Cameo Cinema

• 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.

• 79%
• 86%

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• 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.

• 71%
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• 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.

• 78%
• 78%
• 96%

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• 2023
• 2h 4min
• 12A

• Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
• Cast: Luca Padovan, Robert Pattinson, Christian Bale

Mahito ventures into a world where the living and dead share space.

• 76%
• 92%

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• 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.

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• 2023
• UK / US / France
• 1h 38min
• PG

• Directed by: Sam Fell
• Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, Nick Mohammed

Ginger and the flock have made a paradise for themselves, but a new threat looms on the horizon.

• 74%
• 63%

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• 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.

• 76%
• 87%

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• 2023
• UK
• 1h 39min
• 18

• Directed by: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping
• Cast: George MacKay, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Aaron Heffernan

Jules, victim of a homophobic attack, comes across his attacker in a sauna. Jules plans his revenge.

• 77%
• 67%

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• 2023
• Japan
• 2h 5min
• 12A

• Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki
• Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki

Returning the franchise to its roots, post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new threat emerges in the form of a gigantic monster.

• 85%
• 79%

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• 1989
• Finland
• 1h 18min
• 15

• Directed by: Aki Kaurismaki
• Cast: Matti Pellonpaa, Kari Vaananen, Sakke Jarvenpaa

The Leningrad Cowboys have no musical success in their home country of Russia so they head to America to on take the world.

• 70%
• 100%

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• 2023
• Belgium / France
• 1h 23min
• 12A

• Directed by: Zeno Graton
• Cast: Khalil Ben Gharbia, Julien De Saint Jean, Eye Haidara

In a juvenile reform centre, two youngsters fall in love.

• 69%

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• 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.

• 72%
• 77%

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• 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.

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• 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.

• 77%
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• 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.

• 66%
• 64%

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• 2023
• 1h 54min
• 15

• Directed by: DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman
• Cast: Kamila Urzedowska, Robert Gulaczyk, Miroslaw Baka

The Peasants
Poland 2023, 15, 114 mins, drama, adaptation

From the makers of Loving Vincent and using the same celebrated oil painted animation technique, The Peasants is a visually thrilling adaptation of 1924 Nobel Prize-winning novel by Wladyslaw Reymont (Poland) about a late 19th century Polish peasant woman who creates havoc by marrying an older rich man.

The visual style of The Peasants is based on Polish art from the late 19th and early 20th Century with an emphasis on works from the Young Poland movement by artists such as Josef Chelmonski, Ferdynand Ruszczyc and Leon Wyczolkowksi, most recently featured in the acclaimed exhibition at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow.

Poland’s entry into the 2024 Academy Awards, The Peasants is a rich embodiment of Polish culture at the time - the music, the dance scenes, the countryside & artistic references.

• 82%
• 72%

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• 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.

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• 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.

• 75%
• 60%

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• 2023
• UK
• 1h 30min
• 15

• Directed by: Paul Sng
• Cast: Maxine Peake, Shin-Fei Chen, Ella Murtha

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable toescape the poverty and inequality she exposed.

Driven by a commitment to document the impact of deindustrialisation on working-class communities in Northeast England in the 1970s and 1980s, Tish Murtha used her camera to expose societal inequality. She felt she had an obligation to the people and problems within her local environment and that documentary photography could highlight and challenge the social disadvantages that she had suffered. However, despite early acclaim for her work, she was unable to make a living from photography and died in poverty.

The film is a journey of exploration for Ella Murtha as both daughter and custodian of the Tish Murtha archive, a chance to elevate and preserve a legacy that has been lost and to tell the story of an artist and woman.

• 85%

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