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The directorial debut of Olivia Wilde and starring Beanie Feldstein(Lady Bird) & Kaitlyn Dever (Detroit) this hilarious and heartfelt comedy follows two academic superstars and best friends who, on the eve of their high school graduation, suddenly realise that they should have worked less and played more. Determined never to fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night. Destined to become a generational anthem, Booksmart is a comedy that is uniquely female but will make anyone feel good.
Join Birds' Eye View for a special RECLAIM THE FRAME PREVIEW SCREENING of BOOKSMART. The Reclaim The Frame project, backed by the British Film Institute; is a mission to bring ever greater audiences to films by women to build a more balanced film future and offer cinema fans wider perspectives of the world.
The film will be followed by a PANEL DISCUSSION, hosted by Birds’ Eye View’s director-at-large, Mia Bays (an Oscar winning producer and agitator with 30 years’ experience in film), with two very funny women, film writer Grace Barber-Plentie and journalist, writer and broadcaster Karen Krizanovich. Plus a BOOKSMART themed AFTER PARTY in the attic with DJ Set.
Each ticket includes entry to film, Q&A and after party.
A charming street rat. A sheltered princess. A blue genie who holds the key to their future. Guy Ritchie brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to Disney’s vibrant tale of identity, happiness and freedom in the fictional city of Agrabah. This live-action remake stars Will Smith as the Genie; Mena Massoud as Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine; and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Legendary composer Alan Menken provides the score, which includes new recordings of the animation’s original songs as well as two new numbers written by Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the breakthrough years of larger-than-life superstar Elton John (Taron Egerton). Set to John’s most beloved songs (performed by Egerton), it tells the uncensored human story of how small-town boy and shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as John’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Dexter Fletcher, who took over directorial duties for the smash hit musical biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, is at the helm.
Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno's family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out on one last night together to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely. A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of gathering youth, set to the soundtrack as eclectic and electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for our time.
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers’ ranks compels the remaining heroes to take one last stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, ENDGAME.
How do the Avengers undo ‘the Snap’? Does Ant-Man, trapped in the Quantum Realm, hold the key? Is this the end for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers? Find out all the answers in the decade-long saga’s epic finale.
To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain”, she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat.
Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, WOMAN AT WAR follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl with planning her final act of industrial sabotage.
20.00Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
Hedonism before high school ends is the subject of actress Olivia Wilde’s joyous directorial debut, a fresh and modern coming-of-age comedy with superb turns from Feldstein (LADY BIRD) and Dever. On the eve of graduation, two bookish BFFs realise they should have worked less and played more. Throwing in the textbooks and shedding their sensible personas, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one crazy night.
A charming street rat. A sheltered princess. A blue genie who holds the key to their future. Guy Ritchie brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to Disney’s vibrant tale of identity, happiness and freedom in the fictional city of Agrabah. This live-action remake stars Will Smith as the Genie; Mena Massoud as Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine; and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Legendary composer Alan Menken provides the score, which includes new recordings of the animation’s original songs as well as two new numbers written by Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the breakthrough years of larger-than-life superstar Elton John (Taron Egerton). Set to John’s most beloved songs (performed by Egerton), it tells the uncensored human story of how small-town boy and shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as John’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Dexter Fletcher, who took over directorial duties for the smash hit musical biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, is at the helm.
Packed with irreverence and subversive humour, the animated story of the secret lives of pets continues with new challenges for Max, Gidget, Snowball and the gang to contend with. For terrier Max, it’s ditching his anxiety about protecting his owner’s toddler; for Pomeranian Gidget, it’s rescuing Max’s favourite toy from a flat full of felines; and for crazy-but-cute bunny Snowball, it’s being a hero after only pretending to be one. Can our furry friends summon the courage to face their biggest fears?
Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno's family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out on one last night together to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely. A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of gathering youth, set to the soundtrack as eclectic and electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for our time.
Join Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye on their new mission. When Mayor Humdinger’s nephew Harold accidentally diverts a meteor to hit Adventure Bay, the tech-savvy Ryder and the pups are ready for action – but when the meteor hits land, it showers them with a mysterious green energy, infusing the PAW Patrol with superpowers so that they become Mighty Pups! Unfortunately, sneaky Harold (Hurstfield) is also endowed with the new powers and, in dastardly fashion, schemes to become mayor of the town and capture Ryder in the tower. So, Pups to the rescue and remember, ‘Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help!’
Witness the queen of soul as you’ve never seen her before. A spine-tingling performance from Aretha Franklin, returning to her gospel roots after many years, is the subject of this powerful new concert film, which captures a two-night recording session in a Los Angeles Baptist church in January 1972. The resulting live album would go on to become the most successful gospel record of all time – ‘Amazing Grace’.
“Franklin singing gospel in a badly lit church with rows of cheap movie theatre seats filled with ecstatic fans is a balm for the spirit, and something that needs to be seen.” - Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. The crew--death-row inmates led by a doctor (Juliette Binoche) with sinister motives--has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole. A staggering and primal film about love and intimacy, suffused with anguished memories of a lost Earth, HIGH LIFE is a haunting, thrilling achievement from visionary director Claire Denis.
The world of Pokémon comes to life in the popular franchise’s first live-action adventure. The ever-irreverent Ryan Reynolds voices Detective Pikachu, a wisecracking super-sleuth who teams up with 21-year-old Tim (Justice Smith) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Harry Goodman, Tim’s dad and Pikachu’s human partner. Together they chase clues through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City, a sprawling metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side.
“For Pokémon fans, a huge part of the appeal of any live-action treatment of the series would have been seeing its 8-bit menagerie take photoreal form. In this respect Detective Pikachu is an eye-boggling triumph, with gorgeously realised creatures that sit seamlessly in their real-world surroundings” – Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
18.10Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for...well, mostly everything. Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is a gifted and free spirited journalist with a self-destructive streak. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his baby sitter and first crush. When Fred unexpectedly reunites with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humour and his memories of her youthful idealism. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter, much to the dismay of her trusted advisors. A fish out of water on Charlotte's elite team, Fred is unprepared for her glamorous and high stakes lifestyle. However, sparks fly as their unmistakable chemistry leads to a round-the-world romance that becomes embroiled in a series of dangerous and outlandish incidents.
12.20Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers’ ranks compels the remaining heroes to take one last stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, ENDGAME.
How do the Avengers undo ‘the Snap’? Does Ant-Man, trapped in the Quantum Realm, hold the key? Is this the end for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers? Find out all the answers in the decade-long saga’s epic finale.
