JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
WELCOME
It seems a little unsettling to be introducing this next season of “mists and mellow fruitfulness”, when we have yet to experience many warm rays of summer, but we can promise some late summer treats.
Seasonal highlights include the recent box office smash from across the Channel – ‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’, Francis Ford Coppola’s controversial Cannes entry ‘Megalopolis’, Kate Winslet in ‘Lee’, Sir Ian McKellen in ‘The Critic’ and some of the best films from the recent Chichester International Film Festival.
We also present ‘A Greener Screen’ where we partner with Transition Chichester to showcase six films with a focus on the environment (including the much requested ‘Wilding’) plus a complementary illustrated talk. Look out also for some local connections: a special screening to remember Keith Baxter; the return of Eric Ravilious; a Q&A complementing ‘Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg’ with Marlon Richards (son of Pallenberg and Keith Richards) plus so much more.
See you at the cinema
HEAD OF PROGRAMMING
SAT 31 AUG 20:15
TUE 3 SEP 15:30
WED 4 SEP 20:00
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: SWEDEN CROSSING
A thoughtful, moving and tender tale of identity, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders, identities and generations.
Lia, a retired, unmarried history teacher living in Georgia, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long-lost niece Tekla, a transgender woman, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring her home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable and rather hapless Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim, who helps them in their search. Humanistic and compassionate, Akin’s third feature is an intelligent, emotionally engaging film from the acclaimed Georgian-Swedish director Levan Akin whose international breakthrough came four years ago, with the love story ‘And Then We Danced’. (Subtitles)
SWEDEN/DENMARK/FRANCE/TURKEY/GEORGIA 2024 DIRECTOR LEVAN AKIN 106M
SUN 1 SEP 14:00 THU 5 SEP 14:00
YOUNGER: LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OLDER
In a quiet corner, far removed from big money, celebrity status and drug scandals lies the true value of sport. This is a film about friendship and purpose in masters’ athletics, a place where every five years, getting older means becoming the youngest.
‘Younger’ follows a group of female athletes in their 60s, 70s and 80s over the course of a year as they prepare to compete in competitions wherein athletes compete in specific 5-year age groups. As an athlete ages and moves up to the next age group, they then become the youngest, making them more likely to win or break records. For all of them, training and competing is about being part of a supportive community, achieving personal goals and living a purposeful life full of adventures and fun. In doing so, these women show an energy, joyful determination, and fulfilment in older age. This life-affirming and uplifting documentary offers a powerful antidote to lazy stereotypes around ageing! Shown with a six minute short film ‘Older: A portrait of photographer and activist’. UK 2024 DIRECTOR DANIELLE SELLWOOD 67M
WIDOW CLICQUOT
FRI 30 AUG 14:00, 16:00 & 20:00
SAT 31 AUG 16:15 & 18:15
SUN 1 SEP 17:45 & 19:45
MON 2 SEP 13:15, 15:45 & 20:30
TUE 3 SEP 13:15 & 19:45
WED 4 SEP 14:00 & 18:00
THU 5 SEP 15:45 & 20:00
Set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, this is the true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin (1777–1866), the “Grande Dame of Champagne”, otherwise known as Veuve Clicquot. At 20, she married the descendant of a winemaking family. Though their marriage was arranged, a timeless love blossomed between Barbe-Nicole and her poetic, unconventional and erratic husband, François (Tom Sturridge). After her spouse’s untimely death, she is named Veuve (the French word for widow) at age 27, but is determined to protect her family’s legacy and boldly challenge the men - as well as the state - set on stripping her of her vineyards. Determined to advance her husband’s theories about soil chemistry, the configuring of vines and revolutionary techniques in bottling, Barbe-Nicole wagers on the next harvest and her own blend of sparkling wine. Challenged by the capriciousness of the seasons, the aggressive competitor Monsieur Moët and the Napoleonic Code of 1804 barring women from running businesses, the elegant and luminous widow must succeed or lose everything. A toast of Veuve Clicquot to all strong women around the world!
USA 2023 THOMAS NAPPER 89M
SUN 1 SEP 15:45 (DUBBED VERSION)
THU 5 SEP 18:00 (SUBTITLED VERSION)
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
This acclaimed animated tale follows schoolgirl Satsuke and her younger sister, Mei, as they settle into an old country house with their father and wait for their mother to recover from an illness in a local hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro who acts as a symbol of harmony between humans and nature. This animated fantasy film, written and directed by Japanese auteur Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli, will enchant children with the whimsical and fun adventures of Totoro while the meticulous depiction of daily life will evoke a sense of nostalgia in adults, reminding them of the pure emotions of childhood. We will be screening the subtitled and the dubbed versions.
JAPAN 1988 DIRECTOR HAYAO MIYAZAKI 86M
SUN 8 SEP 15:30
THU 12 SEP 12:45
TICKETS £13.50
ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR EXHIBITION
This is the first full-length feature documentary about Eric Ravilious, told in his own words through previously unseen private correspondence, made with the blessing of the Ravilious estate. One of Britain’s greatest landscape artists, Eric Ravilious, was killed in a plane crash while on commission as Official War Artist in Iceland in 1942. His life was as compelling and enigmatic as his art, set against the dramatic wartime locations that inspired him. This film brings to life this unique and still grossly undervalued British artist caught in the crossfire of war 80 years ago, whose legacy largely sank without trace, until now. The film asks what it is to be a war artist, featuring Ai Weiwei, Alan Bennett, Grayson Perry and many more, and was originally released in his 80th anniversary year.
UK 2022 MARGY KINMONTH 90M
SAT 31 AUG 13:00
PRESENT LAUGHTER
NT LIVE
The multi-award-winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (‘Vanya’, ‘Fleabag’) and Indira Varma (‘Macbeth’).
As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s (Scott) colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching. Filmed live at The Old Vic in London during a sold out run in 2019, Matthew Warchus (‘Matilda the Musical’) directs this giddy and surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness.
180M INC INTERVAL
FIREBRAND
FRI 6 SEP 15:30, 18:00 & 20:30
SAT 7 SEP 13:00 & 20:30
SUN 8 SEP 13:00 & 17:30
MON 9 SEP 12:45 & 20:15
TUE 10 SEP 13:15 & 15:45
WED 11 SEP 12:00 & 16:45
THU 12 SEP 14:45 & 17:15
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival. One woman managed to live through and survive the tumultuous sovereignty of King Henry VIII (Jude Law): that woman was Catherine Parr (Alicia Vikander). Parr possessed a certain strength and dedication. She spent time perfecting her craft of writing and spreading her modern religious views while ruling as regent queen when her husband went off to handle military affairs. However, Catherine’s passion for tolerance leads her down a dangerous path when she begins to make frequent visits to Anne Askew (Erin Doherty), a protestant radical who calls for the end of Henry VIII’s rule. This is a survival tale as good as any, when her back was pushed against the wall, Parr had to pursue desperate measures. The two leads provide stellar memorable performances with Oscarwinner Vikander being quietly compelling in every scene, while Law revels in playing the decaying king.
UK/USA 2024 KARIM AÏNOUZ 121M
FRI 13 SEP 18:00
WED 18 SEP 17:15
THU 19 SEP 17:15
MANDOOB NIGHT COURIER
In the heart of Riyadh, where desperation and opportunity collide, this is the gripping tale of a mentally fragile man racing against time to save his ailing father.
‘Mandoob’ is a darkly comedic, gripping tale about the lives of Saudi Arabia’s gig workers, who toil in the shadows to make the fantastical lives of elites possible. Fahad’s (Mohammed Aldokhei) aspiring entrepreneur sister Sarah (Hajar Alshammari) and their ailing father Nasser (Mohammed Alttowayan) know that Fahad means well and genuinely wants what’s best for the family. But he is a restless call centre worker whose habitual lateness and apathy regarding irrational customers gets him fired. He becomes a delivery driver for an Uber-like service known as Mandoob (which loosely translates to “courier” in Arabic). This powerful and surprising film cleverly shows the realities of how hard it is to thrive as a gig worker in a system that’s designed to keep them nameless, faceless, perpetually busy and underpaid.
SAUDI ARABIA 2023 ALI KALTHAMI 110M
PRESENT LAUGHTER (NT LIVE) – SAT 31 AUG 13:00
PRIMA FACIE (NT LIVE) – THU 12 SEP 19:45 & SAT 21 SEP 15:15
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (ROH) – TUE 10 SEP 18:30 & SUN 15 SEP 13:00
MISS SAIGON (25TH ANNIVERSARY) – SUN 22 SEP 14:45
ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (ROH) – SAT 19 OCT 14:00
RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR – SUN 8 SEP 15:30 & THU 12 SEP 12:45
EVENING STANDARD
TUE 10 SEP 18:30 SUN 15 SEP 13:00 TICKETS £19.50
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
ROH
It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal. Servants Figaro and Susanna are filled with excitement on their wedding day, but there’s a hitch: their employer, the Count Almaviva, has dishonourable intentions of his own towards the bride-to-be. Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laughout-loud comedy with moments of breathtaking beauty. Cast: Luca Micheletti, Ying Fang, Huw Montague Rendall, Jacquelyn Stucker. Director: David McVicar. Conductor: Julia Jones. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
240M INC INTERVAL
FRI 6 SEP 12:45
SAT 7 SEP 17:45
SUN 8 SEP 20:00
MON 9 SEP 15:15
WED 11 SEP 14:15
IT ENDS WITH US
Lily Bloom moves to Boston to chase her lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid soon sparks an intense connection, but as the two fall deeply in love, she begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship.
‘It Ends with Us’ is adapted from the worldwide bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover. Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and a chance to chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. Cracks then begin to appear in her new intensely exciting relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) reminding her of her parents’ relationship. When Lily’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, re-enters her life, her relationship with Ryle is upended, and Lily realises she must learn to rely on her own strength to make an impossible choice for her future.
USA 2024 DIRECTOR JUSTIN BALDONI 130M
A GREENER SCREEN
All Monday screenings only £7.50
Environmental groups in the Chichester area are delighted, once again, to be presenting a mini eco-film festival –A Greener Screen – with the much-valued support of Chichester Cinema. Film has a unique power to inspire, entertain and inform, which this carefully selected programme will provide, but we also hope it may rally, rouse and call to action - and open eyes about our beautiful but beleaguered planet. The films range from the meditative to the challenging and thought-provoking. There are also two sea-themed short films which are free, and an education team talk on environmental films through the decades. The wonders, and fragility, of the natural world are explored throughout the festival, as is our relationship to it. Damage has been wreaked, but A Greener Screen offers solutions and transformation – and no little cause for hope.
Sue Gilson and Debbie Carter
On behalf of Transition Town Chichester
TIME OUT
FRI 30 AUG 18:00
MON 2 SEP 18:00 (PLUS RECORDED Q&A)
TUE 3 SEP 18:00
WED 4 SEP 16:15
WILDING
Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell, strive to breathe new life into the ailing Knepp estate near Pulborough. A dying landscape is healed against all odds, and goes on to thrive in astonishing ways.
Imagine you’ve inherited a castle in West Sussex plus five square miles of farmland. You continue the family tradition of mixed arable and dairy farming, but the soil is so depleted that yields decrease, year on year. In 2000, faced with these dire circumstances, Isabella and Charlie took the risky decision. They abandoned farming, tore down the fences, introduced herds of Exmoor ponies, longhorn cattle and deer and some cute Tamworth pigs… and waited. Some 20 years later, largely by helping nature restore itself, Knepp has become a wildlife haven – and a beacon of hope for nature lovers. In this glorious documentary that engenders hope, you will be treated to beautiful Attenborough-style photography of the countryside reasserting itself and of the animals that returned to it. This is unmissable cinema (a huge hit across the country this Summer), and a source of pride for this area of the UK.
UK 2024 DAVID ALLEN 75M +26M Q&A
Introduced by Mark McManus, local wildlife expert and Knepp Estate tour guide, and followed by pre-recorded Q&A with Knepp co-founder Isabella Tree.
SAT 7 SEP 15:30
MON 9 SEP 18:00
(WITH SPECIAL GUESTS)
HEART OF AN OAK
LE CHÊNE
We discover the untold stories of the forest within the heart of an ancient oak tree, following the many creatures inhabiting it in this spectacular wildlife documentary adventure.
From one ancient oak, a world of magic unfolds. ‘Heart of an Oak’ is a poetic, wordless documentary film that explores the inner life of a 210-year-old, 17-metre high oak tree in Sologne in northcentral France. As we explore the eco-system of this complex forest, we encounter wildlife families co-existing within their own society, experiencing problems with the neighbours, education, solidarity, self-protection and survival. This beautifully filmed nature documentary follows the tree and its inhabitants of insects, birds, mice and a red squirrel during a full calendar year. A feast for the senses, it premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 48th César Awards.
FRANCE 2022 DIRECTORS LAURENT CHARBONNIER & MICHEL SEYDOUX 80M Chichester tree wardens Paula Chatfield and Jenny Cole will answer questions in the bar afterwards on local trees and how to help with their preservation.
MON 16 SEP 18:00 (PLUS INTRO) TUE 17 SEP 16:15
SIX INCHES OF SOIL
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
“Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six- inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains.” Paul Harvey (1978) US radio broadcaster. This documentary tells the story of remarkable farmers, communities, small businesses, chefs and entrepreneurs who are leading the way to transform how our food is produced and consumed. Agroecology is an approach to farming that includes ‘regenerative’ farming techniques that work in harmony with, rather than against, nature. It focuses on local food systems and shorter supply chains. ‘Six Inches of Soil’ tells the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities.
UK 2024 COLIN RAMSAY 96M
With introduction and Q&A with Kirsten Mills, Soil and Water Officer with the Western Sussex Rivers Trust. She is passionate about worms!
FRI 13 SEP 12:15
SAT 14 SEP 17:15
MON 16 SEP 20:15
WED 18 SEP 16:15
TUESDAY
A fanciful, occasionally moving take on dying, grieving and highly symbolic parrots.
A young girl named Tuesday (Lola Petticrew) is reaching the end of her life after what seems to have been a long illness. Death comes to her in the shape of a giant shape-shifting, pot-smoking, colourful macaw whose hearing is perpetually attuned to the sound of pain and suffering, and who spreads his wings to mark the last breath of the dying. Tuesday’s mother Zora (Julia Louis Dreyfus) takes on Death herself, going to extreme measures to keep her daughter alive. ‘Tuesday’ is a challenging watch at times, and it requires an acceptance of the strange world it inhabits, but it’s a deeply worthwhile experience made all the more poignant by the highly versatile and watchable Julia Louis Dreyfus.
UK 2023 DIRECTOR DAINA O. PUSIC 110M
MON 16 SEP 12:30
TUE 17 SEP 18:15
THU 19 SEP 15:15
THE OLD MAN AND THE LAND
Filmed in West Sussex, this local film focuses on an old man who works all alone to maintain his ancestral farmland, as his children prove to be at once both remote and controlling. David (Rory Kinnear) and Laura (Emily Beecham) are in their early forties and tearaway underachievers who grew up on a still- lucrative family farm run by their father (Roger Marten). With David’s alcohol and drug addictions plaguing the majority of his adult life and Laura working on farms in sunnier climes like California and Spain, their eyes are drawn homeward as their father enjoys his final years of work, as they each proffer their case to inherit the land. This feature debut shows impressive audio-driven film storytelling, reaching something unique in its tale of an intransigent English farmer. The unique way this story is told is nothing less than inspired – we only ever see one of the characters, the farmer, although we never see him speak. Instead, the camera follows him as he goes about his business on the farm. We do, however, hear a series of answering machine messages from the children, because their father tends to have his phone turned off when he’s out in the fields. Filmed close to Pulborough, West Sussex.
UK 2023 NICHOLAS PARISH 93M
FRI 13 SEP 14:30
SAT 14 SEP 19:30
SUN 15 SEP 19:15
MON 16 SEP 14:30
TUE 17 SEP 12:45
WED 18 SEP 12:45
THU 19 SEP 19:30
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: FRANCE
THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO
This new adaptation of the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas was the summer box office smash in France.
Set against the tumultuous post-Napoleonic era, the story follows Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney), who is wrongly imprisoned and then escapes, crafting intricate revenge schemes against those who wronged him. This is a stunning and emotionally gratifying adventure film, built on rock-solid source material of course – with its timeless revenge theme still entertaining modern-day viewers. Compared to earlier adaptations, this latest version is briskly paced and rousingly acted by an all-around stellar ensemble. Everything about this robust and very enjoyable retelling of the classic is epic in scale: from the lavish sets and the orchestral score to the bold performances and the running time. We will include a short intermission.
FRANCE 2024 ALEXANDRE DE LA PATELLIÈRE & MATTHIEU DELAPORTE 178M INC INTERMISSION
PRIMA FACIE
NT LIVE
THU 12 SEP 19:45
SAT 21 SEP 15:15
TICKETS £19.50
Jodie Comer (‘Killing Eve’) makes her West End debut in this National Theatre encore of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play, which takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game.
Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to be at the top of her game; defending; cross examining and winning. An unexpected event forces her to confront the lines where the patriarchal power of the law, burden of proof and morals diverge. ‘Prima Facie’ takes us to the heart of where emotion and experience collide with the rules of the game. Justin Martin directs this solo tour de force, captured live at the intimate Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End. 120M INCLUDING INTERVAL
SAT 14 SEP 13:00
SUN 15 SEP 17:15
WED 18 SEP 18:30
AGENT OF HAPPINESS
This gently absorbing documentary follows Amber, a happiness agent, as he travels the Bhutanese Himalayas surveying people’s wellbeing for the government’s Happiness Survey. How can you measure happiness? The country of Bhutan invented Gross National Happiness to do just that; the concept was first introduced by the 4th King of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in the late 1970s as a wellbeing measurement, when he stated that Gross National Happiness was more important than Gross Domestic Product. Amber travels door-to-door to meet people and measure how happy they are. At the age of 40, he is a hopeless romantic who still dreams of finding love: a happiness agent in search of his own happiness. This slow-burning documentary is suffused with warmth and combines breathtaking scenery with gentle humour whilst not avoiding the darker themes which also emerge, such as alcoholism and loneliness. As we accompany Amber on his cross-country road trip, meeting citizens from all walks of life, we are reminded of the fragility and beauty of our own happiness. (Subtitles)
BHUTAN/HUNGARY 2024 ARUN BHATTARAI & DOROTTYA ZURBÓ 94M
PARIS TEXAS
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the parched west Texas desert in a shabby suit and must reconnect with society, himself, his life and his family. With a fascination for the classic American cinema of John Ford, Nicholas Ray, and Howard Hawks and those immense monumental landscapes, Wim Wenders captured the mythology of the American West with his own classic. ‘Paris Texas’ is a complex and haunting film about isolation, alienation, heartbreak and starting life over again. This was the first screenplay from Sam Shepard, that great chronicler of the West, with stunning cinematography from Dutchman Robby Müller, and a score featuring Ry Cooder’s emotive slide guitar which is as iconic as Morricone’s ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. With an unforgettable, mesmeric performance from the gaunt and weatherbeaten Harry Dean Stanton and superb turns from Dean Stockwell and Nastassja Kinski as his wife, little surprise that this masterpiece of world cinema won the Palme d’Or and has now been lovingly restored in 4k. One to be savoured on the big screen.
USA 1984 WIM WENDERS 145M
FRI 20 SEP 20:30
SAT 21 SEP 17:30
MON 23 SEP 13:00
TUE 24 SEP 15:30
THU 26 SEP 20:30
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: FRANCE
THE GOLDMAN CASE
LE PROCÈS GOLDMAN
Chronicles the trial of Pierre Goldman, a French left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of several robberies and later mysteriously murdered.
November 1975, and a second trial begins of French leftist radical Pierre Goldman (Arieh Worthalter), who was subject to police prejudice and antisemitism, and accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists. As the trial proceeds, it becomes fairly evident, at least to the viewer, that the man is innocent. The question is therefore whether the French state will return a ‘not guilty’ verdict. The trial caused a media frenzy, and was attended by philosopher Régis Debray and actress Simone Signoret, elevating Goldman to cause célèbre status in the wake of May 1968 with the government, especially the criminal justice system, pitted against the left. Alongside the recent ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Saint Omer’, this continues a recent trend for quality French indie courtroom dramas. (Subtitles)
FRANCE 2023 CÉDRIC KAHN 115M
SKY PEALS
SUN 22 SEP 18:00 WED 25 SEP 14:45
Moin Hussain’s arresting debut feature about an alienated nightshift worker turns the humble service station into a nightmarish modern limbo.
Adam, a shy and quiet protagonist working the night shift at Sky Peals Services, a motorway service station, lives a small and lonely life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. When Adam learns that his late father believed that he was an alien, he becomes more sensitive to his own surroundings and starts to become more observant – reviewing footage of his father from before he died, experiencing blackouts, hearing noises. This isn’t your typical thriller. Adam isn’t looking for some sort of killer. The film is more interested in asking questions than giving answers. All these events are effectively conveyed against a backdrop of imaginative production design with its use of wide, empty, dark spaces – likely an allusion to the main character’s state. Part of Venice’s International Critics’ Week selection, ‘Sky Peals’ probes the existential questions of life in this haunting and impressive feature-length debut.
UK 2023 MOIN HUSSAIN 91M
SAT 14 SEP 10:30 – IN THE AUDITORIUM TICKETS £7.50
A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS
THE NOVELS OF JOHN LE CARRÉ ON SCREEN
As a stage version of his most famous novel ‘The Spy Who Came in From the Cold’ comes to Chichester Festival Theatre, this talk will cover 60 years of film and TV adaptations of the novels by the former MI5 and MI6 agent.
The novels of David Cornwell, alias John le Carré, have proved to be enduringly popular on the screen. Among the adaptations discussed in this talk (with plenty of clips) by Patrick Hargood, the Cinema Education Officer, will be ‘The Constant Gardener’ and ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’. Often seen as ‘anti-Bond’, le Carré’s books drew on his experience in both MI5 and MI6 and offer a far greater degree of authenticity compared to 007.
100M INC Q&A
SAT 14 SEP 15:00 THU 19 SEP 13:00
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission. Screening in conjunction with our ‘John le Carré on Screen’ talk and complementing the Chichester Festival Theatre production.
At the height of the Cold War, British spy Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) is nearly ready to retire, but first he has to take on one last dangerous assignment. Going deep undercover, he poses as a drunken, disgraced former MI5 agent in East Germany in order to gain information about colleagues who have been captured. When he himself is thrown in jail and interrogated, Leamas finds himself caught in a sinister labyrinth of plots and counter-plots unlike anything in his long career. This is the definitive anti-Bond spy movie and the best big-screen adaptation of John le Carré.
UK 1965 MARTIN RITT 112M
THU 24 SEP 18:00 (PLUS INTRO)
KEITH BAXTER COMMEMORATIVE SCREENING
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
We are proud to screen Orson Welles’s classic as a tribute to his co-star, Keith Baxter, who died a year ago today at the age of 90, who lived very close to Chichester for most of his life. This irresistible cocktail of ingredients taken mainly from Shakespeare’s two Henry IV plays and Henry V brings into sharp focus the complex and ill-fated relationship between the young Prince Hal (Baxter) and his mentor in roistering, Sir John Falstaff. Welles’s vision was realised first in a stage play, which flopped in Dublin in 1960 and failed to transfer to London; but five years later he had translated it triumphantly into a film which he intended as “a lament . . . for the death of Merrie England”. Baxter played Hal in both productions. In an engaging volume of memoirs, ‘My Sentiments Exactly’, he wrote vividly about working with a titan of the cinema and of “the sheer bravura of his genius’ – as evident in ‘Chimes at Midnight’ as it was in ‘Citizen Kane”. The role changed Baxter’s life. SPAIN/SWITZERLAND/US 1965 ORSON WELLES 119M + INTRO
John Coldstream will present a short intro on Keith Baxter, his work and his ties to Chichester.
SUN 22 SEP 14:45
TICKETS £15.00
MISS SAIGON
25TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
The epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with American GI Chris – but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon.
Filmed in front of a live audience at the Prince Edward Theatre, this screening gives fans the chance to enjoy the spectacular, sellout event that was ‘Miss Saigon’s’ 25th anniversary performance. Cinemagoers will also witness a special finale that sees the cast joined on stage by original cast members Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga and Simon Bowman.
187M INC 2 INTERVALS
A GREENER SCREEN
A GREENER SCREEN TALK All Monday tickets only £7.50
SAT 28 SEP 10:30 – IN THE AUDITORIUM TICKETS £7.50
DISAPPEARING WORLD
ENVIRONMENTALISM ON THE BIG SCREEN
To accompany our season of films ‘A Greener Screen’, this talk will explore the ways in which environmental issues have been portrayed in cinema.
In this talk, Lynn Keltie, of the Cinema’s Education Team, will show clips from films spanning over 50 years, demonstrating how they have tackled some major environmental challenges. Water pollution and corporate greed in ‘Dark Waters’ (2019) and, more recently, one of the most watched Netflix films of all time, the controversial ‘Don’t Look Up’. By incorporating environmental themes into narratives, or producing documentaries that highlight environmental challenges, films can contribute towards fostering positive outcomes.
100M INC Q&A
MON 23 SEP 18:00
OUR SEA FOREST & AMU DARYA: RIVER TO A MISSING SEA
Our Sea Forest
Narrated by Chris Packham, this moving documentary tells of the remarkable regeneration of the vast underwater kelp forest off our Sussex shores. Told through the eyes of 74-year-old Eric Smith, a free-diver of the forest since he was a child, it charts the destruction of this once-thriving ecosystem by trawling to its miraculous recovery in recent years. Teeming with sea life and hope. Filmed at Shoreham, Goring and Bognor Regis.
UK 2023 SARAH CUNLIFFE 30M
Introduced by Sarah Cunliffe, director of Sussex-based Big Wave Productions, which made the documentary aired on BBC1.
Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
Through oral histories and tales of loss, adaptation and hope, this short film presents a memory of the Amu Darya – the Central Asian river that no longer reaches its destination. It tells how local communities are dealing with the river’s desiccation and how the USSR turned the world’s fourth largest lake – the Aral Sea – into its youngest desert. The human story of an environmental disaster.
UK 2024 JAMES CHAPMAN, ANNIE LIDDELL & OSCAR FRASER TURNER 28M
With a poem translated by Chichester poet Andrew Staniland after he visited the region and got to know the young filmmakers from the Amu Darya Project.
