What’s On Week Ahead

Until Mon 24 Nov

Based on the beloved novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th-century America.

Until Thu 27 Nov

From renowned filmmaker Lynne Ramsay this is a visceral and uncompromising portrait of a woman engulfed by love and postpartum psychosis. Anchored by a ferocious, tour de force performance from Jennifer Lawrence, and co-starring Robert Pattinson.

Until Thu 27 Nov

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a magnificent performance in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers.

Until Thu 27 Nov

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Until Mon 24 Nov

When a single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they encounter new challenges and generations of secrets that threaten to upend their family unity.

Sun 23 - Tue 25 Nov

A troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Michael Mann classic which sees a high-stakes game of cat and mouse between a criminal mastermind and the hard-boiled detective obsessed with catching him.

Until Thu 27 Nov

Predators is a chilling, thought-provoking exploration of the scintillating rise and staggering fall of the MTV show To Catch a Predator, and the underground world it helped spawn.

Until Thu 27 Nov

A 15-year-old orphan witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard).

A joyful, poignant and unexpectedly funny love story which follows acclaimed poet Andrea Gibson and their partner Megan Falley as they navigate life, love and mortality in the face of Andrea’s terminal cancer diagnosis.

Join us at the 18:10 Descriptive Subtitled screening of Die My Love on Mon 24 Nov which will feature an introduction from Nathan Hardie, fellow audience member and Bristolian film critic, with BSL interpretation. This will be followed at 20:15 by a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar with a guest speaker and audience members.

Is Jazz is a monthly meet-up for 18-30(ish) year old creatives to explore collaborative creative process in a low-stakes, supportive, and informal way.

A one day event for the culture sector on speaking up in troubled times.

Palestine 36 (Palestine’s Official Submission for the Academy Awards®) follows Yusuf as he drifts between his rural home and the restless energy of Jerusalem, longing for a future beyond the growing unrest of 1936 Mandate Palestine.

Wed 26 Nov - Thu 4 Dec

Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

Thu 27 Nov - Sat 6 Dec

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

Fri 28 Nov - Thu 4 Dec

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical Oklahoma!.

In this Lunchtime Talk creative technologists and self proclaimed synth nerds Ant Nasce and Pete Nancollis explore how we play and how the virtual world lets us build the impossible

Fri 28 Nov - Thu 4 Dec

A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

The Voice of Hind Rajab uses an innovative hybrid of drama and documentary, to tell the heart-shattering story of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by the Israeli army in Gaza in January 2024.

After Noor, a Palestinian teenager, confronts Israeli soldiers at a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the history that brought Noor - and Palestine - to this moment.