What's On October 2024

NT Live: Prima Facie 15

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Stage on Screen, Subtitled Films

Jodie Comer’s (Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas.

English

10 upcoming showings between Tue 22 October & Thu 5 December

Timestalker 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Films, Audio Description, Last chance to see...

Agnes repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, gets reincarnated a century later, before meeting him again and starting the cycle anew. The inventive sophomore feature from Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers).

English

6 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 24 October

The Apprentice 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Films, Audio Description

Charting the rise of a young Donald Trump in the 1970s and 80s, The Apprentice tells the story of how the Trump real estate empire was established through the support of infamous lawyer, Roy Cohn.

English

22 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 31 October

The Parkinsons Project 12A

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Last chance to see...

A new documentary following climber and teacher, Chris Hamper, as he navigates his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

English, Norwegian with English subtitles

3 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 24 October

The Outrun 15

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Saoirse Ronan stars as Rona, a young woman who returns to her childhood home in the Orkney Islands after spending time in rehab, in this raw and honest exploration of addiction and mental health.

English

22 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 31 October

The Teacher 12A

A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.

English, Arabic with English subtitles

4 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 24 October

The Crime is Mine 15

Showing as part of Last chance to see...

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murder. When she is acquitted, a new life of fame and fortune begins.

French with English Subtitles

7 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 24 October

Black History Month - T A P E Presents: Milisuthando + Director Q&A 12A

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Black History Month 2024 - Intergenerational Fusion: Empowering Black Minds

Artist-turned-filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela grew up in South Africa during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over. The titular director joins us to discuss her extraordinary coming-of-age documentary.

English, Xhosa with English Subtitles

1 upcoming showing - Tue 22 Oct 17.45

The Substance 18

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), a fading celebrity, is offered a second chance when a laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself.

English

13 upcoming showings between Tue 22 & Thu 31 October

Film Studies: Land of the Dead 15

Showing as part of Film Studies: Political Purgatories - American Politics in Horror

The ‘Political Purgatories: American Politics in Horror’ Film Studies season continues with a screening of George A. Romero’s underrated latter-day zombie instalment, 2005’s Land of the Dead.

English

1 upcoming showing - Wed 23 Oct 18.30

T A P E Presents: Milisuthando 12A

Showing as part of Last chance to see..., Black History Month 2024 - Intergenerational Fusion: Empowering Black Minds

Artist-turned-filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela grew up in South Africa during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over.

English, Xhosa with English Subtitles

3 upcoming showings between Wed 23 & Sun 27 October

Celluloid Screams 2024 Full Festival Pass 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival 2024 is here, and this pass gives you access to the full festival.

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 09.00

Celluloid Screams 2024 Thursday Pass 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

This pass entitles you to full access of the Thursday for Celluloid Screams 2024.

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 10.00

Early Doors - Thursday: The Crime is Mine 15

Showing as part of Early Doors

In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murder. When she is acquitted, a new life of fame and fortune begins.

French with English Subtitles

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 11.00

Celluloid Screams Industry Keynote: Broken Bird + Intro 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Sybil works at an undertakers. It's a lonely job, with few perks. So she takes solace where she can.

English

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 17.30

Philosophy – Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai 15

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Philosophy at the Showroom

Forest Whitaker stars as 'Ghost Dog', a hitman living in Jersey City, determined to live by the ways of the Samurai. When a job goes wrong, Ghost Dog realises his life is in danger.

English, French with English subtitles

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 18.00

Celluloid Screams - Opening Gala: Frankie Freako + Q&A 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the recipe to spice up his boring life?

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 20.00

Celluloid Screams: Bride of Chucky (25th Anniversary) 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

To celebrate 25 years since the film's UK cinema release, the world's most notorious doll is back on the rampage! This time, however, he's met his match... his ex-girlfriend Tiffany.

1 upcoming showing - Thu 24 Oct 22.45

Celluloid Screams 2024 Friday Pass 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

This pass entitles you to full access of the Friday for Celluloid Screams 2024.

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 09.00

Celluloid Screams: Children of the Wicker Man 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

50 years on from the making of The Wicker Man (1973), director Robin Hardy's lost papers come to filmmaker son Justin.

