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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- 1994
- Australia
- 104 min
- 15
- Directed by: Stephan Elliott
- Written by: Stephan Elliott
- Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter
Two transvestites and a transsexual team up for a trip across the Australian outback for a drag show in Alice Springs. Serious issues pop up from time to time, but the emphasis is on the camp humour of the in-bus bitchiness and outrageous musical set pieces.
Mon 22 Jul
All Stars
- 2013
- UK
- 106 min
- U
- Directed by: Ben Gregor
- Written by: Paul Gerstenberger
- Cast: Theo Stevenson, Akai Osei-Mansfield, Ashley Jensen
To save the youth centre, two kids look to the power of movement to raise funds in an ambitious dance show.
Sat 29 Jun
Kids
André Rieu Live in Maastricht
- 2013
- Netherlands
- E
- Cast: André Rieu
The virtuoso violinist returns again to his hometown for a huge open air concert, broadcast live via satellite.
Sat 13 Jul
Before Midnight
- 2013
- US
- 108 min
- 15
- Directed by: Richard Linklater
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
The third part of Linklater's long-running saga examines the couple's feelings as they face early middle age.
Fri 21 Jun
- 15:00 Before Midnight Abbeygate Picturehouse
- 17:45 Before Midnight Abbeygate Picturehouse
- 20:15 Before Midnight Abbeygate Picturehouse
Senior
Sat 22 Jun
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Thu 27 Jun
Behind the Candelabra
- 2013
- US
- 118 min
- 15
- Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
- Cast: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe
Soderbergh goes for his sabbatical on a high, with this sparkling account of the relationship between flamboyant pianist Liberace (Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Damon). The two leads are outstanding, and with wonderful cameos from Lowe, Reynolds and Aykroyd it's a surprisingly tender and poignant film.
Wed 19 Jun
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17:15 -
20:15
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Thu 27 Jun
Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
- 2011
- Belgium
- 115 min
- Directed by: Geoffrey Enthoven
- Cast: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren
Three twenty-something men embark on a wine tour of Spain with the desire to lose their virginities. Although one is blind, one is paralysed and one has a brain tumour, they refuse to let anything stand in their way.
Tue 25 Jun
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- 1953
- US
- 91 min
- U
- Directed by: Howard Hawks
- Written by: Anita Loos (novel and play), Joseph Fields (play), Charles Lederer
- Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell
Howard Hawks' beloved 1953 comedy musical starring Monroe and the late Russell.
Mon 15 Jul
Glyndebourne: Hippolyte et Aricie
A live screening direct from the Glyndebourne Festival of Opera of Jean-Philippe Rameau's first opera, which debuted in 1773.
Thu 25 Jul
Glyndebourne: Le Nozze di Figaro
- 2012
- UK
- Directed by: Robin Ticciati, Michael Grandage
- Cast: Sally Matthews, Vito Priante
Mozart's classic opera is brought to the stage by the Glyndebourne festival, with incoming musical director Ticciati at the helm.
Wed 10 Jul
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- 1968
- Italy
- 180 min
- 15
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
- Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach
During the American Civil War, a trio of mean gringos squabble over hidden loot. Most people remember the Morricone score from this Leone extravaganza, but the degree of directorial stylisation (just count the number of times extreme close-ups fill the screen) make it a remarkable effort all round. Third and last of the Dollars trilogy starring Eastwood.
Mon 1 Jul
The Great Gatsby
- 2013
- US/Australia
- 143 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
- Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton
Luhrmann's typically exuberant take on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald features DiCaprio as the titular millionaire.
Fri 21 Jun
I Am Nasrine
- 2012
- UK
- 88 min
- 15
- Directed by: Tina Gharavi
- Written by: Tina Gharavi
- Cast: Micsha Sadeghi, Shiraz Haq, Christian Coulson
British-made drama about a brother and sister from a comfortable Iranian home who are sent to live in the UK, just before the tragedy of 9/11 strikes.
Sun 23 Jun
The Manchurian Candidate
- 1962
- US
- 126 min
- 12A
- Directed by: John Frankenheimer
- Written by: George Axelrod (screenplay), Richard Condon (novel), John Frankenheimer
- Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish
Brilliant political satire-cum-thriller in which Harvey plays a Korean war hero who is brainwashed by Communists and becomes a pawn in the sinister mission planned for his homecoming.
Mon 5 Aug
Metropolitan Opera: Armida
- 2010
- US
- E
- Directed by: Mary Zimmerman
- Cast: Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, Bruce Ford
Rossini's opera version of the myth of a woman who seduces and enchants men into her island prison.
Wed 10 Jul
Sun 14 Jul
Metropolitan Opera: Il Trovatore
- 2011
- US
- Directed by: David McVicar
- Cast: Patricia Racette, Sondra Radvanovsky
Set in 15th century Spain, this is a horrifying tale of abduction, murder and torture.
Wed 26 Jun
Sun 30 Jun
Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
- 2012
- US
- 185 min
- Cast: Natalie Dessay, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Verdi's opera about the passionate, consumptive Violetta, broadcast live from The Met Opera in New York.
