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We’ve got four new releases this week: ★★★★★-rated Chinese family saga So Long My Son; Honey Boy, a portrait of childhood trauma and adult self-renewal starring Shia LeBoeuf; The Cave, a documentary filmed in an underground hospital in war-torn Syria; and London gang war drama Blue Story.

Films continuing: Martin Scorsese’s epic drama The Irishman; Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You; Marriage Story, an elegant and moving post-mortem account of a relationship in the throes of divorce; The Nightingale, set during the colonisation of Australia in 1825; and smart whodunnit Knives Out, from director Rian Johnson.

Next 7 Days: Cinema

Honey Boy (15)

Today 13.10, 15.30, 17.10; Tomorrow 16.20, 20.40; Wed 13.55, 17.10; Thu 13.45, 18.25 + more times

A heart-piercing portrait of childhood trauma and adult self-renewal, Honey Boy marks an auspicious screenwriting debut.

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Weekly Calendar

Fri 6 Dec - Thu 12 Dec

Sorry We Missed You (15)

Today 13.15; Thu 20.30

Retaining the creative team behind the Palme d’Or-winning I, Daniel Blake, director Ken Loach, producer Rebecca O’Brien and...

The Cave (15)

Today 13.20, 17.45; Tomorrow 16.10, 20.35; Wed 12.35, 17.45; Thu 16.05, 20.40

Director Feras Fayyad returns to his native, war-torn Syria to follow a dedicated team of female doctors who...

So Long, My Son (12A)

Today 13.30, 19.20; Tomorrow 12.45, 19.20; Wed 13.30, 19.20; Thu 13.20, 17.00

Acclaimed drama chronicling people and a society in full transformation - in which human relationships and the tumultuous...

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Knives Out (12A)

Today 14.30, 17.20, 20.10; Tomorrow 14.30, 17.20, 20.10; Wed 14.30, 16.10, 20.10 + more times

Mixing up elements of Agatha Christie and Hitchcock, this is a modern whodunnit of the highest order.

Marriage Story (15)

Today 15.20, 20.05; Tomorrow 13.30, 16.25; Wed 13.20, 14.55, 17.20, 20.05; Thu 13.15, 15.20 + more times

Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson excel as a couple whose once enviable union crumbles under the weight of...

Blue Story (15)

Today 15.40, 20.40; Tomorrow 14.05, 18.30; Wed 16.05, 20.40; Thu 15.55, 20.35

Two boys at the same Peckham school but from neighbouring London boroughs wind up on rival sides of...

Footlight Parade (U)

Today 18.10

Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley join forces once again to deliver this back-stage musical.

The Irishman (15)

Today 19.00; Tomorrow 12.40, 16.40; Wed 19.00; Thu 18.00

Martin Scorsese's epic saga of organized crime in postwar America, as told by a hit man, stars Robert...

ROH Live/ Coppélia (12A)

Tomorrow 19.00

Ninette de Valois’ charming and funny Coppélia is a story of love, mischief and mechanical dolls.

Gold Diggers of 1933 (U)

Wed 18.10

Gold Diggers of 1933 follows the adventures of four aspiring female actors who will go to almost any...

The Wedding Present: Something Left Behind (15)

Thu 18.20

Something Left Behind explores music, obsession, love, loss and fading youth over the 30-year lifespan of The Wedding...

Sons of Denmark (15)

From Fri 13 Dec

A powerful and provocative film that looks at the impact of radicalised society, director Ulaa Salim taps into...

Her Smell (15)

From Fri 13 Dec

The B-side to Vox Lux, Alex Ross Perry offers an incisive portrait of a destructive personality in the...

The HOME Film Podcast #52: November 2019

HOME Creative Director for Film and Media, Jason Wood; Senior Visiting Curator, Andy Willis and Head of Film,...

Citizen K (CTBA)

From Fri 13 Dec

An engrossing exploration of global politics, the film looks at how Mikhail Khodorkovsky has become an advocate for...

The Kingmaker (CTBA)

From Fri 13 Dec

In an age when fake news manipulates elections, Imelda Marcos' comeback story serves as a dark fairy tale.

Sing Along/ Calamity Jane (U)

Sat 18.00

Remember to bring your singing voice with you as we singalong to this Doris Day classic.

