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Army of Shadows( 12A)

2h 25m French w/ English subtitles

A group of French resistance fighters battle against the Nazis in German-controlled Marseilles as well as suspicion amongst their own ranks in Jean-Pierre Melville's gripping wartime thriller.

Big Night( 15)

1h 49m

Stanley Tucci stars and directs this heartwarming and insightful comedy about two Italian brothers living in 1950s New Jersey hosting a spectacular banquet in a final effort to save their failing business.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry( 15)

1h 50m Georgian w/ English subtitles

In a Georgian village, a middle-aged woman vows never to marry, causing intrigue amongst the locals. But when she unexpectedly begins to fall in love, she must choose between her life of independence and romance.

Bye Bye Tiberias( Cert-TBC)

1h 22m Arabic w/ English subtitles

Palestinian documentary following actress Hiam Abbass as she returns to her hometown and reconnects with the women in her family. Showing as part of the 2024 SAFAR Film Festival.

Challengers( 15)

2h 11m

A tough tennis coach (Zendaya) arranges a ‘challenger’ match between her husband, a former champion on a losing streak, and her ex-lover (Josh O’Connor) in this steamy romance directed by Luca Guadagnino.

Civil War( 15)

1h 49m

With the US torn apart by civil war, a group of journalists cover the madness of the raging conflict. Kirsten Dunst stars in this intense and thought- provoking thriller by acclaimed filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina).

Goodbye Julia( Cert-TBC)

2h Arabic w/ English subtitles

Mohamed Kordofani’s intelligent debut about a woman's fateful decision to leave town become the first Sudanese film to compete at the Cannes Film Festival. Part of the 2024 SAFAR Film Festival.

Hoard( 18)

2h 6m

A teenager rediscovers the magic of her troubled childhood when she connects with an older man at her foster home in Luna Carmoon's visceral exploration of grief, trauma, and burgeoning sexuality.

I Am Cuba( PG)

2h 15m Spanish w/ English subtitles

One of the most extravagantly beautiful films ever shot, Mikheil Kalatozishvili's expression of highly stylised and highly politicised cinema shows how the desire for radical change swept across Cuba in the 1950s.

In Flames

Inshallah a Boy( Cert-TBC)

1h 53m Arabic w/ English subtitles

Amjad Al Rasheed’s powerful feature debut is a story about survival, hope and the lengths women are forced to go to in the face of oppressive patriarchal structures. Part of the 2024 SAFAR Film Festival.

Jaws( 12A)

2h 4m

Steven Spielberg's iconic thriller about a police chief, a scientist, and a grizzled fisherman on the hunt of blood-thirsty Great White Shark after a series of brutal deaths at an American seaside town.

Kidnapped( 12A)

2h 14m Italian w/ English subtitles

In 19th-century Italy, the Catholic Church kidnaps a young Jewish boy claiming that he was secretly baptised at birth. A gripping drama told with operatic intensity and visual grandeur by Palme d’Or winner Marco Bellocchio.

La Chimera( 15)

2h 11m Italian w/ English subtitles

Josh O'Connor stars as a British archaeologist hunting of Etruscan treasures to sell on the black market and the ghost of his former lover in Alice Rohrwacher's (Happy As Lazzaro) enchanting tale of love lost.

Love Lies Bleeding( 15)

1h 44m

In Rose Glass' follow-up to her debut film 'Saint Maud', Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play star-crossed lovers in this muscular 1980s crime thriller drenched in body oil, sweat, and blood.

Mapantsula( 15)

1h 43m Zulu w/ English subtitles

A petty gangster is caught up in Township riots in this cult classic crime drama, the first anti-Apartheid film shot guerrilla style on the streets of Soweto. Screening marking the 30th anniversary of South African Freedom Day.

Midsommar( 18)

2h 27m

Florence Pugh stars in Ari Aster's modern horror classic about an American couple who take a once-in-a-lifetime trip to a summer festival in Sweden which gradually becomes a waking nightmare.

Much Ado About Dying( 15)

1h 24m

Filmmaker Simon Chambers looks after his eccentric uncle as he prepares himself for a "good death" in this unfiltered and good-humoured documentary about the challenges of care-giving.

Nezouh( 12A)

1h 44m Arabic w/ English subtitles

Award-winning magical-realist Syrian drama following a family who must decide whether to stay in their besieged hometown or to embark on a journey into the unknown.

Rome, Open City( 12A)

1h 43m Italian w/ English subtitles

Shot in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, Roberto Rossellini's neorealist masterpiece follows a resistance leader seeking help from a local priest to avoid the grip of the Gestapo.

SAFAR Film Festival Pass

The SAFAR Film Festival is the largest festival in the UK dedicated to cinema from the Arab world. The Ultimate Picture Palace are showing four films as part of this year's festival. Purchase a Festival Pass and get tickets to all four screenings for just £25.

Slow( 15)

1h 48m Lithuanian w/ English subtitles

A dancer and a sign language interpreter redefine what intimacy means for their relationship when one of them reveals that they are asexual in this award-winning Lithuanian drama.

Spice World( PG)

1h 32m

A low-point of Britpop’s bloated commercial extravagance? Or a deranged, postmodern masterpiece of 1990s UK pop culture? The Flop House podcast hosts introduce an all-timer in the annals of bad movie history.

The Battle of Algiers( 15)

2h 1m Arabic w/ English subtitles

Shot on the streets of Algiers documentary style, Gillo Pontecorvo's pulsating drama tells the story of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale's struggle to gain freedom from French colonial rule.

The Beast( 15)

2h 27m French w/ English subtitles

As a woman (Léa Seydoux) undergoes a procedure to rid her DNA of all feelings, she crosses paths with a man from her past lives. An ambitious dystopian sci-fi from acclaimed French filmmaker Bertrand Bonello.

The Constant Gardener( 15)

2h 8m

Ethics In Film presents Fernando Meirelles' Oscar-winning romantic thriller, adapted from the novel by John Le Carre. One-off screening followed by an expert panel discussion.

The Fall Guy( 12A)

2h 6m

Ryan Gosling stars as a battle-scarred stuntman who is employed to track down an actor who has mysteriously vanished in this entertaining homage to Hollywood action movies.

The Lost Boys( 15)

1h 37m

A family relocate to a sleepy Californian coastal town only to discover that it's overrun with biker gangs and vampires in Joel Schumacher's 1980s kitsch horror classic, starring Corey Haim and Kiefer Sutherland.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre( 18)

1h 23m

Back on the big screen for the film's 50th anniversary, Tobe Hooper's gritty and transgressive folk-horror slasher movie set out in the American sticks. Who will survive, and what will be left of them?

The Trial( PG)

1h 58m

A dizzyingly expressionist take on Franz Kafka’s novel, Orson Welles casts Anthony Perkins as a bewildered office drone who is plunged into a disorienting bureaucratic labyrinth of guilt, corruption, and paranoia.

There's Still Tomorrow( 15)

1h 58m Italian w/ English subtitles

The arrival of a mysterious letter inspires a housewife to stand up to her husband and imagine a better future for her family in his sweeping, black-and-white melodrama from Italy.

Tiger Stripes( 15)

1h 35m Malay w/ English subtitles

A twelve-year-old girls discovers a shocking secret about her own body in this Malaysian coming-of-age body horror. Winner of the Critics' Week Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Wedding in Galilee( 12A)

1h 40m Arabic w/ English subtitles

Filmed in 1987, this classic about a wedding taking place in an occupied town was the first feature film entirely shot in Palestine by a Palestinian director. Part of the 2024 SAFAR Film Festival.