Wed 17 Jul
Sun 21 Jul
Much Ado About Nothing
- 2012
- US
- 107 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Joss Whedon
- Written by: William Shakespeare, Joss Whedon
- Cast: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz, Nathan Fillion
Shakespeare's spiky, witty, problematic play is the grandparent of the modern romcom, and Whedon's version is no stunt: he's been conducting private readings of it for years. The actors are experienced and adept (with Acker a particular pleasure as Beatrice) and it's realised with simplicity, elegance and emotional directness.
Fri 5 Jul
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Thu 11 Jul
Munch 150
In honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, expert Tim Marlow hosts a behind-the-scenes look at putting on this exhibition.
Thu 27 Jun
Sun 30 Jun
National Theatre Live: The Audience
- 2013
- UK
- Directed by: Stephen Daldry
- Written by: Peter Morgan
- Cast: Helen Mirren
Mirren puts on a crown once more to play at being the Queen. Broadcast live from London's West End, The Audience finds HRH taking audiences with each of the twelve Prime Ministers of her reign in a play written by The Queen screenwriter Morgan.
Thu 20 Jun
Thu 27 Jun
Thu 4 Jul
The Pink Panther
- 1963
- US
- 115 min
- PG
- Directed by: Blake Edwards
- Written by: Maurice Richlin, Blake Edwards
- Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale
Bumbling Inspector Clouseau tries to catch a jewel thief in the comedy adventure with the famous theme music.
Mon 24 Jun
Pompeii Live from the British Museum
- 2013
- UK
- 85 min
This live screening, hosted by British Museum director Neil MacGregor and others, looks at the Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition, and features films depicting how these Roman cities look today.
Sun 23 Jun
Royal Ballet: Dances Frederick Ashton
Mon 15 Jul
Royal Ballet: La Fille Mal Gardée
- 2012
- UK
- 105 min
The Royal Ballet performs Frederick Ashton's delightful 1959 version of this chipper two-act comic ballet, whose title translates as The Wayward Daughter.
Mon 5 Aug
Royal Opera House: Gloriana
- 2013
- UK
Benjamin Britten's three-act opera depicting the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex.
Mon 24 Jun
Royal Opera House: Rigoletto
- 2012
- UK
- 133 min
- Directed by: John Eliot Gardiner
- Cast: Dimitri Platanias, Ekaterina Siurina, Vittorio Grigolo
Verdi's great tragic opera, in which a court jester seeks bloody revenge on his dissolute master, the Duke of Mantua, for the abduction of his daughter.
Mon 22 Jul
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen: The Taming of the Shrew
- 2013
A live screening, direct from the Globe in London, of Shakespeare's play that's about either a mouse-like creature or a headstrong woman. One or the other.
Sun 11 Aug
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen: Twelfth Night
- 2013
Some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some are actors bringing you Shakespeare's 1601 comedy live from the Globe in London.
Sun 7 Jul
The Smurfs
- 2011
- US
- 103 min
- U
- Directed by: Raja Gosnell
- Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays, Sofía Vergara
Those blue French/Belgian woodland creatures make their first 3D trip to the big screen in this hybrid live-action and animated family comedy. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the Smurfs out of their village, they're forced through a portal, out of their world and into ours, landing in the middle of New York's Central Park. Stuck in the Big Apple, they must find a way to get back to their village before the evil wizard finds them.
Sat 6 Jul
Kids
Some Like It Hot
- 1959
- US
- 120 min
- PG
- Directed by: Billy Wilder
- Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E Brown, Pat O'Brien
Two impecunious male musicians inadvertently witness the St Valentine's Day Massacre and take refuge in Florida with Sweet Sue and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band. Brilliant, brittle, crackerjack farce with all concerned at a peak in their careers.
Mon 15 Jul
Stories We Tell
- 2012
- Canada
- 108 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Sarah Polley
Polley's first documentary looks inwardly at her family life, particularly at her mother who died when she was aged 11.
Sun 23 Jun
Summer in February
- 2013
- UK
- 100 min
- 15
- Directed by: Christopher Menaul
- Cast: Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens
Melancholic melodrama about the pre-WW I love triangle between artists Alfred Munnings (Cooper) and Florence Carter-Wood (Browning), and Gilbert Evans (Stevens). Aimed squarely at the Downton Abbey crowd, it's hardly unconventional but handsomely shot, with a rousing performance from Cooper and a heartfelt one from Browning.
Wed 19 Jun
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14:00 -
17:45
Thu 20 Jun
- 12:00 Summer in February Abbeygate Picturehouse
- 14:30 Summer in February Abbeygate Picturehouse
- 20:45 Summer in February Abbeygate Picturehouse
Parent & baby
Fri 21 Jun
Senior
Sat 22 Jun
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Thu 27 Jun
West Side Story
- 1961
- US
- 152 min
- PG
- Directed by: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
- Cast: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris
Romeo And Juliet revisited against a background of New York gangs. Great songs, classic film.
Mon 29 Jul
When Harry Met Sally
- 1989
- US
- 95 min
- 15
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
- Written by: Nora Ephron
- Cast: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby
Thoughtful sex comedy has Crystal (Harry), Ryan (Sally) and Reiner on top form, with highly entertaining results. Nora Ephron's witty screenplay intelligently ponders the possibility of male/female friendship with or without romance, and guess which side wins … Annie Hall for the late 1980s, with now-famous faked orgasm.
Mon 8 Jul
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