ROH: Le nozze di Figaro Wed 7 Oct 2pm £15. 205 mins
RSC Live: Henry V
45 Years
Fri 16 and Tues 20 Oct 2pm £15. 240 mins An encore screening from the Barbican. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament.
WHY? Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy
WHY? In an extraordinary performance, Tom Hardy takes on the roles of both Reggie and Ronnie
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder
Popular songs from the past six decades bring to life a colourful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps. Join them for a hilarious misadventure sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.
WHY? A madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hotel Transylvania Sat 31 Oct 11.30am and 2pm Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky 2012 88 mins, US
Doctor Proctor has accidentally invented the world's most powerful fart powder. When local children Lisa and Nilly unexpectedly drop by, it becomes the beginning of an unusual friendship and a riotous business project.
Inside Out Tues 27 Oct 2pm Wed 28 Oct 11am Dir: Ronnie Del Carmen, Pete Docter 2015, 102 mins, US Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness live in a control centre inside 11 year old Riley's mind. When she moves with her family to San Francisco, they struggle to adjust and turmoil ensues.
WHY? ★★★★★ The Times ★★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★★ The Independent
Film Guide Sept-Oct 2015
Wed 28 Oct 2pm Dir: Gary Rydstrom 2015 99 mins, US
Tues 27 Oct 11am Dir: Arild Frohlich 2014 83 mins, No
WHY? Based on the children’s book by Jo Nesbø
Centre for the Arts Maidenhead
Strange Magic
WHY? Screened in the same week as the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt
Kate and Geoff Mercer have been married for over fifty years. They receive news that the body of Geoff’s first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. Drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay.
NT Live: Hamlet
WHY? Colin Farrell and Jessica Chastain star in this adaptation of Strindberg’s play
Live screening from the Royal Shakespeare Company (Wednesday, encore Tuesday). Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he strives to gain the respect of his nobility and people.
Thur 15 Oct 2pm Sat 17 Oct 8pm Dir: Andrew Haigh 2015 95 mins, UK
WHY? ★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★★ The Daily Telegraph ★★★★ The Guardian
The true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray. This crime thriller depicts the secret history of the 1960s and the events that secured the infamy of the Kray Twins.
Wed 21 Oct 7pm Tues 27 Oct 4pm £15. 210 mins
Rusty Griswold is determined to recreate one of the greatest trips of his childhood. What’s more fun than spending time together with plenty of stops to see family along the way?
WHY? Stars Ed Helms (The Hangover, The Office), Christina Applegate (Anchorman) and Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Rush)
Tues 27 and Wed 28 Oct 8pm Dir: Brian Helgeland 2015 Run time tbc, UK/Fr
In 1880s Ireland, Miss Julie flirts, dances and drinks with John, her father's valet. Their intimacy leads to desperate plans and visions of a life together.
WHY? Often considered a perfect opera, Le nozze di Figaro represents Mozart’s genius at its most lively and delightful
Sun 11 Oct 7.30pm Thur 15 Oct 10.30am (P&B) and 8pm Dir: John Francis Daley 2015 99 mins, US
Legend
Sun 18 Oct 7.30pm Tues 20 Oct 8pm Fri 23 Oct 2pm Dir: Liv Ullmann 2014 130 mins, No/UK/Ca/US/Fr/Ir
An encore screening from the Royal Opera House. Based on a play that was originally banned for its political content, the characters are made even more human by Mozart’s outstanding music.
Vacation
CERT
TBC
Miss Julie
Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania. Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters to celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. Things go wrong when an ordinary guy stumbles upon the hotel.
WHY? Animation voiced by Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez
Ticket Prices (unless otherwise stated) £9.50 (or 3 films for £24) / £8.50 conc (or 3 films for £21) Family Viewing £7 (£5 under 16s), Family & Friends (4 people) £20 Film admission includes a charitable donation of £2 per ticket, which contributes to the upkeep of Norden Farm.
Parent and Baby Screenings (P&B) Fri 11 Sept
10.30am
Manglehorn
Thur 1 Oct
10.30am
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Thur 15 Oct 10.30am Vacation Exclusively for parents with children under 2 years. Tickets are £5.50 for adults.
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Aida on Sydney Harbour
The Salt of the Earth
NT Live: The Beaux’ Stratagem
An encore screening from the National Theatre of George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash. Two charming, dissolute young men set out to marry for money.
WHY? ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Observer ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ Evening Standard
Manglehorn Fri 11 Sept 10.30am (P&B) and 8pm, Sun 13 and Tues 15 Sept 2pm Dir: David Gordon Green 2014 97 mins, US
13 Minutes
Sun 13 Sept 7.30pm Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel 2015 114 mins, Ge In 1939, Georg Elser constructs a bomb. It explodes during Hitler’s anniversary speech and kills 8 people. The Fuhrer had left the room just 13 minutes earlier. For days, Elser is interrogated by the Gestapo, will he confess?
