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The Banshees of Inisherin (cert tbc)
Dir: Martin McDonagh 2022 | 109 mins
1923 on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland. Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) are lifelong friends. They find themselves at an impasse when Colm unexpectedly puts an end to their friendship.
A stunned Padraic, aided by his sister Siobhan and troubled young islander Dominic, endeavours to repair the relationship, refusing to take no for an answer.
But Padraic's repeated efforts only strengthen his former friend's resolve. When Colm delivers a desperate ultimatum, events swiftly escalate, with shocking consequences.
From the writer and director of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
‘Farrell is fantastic, delivering one of his best-ever performances’ ★★★★ 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.
Socially Distanced Screening
The screening on Wed 30 Nov 8pm is socially distanced with a reduced capacity. Face coverings are optional. Food and drink from our Cafe Bar can be taken into the theatre as normal.
Talking Tables
The screening on Tues 29 Nov 8pm is a Talking Tables screening. These events aim to bring people together in a relaxed environment to discuss films, share ideas and most importantly - to meet new people! It is particularly aimed at people coming to Norden Farm on their own, but all are welcome. To take part, simply book in to see the screening, then join the group in the foyer before and after the film.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (PG)
Dir: Guillermo del Toro 2022 | 117 mins
The Oscar winning filmmaker reinvents the classic story in this stunning stop-motion musical tale.
A wooden marionette is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto.
What follows are the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
No Bears (12A)
Dir: Jafar Panahi 2022 | 107 mins
The outstanding new film from acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi.
He plays himself – a filmmaker trying to direct a cast and crew in Turkey. He is forced to remain in an Iranian village close to the border.
As his actors perform their own story of attempted escape to Europe, Panahi finds himself coming up against suspicion and local traditions in the village where he is staying.
Jafar Panahi's latest film is a testimony to how artistry and protest can find inspiration in the very restrictions that he and other creative voices face.
‘A piercingly self-aware portrait of an artist who is not afraid to depict himself and his craft as aloof or insular’ ★★★★ Observer
‘A dark postmodern satire about the unexpected film that emerges within a film about making a film’ Times
‘Life, as they say, goes on, and No Bears observes people toiling away at existing while Panahi wrestles with the existential, this juxtaposition providing the cleverly timed comic relief that aids his witty social commentary’ Little White Lies
Royal Opera House Live: The Nutcracker
2 hours and 45 minutes (including one interval).
Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular classical dancing.
Courtyard Theatre
£16
Triangle of Sadness (15)
Dir: Ruben Östlund 2022 | 147 mins
Celebrity model couple Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean) are invited on a luxury cruise. It is helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson).
They are joined on board by uber-rich passengers including a Russian oligarch and a British arms dealer.
What first appears as an Instagrammable trip of a lifetime, soon ends catastrophically. The survivors are stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Social hierarchy is turned upside down in this wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner. From the director of Force Majeure.
‘A truly funny film’ ★★★★ Daily Mail
‘We are here to have a good, disreputable time’ ★★★★ Irish Times
‘The Swedish provocateur once again taking paw-swipes at privilege with a vomit-fuelled satire of the super-rich’ ★★★★ The Scotsman
‘As much a farcical comedy as it is a searing indictment’ ★★★★ Empire
Living (12)
Dir: Oliver Hermanus 2022 | 102 mins
1953. A London shattered by WWII is still recovering. Mr Williams (Bill Nighy) is a veteran civil servant. He is an important cog within the city’s bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild. Buried under paperwork at the office, lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless.
Then a shattering medical diagnosis forces him to take stock – and to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach. At a seaside resort, he flirts with hedonism before rejecting it as his solution. Back in London he finds himself drawn to the natural vitality of a younger colleague.
Then one evening he is struck by a revelation. It is as simple as it is profound. With a new energy Mr Williams sets about creating a legacy for the next generation.
Based on Akira Kurosawa’s film Ikiru.
‘Addresses weighty matters of life and death with a winning simplicity that is hard to resist’ ★★★★ Observer
Aftersun (12A)
Dir: Charlotte Wells 2022 | 102 mins
11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood.
Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship. She tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
‘This mesmeric debut will make you want to stay suspended in its sun-baked setting with its two captivating lead characters for far longer than the runtime. A triumph of new British filmmaking’ ★★★★★ Empire
‘An ode to cinema as a machine for remembering’ ★★★★★ Little White Lies
‘Aftersun is a stunning debut and one of the best films of the year. One that will leave its mark and stay with you for a long time. Similar to that unwanted but inevitable holiday sunburn!’ ★★★★★ Flick Feast
She Said (15)
Dir: Maria Schrader 2022 | 128 mins
Twotime Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor.
Together they broke one of the most important stories in a generation. Their investigation shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever.
Their commitment and fortitude sparked a national conversation, helped propel the #MeToo movement, and fuelled a reckoning of the system that had enabled him.
‘Details a triumph of journalistic sympathy and precision’ New York Times
White Noise (15)
Dir: Noah Baumbach 2022 | 135 mins
A college professor is forced to face his own mortality after a massive chemical spill leads his family to evacuate their town.
White Noise is hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic. It dramatises a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
Based on the book by Don DeLillo, Adam Driver and Great Gerwig star in this comedy drama.
The Silent Twins (18)
Dir: Agnieszka Smoczynska 2022 | 113 mins
Charlotte is an animated biopic of the German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?"
Animated biopic of the German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, known for her autobiographical paintings ‘Life? or Theatre?’.
Charlotte comes of age on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. But the world around her is changing quickly and dangerously.
When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, Charlotte leaves Berlin for the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret.
Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
Stars Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, Eddie Marsden and Mark Strong.
Charlotte (12)
Dir: Tahir Rana 2021 | 92 mins
Charlotte is an animated biopic of the German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon inspired by her memoir "Life? or Theatre?"
Animated biopic of the German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, known for her autobiographical paintings ‘Life? or Theatre?’.
Charlotte comes of age on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. But the world around her is changing quickly and dangerously.
When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, Charlotte leaves Berlin for the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret.
Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.
Stars Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, Eddie Marsden and Mark Strong.
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (cert TBC)
Dir: Kasi Lemmons 2022 | Runtime tbc
A powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston.
This is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaced woman behind the voice. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded artists of all time. The film is an inspirational and poignant journey through Houston’s trailblazing life and career. With show stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon’s most beloved hits.
Directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten, produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis and starring BAFTA Award winner Naomi Ackie.
ROH Live: Like Water for Chocolate
3 hours and 10 minutes (inc interval)
A co-production between The Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, inspired by Laura Esquivel’s novel. This modern Mexican classic is a captivating family saga.
Tita lives with her family on a ranch in Mexico. She falls in love with Pedro. But when they want to marry, family tradition prevents it. Tita must remain unmarried in order to care for her mother.
Tita’s love for cooking is such that her own emotions are transmitted to others through the food she prepares. As her moods change in response to events in her life, the consequences for all those around her become ever more startling…
Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra also acts as musical consultant for composer Joby Talbot’s newly commissioned score. Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon worked closely with novelist Laura Esquivel to reshape her richly layered story into an entertaining and engrossing new ballet.
Suitable for ages 12+ years
‘Not all choreographers are good directors, but Christopher Wheeldon is. Even when dealing with a tricky text such as Laura Esquivel’s magical realist novel Like Water for Chocolate, his is a steady hand. His choreography seems in a telepathic relationship with the melody and mystery of Joby Talbot’s score, while Bob Crowley’s designs, inspired by Mexican architect Luis Barragán, give a sense of heat and isolation, and some visually arresting coups de theatre’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Corsage (cert tbc)
Dir: Marie Kreutzer 2022 | 113 mins
Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolised for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But when she turns 40, she must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter.
While Elizabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, seeking the excitement of her youth.
With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolised image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
A bold and timely reflection on a woman’s worth in 19th century Europe.
‘Dramatic complexity is found in Elisabeth’s capacity to wrestle with her own myth while bucking against the demands of tradition' ★★★★ The Times
‘It’s riveting stuff, aided by Vicky Krieps’s bold and brilliant turn’ ★★★★ Time Out
National Theatre Live: The Crucible
by Arthur Miler
directed by Lyndsey Turner
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.
‘The National at its best’ ★★★★★ Daily Telegraph
‘Really great… digs deep into the play’s questions of human longing for justice’ ★★★★★ Daily Mail
Courtyard Theatre
£16
National Theatre Live: Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by Clint Dyer
An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwean (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.
Courtyard Theatre
£16