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Renoir & Love

Renoir & Love (TBC)

Sunday 24 Jan 20273:00pm
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the world’s favourite artists; a founding member of the Impressionist movement and a constantly evolving artist, he is unmatched at depicting human connection. The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition brings together vibrant masterpieces which explore love in all its forms, bringing colour and warmth into the cold winter months. 

With exclusive access to this exciting new show, Exhibition on Screen will bring these world class works to cinema audiences, with close examination of the art and leading experts exploring the immense skill and influence of this master of colour and connection. Be transported back to a Parisian summer of love through the eyes of a true visionary. An unmissable opportunity to fall in love with Renoir this winter. 

Made in close collaboration with The National Gallery, London and Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
La fanciulla del West

La fanciulla del West (12A Live)

Tuesday 26 Jan 20276:00pm
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky adds to her already remarkable Met repertoire, making her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures, live from the Met stage to cinemas worldwide. This production is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to cinemas across the globe.
Where Dragons Live

Where Dragons Live (PG)

Monday 1 Feb 20277:45pm (Closed)
Please note that this film is for members of Woodbridge Film Society only. If you wish to become a member then please visit their page here and contact them at the email address provided.

It began with one dragon in a postcard-sized painting auctioned in 1966 for £220,000. Newlyweds Jane and Oliver Impey use the proceeds to purchase crumbling Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire, which they carefully restore over the years while growing their young family. The house surrounded by stone walls, a lawn of fairy rings, and a pond made seemingly of dragon's blood and its rooms of animal bones, jarred reptiles, and scores of dragons, feels both magical and frightening to the Impey children, Edward, Oliver, Matthew, and Harriet. Director Suzanne Raes's visually sumptuous film finds the foursome back at Cumnor to clear the dusty attics, desks, and cupboards as they prepare the house for sale. Their deceased parents presence looms large, coaxing a cascade of layered memories from each sibling. Raes's emotionally resonant score and lush sound design thoughtfully accentuate the film, as pristine home movies, and the objects themselves, illustrate their reflections. A welcome catharsis blooms as they prepare to let go.
Götterdämmerung

Götterdämmerung (12A Live)

Sunday 7 Feb 20272:00pm

An earth in ruin. The twilight of the Gods.

Deception leads to treachery, then devastation, when Siegfried is tricked into betraying Brünnhilde. Learning the truth of her beloved’s innocence, Brünnhilde at last returns the ring to the Rhinemaidens, before ordering that Valhalla be swallowed in flames. For the long-awaited finale of Wagner’s epic saga, director Barrie Kosky situates the rich apocalyptic drama in a contemporary world of dream-like turmoil. Antonio Pappano, Conductor Laureate of The Royal Opera, returns to take on the impassioned, otherworldly music – including Siegfried’s transporting Funeral March and Brünnhilde’s electrifying Immolation Scene. The brilliant cast is led by Elisabet Strid, Andreas Schager and Mika Kares, who together with the full forces of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera Chorus bring opera’s greatest journey to its shattering end.