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Cinema City

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St Andrews Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4AD
  • Box office 0871 902 5724
  • General enquiries 0871 704 2053
  • Box office times Mon–Sat noon–8.30pm; Sun 4–8pm.
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  • Website www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/…
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Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall
  • 2023
  • 2h 30min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Justine Triet
  • Cast: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner

When her husband Samuel is mysteriously found dead in the snow below their secluded chalet, Sandra becomes the main suspect when the police begin to question whether he fell or was pushed. The trial soon becomes not just an investigation, but a gripping psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s complicated marriage. With conflicting evidence and inconsistent testimony, words are wielded like weapons and shocking truths come to light in this thrilling Palme d’Or winner.

Wed 6 Dec
Subtitled
Subtitled / Senior
Thu 7 Dec
Subtitled
Fri 8 Dec
Subtitled
Sat 9 Dec
Subtitled
Sun 10 Dec
Subtitled
Mon 11 Dec
Subtitled
Tue 12 Dec
Subtitled / Senior
Thu 14 Dec
Subtitled

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas
  • 2011
  • UK / US
  • 1h 37min
  • U
  • Directed by: Sarah Smith
  • Written by: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
  • Cast: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Ramona Marquez

Arthur Christmas (McAvoy) is the overlooked star of the Santa team, but when it looks like a small girl's present may not get delivered, he enlists the help of his curmudgeonly grandfather (Nighy). With characters boringly reflecting different degrees of niceness, this contrived family feud lacks the wit that made Aardman's name.

Sat 9 Dec
Kids

Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast
  • 1987
  • Denmark
  • 1h 43min
  • U
  • Directed by: Gabriel Axel
  • Cast: Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer

In the Jutland peninsula during the late 19th century, exiled French housekeeper Audran wins 10,000 francs in a lottery and uses the money to prepare a sumptuous banquet in honour of a deceased Lutheran dean, whose daughters are sustaining his mission to the poor and needy. But when the shopping list arrives the sisters begin to wonder if a feast is compatible with their piety. A delicious gastronomic experience and an exquisite, boisterous slice of cinematic narrative with real feeling.

Sun 10 Dec
Subtitled

The Bravest Knight: Cedric and the Dragon

The Bravest Knight: Cedric and the Dragon
  • 2019
  • US
  • 12min
  • U
  • Directed by: Shabnam Rezaei
  • Cast: Storm Reid, Wilson Cruz, T.R. Knight

The friends confront a dragon and must solve a riddle to get past her.

  • IMDb
Tue 12 Dec
Wed 13 Dec

CBeebies Panto: Robin Hood

CBeebies Panto: Robin Hood
  • 2023
  • UK
  • 1h
  • U
  • Cast: Justin Fletcher, Maddie Moate, Ben Faulks, Jennie Dale, Rhys Stephenson, Dodge T Dog

CBEEBIES PANTO 2023 - Experience the magic of the CBeebies Christmas Show on the BIG CINEMA SCREEN, with additional Exclusive Content featuring your favourite CBeebies stars!

The show will be sprinkled with plenty of CBeebies magic, festive music, stunning dance performances and a star cast of CBeebies presenters and on-screen talent, making it an engaging theatrical spectacle for all the family.

Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec

Dream Scenario

Dream Scenario
  • 2023
  • US
  • 1h 40min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Kristoffer Borgli
  • Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker

An unremarkable professor becomes an overnight celebrity when he starts appearing in millions of people's dreams.

Wed 6 Dec

The Eternal Daughter

The Eternal Daughter
  • 2022
  • UK / US
  • 1h 36min
  • PG
  • Directed by: Joanna Hogg
  • Cast: Tilda Swinton, Joseph Mydell, Carly-Sophia Davies

The Eternal daughter
Joanna Hogg | UK, USA | 2022 | 96m | PG

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

Thu 7 Dec

Fallen Leaves

Fallen Leaves
  • 2023
  • Finland / Germany
  • 1h 21min
  • 12A
  • Directed by: Aki Kaurismäki
  • Cast: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen

Two lost souls meet in a karaoke bar and fall for each other.

Wed 6 Dec
Subtitled
Subtitled / Senior
Thu 7 Dec
Subtitled
Fri 8 Dec
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Mon 11 Dec
Senior
Wed 13 Dec
Thu 14 Dec

Maestro

Maestro
  • 2023
  • US
  • 2h 9min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Bradley Cooper
  • Cast: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Michael Urie

Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan star in a biopic of American composer Leonard Bernstein.

