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From 6 Apr

Lost Highway

“We’ve met before, haven’t we?” A mesmerising meditation on the mysterious nature of identity, Lost Highway, David Lynch’s seventh feature film, is one of the…

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13 & 17 Apr

Inland Empire

An actress's (Laura Dern) perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star (Justin Theroux) in a remake of an…

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Sat 26 Apr

Chabrol in Focus

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Classics

26 & 29 Apr

The Butcher

+ intro by Prof. Antoine de Baecque on 26 April

Films

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Sat 26 Apr

The Unfaithful Wife

+ intro & discussion with Prof. Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, Prof Antoine de Baecque & Cécile Maistre

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5 Feb - 11 Apr

Revisiting Chantal Akerman

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From 4 May

Les Enfants du paradis

Poetic realism reached sublime heights with Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise), widely considered one of the greatest French films of all time. This…

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From 4 May

Stage on Screen

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5 & 14 May

Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story

In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote a sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for…

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6 & 11 May

Les Biches

+ intro by Prof. Richard Dyer (King’s College London) on 6 May

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From 7 May

Acting

+ Q&A with Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod, Sophie Fiennes & Sarah Crompton on 7 May

Films

Festivals & Series

From 9 May

Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie

Presented in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Serebrennikov’s latest film is based on the novel Limonov by acclaimed French writer Emmanuel Carrère. A…

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Festivals & Series

From 10 May

Yannick

Prolific director Quentin Dupieux (The Second Act) returns with yet another absurd and metaphysical comedy reflecting on the act of acting. In the middle of…

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Sat 10 May

Hot Milk

After writing a number of films (Ida, Disobedience), Rebecca Lenkiewiczs' directorial debut is a poetic adaptation of Deborah Levy’s Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same…

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Sun 11 May

Opening Night

While in the midst of rehearsals for her latest play, Broadway actor Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan,…

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Festivals & Series

Mon 12 May

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

+ Q&A with Sophie and Ralph Fiennes

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Festivals & Series

From 17 May

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

The hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions Agathe finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane…

Films

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From 18 May

The Last Metro

In occupied Paris, all Marion Steiner can think about is rehearsals for a new play she is staging at the Montmartre Theatre, where she has…

Films

Classics

25 & 29 May

To Be or Not to Be

As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife…

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29 May & 1 June

Miss Mary

A moody, perceptive period piece, it tells the story of a family that symbolises the oligarchy that ruled Argentina as if it were their personal…

Films

Classics

31 May & 1 June

Camila

+ intro by Dr. Denise Miller (University of Warwick)

Festivals & Series

Films

23 Feb - 17 Apr

Forever David Lynch

Next event : Lost Highway
Wed 16 Apr at 17:45

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Highlights of the Month

Next event : The Most Precious of Cargoes
Thu 24 Apr at 18:30

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From 10 Nov

Claude Chabrol – Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets

Next event : The Butcher
Sat 26 Apr at 13:30

Classics

Films

Sat 26 April

Chabrol in Focus

Next event : The Butcher
Sat 26 Apr at 13:30

Books & Ideas

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Films

1 - 31 March

Mois de la Francophonie 2025

Next event : Revisiting Chantal Akerman
Wed 30 Apr at 00:00

Festivals & Series

Films

7 - 23 May

Stage on Screen

Next event : Houdini
Sun 04 May at 13:35

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On

Daring to Dare: The Films of María Luisa Bemberg

Next event : Miss Mary
Thu 29 May at 18:15

Our Annual Festivals

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5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

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Thu 6 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh