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Get in the festive spirit with the 15th Anniversary re-release of Arthur Christmas!

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title “Santa” to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation.

However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

Tickets £5 for everyone!

Please note this screening is open to all but designed for those that might benefit from a more relaxed cinema environment, such as guests living with dementia. See more on what to expect here.

David Lean was one of the greatest film directors of all time. He redefined what movies could be, but his singular vision and dogged determination to film the impossible gained him a reputation of being an obsessed maverick. He was a master of his art, able to create love and beauty on screen, but whose own life was often messy, rootless, and painful.

An in-depth study of the man and his films. Narrated by Cate Blanchett, Kenneth Branagh is the voice of Lean, featuring interviews with some of our great contemporary directors.

“Suitably epic… unquestionably, a must-see.”

- The Times

“A dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan. Thoroughly exhilarating and enjoyable.”

- The Guardian

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On Christmas Eve, tough New York detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles with the aim of reconciling with his estranged wife, Holly, at the Christmas party of her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation. But the party is violently disrupted by a group of heavily armed criminals led by the charismatic Hans Gruber. Outmanned, outgunned and ill-equipped for the task at hand, McClane calls in the help of a local beat cop in his crusade against Gruber.

Celebrate Doctor Who Day with an exclusive big-screen event marking 20 years of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

For the first time ever in cinemas, the acclaimed two-part adventure The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit have been specially re-edited into a single movie-length presentation, created exclusively for theatrical audiences. Join the Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) as they travel to Sanctuary Base 6, a remote outpost perched on a planet orbiting a black hole. When an ancient force awakens beneath the surface, the crew find themselves trapped in a battle against an evil older than time itself.

This special Doctor Who Day screening also includes exclusive bonus material, featuring previously unseen content and a brand-new interview with a special guest.

Please note the feature will begin promptly at 7pm.

To celebrate Tate Britain’s blockbuster Monet and Time exhibition, Exhibition on Screen is delighted to bring the iconic story of Claude Monet to cinema screens.

Undeniably one of the world's favourite artists and the figurehead of the Impressionist movement prepare to be dazzled by his spectacular and revolutionary use of light and colour and step into one of the most famous gardens in history.

Immerse yourself in iconic masterpieces and discover the incredible story of passion and rebellion in this exciting documentary on the man who named the world’s favourite art movement.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist, he is unmatched at depicting human connection. The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition brings together vibrant masterpieces which explore love in all its forms, bringing colour and warmth into the cold winter months.

Be transported back to a Parisian summer of love through the eyes of a true visionary. An unmissable opportunity to fall in love with Renoir this winter.

At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer, and rally driver—Erika embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a divided Germany in ruins, traveling from the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.

£5 for Friends of the Forum Members!

“Another expansive, enriching work from a modern master”

- Time Out

“an impossibly elegant, poised historical vignette”

- The Guardian

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema for a festive big-screen experience as they celebrate Evie’s first Christmas! Share in the excitement of Christmas Day as the family of five reflect on treasured seasonal memories.

From snowy adventures and festive plays to decorating the tree, this

hour-long cinema experience brings together 7 classic festive-themed Peppa Pig episodes and 4 brand-new songs that little ones can dance and sing along to. Filled with laughter, music and heartwarming moments, this special cinema experience is the perfect family day out during the Christmas season.

So grab your hats, scarves and gloves and enjoy the magic of the season along with your favourite piggies at the Festive Fun with Peppa Cinema Experience!

The anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Godzilla Minus One.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus.Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life.

Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant.There is no third time. Everything ends here.

£3 for 16-25 members!

One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens's masterpiece to vivid on-screen life, studded with memorable set-pieces, from young Pip’s hair-raising encounter with Magwitch in the graveyard to the eerie Gothic fantasy world of Miss Havisham.

Book to see Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean and your Great Expectations ticket will automatically be discounted to just £3!

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When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true.

But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home.

Tickets £5 for everyone!

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Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad’s credit card, despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy.

But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he’s determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

Tickets £5 for everyone!

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Join us for the 80th anniversary of the festive classic this Christmas!

After George Bailey (James Stewart) wishes he had never been born, an angel (Henry Travers) is sent to earth to make George's wish come true. George starts to realize how many lives he has changed and impacted, and how they would be different if he was never there.

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Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, which disappoints his son. After he misses his son’s karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his favourite television hero for Christmas.

Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

Tickets £5 for everyone!

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. Unveiled at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release.

Starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils remains a landmark exploration of religious persecution, hysteria and institutional corruption.

‘Russell’s director’s cut is the stuff of legend’

- Slant Magazine

Kendal Mountain Events returns for another season of adventure and human connection.

The annual Kendal Mountain Tour brings the spirit of the world-famous festival of adventure, outdoor culture, and storytelling to stages across the country. Get ready to be transported by a handpicked curation of award-winning short films, showcasing breathtaking landscapes, bold expeditions, and unforgettable stories from around the world, with some behind the scenes information from the filmmakers themselves.

