Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey (James Stewart) finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. Seeing no way out, George considers suicide from the edge of a bridge - but Clarence, his guardian angel, intervenes and shows George what his beloved hometown of Bedford Falls would be like without him. Shocked by what he sees and at the unfore...

Headstrong Joan Webster (a wondrous Wendy Hiller) sets off, wedding dress in tow, to marry a rich older man on a remote Hebridean island. Stranded on Mull thanks to the weather, Joan finds herself struggling to cope with the unplanned turn of events. Powell and Pressburger weave their course of true love through flashes of surrealism, a life-threatening whirlpool and an ancient curse, disarming an...

Napoleon details the rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte's relentless ascent to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby), showcasing his visionary military and political tactics. As you'd expect from the director of Bl...

Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell brings us a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire. Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten. ...

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Tilda Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.

A wartime romance, metaphysical drama and joyous adventure, this is one of Powell and Pressburger’s towering achievements. When RAF pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) plummets towards the English Channel, confiding his last thoughts to an American army radio operator (Kim Hunter), a fantastical series of events see him conducted to a celestial court to plead for his life. Emeric Pressburger’s wildl...

Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov | Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-lo...

Screening as part of our Found in Translation series, Our River…Our Sky is the first internationally co-produced narrative feature film written and directed by a female filmmaker of Iraqi origin – the London-based film producer / director / editor Maysoon Pachachi. Co-written with Irada Al-Jubori - a Baghdad-based writer of fiction - the film offers an authentic insider’s perspective to the contem...

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between cultural icon Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, Maestro , at its core, is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

Celebrating its twentieth anniversary, Elf is one of the great modern Christmas comedies. Will Ferrell stars as one of Santa's elves who learns of his true identity as a human being and goes to New York to meet his biological father (James Caan), spreading Christmas cheer in a world of cynics as he goes.