must face his most formidable nemesis to date - former 80s child star Balthazar Bratt.
WHY? Featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Trey Parker
School Holiday Family Screenings
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Cars 3 (U)
Dir: Brian Fee 2017 | 109 mins
With a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician and a few unexpected turns.
WHY? Lightning McQueen takes to Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage to prove that #95 isn't through yet!
School Holiday Family Screenings
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Sun 20 Aug 11am - Relaxed beanbag and cushion screening
A relaxed screening in our Courtyard Theatre with the seats taken out and replaced with cushions and beanbags. Chill out in comfort while you enjoy the film in all its glory on our big screen. Some allocated seating in the balcony and at the back of the stalls is available.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (12A)
Dir: David Yates 2016 | 133 mins
Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and document magical creatures. When he arrives in New York, a misplaced magical case and the escape of some fantastic beasts could spell trouble!
WHY? 'JK Rowling has come storming back to the world of magic in a shower of supernatural sparks - and created a glorious fantasy-romance adventure' ★★★★★ The Guardian
Click here to read the review in full.
School Holiday Family Screenings
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Wednesday 23 August at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog by Alfred Hitchcock
Silent film with live music presented by Cornford Music.
Dan and Marisa Cornford provide an original score and accompaniment to Hitchcock’s 1927 thriller, based on the story of Jack the Ripper. Fast-paced and packed with suspense, it has long been acclaimed as the first wholly Hitchcockian film.
WHY? Ivor Novello gives a chilling performance in the central role
Courtyard Theatre
£15
A Man called Ove (15)
Dir: Hannes Holm 2015 | 116 mins (Swedish with English subtitles)
Ove is an isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse. When a boisterous young family move in next door, an unlikely friendship forms. Based on the bestselling novel. A heartwarming reminder that life is sweeter when it's shared.
WHY? Nominated for two Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Beguiled (15)
Dir: Sofia Coppola 2017 | 94 mins
Atmospheric thriller set during the American Civil War. The sheltered young women of a Southern girls' boarding school take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries.
WHY? Winner of Best Director at Cannes 2017
'Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Beguiled’ is an exquisitely crafted drama of seduction, survival and sexual awakening in Civil-War era Virginia' ★★★★ Time Out
Click here to read the review in full.
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
The Odyssey (PG)
Dir: Jérôme Salle 2016 | 118 mins
(French and English with English subtitles)
Summer, 1946. The Cousteau family - Jacques, his wife Simone and their two children - live in their beautiful house by the Mediterranean sea. But Jacques is never content. He lives and breathes adventure and believes absolutely in the virtues of progress. Starring Lambert Wilson and Audrey Tautou.
WHY? Drama exploring the life of Jacques Cousteau
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Movie Monday's Offer
Monday film screening tickets £7 and include a free cup of tea or filter coffee.
War for the Planet of the Apes (12A)
Dir: Matt Reeves 2017 | 140 mins
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by the ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.
WHY? ‘An evocative story’ ★★★★ Empire
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Dunkirk (12A)
Dir: Christopher Nolan 2017 | 106 mins
Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea, they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. The story unfolds on land, sea and air. With an ensemble cast including Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy.
WHY? ‘A courageous, technically dazzling war epic’ ★★★★ Evening Standard
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
NT Live: Yerma
Encore screening.
Billie Piper reprises her award winning role in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece. A young woman is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child.
WHY? ‘An extraordinary theatrical triumph’ ★★★★★ The Times
£15
(Please note that the performance of Yerma includes strobe lighting)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (12A)
Dir: Luc Besson 2017 | 137 mins
Valerian and Laureline are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. A dark force threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets. The pair must race to identify the marauding menace to safeguard the future of the universe.
WHY? From Luc Besson, director of The Fifth Element and Lucy
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
Forty-five years after Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour filmed Live at Pompeii in the Roman Amphitheatre, he returned for two spectacular shows.
Expect an audio-visual spectacle featuring lasers, pyrotechnics and David’s legendary music.
WHY? The show includes songs from throughout David's career, as well as many Pink Floyd classics
£15
(David Gilmour Live at Pompeii contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy)
England is Mine (15)
Dir: Mark Gill 2017 | 94 mins
A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey. The film charts his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 80s band The Smiths. Starring Jack Lowden, Jodie Comer and Jessica Brown Findlay.
WHY? ‘Perfectly captures the enigma behind Morrissey’ ★★★★ Shortlist
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Land of Mine (15)
Dir: Martin Zandvliet 2016 | 110 mins
(Danish and German with English subtitles)
As World War II comes to an end, a group of young German POWs are captured by the Danish army. They are forced to engage in a deadly task: to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. The boys soon discover that the war is far from over.
WHY? Inspired by true events, the untold story of one of the most tragic moments in Denmark's history
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Raphael - Lord of the Arts
The first film adaptation of the life and work of one of the most famous artists in the world, Raphael Sanzio.
The film retraces the most significant moments of Raphael’s life and explores more than thirty works of art.
WHY? Set in 20 locations, including major exclusives – the Vatican Logge and Cardinal Bibbiena’s apartment in the Apostolic Palace
£15
ROH Live: The Magic Flute
Live screening from the Royal Opera House (Wednesday).
Mozart’s glorious opera is brought enchantingly to life in David McVicar’s production. Be transported to a fantastical world of dancing animals, flying machines and dazzlingly starry skies.
WHY? This classic production embraces both the seriousness and comedy of Mozart’s work
£15
A Ghost Story (12A)
Dir: David Lowery 2017 | 92 mins
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife. But he finds that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time. He is forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slips away.
