From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel with stellar performances from Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.

"Zhao doesn’t just tell you about the healing power of art, she shows you. Prepare your tear ducts accordingly." Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

Oscar–nominated Kaouther Ben Hania’s recreation of this devastating emergency as a powerful narrative work uses real call recordings and scripted re-enactments based on first-hand testimonies and transcripts.

“Hind Rajab’s story is almost too terrible to face, yet this masterwork from Kaouther Ben Hania demands we bear witness." Little White Lies

Tunisia-France, 2025

Arabic Language with English subtitles

Please note: This film is based on real events, and contains distressing content including realistic depictions of warfare, violence against civilians, the death of a child and real emergency call audio recorded by the Palestine Red Crescent. The imagery and mature themes of this film may be difficult for some audience members.

Brendan Fraser stars in HIKARI’s rich and heartwarming tale of a struggling American actor searching for a connection in Tokyo.

Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

"A dramedy that proves a charming surprise balancing poignancy and humor with rare delicacy." Hollywood Reporter

Set in the charged world of 1950s American ping-pong, Marty Supreme follows Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a charismatic, ruthless, and unconventional table-tennis prodigy determined to turn an unlikely talent into greatness. Rising from the gritty streets of New York, Marty gambles everything on a dream no one around him respects.

Along his climb, he becomes entangled with a glamorous older film star who challenges his guarded nature (Gwyneth Paltrow) and crosses paths with a host of eccentric figures - an unpredictable musical showman (Tyler Okonma), a sharp-tongued hustler (Kevin O’Leary), a volatile mentor with a shadowy past (Abel Ferrara), and an outspoken entertainer who becomes an unexpected ally (Fran Drescher).

As Marty pushes deeper into the competitive circuit, his obsession threatens to consume him, forcing him to confront what he’s willing to sacrifice for a shot at legendary status.

Directed by Josh Safdie

"This uncut gem dazzles, from its spotlit table-tennis contests to its dark portrait of American dreams." Jamie Graham, Empire Magazine

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.

Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.

Approximate run time is 1 hour 27 mins with no interval.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

Approximate run time is 3 hours including a 15-minute interval.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

Man-su (Lee Byung Hun), a specialist in paper manufacturing with 25 years of experience, is so satisfied with life that he can truthfully tell himself, “I’ve got it all.” While happily passing his days with his wife Miri (Son Yejin), their two children and two dogs, Man-su is suddenly informed by his company that he has been fired. “We’re sorry. We have no other choice.”

Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Oldboy, winner of the Cannes

Special Jury Prize in 2009 for Thirst, invited to the Main Competition in 2016 with The Handmaiden, and winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes in 2022 with Decision to Leave, Master director Park Chan-wook, who has captivated audiences with his taboo-breaking plots and finely rendered mise-en-scène, is back. With No Other Choice – a story he has long wanted to tell – he presents a film that is completely different from his previous works.

South Korea, 2025

Korean Language with English subtitles

In 1917, Lionel (Paul Mescal) a young, talented music student meets David (Josh O'Connor) at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel’s life far beyond his own awareness.

"A masterclass in tender restraint. A rare treat to luxuriate in." Tomris Laffly, Elle

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

Directed by Richard Linklater, starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch and Aubry Dullin.

"An elegant love letter to the influential era in French cinema. In stunning black and white, and with the grainy sound quality of the era, Linklater gives new life to period picture, making it romantic, exquisitely detailed, and timeless." Tomris Laffly, Elle

'Hey, I'm walkin' here!  I'm walkin' here!'

The overconfident Joe Buck (Jon Voight) leaves home and moves to New York City, his sights set on becoming a successful male gigolo.  Reality comes crashing down when he's hustled by street-smart conman 'Ratso' Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), but the pair quickly form an unlikely bond.  When Ratso becomes dangerously ill, Joe finds himself prepared to do anything to protect him.

John Schlesinger's American debut begins as a comedy about naïve losers, but quickly becomes a powerfully touching story about two innocents swallowed up by the big city.  The film proved to be an overnight box-office smash, winning three Oscars (with Schlesinger taking home Best Director) and becoming the only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Screening as the opening event of The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide retrospective curated by Marc David Jacobs and Claire Nicolas and taking place from February to May 2026.

