2026 | Dir Maggie Gyllenhaal | USA | 126 min
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal

Director Maggie Gyllenhaal delivers a striking new vision of the Bride of Frankenstein legend. Set against the smoky streets of 1930s Chicago, Jessie Buckley plays a murdered woman resurrected to be the companion of Frankenstein’s monster, played by Christian Bale. Created to belong to him, she instead discovers her own fierce will. As the pair are swept into a volatile outlaw romance, love sparks rebellion and the city’s underworld descends into turmoil in this raw, punk-infused tale of passion and defiance.

Wednesday 15 April at 5.30pm
Thursday 16 April at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

2025 | Dir Josh Safdie | USA | 150 min
Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion

Set in 1950s New York, Timothée Chalamet plays ambitious, fast-talking, Marty Mauser, a gifted but flawed table-tennis hustler clawing his way to the top of his sport. Chasing fame and quick money, his choices spark mounting pressure and emotional fallout. Told in a tense, non-linear rush, the film swaps standard sports drama for a sharp portrait of obsession, ambition, in the messy pursuit of the American Dream.

Friday 17 April at 11.00am (Babes In Arms)

2025 | Dir Lee Sang-il | Japan | 174 min
Stars: Ryô Yoshizawa, Ryûsei Yokohama, Mitsuki Takahata

After losing his yakuza gangleader father as a teenager, Kikuo becomes interested in kabuki, a traditional and highly skilled form of Japanese acting. The film follows the bonds Kikuo forms his mentor and his son Shunsuke, and the rivalry that develops between the two as they both aspire to become legends of kabuki. Swiftly becoming Japan’s highest-grossing live action film, Kokuho is a passion project for its director some fifteen years in the making, and a decades-spanning epic about what it takes to truly master your craft.
Japanese with English subtitles.

Screening as a preview with kind permission of Vue Lumiere ahead of its general release on 08 May.

Saturday 18 April at 1.30pm

2025 | Dir Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil | 161 min
Stars: Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco

Recife, Brazil 1977. Against the chaotic backdrop of carnival, Marcelo, a widowed political exile returns to his hometown to reclaim his young son and flee the country. But corrupt agents of the military dictatorship are already watching. As secret police close in through crowded streets, Marcelo must outrun a regime that has turned an entire nation into a surveillance state. Oscar-nominated Wagner Moura stars in this gripping thriller, described by The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw as “Visually and dramatically superb in every way”.
Portuguese with English subtitles.

Tuesday 21 April at 2.30pm and 7.00pm

2026 | Dir Ivo Van Hove | UK | 135 min
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?

Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

Wednesday 22 April at 6.30pm

2010 | Dir Nigel Cole | UK | 113 min
Stars: Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson

The engaging real life story of the uprising of the 187 women machinists at the Ford auto factory in Dagenham in 1968. Initially reluctant, Rita O'Grady leads a strike by her fellow machinists to gain equal rights and pay with the 55,000 male workers at the factory, taking a major historic step towards equal pay for women. The use of archival footage, sixties music and costume makes for a fine recreation of the times and strong performances and direction bring the film to an emotional climax.
Presented in conjunction with the Museum of Croydon’s Forge: Industries of Croydon exhibition.

Thursday 23 April at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

1993 | Dir Woody Allen | USA | 104 min

Following on from our very successful screening of Manhattan, we now present Allen’s final collaboration with the late Diane Keaton. This was an early script idea for Annie Hall that he resurrected in the early 1990s. Allen and Keaton play a couple who are shocked when the wife of their neighbours dies and they suspect her husband. Enrolling two of their friends (Alan Alda and Angelica Huston), they attempt to establish the truth about her death. This film is a reminder of the pair at their comic best.
This will be preceded by the short, Cinema Now, introduced by director Louis Holder.
A 35mm presentation in association with The Cinema Museum.

Saturday 25 April at 2.00pm