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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.
Tue 12 Dec
Cape Fear
- 1991
- US
- 2h 7min
- 18
- Directed by: Martin Scorsese
- Written by: Wesley Strick
- Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
Scorsese's stunning remake of the 1962 original leaves Silence of the Lambs pallid by comparison. De Niro is terrifying as white trash psycho Max Cady, out of prison and stalking the family of the lawyer who suppressed evidence to put him away. Disturbing sexual undertones, centred on 15-year-old Danny (Lewis), make this an even more uncomfortable, but unmissable, top-notch scare-fest.
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Circle Square: Diwali Island
- 2021
- UK
- 30min
Baljit the lion comes to celebrate Diwali with his friends on Circle Square Island.
Tue 14 Nov
Citizen Kane
- 1941
- US
- 1h 59min
- PG
- Directed by: Orson Welles
- Written by: Herman J Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
- Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Stewart, Ruth Warrick, Erskine Sanford, William Alland
Stunningly successful biographical mosaic centring on a Hearst-like media tycoon. Welles' first film remains scintillating viewing for its sheer technical verve, narrative confidence and spellbinding performances.
Tue 31 Oct
Elemental
- 2023
- US
- 1h 49min
- PG
- Directed by: Peter Sohn
- Cast: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen
Elemental is the latest Disney-Pixar feature, based in a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together. When Ember, a fiery young woman meets Wade, a go-with-the-flow guy, they discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common. Directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur), Elemental draws inspiration from Sohn's youth, growing up as the son of immigrants in New York City during the 1970s, highlighting the city's distinct cultural and ethnic diversity.
Sat 4 Nov
Kids
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
- 2021
- Japan
- 2h 34min
- 15
- Directed by: Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki
- Cast: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura
The final instalment of Hideaki Anno's 'Rebuild of Evangelion' franchise.
Sat 7 Oct
Subtitled
An Evening with Jonas Kaufmann
In the magical setting of the Arena di Verona, celebrating its 100th season, the ‘King of Tenors’, Jonas Kaufmann will take you on an unforgettable musical journey.
Thu 12 Oct
Frozen
- 2013
- US
- 1h 48min
- PG
- Directed by: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
- Cast: Voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel
Princess Anna (Bell) is disturbed to find that her sister Elsa (Menzel) can create ice and snow, but when Elsa goes into exile the kingdom freezes, and Anna and friends must find her. With no celebrity voice-overs or pop culture gags, just a venerable story, good songs and classic characters, it's an old-fashioned delight.
Sat 14 Oct
Kids
Killers of the Flower Moon
- 2023
- 3h 26min
- 15
- Directed by: Martin Scorsese
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone
At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. After members of the tribe are found dead, a murder investigation begins, in order to find the culprits.
Fri 20 Oct
Sat 21 Oct
Sun 22 Oct
Subtitled
The Little Mermaid
- 2023
- US
- 2h 15min
- PG
- Directed by: Rob Marshall
- Cast: Halle Bailey, Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy
Disney's live-action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fishy tale.
Fri 27 Oct
Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
- 2024
- US
Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell brings a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s troubled lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the loyal Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet’s heart-pounding score.
Sat 27 Jan
Wed 31 Jan
Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly
- 2024
- US
Extraordinary soprano Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the loyal geisha at the heart of Puccini’s devastating tragedy. Tenor Jonathan Tetelman stars as the callous American naval officer Pinkerton, whose betrayal destroys her. Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong reprises the role of the steadfast maid Suzuki, and baritone Lucas Meachem is the American consul Sharpless. Acclaimed maestro Xian Zhang takes the podium to conduct Anthony Minghella’s vivid production.
Sat 11 May
Wed 15 May
The Princess and the Frog
- 2010
- US
- 1h 37min
- U
- Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker
- Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman
Set in 1920s Louisiana and featuring Disney's first African-American Princess, this culturally important, beautiful and evocative (of a New Orleans that no longer exists) film may not have the standout musical numbers of some of its stablemates but is an old fashioned treat all the same.
Sat 7 Oct
Kids
Room on the Broom
- 2012
- UK
- 25min
- U
- Directed by: Jan Lachauer/Max Lang
- Cast: Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon, Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Sally Hawkins, David Walliams
Charming kids' tale about a witch who lets too many creatures onto her broom, much to the annoyance of her cat.
