Welcome to our Spring 2025 season
Full programme details:
Touch Showing: Thursday 20th March - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Egill Ólafsson, Kôki, Palmi Kormákur Certificate: 15 Duration: 121mins Country: Iceland Year: 2024 A romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents; TOUCH follows one widower’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
Oh My Goodness! Showing: Thursday 27th March - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Valérie Bonneton, Camille Chamoux, Claire Nadeau Certificate: 12A Duration: 87mins Country: France Year: 2022 Five nuns set their sights on winning the cash prize in a major cycling race to raise money to renovate a dilapidated hospice. The only hitch is that none of them can ride a bicycle. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
The Critic Showing: Thursday 3rd April - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong Certificate: 15 Duration: 101mins Country: UK Year: 2024 Academy Award Nominee Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, The Good Liar) stars as a powerful London theatre critic who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences. A suspenseful thriller co-starring Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris). Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
The Room Next Door Showing: Thursday 10th April - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro Certificate: 12 Duration: 106mins Country: Spain Year: 2024 Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
No film on 17th April |
Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment Showing: Thursday 24th April - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl, Newton Blick, Nan Muro Certificate: PG Duration: 93mins Country: UK Year: 1966 Morgan Delt is a failed, irresponsible left-wing artist whose Communist parents own a fish-and-chips shop in downmarket London. He is also an aggressive, self-admitted dreamer obsessed with Karl Marx, gorillas, and stopping his beautiful wife from marrying his former best friend. He uses his rich fantasy world as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behaviour lands him in a divorce from his wife, trouble with the police, and, ultimately, incarceration in a mental institution. Back to top Read film notes |
I’m Still Here Showing: Thursday 1st May - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello Certificate: 15 Duration: 138mins Country: Brazil Year: 2024 As Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship, Eunice Paiva, a mother of five, must reinvent herself and her family when authorities abduct her husband. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
All We Imagine As Light Showing: Thursday 8th May - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Stars: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam Certificate: 15 Duration: 118mins Country: India Year: 2024 In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
La Chimera Showing: Thursday 15th May - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Certificate: 15 Duration: 132mins Country: Year: 2023 Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of accomplices - a happy-go-lucky collective of grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
Only The River Flows Showing: Thursday 22nd May - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Certificate: 15 Duration: 102mins Country: China Year: 2023 A chief of police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly; clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |
A Real Pain Showing: Thursday 29th May - 7:30pm Venue: John Clare Theatre![]() Certificate: 15 Duration: 90mins Country: USA Year: 2024 The film follows mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) as they reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother, but their adventure takes a dark turn when the odd couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Back to top Watch trailer Read film notes |