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 11.00

The Room Next Door 12A

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Pedro Almodóvar returns with his latest reflection on the fragility of life when two old friends, Martha and Ingrid, reconnect when Martha, suffering with cervical cancer, asks Ingrid to be by her side in her final moments.

English

16 upcoming showings between Fri 25 & Thu 31 October

Celluloid Screams: The Editor with Live Commentary 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

10 years after its UK Premiere at Celluloid Screams, we bring Astron-6’s tribute to Italian giallo thrillers of the 1970s and 1980s back to the big screen for a live commentary screening with its creators.

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 13.35

Emilia Perez 15

Jacques Audiard’s musical crime comedy extravaganza follows Rita, a discontented lawyer, who is tasked with helping a cartel crime boss evade capture by undergoing a gender reassignment operation.

Spanish with English Subtitles

15 upcoming showings between Fri 25 & Thu 31 October

Celluloid Screams: 7 Keys + Q&A 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Daniel has kept the keys to all the places he ever lived. Lena wants to use them – on the ultimate property porn tour of London, a lost weekend of getting to know each other intimately in other people’s homes.

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 16.00

The Wild Robot U

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Dreamworks Animation return with the heartwarming story of Roz, a shipwrecked robot who has to adapt to survive on an uninhabited island. Through interactions with the animals of the island, Roz discovers her true purpose and what it means to belong.

English

13 upcoming showings between Fri 25 & Thu 31 October

Reclaim the Frame Presents: Dahomey + Creative Workshop PG

Showing as part of Reclaim the Frame Screenings, Black History Month 2024 - Intergenerational Fusion: Empowering Black Minds

Mati Diop’s documentary charts the repatriation of a collection of 26 artworks originating from the Kingdom of Dahomey from Paris, back to their original home of Benin and the reactions of the Beninse people.

English, French with English subtitles

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 18.30

Celluloid Screams: The Wailing 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

The Wailing is the chilling story of three young women, apparently unrelated, who are haunted by a mysterious evil entity.

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 19.00

Celluloid Screams: The Last Video Store 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

A young woman who is unknowingly in possession of a legendary "cursed tape" takes a collection of old video tapes to a video store

1 upcoming showing - Fri 25 Oct 21.30

Celluloid Screams 2024 Saturday Pass 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

This pass entitles you to full access of the Saturday for Celluloid Screams 2024.

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 09.00

Family Time x Celluloid Screams: The Witches PG

Showing as part of Relaxed Saturdays: Family Time and Autism-Friendly Films, Celluloid Screams 2024

Adapted from the Roald Dahl story by the director of Don’t Look Now, this dark family film has become a cult classic beloved by children and grown-up horror fans alike.

English

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 11.00

Celluloid Screams: Steppenwolf 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Steppenwolf is a brutal story of an unlikely duo who will stop at nothing to find what they are looking for.

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 11.30

Relaxed Screening: The Wild Robot U

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Relaxed Saturdays: Family Time and Autism-Friendly Films

Dreamworks Animation return with the heartwarming story of Roz, a shipwrecked robot who has to adapt to survive on an uninhabited island. Through interactions with the animals of the island, Roz discovers her true purpose and what it means to belong.

English

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 13.00

Dahomey PG

Mati Diop’s documentary charts the repatriation of a collection of 26 artworks originating from the Kingdom of Dahomey from Paris, back to their original home of Benin and the reactions of the Beninse people.

English, French with English subtitles

8 upcoming showings between Sat 26 & Thu 31 October

Celluloid Screams: Scared Shitless 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

A plumber and his germophobic son are forced to get their hands dirty to save the residents of an apartment building, when a genetically engineered, blood-thirsty creature escapes into the plumbing system.

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 14.00

Celluloid Screams: Blood and Black Lace - 4K Restoration, 60th Anniversary 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

The Christian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models... and backstabbing... and blackmail... and drug deals... and MURDER.

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 16.00

DIY Filmmaking Challenge: Horror X Celluloid Screams 15

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

In partnership with Celluloid Screams, the DIY Filmmaking Challenge is an opportunity for aspiring filmmakers aged 16-25 in the North of England and this screening showcases their original horror creations.