To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain”, she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat.
Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, WOMAN AT WAR follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl with planning her final act of industrial sabotage.
20.45Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
Hedonism before high school ends is the subject of actress Olivia Wilde’s joyous directorial debut, a fresh and modern coming-of-age comedy with superb turns from Feldstein (LADY BIRD) and Dever. On the eve of graduation, two bookish BFFs realise they should have worked less and played more. Throwing in the textbooks and shedding their sensible personas, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one crazy night.
A charming street rat. A sheltered princess. A blue genie who holds the key to their future. Guy Ritchie brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to Disney’s vibrant tale of identity, happiness and freedom in the fictional city of Agrabah. This live-action remake stars Will Smith as the Genie; Mena Massoud as Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine; and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Legendary composer Alan Menken provides the score, which includes new recordings of the animation’s original songs as well as two new numbers written by Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
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17.30HOH Subtitled: This screening has subtitles for people with hearing loss
ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the breakthrough years of larger-than-life superstar Elton John (Taron Egerton). Set to John’s most beloved songs (performed by Egerton), it tells the uncensored human story of how small-town boy and shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as John’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Dexter Fletcher, who took over directorial duties for the smash hit musical biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, is at the helm.
12.30Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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15.20Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
Packed with irreverence and subversive humour, the animated story of the secret lives of pets continues with new challenges for Max, Gidget, Snowball and the gang to contend with. For terrier Max, it’s ditching his anxiety about protecting his owner’s toddler; for Pomeranian Gidget, it’s rescuing Max’s favourite toy from a flat full of felines; and for crazy-but-cute bunny Snowball, it’s being a hero after only pretending to be one. Can our furry friends summon the courage to face their biggest fears?
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18.55Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno's family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out on one last night together to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely. A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of gathering youth, set to the soundtrack as eclectic and electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for our time.
Join Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye on their new mission. When Mayor Humdinger’s nephew Harold accidentally diverts a meteor to hit Adventure Bay, the tech-savvy Ryder and the pups are ready for action – but when the meteor hits land, it showers them with a mysterious green energy, infusing the PAW Patrol with superpowers so that they become Mighty Pups! Unfortunately, sneaky Harold (Hurstfield) is also endowed with the new powers and, in dastardly fashion, schemes to become mayor of the town and capture Ryder in the tower. So, Pups to the rescue and remember, ‘Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help!’
Witness the queen of soul as you’ve never seen her before. A spine-tingling performance from Aretha Franklin, returning to her gospel roots after many years, is the subject of this powerful new concert film, which captures a two-night recording session in a Los Angeles Baptist church in January 1972. The resulting live album would go on to become the most successful gospel record of all time – ‘Amazing Grace’.
“Franklin singing gospel in a badly lit church with rows of cheap movie theatre seats filled with ecstatic fans is a balm for the spirit, and something that needs to be seen.” - Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. The crew--death-row inmates led by a doctor (Juliette Binoche) with sinister motives--has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole. A staggering and primal film about love and intimacy, suffused with anguished memories of a lost Earth, HIGH LIFE is a haunting, thrilling achievement from visionary director Claire Denis.
The world of Pokémon comes to life in the popular franchise’s first live-action adventure. The ever-irreverent Ryan Reynolds voices Detective Pikachu, a wisecracking super-sleuth who teams up with 21-year-old Tim (Justice Smith) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Harry Goodman, Tim’s dad and Pikachu’s human partner. Together they chase clues through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City, a sprawling metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side.
“For Pokémon fans, a huge part of the appeal of any live-action treatment of the series would have been seeing its 8-bit menagerie take photoreal form. In this respect Detective Pikachu is an eye-boggling triumph, with gorgeously realised creatures that sit seamlessly in their real-world surroundings” – Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
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18.10Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers’ ranks compels the remaining heroes to take one last stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, ENDGAME.
How do the Avengers undo ‘the Snap’? Does Ant-Man, trapped in the Quantum Realm, hold the key? Is this the end for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers? Find out all the answers in the decade-long saga’s epic finale.
12.40Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school - the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year - before she begins high school.
10.50Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
A typically graceful turn from Kore-eda, STILL WALKING weaves together with great subtlety an intricate and nuanced family drama. Taking place over one summer’s day, the film follows a Yokohama family as they reunite to celebrate the life of the eldest son, whose tragic death 15 years ago left a painful mark not yet healed. It’s during this poignant remembrance, however, that the gaps and tensions between family members become achingly apparent.
18.30Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Kore-eda Retrospective: Following the massive success of his latest masterpiece, Shoplifters, Discover Tuesdays presents a season of Hirokazu Kore-eda's classic films.
Based on the book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Directed by: Max Lang, Daniel Snaddon
Starring: Patsy Ferran, Kit Harington, Sir Lenny Henry, Hugh Skinner, Tracey Ullman
A half hour family film based on the much loved picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
ZOG is the story of a keen young dragon who wants to learn how to fly, roar, and breathe fire in his first years at Dragon School. He’s desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he’s accident prone and each year he has to be helped by a kind young girl who patches up his bumps and bruises. Then in Year Four, he has to capture a princess - can the young girl help him with his trickiest challenge yet?
A spiky coming-of-age movie steeped in the sights, sounds and spirit of ’90s Los Angeles, MID90s follows Stevie, a 13-year-old outcast who spends his summer navigating his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
Jonah Hill’s time capsule of a directorial debut is an ambitious and authentic portrayal of youthful rebellion, led by a breakout performance from Suljic as Stevie and a glorious soundtrack of tunes from the era.
13.10Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Silver Screen: Aged over 60? Join the Silver Screen Club for discounted tickets and a free tea or coffee at these shows. Usual ticket prices apply to non-Members.
To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain”, she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat.
Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, WOMAN AT WAR follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl with planning her final act of industrial sabotage.
20.45Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
Hedonism before high school ends is the subject of actress Olivia Wilde’s joyous directorial debut, a fresh and modern coming-of-age comedy with superb turns from Feldstein (LADY BIRD) and Dever. On the eve of graduation, two bookish BFFs realise they should have worked less and played more. Throwing in the textbooks and shedding their sensible personas, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one crazy night.
