Award Winning Independent Cinema

  https://youtu.be/BCuS2BFgCck Helen Tope reviews Cezanne and I. It's showing in the cinema until 6 July. Cezanne and I tells the story of one of art’s most famous friendships. Meeting during their childhood, the novelist Emile Zola and the artist Paul Cezanne become friends, but as they grow up and enter the world, one becomes a success, while the other gets left behind. After writing a series of highly successful novels, Zola publishes L’Ouevre (The Masterpiece). The novel tells the story of an artist, Claude Lantier, whose talent is misunderstood by the critics and gallery-going public alike. Angry and frustrated, Lantier ... Continue Reading

  Helen Tope has written a review of The Birth Of A Nation, which is showing in our cinema from 27 January - 2 February. Tickets available here (all full price tickets for this film are 2 for 1, whether you book online, by phone or at the box office. That's just £9 for a trip to the cinema for two people!) The Birth of a Nation tells the true story of a slave rebellion that took place in Virginia, August 1831. The rebellion was led by Nat Turner, a slave-turned-preacher. The group of rebels killed an estimated 65 people during ... Continue Reading

Helen Tope has written a review of La La Land, which is showing in our cinema from 24 February - 7 March. Tickets available here.     La La Land is a film that announces itself with the fanfare we have come to expect from big-budget musicals. While the scale and ambition are textbook Hollywood, where La La Land diverges from the blueprint is in its execution. The appetite for contemporary musicals has been transformed by the success of theatre productions such as Hamilton. Despite this, a musical about Hollywood, set in ... Continue Reading