What's On February 2019

Jellyfish 15

A teenage carer discovers a hidden talent for stand-up comedy in this dark and hard-edged drama featuring a powerful central performance from newcomer Liv Hill.

English

4 upcoming showings between Mon 18 & Thu 21 February

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World PG

Showing as part of Family Films, Subtitled Mondays, KicStart

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek secret dragon utopia "The Hidden World", before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

6 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Sun 24 February

The Favourite 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Mondays

An outrageously dark period comedy-drama from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth).

10 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 28 February

Stan & Ollie PG

Showing as part of Subtitled Mondays, Dementia Friendly Screenings

A heartfelt and charming love letter to two comedic greats, Stan Laurel and Ollie Hardy.

English

4 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Tue 26 February

All Is True 12A

Showing as part of Subtitled Mondays

Ben Elton writes, and Kenneth Branagh stars and directs an all-star cast in this fascinating ode to a literary master.

English

6 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 21 February

Green Book 12A

Showing as part of Subtitled Mondays, Early Doors

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali shine in this crowd-pleasing and thoughtful comedy about race relations in the 1960s.

18 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 28 February

If Beale Street Could Talk 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Mondays, Early Doors

Newly engaged and pregnant with their first child, a young African-American woman fights to prove her husband’s innocence after he’s imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit.

23 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 28 February

A Private War 15

Rosamund Pike stars in this striking biopic of Marie Colvin, one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time.

17 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 28 February

Mektoub, My Love 15

A nostalgic, sun drenched coming-of-age saga from the director of Blue Is the Warmest Colour.

French

3 upcoming showings between Tue 19 & Thu 21 February

Yurigokoro 18

Showing as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019

A devastating and mysterious love story adapted from Mahokaru Numata’s bestselling novel, Nan-Core.

Japanese

1 upcoming showing - Tue 19 Feb 17.45

Yojimbo PG

Showing as part of Special Screenings , Film Studies

A ronin arrives in a small town where two rival gangs are at war with each other. He decides to play both ends against the middle and see what happens.

1 upcoming showing - Wed 20 Feb 18.00

Free Solo 12A

Free Solo is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock, the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, without a rope.

5 upcoming showings between Thu 21 & Thu 28 February

Burning 15

Acclaimed South-Korean director Lee Chang-Dong’s latest film is a sublime mystery thriller of obsessive love, based on Haruki Murakami’s short story ‘Barn Burning’.

8 upcoming showings between Thu 21 & Thu 28 February

Penguin Highway CTBA

Showing as part of Special Screenings

This charming and imaginative anime sees a curious 10-year-old boy investigate the mysterious appearance of a colony of penguins in his sleepy, and landlocked, little town.

Japanese

1 upcoming showing - Thu 21 Feb 17.45

Old Boys 12A

In this school-set re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero.

English, French

10 upcoming showings between Fri 22 & Thu 28 February

On The Basis of Sex 12A

Following the release of sensational documentary RBG comes this triumphant dramatization of the early career of living legend Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

21 upcoming showings between Fri 22 & Thu 28 February

Capernaum 15

A stunningly realised Lebanese drama about children living on the edges of society who find hope in spite of the challenges of their everyday lives.

Arabic

22 upcoming showings between Fri 22 February & Thu 7 March

Circumstance 15

Showing as part of LGBTQ+ History Month: Awakenings

Two vivacious young girls in contemporary Iran discover their burgeoning sexuality whilst struggling with the boundaries placed upon them by the world they were born into.

France / Iran (subtitled)

1 upcoming showing - Fri 22 Feb 18.00

Old Boys + Q&A 12A

Showing as part of Special Screenings

In this school-set re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero.

English, French

1 upcoming showing - Sat 23 Feb 18.10

Cinema Palestino Presents: Love and Desire in Palestine + Q&A CTBA

Showing as part of Special Screenings

This February, in the month of Valentine’s Day, Cinema Palestino and Creative Interruptions present a programme of three films from Palestine that explore love and desire under conditions of occupation and dispossession.

1 upcoming showing - Sun 24 Feb 16.00

A Private War (Baby Friendly Screening) 15

Showing as part of Kino Bambino! For parent/guardians + babies under 1 only

Award winning documentary filmmaker Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, City of Ghosts) makes an impressive dramatic debut with this biopic of Marie Colvin, one of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time.

1 upcoming showing - Mon 25 Feb 11.00

Of Love and Law + Q&A with Director Hikaru Toda CTBA

Showing as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019, Doc/Nights

This eye-opening documentary follows the work of the first law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple.

1 upcoming showing - Mon 25 Feb 18.00

The Scythian Lamb 18

Showing as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019

This adaptation of a thriller manga by Yamagami Tatsuhiko and Igarashi Mikio blends dark humour with taut suspense.

Japanese

1 upcoming showing - Tue 26 Feb 17.45

Her Love Boils Bathwater 18

Showing as part of Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2019

This heartrending family drama was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2018 Academy Awards.

Japanese

1 upcoming showing - Wed 27 Feb 17.45

The Lobster 15

Showing as part of Philosophy at the Showroom

Based on the principle that two people are better than one, this weird and wonderful film is set in the near future where it is against the law to be single.

English

1 upcoming showing - Thu 28 Feb 18.00