This special screening will be followed by a Q&A with John Schlesinger's nephew, BAFTA TV Award winner Paul Schlesinger, who is currently preparing his own adaptation of Midnight Cowboy for radio.  Hosted by Schlesinger season co-curator Marc David Jacobs.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

For more info on the season, visit https://schlesinger-100.webflow.io/

A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.

A bold and original imagining of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell’s “WUTHERING HEIGHTS” stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness.

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo (Wagner Moura) a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realises that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho,

Winner of Best Director and Best Actor in Cannes.

"The Secret Agent is vicious and vivid in its sense of place and danger. But it also has a streak of weirdness and offers a very human take on the political-crime thriller genre." Dave Calhoun, Time Out

Brazil, 2025

Portuguese Language with English subtitles

Gay Jewish doctor Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and drifting office worker Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson) have one important thing in common: they're both in a relationship with same shiftless designer, Bob Elkin (Murray Head). As Bob flits from one partner to the other over the course of an eventful week, Daniel and Alex begin to question whether 'half a loaf' really is better than none.

Sunday Bloody Sunday is director John Schlesinger's masterpiece, a highly personal story based on his own history, and set amongst the people and places of his native North London. With an extraordinarily piercing screenplay by novelist and critic Penelope Gilliatt, it swept that year's BAFTAs with wins for Best Film, Best Director, and lead actor awards for both Finch and Jackson.

Sunday Bloody Sunday will screen with Schlesinger's short film Sunday in the Park (1956, 15min), an impressionistic documentary showcasing the sights and sounds of a typical 1950s afternoon in Hyde Park.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

Screening as part of The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide retrospective taking place from February to May 2026.

For more info on the season, visit https://schlesinger-100.webflow.io/

Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry.

For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.

Peter Morgan’s Netflix phenomenon The Crown was based on this hit play that was captured live from London’s West End in 2013 and went on to become one of the most-watched NT Live productions

By Peter Morgan

Directed by Stephen Daldry

'Is it safe?'

The life of university student and aspiring marathon runner Babe Levy (Dustin Hoffman) is turned upside-down when he discovers his brother (Roy Scheider) brutally murdered.  The trail of his killers leads him into a dangerous conspiracy involving a supposedly-dead Nazi, Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier), a former dentist turned concentration camp torturer determined to extract valuable information from Babe.

While Hoffman makes a strong impression as the reluctant hero of director John Schlesinger's first thriller, it's veteran Laurence Olivier who proves triumphant, embodying pure evil in his chilling performance as the 'White Angel' Szell.  His comeback after a string of severe illnesses, the role brought Olivier his second Golden Globe, and an incredible ninth acting nomination at the Oscars.

Screening as part of The Consummate Professional: John Schlesinger at 100, a UK-wide retrospective curated by Marc David Jacobs and Claire Nicolas and taking place from February to May 2026.

For more info on the season, visit https://schlesinger-100.webflow.io/

A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women's history.  As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women - Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) - discover the remarkable Greenham Common Women's Peace Movement.

This groundbreaking protest saw 30,000 women stand resolute against nuclear armament forty years earlier. Their journey is an intimate intergenerational dialogue and a 110-mile march over nine days, retracing the steps of the original Greenham Common protesters in 1981. These young women uncover not just a historical movement but a living, breathing legacy of collective courage and resistance.

Gentle, Angry Women is a poignant and timely documentary that weaves personal discovery, historical remembrance, and contemporary activism together. It confronts the rising global tensions of our time while celebrating the enduring power of women's collective action - revealing a bridge between past courage and present hope.

“Powerful, poet, and unapologetically bold”

Screened for International Woman's Day 2026, we are delighted to welcome director, Barbara Santi for a post screening Q&A.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

For more info: https://www.folklifefilms.co.uk/gentle-angry-women

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in this five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).

Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

★★★★★

"The stars of a dream cast align" The Guardian

Approximate run time is 2 hours 15 mins with no interval.

Please note: Prompt start as no ads/trailers.

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

By John Millington Synge

Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

By Christopher Hampton

Based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Directed by Marianne Elliott