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From 6 Dec

Hook

+ free colouring session on 13 Dec

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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.…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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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Classics

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…

Films

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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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Classics

Films

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
Fri 02 Jan at 20:20

Films

From 6 Sept

Travelling Shots

Next event : It Was Just an Accident
Fri 02 Jan at 20:20

CinéFamilies

Festivals & Series

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Kids & Families

5 - 21 Dec

Christmas Special

Next event : Sunset Boulevard
Sat 03 Jan at 11:30

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

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh