Summer Season 2025
26th July - 30th August 2025
Join us this Summer Season for a selection of films old and new. We have something for everyone in our beautiful, air conditioned building. To book please email: boxoffice@southwoldcinema.co.uk
42ND STREET
Saturday, 26 July, 2025
Special black tie opening reception at 7pm for life members. Prosecco and canapes. Other tickets available for £15. This entertaining film is the Broadway production, with Bonnie Langford and Tom Lister, on the London stage.
Running Time:
132 minutes
Year of Release:
2019
Rated:
PG
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THE BORROWERS
Tuesday, 29 July, 2025
From the classic Mary Norton book, the story of the tiny people who live secretly in the fabric of a house. With John Goodman, Jim Broadbent and Celia Imrie.
Running Time:
89 minutes
Year of Release:
1997
Rated:
U
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THE ARCHITECTURE FOR PLEASURE WALK
Wednesday, 30 July, 2025
John Bennett's one hour walk around the town, in support of the Film Society. Meet at Town Pump at 6pm. Tickets £15.
Running Time:
60 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
U
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ADMIRAL
Thursday, 31 July, 2025
Vividly portrayed 17th century sea battles of Sole Bay and Lowestoft featuring the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter. With Charles Dance as Charles II. Dutch with subtitles.
Running Time:
151 minutes
Year of Release:
2015
Rated:
15
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NUTS IN MAY
Friday, 1 August, 2025
The excellent Alison Steadman and Roger Sloman in Mike Leigh's very funny tale of a couple camping in Dorset.
Running Time:
84 minutes
Year of Release:
1976
Rated:
U
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THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
Saturday, 2 August, 2025
An eccentric lottery winner on a remote island engages his favourite musicians to indulge some fantasies. With Carey Mulligan.
Running Time:
99 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
12A
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BLACK BEAUTY
Tuesday, 5 August, 2025
Anna Sewell's classic story revealed as a black stallion recalls his life via a number of owners. With Sean Bean, Jim Carter, Alun Armstrong, Peter Cook, David Thewlis.
Running Time:
88 minutes
Year of Release:
1994
Rated:
U
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EAST OF IPSWICH
Thursday, 7 August, 2025
Michael Palin's charming story based on his own experiences of summer holidays in Southwold in the 1950s. With John Nettleton and Allan Cuthbertson.
Running Time:
75 minutes
Year of Release:
1987
Rated:
PG
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THE PENGUIN LESSONS
Friday, 8 August, 2025
Steve Coogan in a delightful comedy drama wherein a disillusioned teacher in an Argentinian school in 1976 rescues a penguin on the beach.
Running Time:
111 minutes
Year of Release:
2024
Rated:
12A
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A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Saturday, 9 August, 2025
True story of Bob Dylan's arrival in New York and up to the infamous "electric" performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. With Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez. Excellent, authentic performance by Timothee Chalomet.
Running Time:
141 minutes
Year of Release:
2024
Rated:
15
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HUGO
Tuesday, 12 August, 2025
In 1937 Paris, an orphan boy living in a railway station becomes involved in a mystery around his late father and featuring a strange automaton. Scorsese's visually rich film also explores the early cinema of pioneer George Melies played by Ben Kingsley. With Richard Griffiths.
Running Time:
126 minutes
Year of Release:
2011
Rated:
U
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DROWNING BY NUMBERS
Thursday, 14 August, 2025
The excellent Peter Greenaway film with Bernard Hill, Juliet Stevenson and Joan Plowright. Filmed locally (St James' Green and Walberswick Beach).
Running Time:
118 minutes
Year of Release:
1988
Rated:
15
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MAMMA MIA SINGALONG
Friday, 15 August, 2025
Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and the gang in the lively, entertaining Abba treat.
Running Time:
108 minutes
Year of Release:
2008
Rated:
12
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CONCLAVE
Saturday, 16 August, 2025
Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci in a conspiracy thriller based on the Robert Harris book. A Pope dies and Cardinal Lawrence has to oversee the election of a new one.
Running Time:
120 minutes
Year of Release:
2024
Rated:
12A
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MONSIEUR HULOT'S HOLIDAY (LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT)
Tuesday, 19 August, 2025
The Jacques Tati favourite featuring a Normandy seaside holiday and many visual gags. French with subtitles.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
1953
Rated:
U
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DAVID COPPERFIELD
Thursday, 21 August, 2025
The 1970 version with great cast largely filmed in Southwold and The Swan Hotel. With Laurence Olivier, Susan Hampshire and many other luminaries.
Running Time:
118 minutes
Year of Release:
1970
Rated:
U
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DAD'S ARMY
Friday, 22 August, 2025
The characters are well played in this recent story of the Walmington-on-Sea platoon. With Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon, Daniel Mays and Catherine Zeta Jones.
Running Time:
100 minutes
Year of Release:
2016
Rated:
PG
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THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
Saturday, 23 August, 2025
The great thriller based closely on the book by Frederick Forsyth to whom we pay tribute here. With Edward Fox, Cyril Cusack and Michel Lonsdale.
Running Time:
143 minutes
Year of Release:
1973
Rated:
A
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THE WATER BABIES
Tuesday, 26 August, 2025
The classic tale based on the Charles Kingsley book about a boy who finds an underwater kingdom. With James Mason and Bernard Cribbins.
Running Time:
92 minutes
Year of Release:
1978
Rated:
U
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A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
Thursday, 28 August, 2025
The uncovering of a medieval church Judgement painting (like that locally at Wenhaston Church). Gentle tale with Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh.
Running Time:
96 minutes
Year of Release:
1987
Rated:
U
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GALAXY QUEST
Friday, 29 August, 2025
At a Star Trek type convention, attended by the main actors and a number of nerds, events take on an unexpected reality with amusing and exciting results. With Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver. The transition from weary boredom to edge of seat action is very funny.
Running Time:
102 minutes
Year of Release:
1999
Rated:
PG
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THE SALT PATH
Saturday, 30 August, 2025
Based on a true story. A couple lose their home and a terminal illness is diagnosed, so they undertake a long coastal walk. An inspiring story of love and resilience. With Gillian Anderson and Jeremy Isaacs.