Fri 8 Dec
Senior
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Mon 11 Dec
Subtitled / Senior
Tue 12 Dec
Wed 13 Dec
Thu 14 Dec
Senior

Metropolitan Opera: Florencia en el Amazonas

Metropolitan Opera: Florencia en el Amazonas
  • 2023
  • US

Sung in Spanish and inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s 1996 opera tells the enchanting story of a Brazilian opera diva who returns to her homeland to perform at the legendary opera house of Manaus—and to search for her lost lover, who has vanished into the jungle. The performance stars soprano Ailyn Pérez as Florencia Grimaldi, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to lead a spellbinding new production by Mary Zimmerman that brings the mysterious and magical realm of the Amazon to the Met stage. A distinguished ensemble of artists portray the diva’s fellow travelers on the river boat to Manaus, including soprano Gabriella Reyes as the journalist Rosalba, bass-baritone Greer Grimsley as the ship’s captain, baritone Mattia Olivieri as his enigmatic first mate, tenor Mario Chang as the captain’s nephew Arcadio, and mezzo-soprano Nancy Fabiola Herrera and baritone Michael Chioldi as the feuding couple Paula and Álvaro.

Sat 9 Dec
Fri 15 Dec

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • 1992
  • US
  • 1h 25min
  • U
  • Directed by: Brian Henson
  • Cast: Michael Caine, Steven Mackintosh, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, David Rudman, Steve Whitmire

It's Christmas time, and nasty old miser Scrooge (Caine) needs to be taught a lesson by three seasonal ghosts. Colourful version of Dickens' classic tale that will please the kids and keep the adults smiling with its little irreverent spices.

Mon 11 Dec
Sat 16 Dec
Kids
Sun 17 Dec
Autism-friendly
Fri 22 Dec
Kids

Napoleon

Napoleon
  • 2023
  • UK / US
  • 2h 37min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Ridley Scott
  • Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim

Director Ridley Scott’s film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of his addictive, and often volatile, relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Josephine.

Wed 6 Dec
Thu 7 Dec
Fri 8 Dec
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Subtitled
Mon 11 Dec
Tue 12 Dec
Senior
Wed 13 Dec
Thu 14 Dec

The Nettle Dress

The Nettle Dress
  • 2023
  • UK
  • 1h 8min
  • 12A
  • Directed by: Dylan Howitt
  • Cast: Allan Brown

Textile artist Allan Brown spent seven years making a dress by hand just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion, but also his medicine. It’s how Allan survives the passing of his wife, leaving him and their four children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her.

Stunningly filmed by award-winning documentary maker Dylan Howitt, The Nettle Dress follows Allan's journey through seasons and years, foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth, before finally sharing a healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters.

The film will be followed by a recorded Q&A with Allan Brown and director Dylan Howitt.

Thu 7 Dec

Q&A with Recorded

Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker

Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker
  • 2023
  • UK

The Royal Ballet

The Nutcracker ​

Running time 170 minutes (including one interval)

Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing.

Tue 12 Dec
Mon 18 Dec

Saltburn

Saltburn
  • 2023
  • UK / US
  • 2h 11min
  • 15
  • Directed by: Emerald Fennell
  • Cast: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan

A university student is drawn into the world of an aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's estate for the summer.

Wed 6 Dec
Thu 7 Dec
Fri 8 Dec
Senior
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Mon 11 Dec
Senior
Tue 12 Dec
Wed 13 Dec
Thu 14 Dec

Seaside Special

Seaside Special
  • 2023
  • UK
  • 1h 33min
  • 12A
  • Directed by: Jens Meurer
  • Cast: Olly Day, Polly Duniam, Natasha Lamb

A documentary around a seaside town and how it prepares for it's annual pier variety show.

Thu 7 Dec
Senior
Wed 13 Dec
Senior

Stick Man

Stick Man
  • 2015
  • UK
  • 27min
  • U
  • Directed by: Jeroen Jaspaert, Daniel Snaddon
  • Cast: Martin Freeman, Jennifer Saunders, Sally Hawkins, Rob Brydon

Stick Man (Freeman) gets carried away from the family tree, and has to make it back for Christmas.

Wed 6 Dec
Sat 23 Dec

Wonka

Wonka
  • 2023
  • UK / US
  • 1h 52min
  • PG
  • Directed by: Paul King
  • Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Hugh Grant

An origin story for Willy Wonka featuring an all-star cast and directed by Paddington's Paul King.

Fri 8 Dec
Sat 9 Dec
Sun 10 Dec
Mon 11 Dec
Tue 12 Dec
Wed 13 Dec
Thu 14 Dec

A Year in a Field

A Year In A Field
  • 2023
  • 12A
  • Directed by: Christopher Morris

Winter Solstice 2020: with his camera and tripod, BAFTA winning documentary film-maker Christopher Morris began filming each day in a field near his home.

Wed 6 Dec

Q&A with Recorded

Cinema City

The building housing this cinema was bequeathed in 1925 to the 'Mayor, Alderman and Citizens of the City of Norwich' with the intention 'that the place should be used for the advancement of education in its widest and most comprehensive sense'. That aim stands true today, as a vast range of events and themed screenings take place at the venue, including showings of documentaries and live recordings of opera and theatre shows. Refreshments are available at the Dining Room.

All areas of the building are accessible by wheelchair and adapted toilet facilities are available.

To access the cinema by public transport please note that Norwich Railway Station is a short walk away, as is the Norwich Castle Meadow Bus Terminal.

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