30 SEP 18:00
I COULD NEVER GO VEGAN
I could never go vegan. Five words uttered around the world by many a non-vegan, but why? On a quest for the truth, a filmmaker sets out on a journey to find out the leading arguments facing the vegan movement, and if they’re justified.
Thomas Pickering blends approachable narration with wellpresented information in a welcome reminder of the Michael Moore method. Pickering is a vegan who was brought up by vegans and sets out to answer the anti-vegan remarks he hears from his friends all the time; they could never go vegan because meat is too delicious, or because climate change isn’t real, or because plantbased diets don’t deliver the protein. Clear ideas, sympathetic interviews, approachable narration and presentation, strong graphics – and all of it leading to a website on the final credits where you can go to get involved and find out more.
UK 2024 THOMAS PICKERING 120M
With complimentary vegan snacks and wine.
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Faced with both her hot-tempered father’s fading health and melting ice caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Six-year-old Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) lives with her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), in a remote Delta community. Wink is a stern taskmaster, but he is preparing his young daughter for the end of the world. When Wink falls mysteriously ill, nature seems to fall ill with him. Temperatures rise, the ice caps melt and fearsome prehistoric beasts called aurochs run loose. Rising waters threaten to engulf their community, sending Hushpuppy in search of her long-lost mother. This is a fantastical and emotionally powerful journey with a strong environmental focus. Filmmaking that values imagination over money.
USA 2012 BENH ZEITLIN 93M
Followed by short talk + Q&A in the studio by chalk stream expert Sarah Hughes of the Western Sussex Rivers Trust.
LEE
FRI 20 SEP 13:00, 15:30 & 18:00
SAT 21 SEP 12:45 & 20:00
SUN 22 SEP 12:30 & 20:30
MON 23 SEP 15:30 & 20:15
TUE 24 SEP 13:00 & 20:15
WED 25 SEP 12:30 & 16:45
THU 26 SEP 14:00 & 16:30
SAT 28 SEP 20:00
SUN 29 SEP 13:30
MON 30 SEP 15:30
TUE 1 OCT 20:00
THU 3 OCT 15:30
The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
The film portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslet). Miller’s singular talent and unbridled tenacity resulted in some of the 20th century’s most indelible images of war, including an iconic photo of Miller herself, posing defiantly in Hitler’s private bathtub. Miller had a profound understanding and empathy for women and the voiceless victims of war. Her images display both the fragility and ferocity of the human experience. Alexander Skarsgård portrays her husband Roland Penrose, while Andy Samberg takes a dramatic turn as her partner in the field (and sometimes in the bedroom), David E. Scherman, a war correspondent for Life magazine. Winslet shines in this biopic with a superbly powerful performance. She remains one of our most treasured actors and she brings a fierceness to this role. USA 2023 ELLEN KURAS 116M
SAT 26 OCT 10:30 – IN THE AUDITORIUM TICKETS £7.50
BETWEEN DREAM AND WAKEFULNESS
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CINEMA OF THE SURREAL
Following the screenings of the film ‘Lee’ (see above), with Kate Winslet as the photographer Lee Miller, this talk will take a look at Surrealist cinema, including Miller’s only film as an actor, Jean Cocteau’s ’The Blood of a Poet’.
This talk by Sharon-Michi Kusunoki, Executive Director of Surrealism and the Arts at West Dean College, will introduce surrealist cinema as an oscillation between the states of dream and wakefulness. Drawing on Michael Richardson’s view of surrealist cinema as ‘an activity with broadening horizons,’ we will explore iconic clips from visionaries such as Buñuel, Jean Cocteau, Dalí and Hitchcock, uncovering how surrealist films push the limits of established narrative conventions and challenge us to rethink the very nature of reality.
100M (INC Q&A)
THE CRITIC
FRI 27 SEP 13:30 & 18:00
SAT 28 SEP 13:30 & 18:00
SUN 29 SEP 17:45 & 19:45
MON 30 SEP 13:15 & 20:30
TUE 1 OCT 13:45 & 18:00
WED 2 OCT 16:00 & 20:30
THU 3 OCT 13:15 & 18:00
FRI 4 OCT 20:30
SUN 6 OCT 20:00
WED 9 OCT 15:00
THU 10 OCT 15:45
A story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart, all brought together by a delicious performance by Ian McKellen as a catty theatre critic in 1930s London. Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is the most feared and famous theatre critic in 1930s London, saving his most savage takedowns for Nina Land (Gemma Arterton), an already unsure leading lady. As a gay man forever at the mercy of laws that prohibit his very existence, Jimmy is living life on the edge, but when his newspaper’s proprietor dies and his son (Mark Strong) takes over, Jimmy may need to turn to Nina for help. McKellen makes Jimmy simultaneously despicable, understandable and wholly entertaining, whilst Arterton is also a stand-out. Lesley Manville in a supporting role is as impressive as always. This is a whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter.
UK/USA 2023 ANAND TUCKER 95M
FRI 27 SEP 20:00
WED 2 OCT 13:00
CLASSICS RESTORED & REISSUED - HUNGARY
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
HARMÓNIÁK
A naïve, young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction. Based upon the 1989 novel ‘The Melancholy of Resistance’ by László Krasznahorkai and shot in luminous black-and-white, ‘Werckmeister Harmonies’ portrays the life of János and his uncle György during the communist era in Hungary. It also recounts their journey among helpless citizens as a sinister visiting circus arrives, built around a huge stuffed smelly whale and its star performer, “The Prince”, which casts a shadow over everyone’s lives. With the ethereal cinematography of Gabor Medvigy, and the soothing but discordant score by Mihaly Vig, the film explores themes of order and chaos, and it is difficult to view the film without visions of Eastern Europe under Soviet control. Werckmeister Harmonies opened to wide acclaim from critics when it was first released, and it has come to be regarded by many as one of the best films of the 21st century. (Subtitles)
HUNGARY 2000
SAT 21 SEP 10:30 – IN THE AUDITORIUM
LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION OF THE 60s ON SCREEN
With the new play ’Redlands’, an account of the trial of the Rolling Stones in Chichester in 1967, at Chichester Festival Theatre, this is the first of two talks this season looking at the wider context of the trial on the big screen.
This talk, by cultural historian and author Maggie Andrews, explores the relationship between the 60s sexual revolution and films such as: ‘Victim’ (1961), ‘Goldfinger’ (1961), ‘Darling’ (1965), ‘Alfie’ (1966) and ‘Carry on Camping’ (1969). By 1970, abortion and homosexuality had been decriminalised, divorce made easier, and the pill was widely available. Changes, this talk will suggest, which relied upon debates and discussions of sexuality, abortion, prostitution, promiscuity and the limitations of marriage and fidelity portrayed in these films. 100M INC Q&A
SAT 28 SEP 15:45 WED 2 OCT 18:00
DARLING
To complement our ‘Sexual Revolution of the 60s on Screen’ talk, we present this British classic, where beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the ‘Swinging Sixties’.
Gorgeous but easily bored Diana Scott (Julie Christie) becomes a popular model and actress in London in the 1960s while toying with the affections of two older men, married television newsman Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde) and public relations mastermind Miles Brand (Laurence Harvey). Although Diana is the toast of swinging London, the dark side of fame and fortune begins to take its toll, but it proves harder to escape the mod scene than she expects. Schlesinger created a film that set tongues to wagging and moralists to wringing their hands. Christie’s Oscar-winning performance is remarkably vibrant and outgoing, and hasn’t aged a bit. UK 1965 JOHN SCHLESINGER 128M
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FRI 27 SEP 15:30
TUE 1 OCT 15:45
THU 3 OCT 20:00
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: MEXICO RADICAL
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption and violence, a frustrated teacher tries a radical new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and maybe even their genius.
Fresh off ‘Coda’, Eugenio Derbez plays another idealistic educator attempting to unlock overlooked students’ potential, this time at a dysfunctional Mexican elementary school across the US border in Matamoros, Mexico. Sixth grade students at Jose Urbina Lopez Elementary are among the worst-performing students in Mexico, existing in a world full of violence and hardship, poverty and neglect rather than one filled with hope and possibility. ‘Radical’ is based on the true story of an inspirational middle school teacher using unconventional means to reach his pupils. The ensemble cast of child actors are exceptional and the director lets us see this world from both the teacher’s and students’ point of view. This is a resolute crowd-pleaser and tear-jerker but it is saved from schmaltzdom by virtue of its true origins in one of the most challenging schools in Mexico. (Subtitles)
MEXICO 2023 CHRISTOPHER ZALLA 125M
THU 26 SEP 19:00 SUN 29 SEP 16:00
TICKETS £13.50
PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGSONE HAND CLAPPING
Filmed and recorded over four days, the cinema release of ‘One Hand Clapping’ will include a brand-new introduction by Paul McCartney captured exclusively for this release and featuring never-before-seen footage.