Whether you’re an avid explorer or someone who cherishes the power of storytelling and the beauty of nature, this film only event promises to leave you inspired and moved by the shared spirit of adventure.

A spellbinding, era-spanning, award-winning Spanish drama inspired by an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca.

1932, 1937, and 2017; three men confront the ghosts of a Spain torn between desire and repression.

Carlos fights for acceptance, Sebastián falls in love across the battle lines of the Civil War, and Alberto unearths a family secret buried for decades. Bound by forbidden passions, violence, and inherited wounds, their intertwined destinies expose a legacy of intolerance that refuses to die, echoing the tragic world of Federico García Lorca.

Spurred on by his debt-ridden father, young Ethan starts training as a jockey at a renowned stable that only accepts the very best to compete in steeplechase, the most dangerous form of horse racing.

This turns out to be a dark world governed by money and all it entails – betting, cheating, doping – marked by rivalry and cruelty towards both the callow jockeys and their four-legged companions. Jeanne Balibar and Marco Luraschi star in Julien Menanteau’s first feature film, which gives free rein to a spirited and raw style.

An incredibly original proposition in the landscape of young French cinema - Cineuropa

David Lean was one of the greatest film directors of all time. He redefined what movies could be, but his singular vision and dogged determination to film the impossible gained him a reputation of being an obsessed maverick. He was a master of his art, able to create love and beauty on screen, but whose own life was often messy, rootless, and painful.

An in-depth study of the man and his films. Narrated by Cate Blanchett, Kenneth Branagh is the voice of Lean, featuring interviews with some of our great contemporary directors.

“Suitably epic… unquestionably, a must-see.”

- The Times

“A dashing retrospective for a cinematic titan. Thoroughly exhilarating and enjoyable.”

- The Guardian

Continue your David Lean experience by booking a ticket to see his 1946 adaptation of Great Expectations, just £3 when included in the same order!

A little community spirit can go a long way!

An all-star cast of homegrown greats assemble to spread some cinematic festive cheer in Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint. After a snow globe shopping catastrophe lands him in hot water, Aubrey Flint is forced into community service at a struggling retirement home. Under threat from an evil property developer, Ellen rallies the residents and ropes Aubrey into a gloriously chaotic production of 'A Christmas Carol' in the hope of saving the site.

From the streets of York to the makeshift stage, Aubrey not only discovers the power of the local community but also rediscovers the magic of the season.

This heartwarming comedy drama stars John Bradley, Celia Imrie, Richard E. Grant, and the voice of Jim Broadbent.

From Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the 2024 Oscar®-winning directors of No Other Land.

Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the film reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

The film features 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers breaking ranks to expose the reality of the war in Gaza, from automated AI targeting systems to calculated civilian casualty rates, known as ‘NAZA’.

Acclaimed internationally but branded treasonous by critics at home, the filmmakers offer a gripping, unflinching account of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Screening as part of our Grand Auction which you can book for free here.

Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful and thrilling caper starring Cary Grant, James Mason and Eva Marie Saint. A genre defining classic and simply put, one of the most entertaining films to ever hit the big screen.

Roger O. Thornhill finds a simple case of mistaken identity snowballing into a breakneck chase across the country.

£5 for Friends of the Forum Members!

A powerful, life-affirming British drama from Academy Award-nominated Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Onwards and Sideways stars BAFTA Award-winner Rhys Ifans, Academy Award-nominee Laura Linney.

Tony Evans is deputy headteacher of a primary school. Emma Dretzin is a musician and composer, and a single mother of two daughters. Neither knows the other, until a startling encounter changes the course of their lives. On the same morning, they are both confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.

Onwards and Sideways is their story - a friendship which unfolds unexpectedly. A story of humour, courage, music, movement and the transformative power of human connection. Challenging assumptions, the film celebrates the capacity to find joy, freedom and hope, even in life's most difficult moments.

A new film from the National Emergency Briefing - a public information initiative to ensure the UK is fully briefed on the climate and nature crisis.

Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. The People’s Emergency Briefing presents the national implications of climate and nature breakdown - along with credible, positive responses - in a single, accessible account.

Featuring Chris Packham, leading scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.

The film will be followed by a discussion led by members of Hexham’s Climate Cafe, learn what you can do at a local level.

Tickets are pay as you feel, if you’d like to claim a free ticket and avoid the online processing fee book via our cinema box office.

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Put on your PJ's and join us for our Forum Christmas eve tradition, a cosy watch of the family favourite, The Polar Express, with a free hot chocolate from us for every guest!

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Celebrating its 35th Anniversary. Raise the Red Lantern is about nineteen-year-old Songlian, a promising student whose family has been destroyed by her father’s death, is forced to abandon her studies and marry into wealth, becoming the fourth and newest concubine of the aging, unseen Master Chen. Inside his walled estate, she discovers a household ruled by a merciless ritual: each night, red lanterns are lit outside the chambers of whichever wife the master chooses to visit, granting her privilege and status while the others are cast into cold irrelevance.  