WHY? Starring Academy Award winner Casey Affleck and Academy Award nominee Rooney Mara
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Friday 22 September at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Atomic Blonde (15)
Dir: David Leitch 2017 | 115 mins
Agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is MI6’s most lethal assassin. She is sent alone into Berlin to retrieve a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city. Broughton partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
WHY? A blistering blend of sleek action, gritty sexuality and dazzling style
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power & Al Gore Q&A (PG)
Dir: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk 2017 | 98 mins
Al Gore travels around the world continuing his tireless fight. He pursues the inspirational idea that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion. Cameras follow him behind the scenes – in moments both private and public, funny and poignant.
WHY? The screening includes a recorded Q&A with Al Gore
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Detroit (15)
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow 2017 | 143 mins
Detroit, 1967. Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, the city is under curfew and the Michigan National Guard patrols the streets. Three young African American men are murdered at the Algiers Motel. The events result in one of the largest citizen uprisings in United States history.
WHY? Based on true events and starring BAFTA Rising Star Award winner John Boyega
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Final Portrait (15)
Dir: Stanley Tucci 2017 | 90 mins
Paris, 1964. Celebrated artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) bumps into his old friend - respected American critic, James Lord (Armie Hammer). Lord is flattered by Giacometti’s request to paint him. As the days go by and turn into weeks, he realises his entire life has been hijacked by the erratic genius.
WHY? ‘A highly entertaining portrait of the two men’ ★★★★ The Guardian
The Guardian
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
ROH Live: La bohème
Encore screening.
When Rodolfo, a penniless poet, meets Mimì, a seamstress, they fall instantly in love. But their happiness is threatened when Rodolfo learns that Mimì is gravely ill.
WHY? Acclaimed director Richard Jones directs this new production of Puccini’s captivating opera
£15
Logan Lucky (12A)
Dir: Steven Soderbergh 2017 | 119 mins
Brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan are determined to reverse a family curse. The pair set out to execute an elaborate multi-million dollar robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Featuring an A-list cast including Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig and Adam Driver.
WHY? A smart, thrilling and funny story from the director of the Oceans Eleven trilogy
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Wednesday 18 October at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
The Dark Tower (12A)
Dir: Nikolaj Arcel 2017 | 95 mins
The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, shares an ancient vendetta with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black. Roland must prevent Walter from toppling the Dark Tower that holds the All-World universe together. Good and evil collide in this epic battle over its fate.
WHY? Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and based on the novels by Stephen King
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
RSC Live: Coriolanus
An encore screening from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Rome Season Director, Angus Jackson, completes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s collection of Shakespeare’s Roman plays with this visceral production.
WHY? A full-throttle war play, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome
£15
Victoria and Abdul (cert tbc)
Dir: Stephen Frears 2017 | Run time tbc
The true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Judi Dench) remarkable rule. Abdul Karim, a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The two forge a devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle attempt to destroy.
WHY? The latest film from Stephen Frears - director of The Queen, Philomena and Florence Foster Jenkins
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
Parent and Baby Screening
The screening on Tuesday 31 October at 11am is exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Lights are kept on low level and you can move around if you need to. Tickets are £5.50 for adults (including a cup of tea/coffee); babies and infants are free of charge. Seating is unreserved and unaccompanied adults are not admitted.
Captain Underpants (U)
Dir: David Soren 2017 | 89 mins
Based on the bestselling book series. George and Harold are overly imaginative pranksters. The pair hypnotize their formidable school principal into thinking he’s a ridiculously enthusiastic and clueless superhero named Captain Underpants.
WHY? ‘A delightful surprise. It’s a celebration of friendship, of the boundless creativity of children’s minds’ ★★★★ The Guardian
School Holiday Family Screenings
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
The Jungle Bunch (cert tbc)
Dir: David Alaux, Eric Tosti 2017 | Run time tbc
Maurice may look like a penguin - but he's a real tiger inside! Raised by a tigress, he's the clumsiest Kung-Fu master ever. Along with his friends, he intends to maintain order and justice in the jungle. But Igor, the koala has other plans.
WHY? Join Maurice and The Jungle Bunch on an action packed animated adventure
School Holiday Family Screenings
£7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20
Movie Wars! Freddy vs Michael
Vote for your favourite bogeyman in a battle of the creature features!
The Wes Craven classic Nightmare on Elm Street takes on John Carpenter's seminal Halloween in a seasonal face off at the Farm! Will Freddy or Michael rule Halloween? Hear the arguments, vote for the movie you want to see, then sit back and prepare to scream!
WHY? Only YOU can decide who rules the night...
Studio
£8
ROH Live: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
An encore screening featuring a cast of extraordinary and instantly recognisable characters - from the highly strung Queen of Hearts to a playing card corps de ballet, a sinuous caterpillar and a tap-dancing Mad Hatter.
WHY? The Royal Ballet at its best, bringing together world-class dance with enchanting family entertainment
£15
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (PG)
Dir: Steven Spielberg 1977 | 137 mins
Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) encounters a UFO on a deserted road whilst investigating a power outage. He becomes increasingly obsessed following his experience. As Roy distances himself from his wife and children, he is drawn ever closer towards parallel investigations being conducted by scientists and the military.
WHY? Stephen Spielberg’s sci-fi classic, a must see for fans of Netflix series Stranger Things
£10.50 (£9.50 conc)
Special Ticket Offer
£9 (£8 conc) tickets when you book for three films at the same time. Offer excludes event cinema screenings. Offer applied in basket.
NT Live: Follies
A live screening of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, staged for the first time at the National Theatre.
Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
WHY? Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies in this dazzling new production.
£15
ROH Live: The Nutcracker
Live screening from the Royal Opera House (Tuesday).
With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, The Nutcracker is the perfect Christmas entertainment.
WHY? Featuring Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music - the most recognisable of all ballet scores
£15