Filmed at Abbey Road Studios across four days in August 1974, this followed on from the global success of the Paul McCartney and Wings album, ‘Band on the Run’. The film features the Wings lineup augmented by new additions Jimmy McCulloch on guitar and Geoff Britton on drums. The screening will also include the previously unreleased Backyard sessions featuring Paul McCartney on acoustic guitar performing favourites from his catalogue, including the previously unreleased song, ‘Blackpool’. McCartney also covers some of his favourite songs, including ‘Twenty Flight Rock’, the song he performed for John Lennon the first time they met. Originally shot on 1970s videotape, now scanned and restored at 4K. The 65-minute running time includes an exclusive introduction, the film and some “backyard sessions”.
UK 1974 DAVID LITCHFIELD 65M
FRI 4 OCT 18:00
SAT 5 OCT 20:15
SUN 6 OCT 17:45
MON 7 OCT 20:15
TUE 8 OCT 13:15
THU 10 OCT 20:00
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
Beetlejuice is back! After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River.
Still haunted by Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), Lydia’s (Winona Ryder) life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened. With trouble brewing in both realms, it’s only a matter of time until someone says Beetlejuice’s name three times and the mischievous demon returns to unleash his very own brand of mayhem.
USA 2024 TIM BURTON 104M
FRI 4 OCT 13:30
SAT 5 OCT 15:30
THU 10 OCT 18:00
HOLLYWOODGATE
How the Taliban transformed itself from an extremist militia into a mighty military regime in the wake of US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan is the subject of this powerful new documentary. Picking over an estimated $7bn worth of military equipment left at the former Hollywood Gate CIA base in Kabul, we meet Mawlawi Mansour, a Taliban commander overseeing the equipment’s repair and repainting the fighter jets and Black Hawk helicopters. Filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at, born in Egypt and based in Berlin, spent 12 months trailing Mansour and his crew, loitering in the background and shooting from the sidelines. While restricted access prohibited any in-depth interviews, this fascinating, fly-on-thewall documentary nevertheless teases back the curtain to reveal soldiers pining for the caves where they once hid, and mourning the glorious death that has been snatched from their grasp.
GERMANY/USA 2023 DIRECTOR IBRAHIM NASH’AT 92M
SAT 5 OCT 13:15
TUE 8 OCT 18:00
WED 9 OCT 17:00
THU 10 OCT 13:30
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: IRAN MY FAVOURITE CAKE
KEYKE MAHBOOBE MAN
A septuagenarian, solitary for many years, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening. A lovely film that keeps up Iran’s reputation as a powerhouse of quality storytelling.
70-year-old Mahin (Lili Farhadpour) has lived alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalise her love life. What begins as an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unpredictable, unforgettable evening. She meets Faramarz (Esmaeel Mehrabi), a modest, personable, single man of her age, who himself is of Mahin’s independent frame of mind: he got into trouble with joyless authorities for playing a musical instrument in a wedding band. The Iranian government prevented the film’s two directors from travelling to Berlin to attend their own premiere, most probably because of a scene in which police drive self-importantly around Tehran, intimidating women who are allegedly not wearing their hijabs with enough modesty. Our 70-year-old heroine – who wistfully remembers a time when hijabs were not required at all – stands up to these uniformed bullies and rescues a woman from their clutches. Unmissable cinema.
IRAN 2024 MARYAM MOGHADAM & BEHTASH SANAEEHA 97M
SUN 6 OCT 13:00 TICKETS £21
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
Jacques Offenbach’s fantastical opera ‘Tales of Hoffman’ kicks off the Metropolitan Opera’s season. It will make an interesting comparison with the Royal Opera’s version showing in January 2025.
French tenor Benjamin Bernheim stars in the title role of the tormented poet. Joining him is American soprano Erin Morley as Olympia, South African soprano Pretty Yende as Antonia, and French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine as Giulietta to complete Hoffmann’s trio of lovers. Conducted by Marco Armiliato. The action of the prologue and epilogue takes place in an unnamed German city, in “Luther’s tavern” recalling the Faust legend and casts an otherworldly ambience on the subsequent episodes. Each of these flashbacks occurs in evocative settings representing a cross-section of European cultures: Paris (Act I), Munich (Act II) and Venice (Act III). Sung in French with English Subtitles 245M APPROX INC 2 INTERVALS
FRI 4 OCT 15:30
SAT 5 OCT 17:45
MON 7 OCT 13:00
TUE 8 OCT 15:30
WED 9 OCT 12:45
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.
‘Between The Temples’ is graced with two endearing performances from Jason Schwartzman (Ben) as the Jewish cantor suffering a crisis of faith, and Carol Kane (Carla) as the ageing Bat Mitzvah student who gives him a new lease of life. Ben has arrived at a joyless stage of his life with his wife having died a year earlier. He is living back in the upstate New York home of his two mothers when his old elementary school music teacher re-enters his life, wanting to have the Bat Mitzvah she was denied as a 13-year-old. Ben comes to recognise in Carla something of a kindred lost soul and, as they study together, they develop a warm friendship that begins to see them both open up, elevated by the chemistry between Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman.
USA 2024 DIRECTOR NATHAN SILVER 112M
MON 7 OCT 15:15
TUE 8 OCT 20:00
CLASSICS RESTORED & REISSUED
LONE STAR
When a skeleton is discovered in the desert, a lawman and son of a legendary local sheriff begins an investigation that will have profound implications both for him personally and for all of Rio County.
When Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) uncovers a skeleton in a small south-western Texas border town, it is thought to be that of Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson), the infamously corrupt, cruel and racist sheriff who was driven from the town by Deeds’ father Buddy (Matthew McConnaughey). A keen observer of America’s social fabric, writer/director John Sayles uncovers the haunted past buried beneath this border town with an Oscar-nominated screenplay. This masterful 90s classic western features a brilliant ensemble cast, transitions seamlessly from past to present, and has been given a 4K digital remastering, making it a must-see on the big screen.
USA 1996 DIRECTOR JOHN SAYLES 135M
SUN 13 OCT 13:15
MON 14 OCT 15:45
WED 16 OCT 15:45
THU 17 OCT 18:00
THE ECHO
EL ECO
The unique ties which bind rural farming communities are examined in this richly textured documentary which depicts all the nuances of a small Mexican community living in the remote village of El Eco.
Documenting life in the small village of El Eco in Mexico’s Puebla over the course of 18 months, we observe its changes in weather, fortune and the temperament of its few, tightly bonded residents in fine degrees. Here, everyone’s welfare hangs on the same unkind elements; with the frost and drought punishing the land, they learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. Will the teenage Montse, prematurely aged by the rigours and responsibilities of a life on the land, break the patten and diverge from the path taken by generations of her ancestors? Salvadoran-Mexican director Tatiana Huezo has somehow crafted this compelling and beautifully observed documentary in such a way that it looks like realist drama. (Subtitles)
MEXICO/GERMANY 2023 DIRECTOR TATIANA HUEZO 102M
FRI 11 OCT 20:15
TUE 15 OCT 15:45
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: CHINA
ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS
A detective inspector investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. After a swift arrest, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals. Beleaguered police chief Ma Zhe is charged with investigating the murder of ‘Granny No. 4’ in a neighbouring rural village of only 50 families and tries so hard to unravel the killing, that he almost descends into madness. Granny Four had taken in a simpleton who, throughout the movie, is known only as “the madman” (Kang Chunlei) and he becomes the natural suspect, but nothing is clearcut… This is far from a standard police procedural; increasingly blurring the line between the real and the imagined, fact becomes fiction and dreams become nightmares. This stylish, murky and enigmatic noir is imaginative in structure with impressive production design and breathtaking cinematography. One of two very good Chinese films in this season’s programme (see also ‘Black Dog’). (Subtitles)
CHINA 2023
DIRECTOR WEI SHUJUN 101M
FRI 11 OCT 13:15
SAT 12 OCT 18:15
SUN 13 OCT 17:45
MON 14 OCT 20:30
TUE 15 OCT 18:00
WED 16 OCT 13:15
THU 17 OCT 13:15 & 20:15
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: ICELAND/UK TOUCH
A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; following one man’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out. Widower Kristopher (Egill Ólafsson) is in the early stages of dementia when he leaves Iceland for London, hoping to find his lost love. Flashbacks build up the story of how young Kristopher (Pálmi Kormákur) fell in love with Miko (Kōki), we also watch old Kristopher trying to find Miko. One of the most genuinely romantic movies of the past few years. (Some subtitles)
ICELAND 2024 BALTASAR KORMÁKUR 121M
ALIEN: ROMULUS
SUN 13 OCT 20:00
MON 14 OCT 18:00
While scavenging a derelict space station, a group of young colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
In this new chapter, which has been hailed by test screening viewers as one of the best in the franchise, the young colonizers stumble upon a derelict space station where many surprises lay in stall – and not of the welcoming kind. Set around two decades after ‘Alien’, director Alvarez says the film was inspired by a scene in the extended cut of James Cameron’s sequel.
USA 2024 FEDE ALVAREZ 119M
100% - ROTTEN TOMATOES
FRI 18 OCT 13:30
SUN 20 OCT 20:30
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
TUE 22 OCT 18:15
This tense, touching and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father.