“As visually striking as it is dramatically effective,” Zhang Yimou’s Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Winner Raise the Red Lantern sumptuously captures 1920s China while “subtly exploring the politics of power and control” (Janet Maslin, The New York Times), your programmer can’t recommend it enough!

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In this 1940 classic festive romantic comedy unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn’t have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Tickets £3/£5 for Members!

Our Wayback Wednesday series returns to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rocky, the Oscar-winning sports drama that first introduced us to the Italian Stallion.

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it’s his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

£5 for Friends of the Forum members!

We’re pleased to share an early preview screening of Santiago: The Camino Therapy, “A love letter to a life-changing experience” set on the Camino de Santiago.

A woman carrying a past she is trying to come to terms with and a rebellious teenager struggling to contain his anger, set out on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The trail becomes a space for both confrontation and healing.

“A beautiful redemptive film about the power and perseverance of pilgrimage“ 

- British Pilgrimage Trust

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THE HOLDOVERS reunites Sideways alums Paul Giamatti and director Alexander Payne in a Christmas story of three lonely, shipwrecked people at a New England boarding school over a very snowy holiday break in 1970.

The comedy stars Giamatti as Paul Hunham, an odiferous, optically-challenged adjunct professor of ancient history who is universally disliked by students and faculty; Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb, the head cook of the school whose only child Curtis was killed in Vietnam, and Dominic Sessa, in his film debut, as Angus Tully, a student at the school - a smart, damaged, troublemaker but a good kid underneath who’s just trying to make his way. Left to their own devices in the empty school, there are adventures, a little calamity and finally, a semblance of family.

Our Wayback Wednesday series, celebrating the cinema of 1976, crash lands with Nicolas Roeg's enigmatic extra-terrestrial drama starring David Bowie.

Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions.

While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

£5 for Friends of the Forum members!

A vanished wife. A borrowed name. A house in the Portuguese countryside.

Grieving and aimless, quiet geography teacher Fernando slips into another man's identity as a gardener and finds, in the friendship that follows, a life that isn't his own. A tender and hopeful story about connection and purpose.

A “thoroughly rewarding, rich and immersive experience” is just £5 for Friends of the Forum Members!

Richard Hawkins' powerful, award-winning period drama.

Six disparate souls are sent on a secret government mission in 1943 to make propaganda adult films for the boys on the frontline. Finding themselves ingloriously thrust together, the group attempt to fulfil their orders. As the shoot progresses each finds themselves facing their own trauma as boundaries are pushed and the project begins to unravel.

"Thought-provoking, witty and humane, Think of England is British filmmaking at its best" - Raindance Film Festival

A double dose of 60s sci-fi, Atlantic Inferno and Attack of the Alligators! Bursting with action, suspense and Gerry Anderson’s groundbreaking Supermarionation, these fan favourites showcase International Rescue at its very best combining daring rescues, stunning model work, unforgettable characters and giant alligators!

Whether you're reliving the fiery undersea rescue of Atlantic Inferno or the thrilling race against time to stop a swarm of deadly reptiles in Attack of the Alligators! This cinema double bill is a must-see celebration of Thunderbirds at its most action-packed and adventurous.

An intimate portrait of Just Stop Oil protestors asks what it really costs to take a stand in a supposedly democratic society.

Told through the lives and motivations of those on the frontline, We, the Hated turns its camera on the people behind one of the most polarising protest movements in recent memory. What emerges goes deeper than placards and road blocks: these are individuals who have weighed up the personal consequences of action against the existential stakes of inaction.

With fossil fuels driving both the climate crisis and global conflict, and governments increasingly cracking down on dissent, the film raises urgent questions about protest, power and what democracy actually means in practice.

Director Rich Felgate, who is in a relationship with one of Just Stop Oil's co-founders, brings an insider closeness to the story whilst retaining enough balance to speak to audiences well beyond the already converted.

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Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgard, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E. Grant, Wicker is “Absurdly hilarious and achingly romantic.” (- Screen Rant) and the must see British film this Autumn.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi).

Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone’s trip to this remote paradise sideways.

“A blood-thumping comic thriller.”

- The Telegraph

Prue and her classmate Curtis are drawn into a magical forest filled with enchanted creatures, loyal allies, and formidable adversaries as they embark on a desperate quest to rescue Prue’s abducted baby brother from a murder of crows led by a mysterious woman named Alexandra.

Warsaw, 1981. Martial law shuts down the country, turning it into a prison overnight. Taxis are replaced by tanks, citizens are treated like criminals, and visiting British Professor Joan Andrews (Lesley Manville) finds herself trapped. After witnessing the murder of a young student by the secret police, Joan herself becomes the target.

Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

From boundary-pushing directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim comes You Can See Everything, a meta documentary like you’ve never seen before.

£3 for 16-25 members!