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Sat 20 Dec

The Sorrow and the Pity

Marcel Ophüls four-hour portrait of the French town of Clermont-Ferrand under German occupation from 1940-44 is one of the greatest films ever made, as important…

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From 5 Dec

Sunset Boulevard

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback.…

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From 6 Dec

Hook

+ free colouring session on 13 Dec

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From 4 Jan

A Monkey in Winter

Normandy: 1944. Albert vows never to drink again if he and his wife survive the war... The reformed alcoholic must now face the difficulty of…

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Sun 11 Jan

Mélodie en sous-sol

Henri Verneuil’s Mélodie en sous-sol is an extremely stylised black and white gangster film in which Charles (Jean Gabin) plans a ‘last’ heist at the…

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From 18 Jan

Weekend

This scathing satire from Jean-Luc Godard is one of cinema’s great anarchic works. Determined to collect an inheritance from a dying relative, a bourgeois couple…

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From 31 Jan

Letter from Siberia

This early feature from Chris Marker is a key touchstone in the evolution of his distinctive essayistic style, in which he combines footage shot in…

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From 25 Jan

8½

8½ features filmmaker Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) being besieged by sycophants and collaborators as he struggles to get started on an unwieldy science-fiction epic. He withdraws…

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Films

25 Jan - 18 March

Celebrating Claudia Cardinale

Over a six-decade career, the late Claudia Cardinale starred in more than 100 films, including many classics of Italian and French cinema. This season will…

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From 1 Feb

Sandra

Sandra (Claudia Cardinale), a young Italian woman, along with her American husband, returns to her hometown in Tuscany for a ceremony honouring her late father,…

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From 2 Feb

We

The RER B is a train that traverses Paris and its surroundings from north to south. A moving testament to the importance of filming as…

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From 15 Feb

Once Upon a Time in the West

Conflict over a parcel of land with a vital water source, resulting in a standoff between three characters (played by Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards and…

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From 22 Feb

Les Pétroleuses

1888, Bougival Junction (Texas): the French-speaking town is led by Marie Sarrazin (Cardinale). In this comedy-Western, a new family arrives, calling themselves the Millers, but…

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From 1 March

Cartouche

In the 18th century, a young and skilled thief, Dominique (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is outraged by the tyranny of Malichot, the gang leader and defies his…

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From 15 March

The Leopard

Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy’s…

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Highlights of the Month

Next event : It Was Just an Accident
Sat 20 Dec at 18:30

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5 - 21 Dec

Christmas Special

Next event : Sunset Boulevard
Sat 20 Dec at 18:10

Films

From 6 Sept

Travelling Shots

Next event : It Was Just an Accident
Sat 20 Dec at 18:30

Classics

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25 Jan - 18 March

Celebrating Claudia Cardinale

Next event : 8½
Sun 25 Jan at 13:30

Our Annual Festivals

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5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

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16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

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