Tue 24 Oct
Royal Opera House: Andrea Chénier
- 2024
- UK
Jonas Kaufmann headlines David McVicar's spectacular staging of Giordano's epic historical drama, conducted by long-time collaborator Antonio Pappano. Co-production with China National Centre for Performing Arts, Beijing and San Francisco Opera.
Tue 11 Jun
Subtitled
Royal Opera House: Carmen
- 2024
- UK
Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the title role in Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. Co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid and La Scala, Milan.
Wed 1 May
Subtitled
Tue 7 May
Subtitled
Royal Opera House: Don Quixote
- 2023
- UK
Teeming with comedy, wit and an abundance of bravura choreography, Carlos Acosta's production brings the Spanish heat and romance of Cervantes' classic novel to life.
Tue 7 Nov
Tue 14 Nov
Royal Opera House: L'elisir d'amore
- 2023
- UK
Expect sun, fun and vocal acrobatics in Laurent Pelly’s much-loved staging of Donizetti’s intoxicating and witty comedy. A co-production with Opéra national de Paris.
Thu 5 Oct
Subtitled
Tue 10 Oct
Subtitled
Royal Opera House: MacMillan Celebrated
- 2024
- UK
The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets, Danses Concertantes, Different Drummer and Requiem.
Tue 9 Apr
Tue 16 Apr
Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly
- 2024
- UK
Puccini’s devastating tragedy about a young geisha who falls in love with an American naval officer.
Tue 26 Mar
Subtitled
Fri 29 Mar
Subtitled
Royal Opera House: Manon
- 2024
- UK
Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price.
Wed 7 Feb
Tue 13 Feb
Royal Opera House: Message in a Bottle
- 2024
- UK
The iconic songs of Sting. The electrifying choreography of Kate Prince. This is a tale of hope.
Thu 30 May
Tue 4 Jun
Royal Opera House: Rusalka
- 2024
- UK
This poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale reveals our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it.
Wed 24 Jan
Subtitled
Royal Opera House: Swan Lake
- 2024
- UK
Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.
Wed 24 Apr
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
Fri 15 Dec
Royal Opera House: The Winter's Tale
- 2024
- UK
Shakespeare’s profound story of love and loss, artfully adapted into a contemporary three-act narrative ballet by Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon, returns to the Main Stage. A co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada.
Wed 22 May
Tue 28 May
The Shining
- 1980
- US
- 2h 26min
- 18
- Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, Philip Stone.
Kubrick's overwrought, overlong horror film dispenses with much of the psychic apparatus of Stephen King's novel to concentrate on the deeper horror of a family turning in on itself. Nicholson, with all the stops out, is bug-eyed and demonic as the writer cracking up violently in an isolated hotel, and the final scenes are, literally, chilling.
Tue 31 Oct
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (15)
MWLDAN 1 | MWLDAN 2 | MWLDAN 3
ANNA HINTS | ESTONIA | 2023 | tbc’
This Sundance-winning documentary celebrates female solidarity and community through a group of Estonian women who continue an age-old tradition of sauna-based rituals carried out by the Voro community. Anna Hints’ captivating film places us at the heart of this world. As the women unwind and talk, there is humour borne of their familiarity with each other and of shared experiences, but there are also tales of pain and suffering. In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
£8.40 (£7.70) (£5.90)
Wed 11 Oct
Q&A
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.
Tue 5 Dec
Vertigo
- 1958
- US
- 2h 8min
- PG
- Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by: Alec Coppel, Samuel A Taylor
- Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Detective Scottie Ferguson (Stewart), a man afraid of heights, falls in love with a woman who apparently commits suicide. When he meets her double, he becomes obsessed with the possibility that she is still alive. Extraordinary plotting in this undervalued Hitchcock study of romantic mania, with Stewart memorably cast against type as the distinctly on-the-edge cop. The Bernard Herrmann score is simultaneously lush and disturbing.
Sat 25 Nov
Opened in 1910, the Duke of York's claims to be the oldest purpose-built cinema in the UK, having served continuously as a cinema since then. It caters for everyone with special nights of autism-friendly screenings as well as Kids' Club, Silver Screen showings and Big Scream screenings for those with small babies.
There are adapted toilets available and, apart from the first floor bar and balcony seating, the building has full wheelchair access.
Located in central Brighton, the cinema is within walking distance from Brighton station. A local landmark just off London Road, look out for the kicking legs!
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