Film

Several long-anticipated movies hit our screen this autumn.

The Oscar winning The Secret in Their Eyes is a terrific investigation into both a brutal crime, and a whole country's past; Tamara Drewe is based on the much loved character from Posy Simmonds' comic strips, and The Girl Who Played With Fire will alrady be familiar to those following Stieg Larsson's novels and their adaptations.

The Illusionist bears the stamp of not one but two recognised, idiosyncratic directors - Sylvain Chromet (Belleville Rendezvous) whose latest is based on a script by the great Jacques Tati (Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Jour de fête).

Another visionary whose films we will be screening this month is Akira Kurosawa. Tati and Kurosawa pushed the limits of what had gone before, and we see the hallmarks of determined creation in new films; in Joon-ho Bong's Mother, Werner Herzog's My Son My Son What Have Ye Done, and Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy.

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IMAX

Our IMAX cinema screen, as tall as five double-decker buses, screens spectacular large-format films in 2D and 3D.

Film of the Week

The Girl Who Played With Fire
Dir. Daniel Alfredson
Sweden/Denmark/Germany , 2009, 129 mins

What's On

Watch With Baby
Every Wednesday at 10.30am, babies go free to a screening of a new film.

IMAX film

Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience
The whole gang are back, with some new friends, and this time they’re bigger and better in IMAX 3D!

Showing Times

Film Guide

Film Guide
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Live Broadcast

The Fry Chronicles
Monday 13 September 19.15
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, this special event marks the publication of Stephen Fry’s new autobiography The Fry Chronicles.

Senior Citizen Screenings

Visual and hearing impaired

Film Extra