The story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down.

Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.

Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards.

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.

Directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La La Land) and starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie.

'A cinematic marvel' ★★★★☆  - BBC Culture.

Film Club is joining up with Hexham Book Group for this month’s film – why not read the book before seeing the film and join in the post-show discussion?

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

The Forum Film Club is a monthly film screening followed by a post-film discussion in our café/bar with guest speakers and hosts.

The Forum Film Club is open to all and you do not need to sign up. Just book a ticket and come experience the best that cinema has to offer with other like-minded film lovers!

This award winning British feature set in 80's Newcastle was filmed right here in Hexham!

England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a PE teacher to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

We have a special preview screening with an in person introduction by director Georgia Oakley, producer Helene Sifre and stars Rosy McEwan and Kerrie Hayes on Wednesday the 8th February.

"A slam-dunk masterpiece" ★★★★★ - THE TELEGRAPH

“A vital film in the current British climate” - ALTERNATIVE LENS

Filmed right here in Hexham's old middle school, we are delighted to have Blue Jean director, Georgia Oakley, introduce her film here at The Forum!

To celebrate the award winning Blue Jean, we are delighted to welcome director Georgia Oakley to introduce this special homecoming preview screening on Wednesday the 8th of February. Georgia will be joined by producer Helene Sifre and stars Rosy McEwan and Kerrie Hayes on the night.

England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a PE teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.

"A slam-dunk masterpiece" ★★★★★ - THE TELEGRAPH

A romance develops in a beautiful old cinema on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

EMPIRE OF LIGHT features a stellar cast led by Academy Award winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite, Broadchurch), BAFTA winner Micheal Ward (Blue Story) and Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech). It also reunites Mendes with Academy Award winning cinematographer Roger Deakins (1917, Skyfall).

Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.

An intriguingly experimental new feature from one of Britain's most exciting directors, Mark Jenkin.

Join us on the 30th anniversary of this comedy classic!

Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer and a smart-aleck cameraman, cynical TV weatherman Phil Connors is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard, which he failed to predict, and finds himself stuck in small-town hell. Just when things couldn't get any worse, they do. Phil wakes the next morning to find it's Groundhog Day all over again... and again... and again.

An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, directed by Clint Dyer with a cast that includes Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rosy McEwean (The Alienist) and Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).

She’s a bright, headstrong daughter of a senator; elevated by her status but stifled by its expectations. He’s refugee of slavery; having risen to the top of a white world, he finds love across racial lines has a cost.

Wed in secret, Desdemona and Othello crave a new life together. But as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their future is not theirs to decide.  

Othello is filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre.

Peter von Kant, a successful director lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema. Once Amir becomes a star he breaks up with Peter, leaving him alone to face himself.

A gender swapped reimagining of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant," from director Francois  Ozon

Please note this showing of Puss in Boots on Sunday 26th of February is a relaxed inclusive screening.

The volume will be at a lower level and the house lights will be slightly raised during the performance and there will be no ads or trailers. Doors will be kept open and you are welcome to move around and make noise.

This is open to all with a less formal environment aimed to be more welcoming and accessible to those with additional needs.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at The Academy Awards Puss' new adventure is fun for the whole family.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at The Academy Awards Puss' new adventure is fun for the whole family.

Roman Holiday, the charming fairy-tale romance shot entirely on location in Rome that starred Audrey Hepburn in her first Hollywood feature is celebrating it's 70th anniversary with a beautiful 4K restoration.

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman (Gregory Peck) in Rome.

When Rosina falls in love with amysterious young suitorwho calls himself Lindoro, she must use all her cunning – and a little help from her local barber – to outwit her calculating guardian Dr Bartolo.

Expect heart-melting serenades, ridiculous disguises and a fairytale ending waiting just out of reach. From the barber’s famous opening number ‘Largo al factotum,’ with its cry of ‘Figaro! Figaro!,’ to Rosina’s feisty aria ‘Una voce poco fa,’ Gioachino Rossini’s comic opera is a riotously entertaining affair.

Rafael Payare makes his Royal Opera House debut conducting an outstanding international cast that includes Andrzej Filończyk, Aigul Akhmetshina, Laurence Brownlee and Bryn Terfel.

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely companion -- a wisecracking donkey.

Get ready for the new adventure Puss in Boots: The Last Wish showing from 18th February with showings of the first 2 Shrek movies.

Saturday 4th February is our Kids Club with every ticket £5.

Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has married Fiona instead of her Son Prince Charming and sets about destroying their marriage.

Get ready for the new adventure, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, with showings of the fist two Shrek movies.

Join us this valentines day with a 30th anniversary screening of Nora Ephron's classic rom-com starring the irresistibly charismatic pairing of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?

A widowers young son calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam (Hanks) grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie ( Ryan), a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.

Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. When all elements seem to conspire against her, Lydia's adopted daughter Petra becomes an integral emotional support for her struggling mother.

This character study of an artist haunted by her own sins see's Cate Blanchett in one of her boldest performances yet and has earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. Alongside nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, TAR is not to be missed.

Set in Terry Pratchett's iconic DISCWORLD - Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rodents meet a bookworm called Malicia, their little con soon goes down the drain.

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

This semi-autographical film from one of our finest filmmakers, Steven Spielberg, is full of his signature movie magic and has earned numerous nominations at this years Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Michelle Williams.

An old gunslinger (Nicolas Cage in his first Western!) and his daughter must face the consequences of his past, when the son of a man he murdered years ago arrives to take his revenge.

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.