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From Academy-Award winning director Pablo Larraín (Spencer, Jackie) and starring Angeline Jolie, Maria tells the tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.
★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★ Guardian ★★★★ Independent
Directed by Pablo Larraín
With Angeline Jolie
2hrs 3 mins // UK 2024
All We Imagine as Light is a beautiful, sweeping, emotional film that explores the complexities of female friendship and captures the frantic pace, the vibrant colours and the heady atmosphere of modern Mumbai.
“Poignant Mumbai-set drama is a gorgeous achievement” ★★★★★ Telegraph
“Cannes prize-winning Indian drama is a quiet, tender marvel” ★★★★★ Observer
★★★★ Radio Times ★★★★ Times
Directed by Payal Kapadia
With Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam
1hr 55 mins // FRA/IND/NLD/LUX 2024
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.
Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.
“A dazzling prequel with superb songs” ★★★★★ Times
Directed by Barry Jenkins
2hrs TBC // US 2024
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together – falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family – a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation.
As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
“They will break your heart” Times ★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Metro ★★★★
Directed by John Crowley
With Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield
1hr 40 mins // UK 2024
Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Guardian ★★★ Total Film ★★★
Directed by Jeff Fowler
With Jim Carrey, James Marsden
1hr 40 mins // US 2024
Why not join us on Tuesday 18 February for a Retro Gaming special with ItsMuchMore? Play all the classic Sonic games on retro consoles before your screening, or come down and play for the day. Tickets are free if you have purchases tickets for our screenings on Tuesday 18 February!
Find out more here… Retro Gaming- Sonic Special – The Bonington
We would love you to join us for this once a month opportunity for adult members of the community to come together for fun, camaraderie, learning, sharing food and film.
Each month in the Bonington Theatre, we will meet at 10.30am for a 2-hour exploration workshop (discussions, exercises, some role play and improvisation for those brave enough!) examining the themes, context, characters, ideas and plot of a particular film. There will be a light buffet style lunch, teas and coffees before watching the film at 1.30pm. The event should finish 3.00pm – 3.30pm depending on the length of the film.
Tuesday 17th December – Wicked (PG)
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Directed by Jon M. Chu
With Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande
N.B. The film is 160 mins (TBC) so will finish at 4.10pm
Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys’ commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what’s the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that’s sure to put Waverly and his business in the black.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
With Bing Crosby
2hrs | US 1954
Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church.
Guardian ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Metro ★★★★
Directed by Edward Berger
With Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini
2hrs // US 2024
Despite a November released in the US, we had to wait until January 2024 for The Holdovers, robbing this instant Christmas classic of its rightful place. So we’re bringing it back for a festive screening, with a complimentary gourmet Christmas cob! Vegan and vegetarian options will be available
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
“Hilarious and heartfelt, it’s a tale to be treasured” Empire ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti) and Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Winner of 1 Academy Award – Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Directed by Alexander Payne
With Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
2hrs 10 mins // US 2023
*Food will be served from 6.30pm. The film will start at 7.30pm
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical Moana 2 reunites Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho) and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
“An exhilarating, romping sequel with songs that put Wicked to shame” Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller
Voiced by Auli‘i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson
1hr 40 mins // US 2024