Christmas Crackers
Until Wed 31 Dec
We’re closing out the year with a bang, with a whole feast of films for you to enjoy this festive season!
Alongside warm-hearted Christmas perennial It’s A Wonderful Life, we’ll be bringing back our recent seasonal staple The Holdovers – our favourite new Christmas classic-in-the-making.
If you're looking for something a little more off the beaten path, we have a one-off screening of Paris Pick-Up in collaboration with Film Noir UK, Stanley Kubrick's alt-Christmas classic Eyes Wide Shut, the deliciously dark comedy Female Trouble from John Waters, and a couple of 10th anniversary shows of cult American indie Christmas, Again.
For little ones, families and Moomin-fans alike, there’s Moomins and the Winter Wonderland – join us as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s troll creations. Between Christmas and New Year we’ll also be bringing back a couple of restored Studio Ghibli classics that you might’ve missed, with Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
We’re also digging back into the archive with Silent Sherlock, to bring you three beautifully restored episodes featuring the famous detective, each complete with newly commissioned scores, courtesy of the BFI.
Our festive drinks menu is in full swing in the Café & Bar, so why not treat yourself to a festive cocktail, mulled drink or a warming hot chocolate while you’re here!
Upcoming screenings in this season
The Shining
classified 15 Christmas Crackers
A writer takes a job as a winter caretaker at an isolated (and haunted) hotel. After he and his family move in for the winter, the hotel's spirits slowly drive the writer mad.
Christmas, Again
classified PG Christmas Crackers
Christmas, Again is a charming, critically-acclaimed cult festive favourite from filmmaker Charles Poekel, painting a perfectly bittersweet picture of holiday season.
Female Trouble
classified 18 Christmas Crackers
A glorious trashy Divine plays a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas in John Waters' iconic 1974 film.
It's A Wonderful Life
classified U Christmas Crackers
Frank Capra’s Dickensian classic is a timeless story of redemption and hope that is an absolute treasure.
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
classified U Christmas Crackers
Originating from the evergreen children's series, the beloved Moomins are back in a whimsical, heart-warming winter special.
The Holdovers
classified 15 Christmas Crackers
The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school who must remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go.
CatVideoFest 2025
classified U Christmas Crackers
Cat lovers rejoice - back by popular demand for a second year, we present the purr-fectly brilliant CatVideoFest, 73 minutes of non-stop cat videos!
Eyes Wide Shut
classified 18 Christmas Crackers
Stanley Kubrick's last film was a career milestone for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman - and is one of our alternative festive films.
Carol
classified 15 Christmas Crackers
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases
classified PG Christmas Crackers
This programme features a selection of three newly restored episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work, and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty.
