Iconic and game-changing - AKIRA is the definitive anime masterpiece.

Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark cyberpunk classic obliterated the boundaries of Japanese animation and forced the world to look into the future. AKIRA’s arrival shattered traditional thinking, creating space for future generations of ground-breaking movies.

July, 1988 - World War III breaks loose. Then, in 2019, in megalopolis Tokyo…

As the leader of a group of young robust delinquents, Kaneda spent his nights tearing through the urban wastes, racing his motorbike against rival groups. One night while riding with his gang, his friend Tetsuo suddenly encounters a strange boy - the product of human experimentation.

Based on the graphic novel “AKIRA” by Katsuhiro Otomo. First published by “Young Magazine”,Kodansha Ltd. ©1988 MASH・ROOM/ AKIRA COMMITTEE All Rights Reserved.

All And Nothing is a documentary about Li Yuan-chia, a Chinese-born conceptual artist. In 1971, he restored a derelict farmhouse on Hadrian's Wall and opened the L.Y.C. Museum & Gallery, which became an internationally recognised creative hub exhibiting over 300 artists, including Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash and Bill Woodrow. The local community knew him simply as the "Chinaman"

The film traces Li's journey from wartime China through Taiwan, postwar Milan and Bologna, and Swinging Sixties London, before he settled in rural Cumbria. Drawing on his diaries, personal recordings and the memories of those who knew him, it explores how a singular vision, in an unlikely place, shaped a community for generations.

£5 for Friends of the Forum Members.

A survivor, provocateur and true original, Marianne Faithfull has spent more than six decades defying expectations — releasing over thirty-five albums while constantly reinventing herself.

This bold unconventional documentary unfolds within The Ministry of Not Forgetting — an imagined, cinematic institution where memory and mythology collide.

Made with Marianne’s full involvement, Broken English is an intimate and unflinching exploration of a fractured yet unbreakable life shaped by fame, creativity and relentless public scrutiny.

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?

Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Sung in German with subtitles.

A film that inspired a generation. Rob Reiner's timeless coming of age classic returns to the big screen 40 years after its big screen debut.

Adapted from the Stephen King novella The Body, Stand By Me follows 4 friends in the summer of 1959. There’s sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O'Connell).

Their weekend plans quickly change after overhearing of a dead body found in a nearby forest. The boys set out to see for themselves in what becomes a defining journey in all of their lives.

£5 for Friends of the Forum, £3 for 16-25 members!

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star in this romantic dark comedy from Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, as a happily engaged couple put to the test after an unexpected admission sends their wedding preparation off the rails.

Tickets are just £3 for 16-25 members!

Based on the beloved The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton, The Magic Faraway Tree, follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. Soon after their arrival, with no Wi-Fi or electricity to charge their treasured electronic gadgets, the children must develop an interest in the great outdoors.

Exploring the natural world around their new home, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including cherished characters Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands, and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

We have a relaxed show of The Magic Faraway Tree on April 13th 13:30pm  - see more about what to expect from a relaxed show here.

After a brilliant sold out preview screening as part of our Tyne Valley Film Festival, we are pleased to bring back the breathtaking hiking drama, The North for a full run of shows.

Having taken the same 350-mile walk in their youth, former best friends and roommates Chris and Lluis meet up after a decade to hike Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail. The pair hope to rekindle their once-strong friendship by spending 30 days together in the majestic, raw beauty of the Scottish Highlands.

Shot entirely on the route of the walk, and in chronological order, The North is a beautiful ode to friendship and the healing power of nature.  It’s not only a poignant and powerful drama, but also perhaps the definitive hiking film, allowing us to take in the stunning majesty of the Highlands shoulder-to-shoulder with Lluis and Chris as they reconnect with each other and with nature.

Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, UNDERLAND is a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth, into worlds rarely glimpsed by human eyes.

We know so little of the world beneath our feet. To most it is a place only of fear and darkness, though to a brave few it is one of knowledge and wonder to be found nowhere else. Beginning in the shallow soils beneath an old ash tree, the film follows several ‘astronauts of the underworld’ as they travel into ancient sacred caves, flooded storm drains, melting glaciers, underwater burial chambers and a deep underground laboratory built to solve the mysteries of the Universe.

Narrated by Oscar-nominated Sandra Hüller, and with a uniquely poetic approach, UNDERLAND is a deep dive into the Earth that ultimately presents a groundbreaking vision for rethinking our lives on this fragile surface.