AUTUMN SEASON 2024
1ST OCTOBER- 27TH DECEMBER 2024
Join us this Autumn Season for an assortment of entertaining and varied films at the beautiful Electric Picture Palace. To book please email boxoffice@southwoldcinema.co.uk .Bookings will be dealt with in the order we have received them on Monday 30th September.
LEN HARRIS MEMORIAL
Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
A memorial event for our commissionaire, Len Harris, who sadly passed away recently. Tickets available but no charge. 7.30pm
Running Time:
TBC minutes
Year of Release:
2024
Rated:
U
Date has passed
THE ENGLISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT CAME DOWN A MOUNTAIN
Friday, 4 October, 2024
Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald in this entertaining film about the Ordnance Survey measuring of a mountain in Wales and a local controversy which ensues about its height. Plus the great Kenneth Griffith.
Running Time:
99 minutes
Year of Release:
1995
Rated:
PG
Date has passed
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Saturday, 5 October, 2024
Extraordinary film of the Martin Amis novel featuring the dream house and garden of the Auschwitz commandant and his family, right next door to the camp but out of sight and certainly out of mind. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. German with subtitles.
Running Time:
105 minutes
Year of Release:
2023
Rated:
12A
Date has passed
PLEIN SOLEIL
Friday, 11 October, 2024
Alain Delon stars in this French film of the Patricia Highsmith novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, a taut thriller involving identity theft and murder. French with subtitles.
Running Time:
118 minutes
Year of Release:
1960
Rated:
PG
Date has passed
THIS IS SPINAL TAP
Saturday, 12 October, 2024
Very funny mockumentary featuring a British rock band and a fateful tour. "It goes up to eleven". Cult comedy with Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Patrick Macnee.
Running Time:
82 minutes
Year of Release:
1984
Rated:
15
Date has passed
THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT
Friday, 18 October, 2024
The philosophical journey of writer C S Lewis from his early atheism to his eventual Christianity. Absorbing and thought-provoking.
Running Time:
73 minutes
Year of Release:
2021
Rated:
12A
Date has passed
BRIGHT STAR
Saturday, 19 October, 2024
Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish in this good looking story of the poet John Keats and hid affair with his dressmaking neighbour Fanny Brawne. Jane Campion directs.
Running Time:
119 minutes
Year of Release:
2009
Rated:
PG
Date has passed
CARMEN
Friday, 25 October, 2024
A beautiful Andalucian landscape surrounds this fabulous film version of the Bizet love story opera. With Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo and Ruggero Raimondi. Entertaining.
Running Time:
152 minutes
Year of Release:
1984
Rated:
PG
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THE FOX AND THE CHILD
Saturday, 26 October, 2024
Charming and beautifully photographed wildlife story about a ten year old girl and her friendship with a fox. A timeless story set in Eastern France.
Running Time:
92 minutes
Year of Release:
2007
Rated:
U
Date has passed
THE FAREWELL
Friday, 1 November, 2024
Comedy drama featuring a Chinese family and a true story about the contrasts between eastern and western approaches to health issues and weddings. Fascinating
Running Time:
100 minutes
Year of Release:
2019
Rated:
PG
Date has passed
84 CHARING CROSS ROAD
Saturday, 2 November, 2024
Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft and Judi Dench in a true story of a correspondence between a London bookseller and a New York writer. Great film.
Running Time:
100 minutes
Year of Release:
1987
Rated:
PG
Date has passed
CINEMA PARADISO
Friday, 8 November, 2024
Philippe Noiret as the projectionist in this fabulous film about a Sicilian cinema and the small boy who is captivated by its magic. Wonderful music by Ennio Morricone. It is the best film we have shown here. A great classic. Italian with subtitles.
Running Time:
174 minutes
Year of Release:
1988
Rated:
PG
Sold Out
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Saturday, 9 November, 2024
Brilliant aerial drama (better than Top Gun Maverick) with Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews etc. Great!
Running Time:
132 minutes
Year of Release:
1969
Rated:
PG
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HOUSEWIFE, 49
Friday, 15 November, 2024
Victoria Wood wrote and stars in this entertaining wartime film film and true story about a Barrow in Furness woman Nella Last, who writes a diary for the Mass Observation Project to chronicle the lives of ordinary people. With David Threlfall and Stephanie Cole.
Running Time:
93 minutes
Year of Release:
2005
Rated:
12A
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THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
Saturday, 16 November, 2024
George Clooney directs this 1930s story of the University of Washington rowing team. An inspirational true story as the team competes for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Running Time:
123 minutes
Year of Release:
2023
Rated:
12A
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MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
Friday, 22 November, 2024
A series of hilarious episodes in which John Cleese and the Pythons examine various aspects of life.
Running Time:
107 minutes
Year of Release:
1983
Rated:
18
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TINA
Saturday, 23 November, 2024
Fascinating documentary of Tina Turner featuring a lot of the music and concert performances whilst covering the warts and all details of her life.
Running Time:
118 minutes
Year of Release:
2021
Rated:
15
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FREUD'S LAST SESSION
Friday, 29 November, 2024
Towards the end of his career, Sigmund Freud argues the existence of God with author C.S.Lewis. With Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode.
Running Time:
128 minutes
Year of Release:
2023
Rated:
12A
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PETER'S FRIENDS
Saturday, 30 November, 2024
Kenneth Branagh directs this poignant, funny British comedy featuring a festive reunion of Cambridge students ten years on. Great cast includes Branagh, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie. Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery and Rita Rudner who also wrote it.
Running Time:
101 minutes
Year of Release:
1992
Rated:
15
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Friday, 27 December, 2024
The excellent 1984 version with George C Scott as Scrooge. Plus Frank Finlay, Susannah York and Edward Woodward.