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 16.00

Celluloid Screams: Secret Film 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

A festival tradition since our first edition in 2009, our secret film is kept under wraps and only revealed as it is about to begin.

TBC

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 19.00

Celluloid Screams: Astron-6 Selects - Ghoulies Go To College 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

We invited guests of honour Steven Kostanski, Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy & Conor Sweeney to select a retro film that has inspired their filmmaking careers and they’ve chosen John Carl Buechler’s demented slice of campus carnage GHOULIES GO TO COLLEGE!

1 upcoming showing - Sat 26 Oct 21.30

Celluloid Screams 2024 Sunday Pass 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

This pass entitles you to full access of the Sunday for Celluloid Screams 2024.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 09.00

Celluloid Screams: The Paragon 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

The victim of a hit and run learns how to be psychic so he can find the car that hit him and take revenge on the driver.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 12.00

Celluloid Screams: From Beyond the Grave 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

From legendary British studio Amicus comes an anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 14.00

Celluloid Screams: 1978 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home and kidnaps a group of young people to take them to a clandestine detention centre.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 16.30

Celluloid Screams: Fréwaka CTBA

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

An unnerving and haunting Irish-language folk horror from director Aislinn Clarke.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 19.30

Celluloid Screams - Closing Gala: Krazy House 18

Showing as part of Celluloid Screams 2024

Set in the 1990s, Krazy House follows religious homemaker Bernie and his sitcom family. When Russian workers in Bernie's house turn out to be wanted criminals, Bernie has to man up and save his imprisoned family, while slowly going crazy.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 27 Oct 22.00

Early Doors - Monday: Dahomey PG

Showing as part of Early Doors

Mati Diop’s documentary charts the repatriation of a collection of 26 artworks originating from the Kingdom of Dahomey from Paris, back to their original home of Benin and the reactions of the Beninse people.

English, French with English subtitles

1 upcoming showing - Mon 28 Oct 11.00

Baby Kino: The Room Next Door 12A

Showing as part of Baby Kino, Audio Description

This Baby Kino screening is exclusively for parents or guardians accompanying babies aged under one year old. Pedro Almodóvar returns with his latest reflection on the fragility of life.

English

1 upcoming showing - Mon 28 Oct 12.00

Black History Month - DocNights: Mother City CTBA

Showing as part of DocNights, Black History Month 2024 - Intergenerational Fusion: Empowering Black Minds

In Cape Town, a city as breathtakingly beautiful as it is brutal, a young man leads a daring urban revolution at the intersection of political and property power.

English

1 upcoming showing - Mon 28 Oct 18.00

Dementia Friendly Screening: Paddington PG

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Dementia-Friendly Screenings

A young Peruvian bear travels to London from “Darkest Peru” in search of a home. As part of our Dementia Friendly screenings strand.

English

1 upcoming showing - Tue 29 Oct 12.00

English National Ballet: Swan Lake U

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Stage on Screen

English National Ballet’s Swan Lake in-the-round comes to the big screen to celebrate their 75th Season. Derek Deane’s stunning production, with Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score, will take you to the heart of this ‘truly awe-inspiring’ classic.

English

2 upcoming showings between Wed 30 October & Sun 3 November

Early Doors - Thursday: The Room Next Door 12A

Showing as part of Early Doors, Audio Description

Pedro Almodóvar returns with his latest reflection on the fragility of life when two old friends, Martha and Ingrid, reconnect when Martha, suffering with cervical cancer, asks Ingrid to be by her side in her final moments.

English

1 upcoming showing - Thu 31 Oct 11.00

Celluloid Screams Presents: Heretic (Preview) 15

Showing as part of Special screenings & events

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

English

2 showings on Thu 31 Oct

Vice Press x Celluloid Screams: Halloween 15

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Celluloid Screams 2024

Vice Press and Celluloid Screams present a special Halloween screening of John Carpenter’s horror masterpiece, Halloween. All attendees will receive a free limited edition custom event poster by Matt Ferguson.

English

1 upcoming showing - Thu 31 Oct 20.00