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From 4 May

Les Enfants du paradis

Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise), widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This…

Films

Festivals & Series

5 & 14 May

Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story

In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote a sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for…

Films

Classics

6 & 11 May

Les Biches

+ intro by Prof. Richard Dyer (King’s College London) on 6 May

Films

Festivals & Series

From 7 May

Acting

+ Q&A with Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Sophie Fiennes & Sarah Crompton on 7 May

Films

Classics

26 Apr & 8 May

The Unfaithful Wife

La Femme infidèle is Chabrol’s tale of infidelity, passion and violence - an unmissable Hitchcockian thriller set against a backdrop of bourgeois respectability in late…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 9 May

Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

Presented in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Serebrennikov’s latest film is based on the novel Limonov by acclaimed French writer Emmanuel Carrère. A…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 10 May

Hot Milk

After writing a number of films (Ida, Disobedience), Rebecca Lenkiewiczs' directorial debut is a poetic adaptation of Deborah Levy’s Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 10 May

Yannick

Prolific director Quentin Dupieux (The Second Act) returns with yet another absurd and metaphysical comedy reflecting on the act of acting. In the middle of…

Films

Classics

Sun 11 May

Opening Night

While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan,…

Films

Festivals & Series

Mon 12 May

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

+ Q&A with Sophie and Ralph Fiennes

Films

Festivals & Series

From 17 May

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

The hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions Agathe finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 18 May

The Last Metro

In occupied Paris, all Marion Steiner can think about is rehearsals for a new play she is staging at the Montmartre Theatre, where she has…

Films

Festivals & Series

Thu 22 May

Intercepted

In this extraordinary film, Oksana Karpovycg juxtaposes extracts from thousands of intercepted phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families…

Films

Classics

25 & 29 May

To Be or Not to Be

As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife…

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29 May & 1 June

Miss Mary

+ drinks reception on 29 May

Films

Classics

31 May & 1 June

Camila

+ intro by Dr. Denise Miller (University of Warwick) & drinks reception on 31 May

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Next event : Beating Hearts
Fri 02 May at 20:00

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7 - 23 May

Stage on Screen

Next event : Houdini
Sun 04 May at 13:35

Books & Ideas

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5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

Next event : Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
Mon 05 May at 14:00

Classics

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Films

From 10 Nov

Claude Chabrol – Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets

Next event : The Unfaithful Wife
Thu 08 May at 18:20

Films

Talks

28 March - 22 May

We Stand with Ukraine

Next event : Intercepted
Thu 22 May at 20:00

Classics

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Films

Special Screenings

29 May - 1 June

Daring to Dare: The Films of María Luisa Bemberg

Next event : Miss Mary
Thu 29 May at 18:15

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Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

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Thu 6 Feb

Night of Ideas

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