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• From: Thursday, 17 October 2024

  My Old Ass (MA 15+)

  In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott's "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realises she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.

• From: Thursday, 17 October 2024

  A Difficult Year (M)

  The highly anticipated new comedy from irrepressible filmmaking duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables, C’est La Vie!) starring Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen as two compulsive spenders who get much more than they bargained for when they try and scam their way out of trouble.

• From: Saturday, 19 October 2024

  Met Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Exempt)

  Offenbach’s fantastical opera kicks off the 2024-25 season, starring French tenor Benjamin Bernheim in the title role of the tormented poet. Joining Bernheim is American soprano Erin Morley as Olympia, South African soprano Pretty Yende as Antonia, and French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine as Giulietta to complete Hoffmann’s trio of lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts Bartlett Sher’s evocative production, which also features American bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the Four Villains and Russian mezzo-soprano Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in her company debut as Nicklausse.

• From: Thursday, 24 October 2024

  The Apprentice (CTC)

  A dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn.

• From: Thursday, 24 October 2024

  Lee (CTC)

  Oscar winner Kate Winslet stars in this fascinating portrait of the great American war correspondent Lee Miller, whose singular talent and ferocious tenacity gave us some of the 20th century’s most indelible images. Lee also stars Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Marion Cotillard, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough and Noémie Merlant.

• From: Saturday, 26 October 2024

  House of Wax 3D (1953) (PG)

  Join us for some retro schlock fun this Halloween! House of Wax is a 3-D horror delight that combines the atmospheric eerieness of the wax museum with the always chilling presence of Vincent Price. See him at his terrifying best as he takes murderous vengeance on those who've wronged him in this lovingly restored cult classic.

• From: Thursday, 31 October 2024

  Ghostlight (M)

  A moving, gently comic story about the power of live theatre to make sense of our offstage dramas and personal narratives. Dan is a melancholic middle-aged construction worker grieving a family tragedy. Cut off from his devoted wife, Sharon, and talented but troubled daughter, Daisy, Dan finds comfort and community in a misfit company of amateur actors. While moonlighting in a low-rent production of Shakespeare’s most protean tragedy, Dan is forced to confront his buried emotions.

• From: Thursday, 31 October 2024

  Here (CTC)

  From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump, Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, screenplay by Eric Roth and Zemeckis and told much in the style of the acclaimed graphic novel by Richard McGuire on which it is based, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a tale of love, loss, laughter and life, all of which happen right Here.

• From: Saturday, 2 November 2024

  Polyester - Presented in Odorama! (M)

  Experience John Waters first studio picture Polyester, a brilliant subversive take on the Hollywood melodrama, as it was meant to be seen - and smelled! Starring Waters' favourite Divine as Francine Fishpaw, a suburban housewife trying to manage her dysfunctional family. Tickets include scratch n sniff cards (thanks to Smell Art) but book early as they're in limited supply! Don't forget to dress the part for a free choc top. Complete the Divine experience with canapés, Polyester trivia, dinner and after party tunes and dancing at the Victoria and Albert Guesthouse afterwards! Plus prizes for Best Dressed and Trivia Winner!

• From: Saturday, 2 November 2024

  Mozart’s Sister - Q&A Screening (CTC)

  Join us for a QandA screening with the producer of Mozart's Sister, Rebecca Barry. What is the lost story of 'the other Mozart'? For the first 16 years of her life, Mozart’s sister shared equal billing with her brother. Musical partners and collaborators, Wolfgang Mozart and Maria-Anna Mozart played together before Kings and Queens, and were the talk of Europe. Forced to withdraw from public life because she was a woman, a stunning new investigation explores why she was retired and what happened to her music.

• From: Wednesday, 6 November 2024

  Memoir of a Snail (CTC)

  From Academy Award winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, the creator behind the multi-awarded Mary and Max and Oscar-winning short Harvie Krumpet, comes his latest masterpiece, Memoir of a Snail, a poignant, heartfelt and hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

• From: Thursday, 7 November 2024

  A Different Man (CTC)

  A Different Man is a gripping, dark tail of identity, obsession, and transformation that has won the hearts of audience and critics-alike, selling out sessions at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

• From: Saturday, 9 November 2024

  Met Opera: Grounded (Exempt)

  Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by 21st-century warmaking: the ethical conflicts created by the use of modern military technology and the psychological and emotional toll supposedly safe remote technology takes on our servicepersons.

• From: Wednesday, 13 November 2024

  Climbing Film Tour 2024 (Exempt)

  Now in it’s fifth year, the Climbing Film Tour showcases a unique selection of short films each year focused on climbing, high lining, mountaineering and other vertical adventures. From untold stories, unsung heroes and the faces we’ve come to know and love in climbing – the tour has something for everyone.

• From: Thursday, 14 November 2024

  Gladiator II (CTC)

  From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by tyrannical Emperors. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honour to return the glory of Rome to its people.

• From: Thursday, 14 November 2024

  There's Still Tomorrow (CTC)

  The highest grossing film of 2023 in Italy, There's Still Tomorrow is a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome. All Delia has ever wanted is to be a wife and mother. She lives in Rome – a city divided between the positive thrust of liberation and the miseries of the war that has just ended – with her husband, Ivano, and their three children. Ivano may be a harsh master; his father even more so. However, Delia has a best friend with whom to share moments of levity, and her daughter is about to get married. She accepts her fate – the good with the bad – until a mysterious letter arrives.

• From: Thursday, 28 November 2024

  Rumours (CTC)

  Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, Rumours follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.

• From: Saturday, 14 December 2024

  Met Opera: Tosca (Exempt)

  Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Maestro Xian Zhang conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.

• From: Thursday, 26 December 2024

  A Real Pain (CTC)

  Led by a scene-stealing turn from Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain is a powerfully funny, emotionally resonant dramedy that finds writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg playing to his strengths on either side of the camera. Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

• From: Thursday, 9 January 2025

  Conclave (CTC)

  Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with one of the most secretive and ancient events - selecting a new pope. Finding himself at the centre of a conspiracy, he discovers a secret that could shake the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.

• From: Saturday, 8 February 2025

  Met Opera: Aida (Exempt)

  American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium.

• From: Thursday, 13 February 2025

  All We Imagine as Light (M)

  All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia, makes history as the first Indian film in competition at Cannes in 30 years, the first by an Indian female filmmaker and the first Indian Grand Prix winner. The film follows two Mumbai nurses who escape relationship pressures and find renewal in a seaside town.

• From: Saturday, 29 March 2025

  Met Opera: Fidelio (Exempt)

  Following a string of awe-inspiring performances, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Leonore, the faithful wife who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny in Beethoven’s Fidelio.

• From: Saturday, 10 May 2025

  Met Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro (Exempt)

  Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to the Met this season. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast including American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever valet Figaro, Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska as the wily maid Susanna, Canadian baritone Joshua Hopkins as the skirt-chasing Count, Italian soprano Federica Lombardi as his anguished wife, and French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa as the adolescent page Cherubino.

• From: Saturday, 7 June 2025

  Met Opera: Salome (Exempt)

  Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting.

• From: Saturday, 5 July 2025

  Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Exempt)

  Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, with American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva, in Rossini’s effervescent comedy.