The Apartment
- 1960
- US
- 125 min
- PG
- Directed by: Billy Wilder
- Written by: Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond
- Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Jack Kruschen
CC Baxter (Lemmon) sublets his bachelor pad to his philandering boss (MacMurray), only to regret it when Sheldrake gets designs on elfin elevator girl Miss Kubelik (MacLaine). Wilder and Diamond's breezy, sardonic approach to themes of infidelity and adultery ensure that the film shines as brightly as ever.
Mon 3 Jun
The Best of Kendal Mountain Festival
- Various
- Directed by: Various
A selection of prize-winning adventure and discovery films from the recent Kendal Mountain Festival.
Mon 3 Jun
Beware of Mr Baker
- 2012
- US
- 100 min
- 15
- Directed by: Jay Bulger
- Written by: Jay Bulger
Warts-and-all portrayal of the excess of former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, considered by some to be the world's best drummer.
Tue 21 May
Wed 22 May
Thu 23 May
Brazil
- 1985
- US
- 142 min
- 15
- Directed by: Terry Gilliam
- Written by: Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
- Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Kim Greist
Extravagantly designed and blackly humorous Orwellian vision of the future, as modest bureaucrat Pryce battles the forces of totalitarianism and fights for his dream girl, feisty trucker Griest. Overlong and ramshackle fantasia, with moments of sheer creative adrenalin and a classic ending.
Sat 8 Jun
Glyndebourne: Ariadne auf Naxos
A live screening direct from the Glyndebourne Festival of Opera of Richard Strauss' comedic 1912 opera Ariadne auf Naxos.
Tue 11 Jun
Grave Of The Fireflies
- 1988
- Japan
- 94 min
- 12
- Directed by: Isao Takahata
- Cast: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi
Tragic Japanese animation about a young boy and his little sister's efforts to survive in World War II Japan.
Fri 24 May
Sat 25 May
Sun 26 May
Mon 27 May
Tue 28 May
Wed 29 May
Thu 30 May
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.
Tue 21 May
Wed 22 May
3D
Thu 23 May
The Gruffalo's Child
- 2011
- UK/Germany
- 27 min
- U
- Directed by: Uwe Heidschötter, Johannes Weiland
- Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Shirley Henderson, Robbie Coltrane
Star-studded follow-up. A young Gruffalo goes in search of the Big Bad Mouse, despite warnings from her father.
Mon 10 Jun
Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock
Tue 21 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Wed 22 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Thu 23 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Fri 24 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Sat 25 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Sun 26 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Mon 27 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Tue 28 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Wed 29 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00 Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Cameo
Thu 30 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Fri 31 May
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Sat 1 Jun
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Sun 2 Jun
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Mon 3 Jun
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Tue 4 Jun
Free
- 11:00 – 23:00
Midnight Cowboy
- 1969
- US
- 113 min
- 18
- Directed by: John Schlesinger
- Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight
Voight is the dim-witted Texan getting by in the Big Apple by acting as a gigolo for the rich ladies of New York, while Hoffman is the tubercular conman he befriends and helps through the cold winter in this seminal buddy movie, which helped both protagonists to major stardom in the early 1970s, set Schlesinger off on an intermittently successful career, and further shifted the censorship parameters of mainstream American film.
Mon 17 Jun
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
My Neighbour Totoro
- 1988
- Japan
- 87 min
- U
- Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
- Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast: Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi
Gentle fantasy exploring rural Japan circa the 1950s as seen through the eyes of a pair of young girls who move to the country and discover the spirits of the forest.
Fri 24 May
Sat 25 May
Sun 26 May
Mon 27 May
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Wed 29 May
Thu 30 May
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 13 Jun
Sat 15 Jun
Sun 16 Jun
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Tue 18 Jun
Wed 19 Jun
Thu 20 Jun
National Theatre Live: This House
- 2013
- UK
- 180 min
- 12A
- Directed by: Jeremy Herrin
James Graham's acclaimed new political comedy set in Westminster during the hung parliament of 1974.
