Wiseman of the Month
Jan 2026 - Dec 2026
With a groundbreaking career spanning seven decades, Frederick Wiseman is one of the great American storytellers.
For such an expansive career, we're dedicating a whole year to exploring his back catalogue, beginning with his very first film Titicut Follies, which takes a look inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater from 1967, all the way to his latest release Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troigros from 2023, which steps into one of the world's most prestigious restaurants.
The Four Wisemen: get 20% off the regular ticket price when you book four or more tickets for screenings in our Wiseman of the Month season. Discount automatically applied at checkout.
Upcoming screenings in this season
Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
classified PGSubtitled screening
Frederick Wiseman’s gastronomic dream of a film captures daily life in one of the world’s most prestigious restaurants.
High School
classified 12Subtitled screening
A riveting portrait of life inside a large city high school, where social and moral values are handed down.
Public Housing
classified 18 (CTBA) Wiseman of the Month
An absorbing study of daily life in one of Chicago’s poorest housing projects.
National Gallery
classified 12A Wiseman of the Month
The inner workings of London’s National Gallery are laid bare in this absorbing, forensic examination by revered filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.
Belfast, Maine
classified 18 (CTBA) Wiseman of the Month
One of Frederick Wiseman’s most immersive films captures life in the New England port.
Central Park
classified 18 (CTBA) Wiseman of the Month
A fascinating portrait of those involved in maintaining Manhattan’s green space.
At Berkeley
classified PG Wiseman of the Month
Frederick Wiseman’s At Berkeley is a documentary film about the University of California at Berkeley, the oldest and most prestigious member of a ten campus public education system and one of the finest research and teaching facilities in the world.
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
classified 12 Wiseman of the Month
Frederick Wiseman’s film goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning.
Welfare
classified 18 (CTBA) Wiseman of the Month
Welfare shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare.
Titicut Follies
classified 15 Wiseman of the Month
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater, for the so-called "Criminally Insane".
Juvenile Court
classified 15 Wiseman of the Month
An unobtrusive and naturalistic examination of the goings-on of a children's court, Memphis Juvenile Court 616.
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet
classified PGSubtitled screening
Frederick Wiseman's film follows the production of seven ballets by the Paris Opera Ballet.
The Four Wisemen: get 20% off the regular ticket price when you book four or more tickets for screenings in our Wiseman of the Month season. Discount automatically applied at checkout.
Screenings before 16:00 Monday to Friday and before 14:00 at weekends
£9.00 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £6.00 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*).
Screenings after 16:00 Monday to Friday and after 14:00 at weekends
£11.50 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £9.00 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*).
Aged 24 or under and refugees and asylum seekers
Any screening, any day any time for £6.00 (plus 12% booking fee*).
*Booking fee applies to online and phone booking only.
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