British acting royalty, Ken Branagh (who also directs), Judi Dench and Ian McKellen star in Ben Elton’s light-hearted take on Shakespeare’s retirement in Stratford.
ROSIE tells the story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless. Over 36 hours, Rosie and her partner John Paul strive to find somewhere to stay while shielding their young family from the reality of the situation around them.
A relaxed screening with subdued lighting throughout the film, an interval and tea and cakes to follow. Presented in association with Wokingham Dementia Action Alliance but suitable for anybody who would enjoy a film in sociable , supportive and welcoming atmosphere.
Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman and choir leader. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist.
Director Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West at the height of the Cold War, stunned the world .
A working-class bouncer is recruited as the driver for a cultured black classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South; an unlikely mutual respect and friendship is gradually forged.
After the death of her parents, a 6 year old girl is sent to the country to live with her uncle and 3 year old cousin. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life. Multi-award winning including at London & Berlin Film Festivals 2017
Yôjirô Takita's 2009 Best Foreign Language Oscar winner, a subtle and moving tale about a Japanese cellist forced to change direction when his orchestra closes down leaving him and his young wife in financial difficulties. His surprising choice of new career takes him on a profound and sometimes comical journey uncovers, through a close association with death, the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people.
An adaptation of the memoir "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" relays the true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel. When she is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.
An exhilarating, funny and gorgeous biopic of the rise of Collette, a country girl turned writer forced to pen novels in her husband's name. As the novels become more successful and her husband's free spending libertine ways create problems, she demands the recognition she deserves.
Based on novel by Ernest Perochon. The women are left at home to work the family farm in rural France while the men fight in the Great War. Struggling to cope and unable to hire any men, the family take on a willing orphan girl, Francine. When one of the men returns home on leave he falls in love with her.
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.
Dementia friendly screening with free tea/coffee and cake after the show.
13:30pm start; all tickets £5
Katja’s life falls apart in the blink of an eye when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old son in a bomb attack. Her quest for justice soon pushes her to the edge as the two suspects stand trial for murder.
A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of 1950s Cold War in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris.
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
Faced with his father’s untimely and bizarre demand to go and die in the holy city of Varanasi and attain Salvation, a son is left with no choice but to embark on this journey.
