Lise, the only daughter of Widow Simone, is in love with the young farmer Colas, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans. 65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée....
Keswick Film Club presents: Dying (in German with English subtitles) Everyone welcome, but if you join the Keswick Film Club for just £10 you can then see the full season of Film Club films at discounted prices. We advise booking tickets online to avoid any queues at the kiosk on arrival. Seats are unallocated. You will forgive us for thinking that we might need to sell this film as worth your ...
Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone) is the icy, high-powered CEO of a major pharmaceutical company. Teddy (Jesse Plemons) is a beekeeper devastated by the progressive diminution of the honeybee population and blaming this on the environmental impact of the conglomerate run by Michelle. Teddy’s conspiracy theory is that Michelle is an alien intent on destroying Earth, and he up with his trusting, innoce...
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing - as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic fil...
A frank, funny and powerful new film inspired by the life and experiences of John Davidson, MBE, charting his journey from a misunderstood teenager in 1980’s Britain to present day advocate for the understanding and acceptance of Tourette Syndrome. Diagnosed aged 15, John navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of ...
Expected to be the biggest anime film of the year worldwide, for the first time, Chainsaw Manslashes his way onto the big screen in an epic, action-fuelled comedy adventure. Denji worked as a Devil Hunter for the yakuza, trying to pay off the debt he inherited from his parents, until the yakuza betrayed him and had him killed. As he was losing consciousness, Denji’s beloved chainsaw powered devi...
Five years in production, this is the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time – Caravaggio. Featuring masterpiece after masterpiece and with first-hand testimony from the artist himself on the eve of his mysterious death, this beautiful new film reveals Caravaggio as never before. Multi-award-winning film makers Phil Grabsky and David Bickerstaff delve into th...
Emma Thompson stars as Barbara, a grieving widow, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young girl's only hope. Barbara and her recently deceased husband ran a fishing supplies store and both were keen on ice-fishing. She's heading out to scatter ...
In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated TV show, a deadly competition where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins, with every move broadcast to a bloodthirsty public and each day bringing a greater cash reward. Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards (Glen Powell) is convinced by the show's charm...
by Bernard Shaw directed by Dominic Cooke Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton ( The Crown ) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter ( Bridgerton ) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has ea...
We follow the Crawley family as they navigate personal and financial challenges in the 1930s, culminating in a heartfelt farewell to the beloved series. In this final instalment the Crawley family faces significant turmoil. Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal that threatens the family's reputation, while the entire household grapples with financial difficulties. The looming thre...
A fresh telling of the Nuremberg Trials. In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist (Rami Malek) must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and ethics with Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler's right-hand man.
The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises and magic in this visually stunning heist three-quel. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Dave Franco and the wonderful Rosamund Pike.
When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, it unleashes a virus that transforms the zoo animals into zombies. Gracie, a quirky young wolf, teams up with a gruff mountain lion named Dan to lead a wacky team of animals on a perilous mission to escape the virus and rescue their zoo, on one spooky night.
Keswick Film Club presents: On Falling (in English) Everyone welcome, but if you join the Keswick Film Club for just £10 you can then see the full season of Film Club films at discounted prices. We advise booking tickets online to avoid any queues at the kiosk on arrival. Seats are unallocated. From the producers of ‘I, Daniel Blake ’, their latest social-realist story takes us into the world o...
Experience the untold story before and beyond The Wizard of Oz in this spellbinding double feature. First, journey to Oz in Wicked � where two unlikely friends, Glinda and Elphaba, defy gravity and fate. Then, continue the magic with the new Wicked: For Good, the epic conclusion that celebrates friendship, courage, and the power to change the world. It's the whole story in one evening - wicked!
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is freshly transformed into a joyous, colourful, feel-good Christmas musical that celebrates modern-day Britain and all of its vibrant communities and cultures. With an all-star cast (including Kunal Nayyar, Hugh Bonneville, Boy George, Pixie Lott, Danny Dyer, Eva Longoria and Billy Porter) and music from Gary Barlow, Nitin Sawhney and Shaznay Lewis, the film fea...
And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend� Superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande bring us the second and final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz. The film begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within...
The we-can't-wait-to-see-it new sequel to one of our favourite films of 2022. The original Sisu is a Scandi-action-drama with increasingly laugh-out-loud, madcap killings of the baddies, who are the Nazis trying to prevent our hero from taking his gold to the local bank. Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, 'the man who refuses to die' dismantles it, loads...
Come along to the Alhambra for a unique opportunity to watch the film and enjoy a post-screening Q&A with director, composers and the subject of the documentary: "Show Up and Start." This insightful 47-minute film delves into the vibrant life and evocative work of Dorothy Ramsay, a Lake District-based artist. The film charts Ramsay’s journey from her postwar childhood in the northeast of England,...