It’s a Wonderful Life (U)

Sat 20.15; Sun 15.45 + more times

This ultimate feel-good and festive favourite, from Oscar-winning director Frank Capra, stars James Stewart as despairing businessmen George...

Cabaret (15)

Sun 13.00 + more times

Classic Liza Minnelli performance in a new 35 mm print of the legendary Bob Fosse's film.

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Buddies (15)

From Fri 13 Dec

Made in the space of just nine days in the summer of 1985, filmmaker Arthur “Artie” J Bressan Jr’s...

Of Time and the Sea (CTBA)

Starts Wed 18 Dec 2019 at 20.40

A beautifully composed experimental feature that thrives on symbolism, it’s an unconventional work that weaves a hypnotic spell.

Parent and Baby / It’s a Wonderful Life (U)

Starts Thu 19 Dec 2019 at 11.00

One fateful Christmas Eve, George receives a visit from Clarence, a celestial messenger, who prevents him from jumping...

Sprinter (15)

Starts Thu 19 Dec 2019 at 18.00

Coming of age story about 'Rasta Rocket' Akeem Sharp, and his battle to become a track & field...

Cabin in the Sky (U)

Starts Sat 21 Dec 2019 at 15.40

With its all-black cast, MGM’s 1943 musical Cabin in the Sky provided a rare and invaluable showcase for some...

Celebrating Women in Global Cinema

A year-long celebration of women in global cinema.

On the Town (U)

Starts Sun 22 Dec 2019 at 15.30

“New York, New York, a wonderful town. The Bronx is up but the Battery’s down”. One of the...

The Barkleys of Broadway (U)

Starts Mon 23 Dec 2019 at 15.50

The film that saw Astaire and Rogers re-united on screen after 10 years apart.

It’s Always Fair Weather (U)

Starts Fri 27 Dec 2019 at 18.10

It’s Always Fair Weather follows the adventures of three GIs after they leave the army in 1945. Another...

Relaxed Screening (Autism Friendly)/ CBeebies Christmas Show/ Hansel and Gretel (U)

Starts Sat 28 Dec 2019 at 11.00

A relaxed screening of CBeebies Christmas Show Hansel and Gretel, designed for people with autism spectrum conditions and...

Singin’ in the Rain (U)

Starts Sat 28 Dec 2019 at 18.10

With inspired direction from Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and a dazzling array of show-stopping song and dance...

Bring the Family/ CBeebies Christmas Show: Hansel and Gretel (CTBA)

Starts Sun 29 Dec 2019 at 11.00

This winter, follow the trail to your favourite annual CBeebies Christmas Show.

The Band Wagon (U)

Starts Sun 29 Dec 2019 at 15.40

A great example of Comden and Green’s interest in the contrast between popular forms such as the musical...

Bells are Ringing (U)

Starts Mon 30 Dec 2019 at 17.50

Judy Holliday reprises her Tony award winning role as Ella, a switchboard operator tangled in an array of...

Ushers’ Film of the Year 2019/ Capernaum (15)

Starts Mon 30 Dec 2019 at 20.20

Winner of the Jury Award at Cannes, writer-director Nadine Labaki (Caramel) returns with a stunningly realised drama that...

We Are Parable presents: The Art of the Black Visual Album: Process (CTBA)

Starts Sat 4 Jan 2020 at 18.30

We Are Parable have teamed up with HOME to screen Process the visual album from UK recording artist...

One Hour Intro/ Robert Bolt (CTBA)

Starts Sun 5 Jan 2020 at 13.00

This One Hour Introduction will discuss the work of Manchester-born screenwriter Robert Bolt.

A Man for All Seasons (U)

Starts Sun 5 Jan 2020 at 14.15

Following great international acclaim, Bolt went on to successfully adapt his theatrical work for this Oscar winning film...

A City Seen/ What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (12A)

Starts Mon 6 Jan 2020 at 17.50

A quarterly film night sharing the creativity or selected by our city’s most essential groups and charities.

Preview/ The Personal History of David Copperfield + Q&A

Mon 6 Jan 20.10

The preview screening on Mon 6 Jan will be followed by a Q&A with director Armando Iannucci.