Katie (Carrie Coon) is a controlling Brooklyn mother dealing with a wayward teenage daughter; free-spirited Christina (Elizabeth Olsen) is separated from her offspring for the first time; and Rachel (Natasha Lyonne) is a sports-betting stoner who has never left her father’s apartment. We follow the siblings over the course of three volatile days, as death looms, grievances erupt and love seeps through the cracks of a fractured home.
USA 2023 AZAZEL JACOBS 101M
FRI 11 OCT 18:00
SAT 12 OCT 12:45
SUN 13 OCT 15:45
MON 14 OCT 13:45
TUE 15 OCT 13:30
WED 16 OCT 20:15
REAWAKENING
Ten years after the disappearance of their teenage daughter, a couple is confronted by a young woman claiming to be their lost child.
John (Jared Harris) and Mary (Juliet Stevenson) have lived with desolating grief and the agony of uncertainty for the past 10 years. Their only child, Clare, ran away from home when she was 14 and no trace of her whereabouts has ever been found. When Clare (Erin Doherty) returns, now a young woman of 24, Mary is overjoyed. But John comes to believe that Clare is not who she claims to be. As old tensions resurface, deceptive motivations and thrilling suspense culminate in a gripping search for the truth. Harris and Stevenson deliver exceptional performances. Doherty subtly delivers nervous looks and hesitations which make her character a believable prodigal daughter but leave enough doubt about her to sustain the mystery. This is an absorbing and affecting tale beautifully told by director Gilbert.
UK 2024 VIRGINIA GILBERT 90M
FRI 18 OCT 15:45 MON 21 OCT 20:00
INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA: CHINA
BLACK DOG
GOU ZHEN
As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, a newly released convict bonds with a black stray and the two lonely souls embark on a new journey together. A warm-hearted crowd pleaser about an ex-convict - Land (Eddie Peng) - and the canine he befriends, this the latest picture from prolific Chinese director Guan Hu, which elevates the man and dog genre in this moving film in which a lost soul is redeemed by his bond with a trusty mutt. This is a beautiful film that, with few words, reveals a personal drama while reflecting a complex social situation that affects many communities in China. The film makes the most of its blighted Gobi desert backdrop. Cinematographer Gai Weizhe shoots in widescreen, the better to capture the intimidatingly bleak lunar expanses of rock and sand. One of two very good Chinese films in this season’s programme (see also ‘Only the River Flows’). (Subtitles) CHINA 2024 HU GUAN 110M
FRI 18 OCT 13:30
SAT 19 OCT 12:00
SUN 20 OCT 20:30
TUE 22 OCT 18:15
WED 23 OCT 12:30
THU 24 OCT 15:15
SING SING
Imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he did not commit, an inmate finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity and the transformative power of art. Oscar tipped, this is a remarkable film that soars, and is justly hailed by film critics around the world.
Divine G (Colman Domingo) finds purpose at Sing Sing Prison by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including a wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin). When the curtain rises on the beauty they’ve all built, what we witness is a work of art that never papers over the injustices, just as we see the men who are fighting for their humanity in a world that doesn’t value it. This isn’t simply a movie about one man experiencing the power of the arts, but about how such a programme acts as a consistent source of sanctuary for everybody involved. Kwedar’s deft direction works in tandem with fine-tuned drama to craft naturalistic mosaics, drawn from a patchwork of real prison experiences. This film will break your heart and rebuild it stronger than before.
USA 2024 GREG KWEDAR 105M
WED 23 OCT 14:45 ★★★★ SHADOWS ON THE WALL
MON 21 OCT 18:00
IN CAMERA
In this sharp, visceral and blackly humorous read on showbiz culture and society, a young actor in a cycle of nightmarish auditions takes it upon himself to find a new part to play.
Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan) is a young man who spends most of his time recording self-tapes for parts he never gets. After he receives multiple rejections for a series of terrible commercial auditions, he takes it upon himself to find a new part to play. This is a distressing metaphor for acting as a career, the ways in which we see other people, how we exploit what we see, and the harm that can cause. A seriously talented performer, Rizwan shines in a role that demands every shade in the spectrum from goofy comedy to dark contemplation. The varying characters he plays in auditions are vividly focused and the layers of emotion Aden feels throughout each moment are easy to identify with.
UK 2023 NAQQASH KHALID 95M
ROLLING STONES
SAT 12 OCT 15:00 (PLUS Q&A)
SPECIAL Q&A SCREENING: FOCUS ON THE DOCUMENTARY
CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG
This intimate documentary reveals the story of a fierce rock ‘n’ roller, actress, muse and mother who rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s.
Anita Pallenberg was at many points in her life a newspaper headline: a “rock n’ roll goddess”, a “voodoo priestess” and an “evil seductress”. She was accused of trying to break up The Rolling Stones, among other things. But those who loved her considered her an exciting cultural force, and a loving mother - and innocent of the accusations. Never-seen-before home movies and family photographs explore life with The Rolling Stones and tell a bittersweet tale of both triumph and heartbreak. From ‘Barbarella’ to the Swiss Alps, and the Lower East Side to London, Anita Pallenberg was a creative force ahead of her time. This has a perfect balance of heart, soul and humour that resonates within its core and just makes for some enjoyable and informative viewing.
USA 2023 ALEXIS BLOOM & SVETLANA ZILL 110M PLUS Q&A
We are delighted to welcome Marlon Richards, son of Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards, for a Q&A after the screening.
SHINE A LIGHT
SUN 20 OCT 18:00 TUE 22 OCT 20:30
To complement our ‘Catching Fire’ special Q&A event and Rolling Stones talk, we present this career-spanning documentary on the band, with concert footage from their ‘A Bigger Bang’ tour. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese documents The Stones’ energetic performance at New York’s Beacon Theatre. The concert, filmed in 2006, features Stones standards and favourites, plus guest appearances by Buddy Guy, Christina Aguilera and Jack White III. Scorsese takes note of the band’s long career with music clips and interviews from previous decades. This is a masterful concert film, one that will appeal to movie lovers and hardcore Stones admirers alike.
USA 2008 MARTIN SCORSESE 122M
SAT 12 OCT 10:30
– IN THE AUDITORIUM
TICKETS £7.50
IT’S NOT ONLY ROCK ’N’ ROLL
THE ROLLING STONES ON THE BIG AND SMALL SCREENS
Formed 62 years ago, The Rolling Stones are rock royalty and an institution. With the Chichester Festival Theatre examining the notorious 1967 drugs raid at Keith Richards’ West Sussex home in the play ‘Redlands’, the Chichester Cinema Education Team is looking at the Stones’ screen presence. In this talk, Education Team member Sandy Guthrie will examine The Rolling Stones on screen. Dramas about The Stones, concerts, documentaries, individual acting roles – the decades have provided a wealth of films that are as diverse as they are fascinating. Examples include ‘Gimme Shelter’, Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shine a Light’, and Mick Jagger in ‘Performance’ and ‘Ned Kelly’. 100M INC Q&A
TELEGRAPH
SAT 19 OCT 14:00
TICKETS £19.50 (KIDS ONLY £8.50)
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
ROH
Tumble down the rabbit hole in this ballet adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s famous family story. Journey through Wonderland with Alice and encounter a host of curious characters in Christopher Wheeldon’s unique theatrical interpretation. At a garden party on a sunny afternoon, Alice is surprised to see her parents’ friend Lewis Carroll transform into a white rabbit. When she follows him down a rabbit hole, events become curiouser and curiouser. As Alice journeys through Wonderland, she encounters countless strange creatures. She’s swept off her feet by the charming Knave of Hearts, who’s on the run for stealing the tarts. Confusion piles upon confusion. Then Alice wakes with a start. Was it all a daydream? Choreography - Christopher Wheeldon; Conductor - Koen Kessels; Music -Joby Talbot; Cast tbc. 245M INC 2 INTERVALS
FRI 18 OCT 20:15
SAT 19 OCT 18:15
MON 21 OCT 15:15
TUE 22 OCT 13:00
THU 24 OCT 20:00
MEGALOPOLIS
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster. This was the most polarising film at this years’ Cannes Film Festival.
Francis Ford Coppola turns the fall of ancient Rome into a fable about the perils of American capitalistic greed. Caesar (Adam Driver) is a celebrity architect with aspirations to build a utopia in the ruins of New York City, here called New Rome. This is the battleground between Cesar, Mayor Frankyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) and Hamilton Crassus (Jon Voight), head of the national bank. The supporting cast also includes Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Shia LaBeouf and Dustin Hoffman. Premiered at Cannes 2024 to a mixed reception, and as is most often the case, the most interesting films are those that once seen, leave you not knowing if you have seen a stinker, or the best film ever made.