Kaiju takes on kaiju in a visually breathtaking battle royal sequel to 2014’s GODZILLA. Five years after the winged MUTOs’ radioactive rampage to San Francisco, a battery of ancient monsters resurface and vie for supremacy, wreaking havoc and threatening to render humanity an endangered species. To topple the alpha, the three-headed behemoth King Ghidorah, and end the destruction, the Monarch agency turn to the only contender they have left: the mighty Godzilla. It’s a gargantuan grudge match for the ages.
Contains moderate threat, violence and infrequent strong language.
A charming street rat. A sheltered princess. A blue genie who holds the key to their future. Guy Ritchie brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to Disney’s vibrant tale of identity, happiness and freedom in the fictional city of Agrabah. This live-action remake stars Will Smith as the Genie; Mena Massoud as Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine; and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Legendary composer Alan Menken provides the score, which includes new recordings of the animation’s original songs as well as two new numbers written by Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the breakthrough years of larger-than-life superstar Elton John (Taron Egerton). Set to John’s most beloved songs (performed by Egerton), it tells the uncensored human story of how small-town boy and shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as John’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Dexter Fletcher, who took over directorial duties for the smash hit musical biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, is at the helm.
Packed with irreverence and subversive humour, the animated story of the secret lives of pets continues with new challenges for Max, Gidget, Snowball and the gang to contend with. For terrier Max, it’s ditching his anxiety about protecting his owner’s toddler; for Pomeranian Gidget, it’s rescuing Max’s favourite toy from a flat full of felines; and for crazy-but-cute bunny Snowball, it’s being a hero after only pretending to be one. Can our furry friends summon the courage to face their biggest fears?
Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno's family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out on one last night together to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely. A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of gathering youth, set to the soundtrack as eclectic and electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for our time.
11.20Big Scream: Exclusively for parents or carers with babies under the age of one.
Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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18.20Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
Join Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye on their new mission. When Mayor Humdinger’s nephew Harold accidentally diverts a meteor to hit Adventure Bay, the tech-savvy Ryder and the pups are ready for action – but when the meteor hits land, it showers them with a mysterious green energy, infusing the PAW Patrol with superpowers so that they become Mighty Pups! Unfortunately, sneaky Harold (Hurstfield) is also endowed with the new powers and, in dastardly fashion, schemes to become mayor of the town and capture Ryder in the tower. So, Pups to the rescue and remember, ‘Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help!’
Witness the queen of soul as you’ve never seen her before. A spine-tingling performance from Aretha Franklin, returning to her gospel roots after many years, is the subject of this powerful new concert film, which captures a two-night recording session in a Los Angeles Baptist church in January 1972. The resulting live album would go on to become the most successful gospel record of all time – ‘Amazing Grace’.
“Franklin singing gospel in a badly lit church with rows of cheap movie theatre seats filled with ecstatic fans is a balm for the spirit, and something that needs to be seen.” - Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
The world of Pokémon comes to life in the popular franchise’s first live-action adventure. The ever-irreverent Ryan Reynolds voices Detective Pikachu, a wisecracking super-sleuth who teams up with 21-year-old Tim (Justice Smith) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Harry Goodman, Tim’s dad and Pikachu’s human partner. Together they chase clues through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City, a sprawling metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side.
“For Pokémon fans, a huge part of the appeal of any live-action treatment of the series would have been seeing its 8-bit menagerie take photoreal form. In this respect Detective Pikachu is an eye-boggling triumph, with gorgeously realised creatures that sit seamlessly in their real-world surroundings” – Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
18.10Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for...well, mostly everything. Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is a gifted and free spirited journalist with a self-destructive streak. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his baby sitter and first crush. When Fred unexpectedly reunites with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humour and his memories of her youthful idealism. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter, much to the dismay of her trusted advisors. A fish out of water on Charlotte's elite team, Fred is unprepared for her glamorous and high stakes lifestyle. However, sparks fly as their unmistakable chemistry leads to a round-the-world romance that becomes embroiled in a series of dangerous and outlandish incidents.
15.20Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers’ ranks compels the remaining heroes to take one last stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, ENDGAME.
How do the Avengers undo ‘the Snap’? Does Ant-Man, trapped in the Quantum Realm, hold the key? Is this the end for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers? Find out all the answers in the decade-long saga’s epic finale.
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school - the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year - before she begins high school.
10.50Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
A spiky coming-of-age movie steeped in the sights, sounds and spirit of ’90s Los Angeles, MID90s follows Stevie, a 13-year-old outcast who spends his summer navigating his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
Jonah Hill’s time capsule of a directorial debut is an ambitious and authentic portrayal of youthful rebellion, led by a breakout performance from Suljic as Stevie and a glorious soundtrack of tunes from the era.
13.10Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain”, she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat.
Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, WOMAN AT WAR follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl with planning her final act of industrial sabotage.
20.50Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
“We all played guitar. We all knew a bit. But he seemed to know more than us.” - Paul McCartney
In July 1970 rock music’s burgeoning festival culture descended en masse on the tiny rural village of Byron, Georgia and witnessed an unforgettable performance by Jimi Hendrix in full flight. In the dark shadow of civil rights unrest and the unrelenting toll of the Vietnam War, the legendary guitarist drew in over 300,000 people – the largest US audience of his career – to the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival for his concert on 4 July.
Playing alongside a new documentary contextualising Hendrix’s journey to what would be the last of the great American rock festival, 16-mm colour footage (restored from the original negative) captures the fretboard magician skilfully blending favourites such as ‘Purple Haze’ and ‘Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)’ with hitherto unreleased songs, as well as a storming, firework-backed rendition of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’.
Contains infrequent strong language and drug misuse.
Hedonism before high school ends is the subject of actress Olivia Wilde’s joyous directorial debut, a fresh and modern coming-of-age comedy with superb turns from Feldstein (LADY BIRD) and Dever. On the eve of graduation, two bookish BFFs realise they should have worked less and played more. Throwing in the textbooks and shedding their sensible personas, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one crazy night.
Kaiju takes on kaiju in a visually breathtaking battle royal sequel to 2014’s GODZILLA. Five years after the winged MUTOs’ radioactive rampage to San Francisco, a battery of ancient monsters resurface and vie for supremacy, wreaking havoc and threatening to render humanity an endangered species. To topple the alpha, the three-headed behemoth King Ghidorah, and end the destruction, the Monarch agency turn to the only contender they have left: the mighty Godzilla. It’s a gargantuan grudge match for the ages.
Contains moderate threat, violence and infrequent strong language.
A charming street rat. A sheltered princess. A blue genie who holds the key to their future. Guy Ritchie brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to Disney’s vibrant tale of identity, happiness and freedom in the fictional city of Agrabah. This live-action remake stars Will Smith as the Genie; Mena Massoud as Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine; and Marwan Kenzari as Jafar. Legendary composer Alan Menken provides the score, which includes new recordings of the animation’s original songs as well as two new numbers written by Menken and award-winning songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
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ROCKETMAN is an epic musical fantasy about the breakthrough years of larger-than-life superstar Elton John (Taron Egerton). Set to John’s most beloved songs (performed by Egerton), it tells the uncensored human story of how small-town boy and shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight became one of the most iconic figures in pop culture. ROCKETMAN also stars Jamie Bell as John’s longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden as John’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as John’s mother Sheila Farebrother. Dexter Fletcher, who took over directorial duties for the smash hit musical biopic BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, is at the helm.
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Packed with irreverence and subversive humour, the animated story of the secret lives of pets continues with new challenges for Max, Gidget, Snowball and the gang to contend with. For terrier Max, it’s ditching his anxiety about protecting his owner’s toddler; for Pomeranian Gidget, it’s rescuing Max’s favourite toy from a flat full of felines; and for crazy-but-cute bunny Snowball, it’s being a hero after only pretending to be one. Can our furry friends summon the courage to face their biggest fears?
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Best mates Johnno and Spanner share a deep bond. Now on the cusp of adulthood, life is destined to take them in different directions – Johnno's family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape the boys head out on one last night together to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely. A universal story of friendship, rebellion, and the irresistible power of gathering youth, set to the soundtrack as eclectic and electrifying as the scene it gave birth to, BEATS is a story for our time.
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Join Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble and Skye on their new mission. When Mayor Humdinger’s nephew Harold accidentally diverts a meteor to hit Adventure Bay, the tech-savvy Ryder and the pups are ready for action – but when the meteor hits land, it showers them with a mysterious green energy, infusing the PAW Patrol with superpowers so that they become Mighty Pups! Unfortunately, sneaky Harold (Hurstfield) is also endowed with the new powers and, in dastardly fashion, schemes to become mayor of the town and capture Ryder in the tower. So, Pups to the rescue and remember, ‘Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help!’
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Witness the queen of soul as you’ve never seen her before. A spine-tingling performance from Aretha Franklin, returning to her gospel roots after many years, is the subject of this powerful new concert film, which captures a two-night recording session in a Los Angeles Baptist church in January 1972. The resulting live album would go on to become the most successful gospel record of all time – ‘Amazing Grace’.
“Franklin singing gospel in a badly lit church with rows of cheap movie theatre seats filled with ecstatic fans is a balm for the spirit, and something that needs to be seen.” - Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
Monte (Robert Pattinson) and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. The crew--death-row inmates led by a doctor (Juliette Binoche) with sinister motives--has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole. A staggering and primal film about love and intimacy, suffused with anguished memories of a lost Earth, HIGH LIFE is a haunting, thrilling achievement from visionary director Claire Denis.
The world of Pokémon comes to life in the popular franchise’s first live-action adventure. The ever-irreverent Ryan Reynolds voices Detective Pikachu, a wisecracking super-sleuth who teams up with 21-year-old Tim (Justice Smith) to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Harry Goodman, Tim’s dad and Pikachu’s human partner. Together they chase clues through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City, a sprawling metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side.
“For Pokémon fans, a huge part of the appeal of any live-action treatment of the series would have been seeing its 8-bit menagerie take photoreal form. In this respect Detective Pikachu is an eye-boggling triumph, with gorgeously realised creatures that sit seamlessly in their real-world surroundings” – Robbie Collin, The Telegraph
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Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for...well, mostly everything. Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) is a gifted and free spirited journalist with a self-destructive streak. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his baby sitter and first crush. When Fred unexpectedly reunites with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humour and his memories of her youthful idealism. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte impulsively hires Fred as her speechwriter, much to the dismay of her trusted advisors. A fish out of water on Charlotte's elite team, Fred is unprepared for her glamorous and high stakes lifestyle. However, sparks fly as their unmistakable chemistry leads to a round-the-world romance that becomes embroiled in a series of dangerous and outlandish incidents.
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The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers’ ranks compels the remaining heroes to take one last stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, ENDGAME.
How do the Avengers undo ‘the Snap’? Does Ant-Man, trapped in the Quantum Realm, hold the key? Is this the end for Tony Stark and Steve Rogers? Find out all the answers in the decade-long saga’s epic finale.
13.55Audio Described: Everyone welcome. Audio Description is available for this film, and is undetectable to anyone not wearing a headset
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Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school - the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year - before she begins high school.
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The fate of astronauts marooned in space might seem a familiar plotline, but as conceived by director Cuarón (CHILDREN OF MEN), it becomes a visual magnum opus as well as drama of the highest order. Clooney is wisecracking space veteran Kowalski, Bullock the rookie scientist Stone, and in a staggering 13-minute opening take we see her drifting helplessly from a wrecked space shuttle. Clooney is no stranger to the isolation of space – he starred in Soderbergh’s SOLARIS remake – but in GRAVITY his emotional reach extends even further as their battle for survival intensifies, and in her range of reactions to their worsening predicament, Bullock’s performance matches his. Above all, though, it’s the technical achievements of Cuarón and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki that will leave you reeling with amazement.
Contains sustained moderate threat, disturbing images and strong language.
A spiky coming-of-age movie steeped in the sights, sounds and spirit of ’90s Los Angeles, MID90s follows Stevie, a 13-year-old outcast who spends his summer navigating his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
Jonah Hill’s time capsule of a directorial debut is an ambitious and authentic portrayal of youthful rebellion, led by a breakout performance from Suljic as Stevie and a glorious soundtrack of tunes from the era.
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To her friends, Halla (Halldóra Geirharõsdóttir) leads a quiet and routine life. But her happy and upbeat exterior hides a secret double life as a committed environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias “The Woman of the Mountain”, she secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry to protect the stunning highland landscape that is under threat.
Just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that will change everything. She will be forced to choose between her environmental crusade and the chance of fulfilling her dream of becoming a mother. Funny, moving and utterly unique, WOMAN AT WAR follows Halla as she juggles the adoption of a beautiful little girl with planning her final act of industrial sabotage.
20.50Lounge Screen: Warning: This screen has low, casual lounge seats that are fun but not suitable for those who have difficulty getting down to beanbag level.
