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Mothers' Instinct

Mothers' Instinct (15)

Monday 6 May 20242:30pm
Tuesday 7 May 20245:00pm
Wednesday 8 May 20245:00pm
Thursday 9 May 20242:30pm (HoH Subtitled Screening)7:30pm

Starring Academy Award winners Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway, Mothers’ Instinct is an unnerving psychological thriller about two best friends and neighbours, Alice and Céline, whose perfect lives in ‘60s suburbia are shattered by a tragic accident involving one of their children.


Marking the directorial debut of acclaimed cinematographer Benoit Delhomme, we follow Alice and Céline as their familial bonds are gradually undermined by guilt and paranoia and a gripping battle of wills develops, revealing the darker side of maternal love.

Grey Matter

Grey Matter (12A)

Monday 6 May 20245:00pm
Tuesday 7 May 20242:30pm7:30pm
Wednesday 8 May 20242:30pm
Thursday 9 May 20245:00pm

Teenager Chloe has never been close with her Nan Peg but when she gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and moves into the family home, Chloe’s forced to become her stay-at-home carer overnight. Chloe’s Mum forces her to join a local support group where she meets Sam who helps her realise how much things are soon about to change for her Nan. Chloe confronts Peg – what does she really want to do before she forgets? Chloe comes up with a list and decides to make Peg’s summer unforgettable.


Stephanie Beacham stars in this heartwarming British drama playing the award-worthy role of Peg who gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's. The film has made waves on the international film circuit, receiving critical acclaim at its world premiere at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto and winning the Best Foreign Debut award. It had its US premiere at Naples International Film Festival to sold out screenings and rave reviews and premiered at London Film Week in the UK. The film is in partnership with charity BRACE Dementia Research who funds small scale pilot projects looking at new and promising ways of understanding and tackling dementia.


This award-winning debut film from British filmmaker Arabella Burfitt-Dons was filmed in and around Southwold and Lowestoft in Suffolk

Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave (15)

Monday 6 May 20247:45pm (Closed)

Please note this film is being screened as part of the Woodbridge Film Society's 2023/2024 season and is therefore not open to the general public. You can read more about becoming a member here.


In this sublime, Hitchcockian noir thriller from Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden), a detective gets a little too close to the murder he’s trying to solve.


Busan Detective Hae-joon (Park Hae-il) is happily married, although work means spending too much time apart from his wife. When a climber’s body is found, suspicious photos on his phone lead to a murder investigation, and Hae-joon to the man’s young wife, Seo-rae (an entrancing Teng Wei) and a stakeout of her home. But even as her alibi clears her, Hae-joon finds himself unable to end his surveillance. Is this his detective’s instinct, or something more?


His questioning of Seo-rae at the police station reveals an evident chemistry between them, but it’s unclear whether she is genuine in her behaviour or cleverly manipulating the detective.


Director Park has crafted a mystery plotted with virtuoso aplomb – one breathless, twisting story-turn after another. Every shot is marked by its boldness and visual beauty, while the intricacy of the details on display harmonises with the ingeniously crafted plot. And at its centre are the mesmeric performances of Teng Wei and Park Hae-il.


Decision to Leave finds director Park working at the dizzying peak of his powers.


5 Star Review in The Observer


5 Star Review in the Financial Times

Portishead - Roseland NYC

Portishead - Roseland NYC (15)

Wednesday 8 May 20247:30pm

25th Anniversary Edition of the pioneering Bristol trio’s album, Roseland NYC Live; recorded and filmed at New York’s Roseland Ballroom with a 28-piece orchestra in 1997, and released in 1998.


The live album and concert film combined have sold over 1 million copies to date, and features performances of the most acclaimed tracks, ‘Glory Box’, ‘Sour Times’, and ‘Roads’, from their debut and sophomore albums, Dummy and Portishead.


Newly remastered, the concert film has been expanded to include ‘Undenied’ and ‘Numb’ from the concert film, as well as the full length performance of ‘Western Eyes’, which played in part over the credits of the film.


‘Sour Times’ and ‘Roads’ are also now the original Roseland versions (previously substituted on the album release with recordings from other performances).


The film is being released in cinemas just for 7 days and we are delighted to be one of only a very small number of cinemas screening the concert film as part of our Music Monthly strand kindly supported by Old Jet, Decoy Sound Studios, Sundowners DJ's, Stoddard Music, Whizzy Wallop Vinyl and Stephen "Foz" Foster.

Civil War

Civil War (15)

Friday 10 May 20242:30pm5:00pm
Saturday 11 May 20242:30pm7:45pm

Alex Garland anticipates a civil war in the United States. In the midst of a North American presidential election year that could see Donald Trump re-elected, and in a climate of high tension and social mistrust in Uncle Sam's country - the assault on the Capitol is not so far off - the British director unveils a future that may be closer than it seems.


To tell the story of this fractured America, Civil War follows three Reuters photo-reporters who bear witness to the situation through their photographs. In a veritable throwback to the American Civil War, Texas and California, allied with Florida, the dissident army of the West, clash with the other government-backed, army-held states. From New York, the three journalists(Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura and Stephen Henderson) attempt to reach the front line in Charlottesville at all costs, 1300km from their starting point, then on to Washington DC, where the President is holed up in the White House.


WARNING: This film CIVIL WAR contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy’


 

Perfect Days

Perfect Days (PG)

Friday 10 May 20247:30pm
Saturday 11 May 20245:00pm

Wim Wenders’ beguiling Tokyo-set drama is a poignant, warm-hearted portrait of a Tokyo toilet cleaner, played by Cannes Best Actor prize-winner Koji Yakusho.


Hirayama (a captivating performance by Yakusho) lives a life of quiet routine. He goes to work, eats in the same cafe every day and buys second-hand books at the weekend. Wenders’ empathetic portrait gradually draws us into this world, one in which the tiniest details add to the richness of a simple and decent life. With a soundtrack featuring Lou Reed and Patti Smith, this is a gorgeous hymn to humanity and to finding meaning in the everyday.

NTL: Vanya

NTL: Vanya (15)

Sunday 12 May 20243:00pm

Andrew Scott brings to life multiple characters in Simon Stephen’s radical new version of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.


Comedic and tragic, Chekhov’s examination of our shared humanity - our hopes, dreams, regrets - is thrust into sharp focus in VANYA.


This production explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.

Battle of Britain & Talk

Battle of Britain & Talk (U)

Sunday 12 May 20246:00pm

We are delighted to be collaborating with Bawdsey Radar Trust for this special screening of the 1969 film THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN starring Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer and Harry Andrews.


Most of you will know the story of the Battle of Britain when the gallant ‘few’ defended our shores in their Spitfires and Hurricanes. What is far less well known is that experimental developments carried out in Suffolk in the years leading up to the outbreak of war enabled this success. Using radio waves to detect the presence of aircraft was first demonstrated in 1935. As a result, a team of scientists and engineers were sent initially to Orfordness and then to Bawdsey Manor. This work, carried out in haste and in great secrecy, turned the idea into a chain of coastal radar stations ready and able to defend the country.


Before the showing of the film Graham Murchie, from Bawdsey Radar Trust, will describe the development of radar, the contribution of the team at Bawdsey Manor and explain how the system was used to direct the British fighters to intercept the incoming attacks.


A percentage of the ticket sales will go to the amazing work being done by the Bawdsey Radar Trust.


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