From visionary British director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, Blinded By The Light), Christmas Karma sees ones of history’s greatest novels - Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol transformed into a joyous, colourful, feel-good Christmas musical that celebrates modern-day London and all of its vibrant communities and cultures.

With an all-star cast and music from Gary Barlow, Nitin Sawhney and Shaznay Lewis, the film features an eclectic soundtrack influenced by gospel, bhangra, carols, rap and classic pop songs. You will not be able to sit still!

Inspired by Frank Capra’s timeless ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, Christmas Karma is a festive British classic for our times, and for generations to come. Told from Chadha’s unique point of view and in her own distinctive style that promotes a strong message to be kind, choose love and celebrate the present.

A timeless masterpiece of love and yearning, ‘L’Atalante’ was the only full-length film made by Jean Vigo before his tragic early death. The film is now considered to be one of cinema’s very greatest works.

Dita Parlo stars as a young bride who begins married life aboard her husband’s barge on the Seine. But within its cramped confines, shared with a small crew (including the eccentric Père Jules, memorably played by Michel Simon) and an abundance of cats, the relationship begins to flounder. Vigo imbues this simple tale, beautifully shot by Boris Kaufman, with social realism, lyrical romance and sensual eroticism to create a unique and enduring classic.

 “Utterly indescribable, partway between comedy and tragedy, romance and realism, film and dream. See it and swoon.”

- ★★★★★ Time Out

 “A masterpiece of sophistication, technique and human feeling.”

- ★★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

The magician Herr Drosselmeyer needs to save his nephew. Hans-Peter has been transformed into a Nutcracker; the only way to save him is for the Nutcracker to defeat the Mouse King and find a girl to love and care for him. A flicker of hope comes in the form of the young Clara, whom Drosselmeyer meets at a Christmas party. With some magic, a cosy Christmas gathering turns into a marvellous adventure.

Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

They were divided by war. He united them in song.

Yorkshire, 1916. A choral society’s male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young men grapple with their impending conscription.

With the Overlook’s chilly snow-covered setting and familiar themes of family thrown together over the holiday season, and the happiness and horror that can bring… The Shining makes an unexpected addition to our Christmas programme this year, celebrating it’s 45th anniversary.

Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s blockbuster novel remains an innovative, atmospheric chamber piece of tension. Starring Jack Nicholson as the Torrence family patriarch, isolated for the winter season in an empty mountain hotel with his wife, young son and the scheming ghostly inhabitants of the historical Overlook Hotel.

Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Thing with Feathers, adapted from the award-winning debut novel by Max Porter.

Following the death of his wife, a young father’s hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons. A man-like crow, voiced by David Thewlis, is seemingly brought to life from the father’s work as an illustrator and is about to become a very real part of all their lives, ultimately guiding them towards the new shape their family must take.

“One of Benedict Cumberbatch’s greatest, most alive and inventive performances”

-Vulture