Letters to Paul Morrissey (CTBA)

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Structured as a number of celluloid letters sent from different parts of the globe to Paul Morrissey, the...

Reclaim the Frame/ Atlantics (CTBA)

Starts Thu 9 Jan 2020 at 18.00

After a group of unpaid construction workers disappears at sea one night in search of a better life...

Joan of Arc (CTBA)

Starts Fri 10 Jan 2020 at 18.30

Bruno Dumont’s decision to work with a ten-year-old actress re-injects this heroine’s timeless cause and ideology with modernity

Lawrence of Arabia (PG)

Starts Sat 11 Jan 2020 at 16.00

From a script by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson, David Lean’s epic telling of the story of T....

Ryan’s Daughter (15)

From 12 Jan

Set in a small village in Ireland across the years 1917 and 1918, this story of the romantic...

The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (CTBA)

Starts Mon 13 Jan 2020 at 17.50

The extra-marital affair between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman has political consequences under Israeli rule.

Course/ Gothic Cinema

Tue 14 Jan 18.30

What is Gothic cinema and how does it differ from horror films? This chronological course will explore its history,...

Bigger than Life / Les demoiselles de Rochefort (CTBA)

Starts Tue 14 Jan 2020 at 20.15

Jacques Demy’s joyous, pastel-hued follow-up to The Umbrellas of Cherbourg finds him working on an MGM scale as...

One Hour Intro: In Her View – Women Documentary Filmmakers (CTBA)

Starts Wed 15 Jan 2020 at 18.00

This introductory talk will explore the In Her View mini season and contextualise how and why the dominant...

Portrait of Jason (CTBA)

Starts Wed 15 Jan 2020 at 19.30

A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason Holliday is the sole on-screen presence in this classic...

American Dream (CTBA)

Starts Thu 16 Jan 2020 at 18.10

Kopple’s acclaimed documentary is a sobering and fascinating depiction of the social, economic and emotional ramifications of a community...

Doctor Zhivago (PG)

Starts Sat 18 Jan 2020 at 14.30

In Moscow on the eve of the First World War, medical student Yuri Zhivago meets the beautiful Lara,...

New Creatives North Showcase: Telling stories via film and audio (CTBA)

Starts Sat 18 Jan 2020 at 15.30

Join us for a screening and listening experience of works from the New Creatives North scheme.

The Mission (PG)

From 21 Jan

winner of both a Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay,...

ROH Live/ The Sleeping Beauty (12A)

Starts Sun 19 Jan 2020 at 13.45

This production of The Sleeping Beauty has been delighting audiences in Covent Garden since 1946.

For Those Who Don’t Read Me (15)

Starts Mon 20 Jan 2020 at 18.00

Loosely based on the life and work of the late Quebec poet Yves Boisvert, Giroux’s debut feature is...

Waste Land (PG)

Starts Tue 21 Jan 2020 at 18.10

Walker’s Oscar-nominated documentary depicts the Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz- an uplifting documentary highlighting the transformative power...

From the Sea to the Land Beyond (U)

Starts Wed 22 Jan 2020 at 18.20

Penny Woolcock’s poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives was made...

Parent and Baby / Little Women (U)

Starts Thu 23 Jan 2020 at 11.00

Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings...

Edge of the Knife (15)

Starts Thu 23 Jan 2020 at 18.10

A daring, ground-breaking film made entirely in two dialects of a nearly extinct Haida language.

Relaxed Screening (Autism Friendly)/ Rio 2 (U)

Starts Sat 25 Jan 2020 at 11.00

A relaxed screening of Rio 2, designed for people with autism spectrum conditions and their families.

A Suitable Girl (U)

Starts Sat 25 Jan 2020 at 13.30

Khurana and Mundhra’s film follows three young women over four years in India struggling to maintain their identities...

Film Hub North Polaris Award Showcase (CTBA)

Starts Sat 25 Jan 2020 at 15.45

Join us for a programme of films shortlisted for the Film Hub North Polaris Award at Aesthetica Film...

Bring the Family/ Rio 2 (U)

Starts Sun 26 Jan 2020 at 11.00

It's a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids after they're hurtled from Rio de...