WHY? The untold story of how a carpenter nearly changed modern history
Documentary about the 1968 television debates between Gore Vidal and William F Buckley Jr. Their explosive exchanges were unlike anything broadcast before. It marked the dawn of pundit television as we know it today.
Live screening (Tuesday, encore Wednesday and Sunday) from the Royal Opera House. Kenneth MacMillan’s famous version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy is set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score.
(Spanish with English subtitles)
Spain 1980. Two teenage girls go missing in Andalusia’s wetlands. Two troubled detectives must hunt a predator who has terrorised a community for years.
WHY? ‘A taut, visually sumptuous and hugely entertaining thriller’ ★★★★ Time Out
Gemma and Charles Bovery move to a village in Normandy where a local Flaubert fan becomes besotted with Gemma. He fears she may suffer the same fate as the heroine in his favourite novel.
At the height of the Cold War, CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities. They team up on a mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation from releasing nuclear weapons and technology.
WHY? A fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series
NT Live: Coriolanus (encore) Wed 30 Sept 2pm £15. 180 mins The 2013 broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse’s production. When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender - Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too.
WHY? Featuring an award winning performance from Tom Hiddleston
WHY? ‘A pure delight’ ★★★★ The Guardian Sun 4 Oct 7.30pm Tues 6 Oct 2pm Dir: Anne Fontaine 2014 99 mins, Fr/UK
Sun 27 Sept 7.30pm Thur 1 Oct 10.30am (P&B) and 2pm, Sat 3 Oct 2pm Dir: Guy Ritchie 2015 116 mins, US
WHY? ★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ The Guardian Sun 20 Sept 2pm Wed 23 Sept 8pm Dir: Alberto Rodríguez 2014 104 mins, Sp
Tracy is at college in New York. It’s not the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. Her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke is an adventurous gal about town. Tracy is soon seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.
Gemma Bovery
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Minnie Goetze begins a complex love affair with ‘the handsomest man in the world’ - her mother's boyfriend. What follows is a sharp, funny and provocative account of one girl's sexual and artistic awakening, without judgment.
Marshland
Sat 3 Oct 8pm Sun 4 Oct 2pm Dir: Noah Baumbach 2015 84 mins, US
WHY? Rich in the swaggering colour of Verona street life and in sword fights and celebrations
Fri 18 Sept 8pm Dir: Marielle Heller 2015 102 mins, US
AJ Manglehorn (Al Pacino) is a reclusive locksmith who spends his days lamenting a long lost love. His life is transformed when he meets kind hearted Dawn (Holly Hunter). A rich and humorous tale of second chances.
WHY? ‘The finest performance Pacino has delivered in years’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Tues 22 Sept 7.15pm Wed 23 and Sun 27 Sept 2pm £15. 180 mins
Diary of a Teenage Girl
WHY? A concert film that goes well beyond the stage
Mistress America
Thur 17 Sept 8pm Dir: Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville 2015, 88 mins, US
WHY? Two men. Ten debates. Television would never be the same again.
The groundbreaking Pink Floyd concept album is brought to life by Roger Waters, co-founder and songwriter for the iconic band. This state-of-the-art show dazzles the senses and combines with Roger’s intensely personal road trip.
WHY? Tom Cruise is back in the fifth film of the iconic Mission Impossible franchise
ROH: Romeo and Juliet
Best of Enemies
Wed 30 Sept 8pm £15. 133 mins
A team of highly skilled operatives are hell-bent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan Hunt joins forces with a disavowed British agent for his most impossible mission yet.
WHY? Amid all of the spectacle, the famous 'Triumphal March', battle scenes and ancient temples, there's an emotional heart to this epic opera
Wed 9 Sept 2pm £15. 180 mins
Roger Waters The Wall Sun 20 Sept 7.30pm Dir: Christopher McQuarrie 2015, 131 mins, US
Encore screening. Handa Opera perform Verdi’s masterpiece to the backdrop of Sydney Opera House.
For 40 years photographer Sebastião Salgado has captured images across the world of an ever-changing humanity. His life and work are revealed in this documentary portrait.
WHY? ★★★★★ Empire Magazine ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Times
Mission Impossible Tues 15 Sept 7pm £15. 145 mins
Tues 8 Sept 8pm Dir: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado 2014 110 mins, Fr/Br/It
The Wolfpack
WHY? Gemma Arterton stars in this amusing reworking of Madame Bovary Tues 6 Oct 8pm Thur 8 Oct 2pm Dir: Crystal Moselle 2015 90 mins, US Documentary. Six brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in a Manhattan housing project. All they know of the outside is gleaned from the movies they watch - obsessively. As adolescence looms, they dream of escape.
WHY? ‘Everything about The Wolfpack is extraordinary’ Time Magazine