USA 2024 FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA 138M
SUN 20 OCT 13:00 THU 24 OCT 18:00
SPECIAL SCREENING IN SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY
MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG
MAVKA: LISOVA PISNYA
A beautiful Ukrainian animation based on a well-known story from Slavic mythology that celebrates the power of love, and the harmony between humankind and the natural world. Screened originally at the 2023 Chichester Film Festival, and brought back this season in support of the local Ukrainian community. After a long-forgotten war between humans and the spirits of the forest that sees the mountains declared forbidden to humans, Lucas is tasked by the evil Kylina to find the tree of healing that caused the war. Young and naïve forest nymph Mavka takes a shine to village artist Lucas, to the strong disapproval of the rest of the forest spirits and humans alike. There are strong ecological themes here, as well as some good old-fashioned fairytale morals about vanity and selfishness. This visually stunning film includes some beautiful Ukrainian folk music with striking close harmonies. (Subtitles)
UKRAINE 2023 OLEH MALAMUZH & OLEKSANDRA RUBAN 99M
FRI 18 OCT 18:00
SAT 19 OCT 20:45
MON 21 OCT 12:45
TUE 22 OCT 15:45
WED 23 OCT 16:45
THU 24 OCT 12:45
THE OUTRUN
Saoirse Ronan astounds as a young woman searching for grace in the face of addiction.
After living life on the edge in London, Rona (Ronan) attempts to come to terms with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland’s Orkney Islands (where she grew up but left more than a decade ago) hoping to heal. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set her on the path to recovery. This is that rare, effective, addiction film with a potent, if simple, message: if you persevere with curiosity and awe of the world, you will open the door to loving yourself as a part of it all.
Adapted from Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir. UK 2023 NORA FINGSCHEIDT 118M
SUN 20 OCT 15:00
TICKETS £21
GROUNDED
MET OPERA
Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera ‘Grounded’, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st century warfare. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, portrays Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. As she struggles to adjust to this new way of doing battle, she fights to maintain her sanity, and her soul, as she is called to rain down death by remote control. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who becomes Jess’s husband. Sung in English.
165M INC INTERVAL
FRI 25 OCT 20:45
SUN 27 OCT 17:30
MON 28 OCT 20:45
TUE 29 OCT 13:15
THU 31 OCT 15:15
A DIFFERENT MAN
After undergoing a facial reconstructive surgery, a man becomes fixated on an actor in a stage production based on his former life. Aspiring actor Edward (Sebastian Stan) undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. This is as much a tale of outward appearance as it is inner anxieties, a balance director Schimberg strikes in careful ways as he crafts a stunning comedy-drama about seeing oneself. Think Aki Kaurismäki collaborating with David Cronenberg and that may get you close to having an idea to the originality of this film.
USA 2024 AARON SCHIMBERG 112M
FRI 25 OCT 12:45 & 18:00
SAT 26 OCT 14:45 & 17:30
SUN 27 OCT 14:45 & 20:00
MON 28 OCT 15:30
TUE 29 OCT 20:15
WED 30 OCT 14:30
THU 31 OCT 17:30
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX
Joaquin Phoenix reprises his role as the Joker, with Lady Gaga joining the cast as his love interest, Harley Quinn.
Two years after killing Murray Franklin on live television, failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) meets the love of his life, music therapist Harley Quinn, while in Arkham State Hospital. As the duo experiences musical madness through their shared delusions, Arthur’s followers start a movement to liberate him. Upon release, the pair embark on a doomed romantic misadventure. Zazie Beetz reprises her role as Arthur’s neighbour from the previous film, while Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Steve Coogan also join the cast. This is top-tier filmmaking.
USA 2024 TODD PHILLIPS 138M
FRI 25 OCT 15:30
MON 28 OCT 18:15
WED 30 OCT 20:15
ROB PEACE
A brilliant young man puts his bright future at risk to help his father. This new drama, written and directed by, and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor (‘Twelve Years A Slave’), follows the true story of a brilliant young black man from New Jersey (a magnificent performance from Jay Will) raised by his devoted yet struggling mother (Mary J. Blige) following his father’s murder conviction. Having won a scholarship to Yale against all the odds, he puts everything at risk to free his imprisoned father (Ejiofor). Also starring Camila Cabello and based on the New York Times bestseller ‘The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace’ by Jeff Hobb. This is the second directing role for Ejiofor following his debut ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ in 2019.
UK 2024 DIRECTOR CHIWETEL EJIOFOR 119M
SAT 26 OCT 20:15 THU 31 OCT 20:15
THE SUBSTANCE
In this Halloween screening, a fading celebrity decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You should try this new product, it’s called The Substance. You can generate another you: younger, more beautiful, more perfect. Easy right? What could possibly go wrong? The humanity of Demi Moore’s performance, perhaps the greatest of her career, gives director Fargeat’s boldest ideas a strong emotional backbeat.
USA 2024 CORALIE FARGEAT 140M
SUN 27 OCT 12:30 TUE 29 OCT 18:00
50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (American grandson of the infamous scientist) discovers the process of reanimation.
Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) arrives at his grandfather’s castle, soon recreating his grandfather’s experiments with the help of his servants (Marty Feldman, Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor’s fiancée (Madeline Kahn).
USA 1974 MEL BROOKS 106M
SAT 26 OCT 13:15
TICKETS £19.50
(KIDS ONLY £8.50)
WOLF WITCH GIANT FAIRY
ROH
Do not miss the return of this enchantingly staged family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021. Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song. 65M (NO INTERVAL)
£2.50
MON 28 OCT 13:30
TUE 29 OCT 15:45
WED 30 OCT 12:30
THU 31 OCT 13:15
KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
Shipwrecked on a remote island, a young boy must adapt to life alone. But is he alone? A gripping animated adaptation of Michael Morpugo’s beloved novel with an A-list voice cast. When Michael (Aaron MacGregor) is washed up on an island in the Pacific after falling from his parents’ (Cillian Murphy and Sally Hawkins) yacht, he struggles to survive on his own. He can’t find food or water, and as Michael and his dog curl up to sleep, he knows they cannot last long. But he soon realises there is someone close by, someone who is watching over him and helping him to stay alive. Following a close-run battle between life and death, the mysterious stranger – Kensuke (Ken Watanabe) - allows Michael into his world and they become friends, teaching and learning from each other until the day of separation becomes inevitable. This is a traditional hand-drawn animation which adds to the film’s charm, and the message that we should all work together despite our cultural differences is more relevant today than ever.
UK 2023 NEIL BOYLE & KIRK HENDRY 85M
SWAN
LAKE
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET
WED 30 OCT 17:15
SAT 2 NOV TIME TBC
TICKETS £19.50 (KIDS ONLY £8.50)
Spectacular! This is the first time the stage production of ‘Swan Lake’ in-the-round will be shown in cinemas. It brought magic and glorious dancing to a packed Royal Albert Hall.
Created especially for the English National Ballet, Derek Deane’s (former Artistic Director of English National Ballet and Royal Ballet dancer) ‘Swan Lake’ in-the-round caused a sensation at its premiere in 1997 and has since been enjoyed by over 500,000 people worldwide. With over 100 performers, including 60 dancing swans, this is one of the biggest spectacles in ballet and brings the classic love story to life on a grand scale. Filmed live on stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and featuring Tchaikovsky’s glorious score performed by English National Ballet Philharmonic, this epic in-the-round staging is perfect for both dedicated fans and firsttime ballet goers. Filmed in June 2024.