Not Just Bollywood presents/ Pakeezah (CTBA)

Starts Sun 26 Jan 2020 at 15.20

One of the most extraordinary musical melodramas ever made, Pakeezah is much beloved by audiences for Meena Kumari’s breathtakingly tragic...

Chinese Film Forum UK presents/ Girls Always Happy (CTBA)

Starts Mon 27 Jan 2020 at 18.00

Girls Always Happy deftly portrays the complexities of family relationships as they move between the extremes of animosity and affection.

Son of Frankenstein (CTBA)

Starts Tue 28 Jan 2020 at 18.30

This classic starring legends Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone was a huge success that helped reinvigorate...

ROH Live/ La Bohème (12A)

Starts Wed 29 Jan 2020 at 19.30

Puccini’s opera of young love in 19th-century Paris is packed with beautiful music, lyrical arias and a poignant...

The Swirl (CTBA)

Starts Thu 30 Jan 2020 at 18.10

Issues of feminine identity and power, memory, and the influence of family poignantly converge in director Laura Herrero...

Spit That Out: North West Artist Film Programme (CTBA)

Starts Sat 1 Feb 2020 at 18.20

Discover a selection of recent work from artists who are living in, working in, hailing from or have...

NT Live/ Cyrano de Bergerac (15)

Starts Thu 20 Feb 2020 at 18.45

James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live...

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Cabaret + Intro

Thu 19 Dec 2019 – Sat 28 Dec 2019

The screening on Tue 17 Dec will be introduced by Dr Andrew Moor, Reader in Film at Manchester...

Pink Wall (CTBA)

From Fri 20 Dec

A modern-day romance following the six-year relationship of Jenna and Leon.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (U)

From Fri 20 Dec

Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colours, and told entirely through lilting songs by Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas...

Ordinary Love (12A)

From Fri 20 Dec

A story about love, survival and the epic questions life throws at each and every one of us.

The Street (15)

From Fri 20 Dec

Set against the upheavals of rapid gentrification, years of austerity, the fallout from Grenfell and the eruption of...

The Two Popes (12A)

From Fri 20 Dec

Directed by Fernando Meirelles, this insightful story ushers us behind gilded doors to watch the once and future Popes grapple...

Long Day’s Journey into Night (CTBA)

From 27 Dec

Oozing atmosphere with its noirish neon glow, the film chronicles the return of Luo Hongwu to Kaili, the...

Little Women (U)

From Fri 27 Dec

Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and...

Jojo Rabbit (12A)

From Fri 3 Jan

Taika Waititi channels Mel Brooks in this dazzling takedown of fascist thinking.

La Dolce Vita (12A)

From Fri 3 Jan

La Dolce Vita rocketed Fellini to international mainstream success with a look at the darkness beneath the seductive...

El Topo (18)

From Fri 10 Jan

The ultra-violent tale of a black-clad gunslinger on a murderous mission to challenge four zen masters, director Jodorowsky...

Uncut Gems (CTBA)

From Fri 10 Jan

From Josh and Benny Safdie (Good Time) comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Sandler), a charismatic...

Amanda (15)

From Fri 3 Jan

David, who gets by doing odd jobs, meets Lena, who has just moved up to Paris, and falls...

Bigger than Life / Les demoiselles de Rochefort + Introduction

Tue 14 Jan 2020

This screening at will be introduced by Bigger Than Life programmers, Tom Grieve and Jim Laycock.

Film A Level Study Day: La La Land

Thu 16 Jan 2020

This A level Film studies day explores the way the film La La Land pays tribute to a...

Bombshell (CTBA)

From Fri 17 Jan

Based on the real scandal, Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire...

A Hidden Life (CTBA)

From Fri 17 Jan

The conscience of a pious Austrian farmer (Diehl) is severely tested as war blankets Europe and Nazi ideology...

Midnight Traveller (CTBA)

From Fri 17 Jan

After receiving a Taliban death sentence, Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili decides to get his family to safety in...

Waves (CTBA)

From Fri 17 Jan

Cracks begin to show in the perfect façade of a young athlete’s life (Harrison Jr.), in this palpable...

Spanish A Level Study Day (year 12): El Futuro Perfecto

Tue 21 Jan 2020

Recommended for A level (year 12) and equivalent level Spanish This study morning will include a screening of...

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