Subtitled: This show is in the original language and will have English subtitles
We're delighted to welcome lead actor Vicky Knight and director Sacha Polak for a post screening Q&A moderated by film critic, broadcaster and host of "Girls on Film".
A portrait of a woman with incredible resilience. Jade is no passive victim; she makes her own choices - good or bad - and deals with the consequences. Polak’s first English-language feature is controlled and subtle, without the director surrendering any of her typical intensity. Newcomer Vicky Knight, who was badly burned as a child, is a genuine revelation in a powerful lead performance.
Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis lead a stellar voice cast in this rip-roaring, globetrotting comedy adventure from Laika, the animation studio behind Boxtrolls and Coraline.
Jackman lends his voice to myths and monsters investigator Sir Lionel Frost (Jackman), who sets off on an adventure to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature — Mr Link (Galifianakis). Frost, who’s also looking for acceptance from his small-minded explorer peers, is accompanied on his journey by Adelina Fortnight (Saldana), a free-spirited, independent adventurer who just so happens to possess the only known map to their secret destination.
Bob Fosse’s stylishly directed and choreographed screen adaptation of John Kander’s fine musical based on Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin stories. With a chilling vision of Weimar Berlin, a city of gaiety and perversion, champagne and Nazi propaganda, CABARET features a show-stopping, Oscar-winning musical performance from Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey as the unforgettable emcee, and a truly extraordinary final fadeout.
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next six decades, her sublime voice would transform the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy. JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS retraces this extraordinary journey.
Using never-before-seen images and unheard interviews, the film shows an Ella the world never knew: tough, thoughtful, funny; a dazzling musical innovator who defied horrifying racism; a committed civil rights activist; and an intensely private soul who sacrificed much of her personal life. At a time when she was the biggest singing star in the world, her pianist and friend Oscar Peterson said Ella was “the loneliest woman in the world”. But, as Jamie Cullum says, “Her music is one of the reasons it’s worth being on this planet.”
20.30Headline Acts: A summer of music films
Picturehouse Docs: Bringing you the best in new and topical documentaries covering issues around the world.
Tutored art class with music and fun! Each class features a different exotic theme with models including burlesque artistes, contortionists and circus performers in great costumes.
All level of artist are welcome - beginners, intermediate or advanced.
Classes are led by experienced qualified tutor and artist, Noel Basualdo.
£15 per session with all materials provided. Class length - 2 hours.
Class size is limited, ticket sales close after 25 places have been sold.
XY Chelsea tells the historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017. XY Chelsea is the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman.
18.30True.Stories: - A season of films exploring true stories: from individuals challenging society’s dominant cultural and political stories, no matter the risk to their own liberty; looking in from the outside at those seeking to sow stories of fear; artists telling stories on film, canvas and landscapes; and stories of death-defying courage in acts from the pioneering to the everyday. Playing across all Picturehouse cinemas from June to September.
Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Four Weeks on Tuesdays from 4 June, 7–9pm
The course will take place in the Community Room at Hackney Picturehouse
Lecturer: Ryan Powell
In this four week course we will explore the genre of documentary film that can broadly be defined as Landscape Cinema. These are films which examine the links between humans and the spaces we exist within both natural and man-made. Films in this genre tend to eschew familiar narrative structures and employ a durational aesthetic linking landscape films with the broader world of slow cinema. A focus on the landscape has been used by filmmakers in numerous ways and for different ends from exploring the links between personal and social history to revealing the unseen workings of industrial food production.
Through guided discussion and lots of viewings of clips and short films we will delve into this fascinating area of filmmaking. The films listed as recommended viewing can mostly be found online. It is not essential that you watch them all as we will view clips in the classes. No feature length films will be shown as part of the course it self.
Week One: The roots of Landscape Cinema
In this first week we will consider the main preoccupations of landscape cinema. We will consider the impulse to document landscapes in early cinema and look at films in the genre of “The City Symphony”; an early expression of landscape and durational film from the 1920’s.
Recommended Viewing:
• Berlin: Symphony of a City (Walter Ruttmann 1927)
Week two: Landscape and the politics of place
This week we will focus on films which seek to reveal social structures through a focus on places rather than people. These films reveal the often mundane locals of power and, through an accumulation of images, seek to give the systems that make up our political and economic order a tangible and physical form.
Recommended Viewing:
• London (Patrick Keiller 1994)
• Landscape Suicide (James Benning 1987)
• AKA serial Killer (Masao Adachi 1969)
Week Three: The outside is inside: memory and personal exploration
In this week we will look at how landscape has been important to filmmakers seeking to sift and explore their own personal and family histories.
Recommended viewing:
• My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin 2007)
• The Joy Of Life (Jenni Olson 2005)
Week Four: Transcendence: The world is not human/ humans are not the world
In this session we will look at films which de-centre the human experience and visualise a world where the human is not the primary form. We will consider landscape films as meditations on the natural world and consider the way we view such films in the context of climate change and mass extinction.
Recommended viewing:
• Homo Sapiens (Nikolaus Geyrhalter 2016)
• La Quattro Volte (Michael Angelo Frammartino 2010)
Tickets are £60 for the full four week course (£55 concession / £50 Picturehouse Members).
In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy.
Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story.
Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare's fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.
Katherine Newbury (Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women”, she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and – presto! ¬– Molly (Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room. But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Molly, wanting to prove she’s not simply a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, is determined to help Katherine by revitalising her show and career – and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.
Thompson brings pathos and amusingly severe charm to the pantsuit-clad Katherine. Smartly written by Kaling and snappily directed by Nisha Ganatra, LATE NIGHT takes on white privilege, entitlement and a culture veering toward crassness and conservatism. Questioning how women in power are ‘supposed’ to act, it delivers a winsome, sophisticated comedy about the times in which we live.
LIAM GALLAGHER: AS IT WAS tells the honest and emotional story of how one of the most electrifying rock’n’roll frontmen went from the dizzying heights of his champagne supernova years in Oasis to living on the edge, ostracised and lost in the musical wilderness of booze, notoriety and bitter legal battles. Starting again alone, stripped bare and with nowhere to hide, Liam risks everything to make the greatest comeback of all time.
Join us for the World Premiere of LIAM GALLAGHER: AS IT WAS on June 6th, followed by an exclusive live performance broadcast to cinemas across the UK & Ireland for one-night-only.
Disney's twentieth full-length animated classic and the first made after Walt Disney’s death, THE ARISTOCATS is an underrated but unforgettable mix of wild adventure, colourful characters and groovy tunes, inspired by the true story of a Parisian family of cats, circa 1910, who inherited a fabulous fortune. You’ll dig these felines… and the jazz!