162M INC 2 INTERVALS
WHAT’S ON
FRI 30 AUG
14:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT (15) 89M
16:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT
18:00 WILDING (PG) 75M
20:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT
SAT 31 AUG (NATIONAL CINEMA DAY)
13:00 PRESENT LAUGHTER (NT LIVE) 180M INC INTERVAL
16:15 WIDOW CLICQUOT
18:15 WIDOW CLICQUOT
20:15 CROSSING (15) 106M
SUN 1 SEP
14:00 YOUNGER (PG) 67M
15:45 MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (U) 86M (DUBBED VERSION)
17:45 WIDOW CLICQUOT
19:45 WIDOW CLICQUOT
MON 2 SEP
13:15 WIDOW CLICQUOT
15:45 WIDOW CLICQUOT
18:00 WILDING 75M + RECORDED
Q&A - A GREENER SCREEN
20:30 WIDOW CLICQUOT
TUE 3 SEP
13:15 WIDOW CLICQUOT
15:30 CROSSING
18:00 WILDING
19:45 WIDOW CLICQUOT
WED 4 SEP
14:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT
16:15 WILDING
18:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT
20:00 CROSSING
THU 5 SEP
14:00 YOUNGER
15:45 WIDOW CLICQUOT
18:00 MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO
20:00 WIDOW CLICQUOT
FRI 6 SEP
12:45 IT ENDS WITH US (PG) 130M
15:30 FIREBRAND (15) 121M
18:00 FIREBRAND
20:30 FIREBRAND
SAT 7 SEP
13:00 FIREBRAND
15:30 HEART OF AN OAK (U) 80M
17:45 IT ENDS WITH US
20:30 FIREBRAND
SUN 8 SEP
13:00 FIREBRAND
15:30 ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR (PG) 90M
17:30 FIREBRAND
20:00 IT ENDS WITH US
MON 9 SEP
12:45 FIREBRAND
15:15 IT ENDS WITH US
18:00 HEART OF AN OAK (U) 80M A GREENER SCREEN
20:15 FIREBRAND
TUE 10 SEP
13:15 FIREBRAND
15:45 FIREBRAND
18:30 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (ROH) 240M INC INTERVAL
WED 11 SEP
12:00 FIREBRAND
14:15 IT ENDS WITH US
16:45 FIREBRAND
THU 12 SEP
12:45 ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR (PG) 90M
14:45 FIREBRAND 17:15 FIREBRAND
19:45 PRIMA FACIE (NT ENCORE) 120M INC INTERVAL
FRI 13 SEP
12:15 TUESDAY (15) 110M
14:30 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO (15) 178M + INTERMISSION
18:00 MANDOOB (15) 110M
20:15 PARIS, TEXAS (15) 145M
SAT 14 SEP
10:30 JOHN LE CARRÉ ON SCREEN TALK 100M
13:00 AGENT OF HAPPINESS (12A) 94M
15:00 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (PG) 112M
17:15 TUESDAY
19:30 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
SUN 15 SEP
13:00 THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (ROH) 240M INC INTERVAL
17:15 AGENT OF HAPPINESS
19:15 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
MON 16 SEP
12:30 THE OLD MAN AND THE LAND (15) 93M
14:30 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
18:00 SIX INCHES OF SOIL (PG) 96M A GREENER SCREEN
20:15 TUESDAY
TUE 17 SEP
12:45 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
16:15 SIX INCHES OF SOIL
18:15 THE OLD MAN AND THE LAND
20:15 PARIS, TEXAS
WED 18 SEP
12:45 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
16:15 TUESDAY
18:30 AGENT OF HAPPINESS
20:30 MANDOOB
THU 19 SEP
13:00 THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
15:15 THE OLD MAN AND THE LAND
17:15 MANDOOB
19:30 THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
FRI 20 SEP
13:00 LEE (15) 116M
15:30 LEE
18:00 LEE
20:30 THE GOLDMAN CASE (15) 115M
SAT 21 SEP
10:30 SEXUAL REVOLUTION OF THE 60S ON SCREEN - TALK 100M
12:45 LEE
15:15 PRIMA FACIE (NT ENCORE) 120M INC INTERVAL
17:30 THE GOLDMAN CASE
20:00 LEE
SUN 22 SEP
12:30 LEE
14:45 MISS SAIGON (25TH ANNIVERSARY)
187M INC 2 INTERVALS
18:00 SKY PEALS (12A) 91M
20:30 LEE
MON 23 SEP
13:00 THE GOLDMAN CASE
15:30 LEE
18:00 OUR SEA FOREST & RIVER TO A MISSING SEA (PG) 120M A GREENER SCREEN
20:15 LEE
TUE 24 SEP
13:00 LEE
15:30 THE GOLDMAN CASE
18:00 CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (PG) 119M + INTRO - KEITH BAXTER COMMEMORATION
20:15 LEE
WED 25 SEP
12:30 LEE
14:45 SKY PEALS
16:45 LEE
THU 26 SEP
14:00 LEE
16:30 LEE
19:00 PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS - ONE HAND CLAPPING 65M
20:30 THE GOLDMAN CASE
FRI 27 SEP
13:45 THE CRITIC (15) 95M
16:00 RADICAL (12A) 125M
18:00 THE CRITIC 20:00 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (12A) 145M
SAT 28 SEP
10:30 A GREENER SCREEN TALK 100M
13:30 THE CRITIC 15:45 DARLING (15) 128M
18:00 THE CRITIC 20:00 LEE (15) 116M
SUN 29 SEP
13:30 LEE
16:00 PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS - ONE HAND CLAPPING 65M
17:45 THE CRITIC
19:45 THE CRITIC
MON 30 SEP
13:15 THE CRITIC 15:30 LEE
18:00 I COULD NEVER GO VEGAN (PG) 120M A GREENER SCREEN
20:30 THE CRITIC TUE 1 OCT
13:45 THE CRITIC 16:00 RADICAL
18:00 THE CRITIC 20:00 LEE
WED 2 OCT
13:00 WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
16:00 THE CRITIC 18:00 DARLING
20:30 THE CRITIC
THU 3 OCT
13:15 THE CRITIC 15:30 LEE
18:00 THE CRITIC 20:00 RADICAL
FRI 4 OCT
13:30 HOLLYWOODGATE (12A) 92M
15:30 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES (15) 111M
18:00 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (PG) 104M
20:30 THE CRITIC (15) 95M
THE COUNT OF MONTE-CRISTO
SAT 5 OCT
13:15 MY FAVOURITE CAKE (12ATBC) 97M
15:30 HOLLYWOODGATE
17:45 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
20:15 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
SUN 6 OCT
13:00 TALES OF HOFFMANN (MET) 245M INC 2 INTERVALS
17:45 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
20:00 THE CRITIC
MON 7 OCT
13:00 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
15:15 LONE STAR (15) 135M
18:00 BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG) 93M A GREENER SCREEN
20:15 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
TUE 8 OCT
13:15 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
15:30 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
18:00 MY FAVOURITE CAKE
20:00 LONE STAR
WED 9 OCT
12:45 BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
15:00 THE CRITIC
17:00 MY FAVOURITE CAKE
THU 10 OCT
13:30 MY FAVOURITE CAKE
15:45 THE CRITIC
18:00 HOLLYWOODGATE
20:00 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
FRI 11 OCT
13:15 TOUCH (15) 121M
15:45 SING SING (15) 105M
18:00 REAWAKENING (15) 90M
20:15 ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS (15) 101M
SAT 12 OCT
10:30 ROLLING STONES TALK 100M (INC Q&A)
12:45 REAWAKENING
15:00 CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG (15) 110M + Q&A
18:15 TOUCH
20:45 SING SING
SUN 13 OCT
13:15 THE ECHO (12A) 102M
15:45 REAWAKENING
17:45 TOUCH
20:00 ALIEN: ROMULUS (15) 119M
MON 14 OCT
13:45 REAWAKENING
15:45 THE ECHO
18:00 ALIEN: ROMULUS
20:30 TOUCH
TUE 15 OCT
13:30 REAWAKENING
15:45 ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS
18:00 TOUCH
20:30 CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG
WED 16 OCT
13:15 TOUCH
15:45 THE ECHO
18:00 SING SING 20:15 REAWAKENING
THU 17 OCT 13:15 TOUCH
15:45 SING SING 18:00 THE ECHO
20:15 TOUCH
FRI 18 OCT
13:30 HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (15) 101M
15:45 BLACK DOG (12ATBC) 100M
18:00 THE OUTRUN (15) 118M
20:15 MEGALOPOLIS (15) 138M
SAT 19 OCT
12:00 FILM TBC
14:00 ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND (ROH) 240M INC 2 INTERVALS
18:15 MEGALOPOLIS
20:45 THE OUTRUN
SUN 20 OCT
13:00 MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG (PG) 99M
15:00 GROUNDED (MET) 165M INC INTERVAL
18:00 SHINE A LIGHT (PG) 122MM
20:30 HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
MON 21 OCT
12:45 THE OUTRUN
15:15 MEGALOPOLIS
18:00 IN CAMERA (15) 95M
20:00 BLACK DOG
TUE 22 OCT
13:00 MEGALOPOLIS
15:45 THE OUTRUN
20:30 HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
20:30 SHINE A LIGHT
WED 23 OCT
12:30 FILM TBC
14:45 IN CAMERA 16:45 THE OUTRUN
LEE
THU 24 OCT
12:45 THE OUTRUN
15:15 FILM TBC
18:00 MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG
20:00 MEGALOPOLIS
FRI 25 OCT
12:45 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (15) 138M
15:30 ROB PEACE (15) 119M
18:00 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
20:45 A DIFFERENT MAN (15) 112M
SAT 26 OCT
10:30 SURREALIST CINEMA TALK (15) 100M INC Q&A
13:15 WOLF WITCH GIANT FAIRY (ROH) 65M
14:45 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
17:30 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
20:15 THE SUBSTANCE (18) 140M
SUN 27 OCT
12:30 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (PG) 106M
14:45 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
17:30 A DIFFERENT MAN
20:00 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
MON 28 OCT
13:30 KENSUKE’S KINGDOM (PG) 85M
15:30 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
18:15 ROB PEACE
20:45 A DIFFERENT MAN
TUE 29 OCT
13:15 A DIFFERENT MAN
15:45 KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
18:00 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
20:15 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
WED 30 OCT
12:30 KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
14:30 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
17:15 SWAN LAKE (ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET) 162M INC 2 INTERVALS
20:15 ROB PEACE
THU 31 OCT
13:15 KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
15:15 A DIFFERENT MAN
17:30 JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX
20:15 THE SUBSTANCE
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