Tue 28 May
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.
Tue 18 Jun
Thu 20 Jun
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
- 2012
- USA/UK/Qatar
- 130 min
- 15
- Directed by: Mira Nair
- Cast: Riz Ahmed, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland
Changez (Ahmed, impressive) is a Pakistan-born Wall Street financial analyst who finds himself ostracized after 9/11. Nair's intermittently powerful adaptation of Ahmed's novella retains the frame of a radicalised Changez telling his story to an American in a Lahore tea-shop but adds superfluous thriller elements, sacrificing the ambiguity of the original.
Wed 22 May
Thu 23 May
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- 1975
- UK
- 100 min
- 15
- Directed by: Jim Sharman
- Written by: Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman
- Cast: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf, Charles Gray
The cult film to end all others, this rock spoof on old horror movies has created a breed of Rocky Horror crazies, and packs them in at late shows everywhere. The film has its moments, and Curry is splendidly camp as the bisexual Frank N Furter.
Sat 22 Jun
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: La Donna del Lago
- 2013
- UK
Rossini's opera based on the poem 'The Lady of the Lake', by Sir Walter Scott, performed by the Royal Opera House.
Mon 27 May
Shakespeare's Globe on Screen: Henry V
- 2013
One of Shakespeare's many plays about men with numbers in their names, in a live screening direct from the Globe in London.
Thu 13 Jun
Shell
- 2012
- UK
- 91 min
- 15
- Directed by: Scott Graham
- Written by: Scott Graham
- Cast: Chloe Pirrie, Tam Dean Burn, Morven Christie
Shell (Pirrie) is a lonely teenager manning her father's isolated garage in the Highlands. The film was expanded from a short and it feels like it, with occasional forced symbolism and gloomy arthouse clichés instead of deeply-felt drama. But Graham has a definite way with actors, and it's eloquent and atmospheric. Impressive.
Tue 21 May
Showgirls
- 1995
- France/US
- 128 min
- 18
- Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
- Cast: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon
Verhoeven's infamous stripper saga was panned on release and garnered the dubious honour of 'Worst Film of the Decade' from The Razzies. It's now regarded as a camp classic.
Sat 25 May
Star Trek: Into Darkness
- 2013
- US
- 129 min
- 12A
- Directed by: JJ Abrams
- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana
When ex-Starfleet commander John Harrison (Cumberbatch) attacks Earth, the Enterprise crew pursues him. It's more of the same: funny, dramatic and exciting, and if it's not as fresh as the 2009 film, Pine and Quinto's squabbling bromance gives it heart, Pegg and Urban are excellent and Cumberbatch is thrillingly cold.
Tue 21 May
Wed 22 May
Thu 23 May
Sat 1 Jun
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
- 2013
- UK
- Directed by: Shane Meadows
Meadows' documentary charts the eagerly anticipated return of the seminal Madchester band.
Thu 30 May
Thelma & Louise
- 1991
- US
- 129 min
- 15
- Directed by: Ridley Scott
- Written by: Callie Khouri
- Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Brad Pitt, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald
The buddy/road movie genres are turned on their heads as Sarandon and Davis grasp the steering wheel and head off leaving a trail of murder and mayhem in their wake. On one level, the film is the critical catalyst that had the feminists cheering and put the stars on the cover of Time magazine; just as importantly, it's an accessible piece of entertainment with excellent central performances.
Mon 10 Jun
First opened as the King's Cinema in 1914, a refurbishment and name change saw The Cameo open in 1949. Now featuring three screens and a licensed bar with wide-ranging food menu.
£5.30–£7.30 (£2–£5.80). Sunday double bills £7.30 (concessions £5.80; members free).Off peak price Tue–Fri before 5pm, all late shows and all day Mon; Wed first screening £2 for concessions.
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