Directed by Yuen Woo Ping, the action maestro behind Kill Bill, The Matrix, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Blades of the Guardians brings together an outstanding multi-generational martial arts and action cast for an unbelievably stylish sword epic.

In the desert, many groups - including Swordsman, the government, and Western Clans - are fighting for power. Dao Ma, a famous bounty hunter, takes a job to protect a man on the long road to the city of Chang ‘an. However, he discovers the person he is protecting is the empire's most wanted man, Zhi Shi Lang. Now, every greedy faction is hunting them, and a deadly battle for the prize begins.

All tickets just £6!

Funny Girl is the bittersweet musical comedy telling the tory of the indomitable Fanny Brice (a role made famous by Barbra Streisand), a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage and her tempestuous relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Fanny became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway.

This critically acclaimed production features Sheridan Smith in “an unforgettable star turn” (The Times) and a host of iconic musical numbers including ‘People’, ‘I’m the Greatest Star”, and “Don’t Rain on My Parade’. A love letter to the theatre, the show has the whole shebang!

With his indelible directorial debut, screen icon Brian Cox presents a searing, finely wrought drama about the bonds and betrayals of family, anchored by Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.

Donal (Alan Cumming) reluctantly returns to the Scottish Highlands after 35 years in Chicago to make amends with his estranged older brother, Sandy (Brian Cox). Sandy needs Donal to take over the family’s whisky distillery or he will be forced to sell and give up on the family’s legacy. But their reunion forces the brothers to confront the past and the real reason Donal left Glenrothan.

Written by David Ashton (The Last King of Scotland) and Jeff Murphy (Hinterland), Glenrothan delves into the tangled bonds and quiet fractures of family, set against the proud yet endangered craft of producing some of the world’s finest whisky.

A favourite of our Tyne Valley Film Festival preview’s, we’re pleased to bring back The Blue Trail - a transfixing late in life coming of age tale where the unfamiliar river bends to new routes of freedom.

In near future Brazil, elderly citizens are forced to relocate to remote retirement colonies to avoid hindering their offspring’s productivity. Having reached the fateful age, defiant Tereza instead embarks on an illegal but life-changing journey through the Amazon.

"A boisterous anti-ageism parable."

 - The Guardian

£5 for Friends of the Forum 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.

Soviet Union, 1937

Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of the newly appointed local prosecutor, Alexander Kornyev. A dedicated Bolshevik of integrity, the young prosecutor suspects foul play. His quest for justice will take him all the way to the office of the Attorney General in Moscow.

Set at the height of the great purge and drenched in the paranoia of Stalin’s police state, filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa’s latest triumph is a chilling, Kafkaesque thriller about the impunity of power and matter-of-fact horrors of fascism.