A documentary record of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY is popularly hailed as one of the first and most influential live concert films. A who’s who of legendary jazz and rock ’n’ roll performers make up the impressive line-up, with director Stern’s deft, economical style capturing them in all their glory. In terms of stand-out turns it’s too close to call, but Chuck Berry’s rendition of ‘Sweet Little Sixteen’ nestles pretty near the top of the pile, with Mahalia Jackson’s spine-tingling performance of ‘The Lord’s Prayer’ closely jostling. The film set the template for the genre; WOODSTOCK and MONTEREY POP swiftly followed. JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY is unquestionably essential viewing for music, archival and documentary fans alike.
Filmed over five years, FREEDOM FIELDS follows three women and their football team in post-revolution Libya, as the country descends into civil war and the utopian hopes of the Arab Spring begin to fade. Through the eyes of these accidental activists, we see the reality of a country in transition, where aspirations and personal stories of love collide with history. An intimate film about hope, struggle and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury, and a love letter to sisterhood.
18.30+ recorded Q&A with Naziha Arebi: director of Freedom Fields.
True.Stories: - A season of films exploring true stories: from individuals challenging society’s dominant cultural and political stories, no matter the risk to their own liberty; looking in from the outside at those seeking to sow stories of fear; artists telling stories on film, canvas and landscapes; and stories of death-defying courage in acts from the pioneering to the everyday. Playing across all Picturehouse cinemas from June to September.
In this silent comedy, college boy William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton) reunites with his boat captain father in a Mississippi River town. Though he's flummoxed by Willie's citified appearance, the elder Canfield seems to have found an ally to help him compete with fellow riverboat owner John James King (Tom McGuire). Willie finds himself falling for King's daughter, Mary (Marion Byron), but he has more pressing concerns when the weather turns bad and his father in arrested.
13.00Reminiscence: A classic film followed by an informal discussion with our resident film expert. Reduced ticket price for the over-60s, including a complimentary tea/coffee.
Inspired by a true story, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today. Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. He is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight.
John McCrea, Josie Walker, Tamsin Carroll, Lucie Shorthouse and Phil Nichol lead a twenty-four strong company and an eight-piece band that will ‘sweep you away on a tide of mischief, warmth and exuberance’ (Financial Times). With ‘songs that have the wow factor’ (The Times) by lead singer-songwriter of The Feeling, Dan Gillespie Sells, and ‘hilarious’ book and lyrics ‘with delightful punch’ (Whatsonstage), by writer Tom MacRae, this funny, fabulous, feel-good, musical sensation has been thrilling audiences and critics alike.
Winner of 3 WhatsOnStage Awards including Best New Musical and nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Encore) is screened from a captured broadcast from the Apollo Theatre in London’s Shaftesbury Avenue.
What you might think of as foolish behaviour in real life - following the instructions on a cake that says "Eat me"! -- leads to a series of bizarre and unforgettable adventures in this much-loved adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic story. All the strange and wonderful characters from the book (the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat) can be found alongside the adventurous Alice herself, as she tries to make sense of the crazy world in which she finds herself.
Why are there so few positive and constructive conversations around black fathers? A group of black dads based in London have come together to address this and provide a progressive discussion around the male parenting experience, discussing the highs and lows of what it means to be a black father in today’s society.
Hackney Picturehouse are pleased to present a season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. Hosted and curated by DBD founder Marvyn Harrison, these family friendly screenings will feature an introduction from Marvyn, a screening of a great family film, and a post film discussion. The films have all been chosen by Dope Black Dads.
These screenings are for all parents who are passionate about seeing black people and especially fathers in a positive light.
Tickets are £8 for adults and £5 for children under 15.
As the '80s remakes continue to come thick and fast, THE KARATE KID emerges as a fan favourite that doesn't desecrate the fond memory of the original. As a modern-day reimagining aimed at a new generation of cinemagoers as well as the first film's loyal cult fan-base, THE KARATE KID sees Jaden Smith inherit the belt as the eponymous martial arts apprentice, Dre Parker. Here he seeks to master the ancient art of kung fu after relocating to China following his mother's career change. Being raised on the mean streets of Detroit, Dre finds it difficult to adapt to his new surroundings, but the wise and kindly Mr Han soon sets him on the right path.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
10.45Dope Black Dads: A season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. These screenings will have an introduction from Marvyn Harrison and a post film discussion.
The madcap action and high comedy continue in the hotly anticipated sequel to 2014’s block-busting The Lego Movie.
Five years after the first adventure, nothing’s quite as awesome as it used to be. DUPLO invaders roam the post-apocalyptic wasteland that once was Bricksburg, wrecking things faster than they can be rebuilt, and new threats loom large in outer space.
The battle to defeat them takes Emmet (Pratt), Lucy (Banks), Batman (Arnett) and their friends to faraway worlds (including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical), testing their courage and creativity, and revealing just how special they really are.
11.00Autism-Friendly: Especially for people on the autism spectrum or with other special needs and their families, friends and carers. Adults without disabilities are only admitted if they are accompanying a child or a person on the autism spectrum/with special needs.
EMPIRE 30: Special screening with EMPIRE magazine.
Teenager Rick (Dennison), an overweight hip-hop fan, finds himself living in the latest of several foster homes, where the kindly Bella (Wiata) and gruff backwoodsman Hector (Neill) do their best to accommodate (i.e. put up with) him. Then Bella abruptly disappears, and social services threaten to move Rick on. Having none of it, Rick runs away into the bush, followed by the somewhat reluctant Hector. Their ensuing adventures as they outwit an increasingly intense search for them prove both ingenious and hilarious.
Kiwi writer-director Taika Waititi has strong form in offbeat comedy following 2014’s vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, and Dennison and Neill are excellent conduits for his quietly absurdist humour. The result is one of the unlikeliest buddy movies since Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
Contains moderate bad language, innuendo and infrequent bloody moments.
Tutored art class with music and fun! Each class features a different exotic theme with models including burlesque artistes, contortionists and circus performers in great costumes.
All level of artist are welcome - beginners, intermediate or advanced.
Classes are led by experienced qualified tutor and artist, Noel Basualdo.
£15 per session with all materials provided. Class length - 2 hours.
Class size is limited, ticket sales close after 25 places have been sold.
Mobbed by iPhone cameras and pushy reporters, 23-year-old Nadia Murad leads a harrowing but vital crusade: to find the most influential platforms in the world and speak out on behalf of the embattled Yazidi community who face mass extermination by ISIS militants. Having narrowly escaped with her own life, Nadia must now relentlessly recount on radio shows, at rallies, and even on the floor of the United Nation"s general assembly her ordeal as a Yazidi sex slave and witness to her family"s brutal killings. Though excruciating, she forces herself to revisit these realities again and again. For without her testimony, the genocide happening right in front of the world"s eyes might go completely unnoticed.
18.30True.Stories: - A season of films exploring true stories: from individuals challenging society’s dominant cultural and political stories, no matter the risk to their own liberty; looking in from the outside at those seeking to sow stories of fear; artists telling stories on film, canvas and landscapes; and stories of death-defying courage in acts from the pioneering to the everyday. Playing across all Picturehouse cinemas from June to September.
Discover Tuesdays: Discover stunning cinema. Whether it's a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.
Refugee Week.: for 2019 Refugee Week explores the themes ‘You, me and those who came before’.
After completing a feature documentary on New York’s High Line, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Piper met the inspirational designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf, and the idea for a new project was born. The documentary, Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf, immerses viewers in Oudolf’s work and takes us inside his creative process, from his beautifully abstract sketches, to theories on beauty, to the ecological implications of his ideas.
Intimate discussions take place through all fours seasons in Piet’s own gardens at Hummelo, and on visits to his signature public works in New York, Chicago, and the Netherlands, as well as to the far-flung locations that inspire his genius, including desert wildflowers in West Texas and post-industrial forests in Pennsylvania.
As a narrative thread, the film also follows Oudolf as he designs and installs a major new garden at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, a gallery and arts centre in Southwest England, a garden he considers his best work yet.
Piet Oudolf has radically redefined what gardens can be. As Rick Darke, the famous botanist, says to Piet in the film, “your work teaches us to see what what we have been unable to see.” Through poetic cinematography and unique access, Five Seasons will reveal all that Piet sees, and celebrate all that we as viewers have been unable to see.
Join us for an illustrated crash course in how sex has been classified by the BBFC over the last 100+ years; from skinny dipping in Tarzan movies and cheeky innuendo in the Carry On innuendo to stronger scenes in art house classics of the 70's, right up to more recent depictions eg of the sexual encounters amongst teenagers in a show like Sex Education. How do the BBFC decide who can watch what?
Tracking the history of sex on UK cinema screens, how opinions have changed since the first days of censorship in the 1920s and what concerns British audiences have about representations of sex, innuendo, sex references and nudity in films and online right now, the BBFC will show an assortment of clips, raise discussion points and answer questions about how sex, nudity and related issues are treated in each of the different age ratings, from U to 18 and the latest public consultation and BBFC Classification Guidelines published this year.
From director Todd Douglas Miller (Dinosaur 13) comes a cinematic event fifty years in the making. Crafted from a newly discovered trove of 70mm footage, and more than 11,000 hours of uncatalogued audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission—the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names. Immersed in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team in Mission Control, and the millions of spectators on the ground, we vividly experience those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future.
18.30True.Stories: - A season of films exploring true stories: from individuals challenging society’s dominant cultural and political stories, no matter the risk to their own liberty; looking in from the outside at those seeking to sow stories of fear; artists telling stories on film, canvas and landscapes; and stories of death-defying courage in acts from the pioneering to the everyday. Playing across all Picturehouse cinemas from June to September.
Preview: We're pleased to present exclusive previews of this film at Picturehouse Cinemas, prior to its general release.
DEEP SPACE NINE is described as ‘dark,’ ‘edgy,’ and ‘the black sheep’ of the STAR TREK family – a show that did not fit in Gene Roddenberry’s vision of the future. 20 years after it left the airwaves, fans all over the world continue to watch DEEP SPACE NINE with the same affection they feel for the other STAR TREK series.
Through extensive interviews with cast and creators, show footage presented in HD for the first time anywhere, and brand-new animated storyboards showing what could have been and what still might be, directors Ira Steven Behr (showrunner of the original series) and David Zappone (STAR TREK docs THE CAPTAINS and FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK), bring you WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND: LOOKING BACK AT STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE, an in-depth look at this beloved show, its fans, and its ongoing appeal to Trekkies of all ages.
This one-night event will also include a recorded roundtable discussion on the making of the documentary.
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in this timely and moving story.
They had a date with fate in Casablanca… Bogart plays Rick Blaine, a cynical but good-hearted American in WWII Casablanca, whose café is the gathering place for everyone from the French police to black marketeers to the Nazis. When his long-lost love, Ilsa (Bergman), appears with her Resistance leader husband, Victor (Henreid), Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue. Ilsa and Victor need to escape from Morocco, and Rick may be the only one who can help them. Still eminently quotable to this day, Casablanca has lost none of its excitement, drama or comedy, and ranks among the most romantic films of all time.
11.00Dementia-Friendly Screening: Open to all but especially for people with dementia and their family, friends and carers. Join us for free tea, coffee and biscuits and a chance to socialise for 30 minutes before the film. The film will start at the time stated.
Tutored art class with music and fun! Each class features a different exotic theme with models including burlesque artistes, contortionists and circus performers in great costumes.
All level of artist are welcome - beginners, intermediate or advanced.
Classes are led by experienced qualified tutor and artist, Noel Basualdo.
£15 per session with all materials provided. Class length - 2 hours.
Class size is limited, ticket sales close after 25 places have been sold.
Acclaimed at the time of its release forty years ago as the most exciting, stirring and perceptive youth film since REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, QUADROPHENIA was the sensational feature debut from Franc Roddam, a successful TV director who has gone on to create AUF WIEDERSEHN PET and MASTERCHEF.
Like TOMMY before it, the film was based on a concept album by ‘The Who’ and became an instant cult classic both in the UK and in America, influencing an entire generation of filmmakers. Deliberately naturalistic, the film centres on a remarkable recreation of the world of the Mods and Rockers in the mid ’60s, brilliantly capturing the essence of the era and starkly portraying the notorious pitched battles on the Brighton seafront.
Will Lockhart (James Stewart) comes to the ranch town of Coronado looking for the man who is selling rifles to the Apaches, because his brother was killed with one. There he runs into Alec Waggoman (Donald Crisp), an aging rancher with a violent son named Dave (Alex Nicol). A conflict between Dave and Vic (Arthur Kennedy), Waggoman's top aid, helps Lockhart uncover the source of the rifles -- and also gets him involved in the power struggles at the Waggoman ranch.
13.00Reminiscence: A classic film followed by an informal discussion with our resident film expert. Reduced ticket price for the over-60s, including a complimentary tea/coffee.
Award-winning director Ron Howard and the team behind THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK celebrate the life of beloved opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who sold over 100 million records in his lifetime and brought opera to the people. Using footage from concerts, interviews and the Pavarotti family archives, Howard goes beyond the iconic public figure to reveal the man himself. Charting his rise from humble beginnings in Northern Italy through to superstardom, PAVAROTTI lifts the curtain on the great tenor as a husband and father, a committed philanthropist, and a fragile artist who had a complex relationship with his unique talents.
Why are there so few positive and constructive conversations around black fathers? A group of black dads based in London have come together to address this and provide a progressive discussion around the male parenting experience, discussing the highs and lows of what it means to be a black father in today’s society.
Hackney Picturehouse are pleased to present a season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. Hosted and curated by DBD founder Marvyn Harrison, these family friendly screenings will feature an introduction from Marvyn, a screening of a great family film, and a post film discussion. The films have all been chosen by Dope Black Dads.
These screenings are for all parents who are passionate about seeing black people and especially fathers in a positive light.
Tickets are £8 for adults and £5 for children under 15.
Disney Pixar’s entrancing animated fable follows eleven-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), who is reluctantly uprooted from rural Minnesota to San Francisco. We see her experiences mostly through the emotions inside her head, colourful little characters who organise memories and generate ideas.
Five of them – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith) – compete over how best to help her deal with the challenges of a new life. When Sadness and Joy get lost in Riley’s mind, they must trek through Imagination Land, Subconscious and Dream Productions to find their way back and stop the other emotions taking over. This magical and heartfelt film from director and co-writer Pete Docter (Up, Monsters Inc.) will intrigue and entertain audiences of all ages with its psychedelic visioning, sharp script and abundant sight gags.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
10.45Dope Black Dads: A season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. These screenings will have an introduction from Marvyn Harrison and a post film discussion.
11.00Autism-Friendly: Especially for people on the autism spectrum or with other special needs and their families, friends and carers. Adults without disabilities are only admitted if they are accompanying a child or a person on the autism spectrum/with special needs.
Tutored art class with music and fun! Each class features a different exotic theme with models including burlesque artistes, contortionists and circus performers in great costumes.
All level of artist are welcome - beginners, intermediate or advanced.
Classes are led by experienced qualified tutor and artist, Noel Basualdo.
£15 per session with all materials provided. Class length - 2 hours.
Class size is limited, ticket sales close after 25 places have been sold.
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.
Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons.
On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins.
163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history.
This critically acclaimed and five-time Olivier Award nominated play features stunning set design from Es Devlin (NT Live: Hamlet) and will be broadcast live from London’s West End as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th Birthday season.
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's (Rock Hudson) succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow (Doris Day), who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan (Tony Randall) discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
11.00Dementia-Friendly Screening: Open to all but especially for people with dementia and their family, friends and carers. Join us for free tea, coffee and biscuits and a chance to socialise for 30 minutes before the film. The film will start at the time stated.
'To whom should I complain?'
When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her.
Shakespeare wrote this play in the early 1600s, yet it remains astonishingly resonant today. Artistic Director Gregory Doran directs this new production.
In Northern England, frustrated college dropout Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) plays music at a jazz club at night and by day works at a candy stall with partner Cliff Lewis (Gary Raymond), who lives with Jimmy and his wife, Alison (Mary Ure). Embittered by the strictures of working-class life, Jimmy constantly insults Alison, whose family is upper class. When Alison invites her best friend, self-assured Helena (Claire Bloom), to stay with them, Jimmy's grievances threaten to boil over.
13.00Reminiscence: A classic film followed by an informal discussion with our resident film expert. Reduced ticket price for the over-60s, including a complimentary tea/coffee.
Why are there so few positive and constructive conversations around black fathers? A group of black dads based in London have come together to address this and provide a progressive discussion around the male parenting experience, discussing the highs and lows of what it means to be a black father in today’s society.
Hackney Picturehouse are pleased to present a season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. Hosted and curated by DBD founder Marvyn Harrison, these family friendly screenings will feature an introduction from Marvyn, a screening of a great family film, and a post film discussion. The films have all been chosen by Dope Black Dads.
These screenings are for all parents who are passionate about seeing black people and especially fathers in a positive light.
Tickets are £8 for adults and £5 for children under 15.
Loosely based on E. D. Baker’s story The Frog Princess, Disney’s 49th animated feature harked back to the studio’s traditional hand-drawn animation and the golden age of its fairy tales, but starred an African-American princess for the first time. This joyous Broadway-style musical, set in the French Quarter of 1920s New Orleans and the bayous of Louisiana, rekindled cinemagoers’ love affair with classic Disney animation. But heroine Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) is a princess with a difference: a spirited and independent girl not looking to be rescued by any princes. Instead, she sets about working hard to make her dream of opening her own restaurant a reality.
Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
10.45Dope Black Dads: A season of screenings in partnership with Dope Black Dads. These screenings will have an introduction from Marvyn Harrison and a post film discussion.
On Tuesday 10 September, Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor Margaret Atwood to mark the release of The Testaments, Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. The event will be broadcast live via satellite from the National Theatre in London.
The publication of The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression.
Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.
“Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.”
With exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect.
Based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket is a gripping, brutal and a highly acclaimed account of U.S. marines through their gruelling training and then serving in gruesome street battles within the Vietnamese city of Hue.
13.00Reminiscence: A classic film followed by an informal discussion with our resident film expert. Reduced ticket price for the over-60s, including a complimentary tea/coffee.
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée’s dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who’s been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers.
Holed up at The Cricketers’ Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be re-united with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.
Multi-award-winning director Emma Rice brings her unique, exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter’s great last novel in this brand-new theatre production. A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope, with a generous dash of Shakespeare, scandal and mischief, taking the audience on a rollercoaster ride of emotion.
In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance – twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river – are celebrating their 75th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father – and the greatest actor of his generation – Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he’s still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all...
Performed by a talented ensemble cast, this entertaining, all-singing and dancing show opened to a raft of four and five-star reviews at London’s Old Vic in 2018. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice, the former Artistic Director of Kneehigh and Shakespeare’s Globe, it was filmed for the cinema screen at York Theatre Royal.
