SPRING SEASON 2026
1ST MAY - 27TH JUNE 2026
Join us this Spring Season for an assortment of entertaining and varied films at the beautiful Electric Picture Palace. To book please email boxoffice@southwoldcinema.co.uk
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123
Friday, 1 May, 2026
Great thriller (the original not the remake) featuring a bold train hijack on the New York subway with Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw and Martin Balsam
Running Time:
104 minutes
Year of Release:
1974
Rated:
12A
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HAMNET
Saturday, 2 May, 2026
Paul Mescal as Will and Jessie Buckley as Mrs Shakespeare in the award winning story of loss and grief following the death of their child. Extraordinary performances.
Running Time:
125 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
PG-13
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MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
Friday, 8 May, 2026
Set in the 1950s, Paul Gallico story of a London cleaner who aspires to own a Dior frock. With Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert and Anna Chancellor.
Running Time:
115 minutes
Year of Release:
2022
Rated:
PG
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THE BODYGUARD
Saturday, 9 May, 2026
Kevin Costner as a former secret service agent is hired to protect a beautiful R&B singer, Whitney Houston, whose lifestyle is not like the president's. Includes the great Dolly Parton song "I Will Always Love You".
Running Time:
129 minutes
Year of Release:
1992
Rated:
15
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A PRIVATE FUNCTION
Friday, 15 May, 2026
Alan Bennett's very funny tale of chiropody and pig theft with excellent cast including Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Liz Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths and Pete Postlethwaite. Excellent.
Running Time:
92 minutes
Year of Release:
1984
Rated:
15
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THE STING
Saturday, 16 May, 2026
Timeless classic with Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw. In the 1930s two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. Features great Scott Joplin music.
Running Time:
129 minutes
Year of Release:
1973
Rated:
PG
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FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLESTOP CAFE
Friday, 22 May, 2026
Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy in a story of a nursing home visit and a housewife's friendship with an old lady who tells her an astonishing story dating back to the 1920s. Compelling story.
Running Time:
130 minutes
Year of Release:
1991
Rated:
PG-13
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED
Saturday, 23 May, 2026
Film of the Evelyn Waugh novel with Matthew Goode as Charles Ryder, Ben Whishaw as Sebastian Flyte with Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon and Greta Scacchi. Excellent and well produced drama and cinematography, set in London, Oxford and Venice.
Running Time:
134 minutes
Year of Release:
2008
Rated:
12A
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F1 - THE MOVIE
Friday, 29 May, 2026
Brad Pitt as a former driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a young driver. Exceptional action movie.
Running Time:
155 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
12A
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THE ODD COUPLE
Saturday, 30 May, 2026
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as the unsuitable flatmates in the very funny Neil Simon comedy.
Running Time:
105 minutes
Year of Release:
1968
Rated:
A
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H IS FOR HAWK
Friday, 5 June, 2026
Claire Foy, Leslie Duncan, Brendan Gleeson. Following the death of her father, Helen finds solace in her relationship with a bird of prey.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
2026
Rated:
12A
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A QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION/ AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD
Saturday, 6 June, 2026
James Fox as Sir Anthony Blunt who spied for Russia for 25 years whilst curating and archiving the Queen's pictures. With Geoffrey Palmer and Prunella Scales as HMQ.
PLUS
An Englishman Abroad - entertaining tale with Alan Bates as Guy Burgess exiled in Moscow in a true life encounter with actress Coral Browne in the 1960s. Two "spy" plays by Alan Bennett.
Running Time:
70/61 minutes
Year of Release:
1988/1983
Rated:
U/PG
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THE PARTY
Friday, 12 June, 2026
Hilarious Peter Sellers comedy in which he plays a bumbling Indian actor mistakenly invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being sacked for ruining a film. Directed by Blake Edwards, many think this is one of the funniest films ever made. Sellers at his comic best.
Running Time:
99 minutes
Year of Release:
1968
Rated:
A
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RAIN MAN
Saturday, 13 June, 2026
Multi Oscar-winning film with Tom Cruise as a supercar dealer and Dustin Hoffman the autistic brother he never knew existed. Dramatic, comic and entertaining film.
Running Time:
133 minutes
Year of Release:
1988
Rated:
15
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ADMIRAL
Thursday, 18 June, 2026
Dutch film about Admiral de Ruyter, including the Battle of Sole Bay. For Museum members but some tickets may be available. With Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer.
Running Time:
151 minutes
Year of Release:
2015
Rated:
15
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Friday, 19 June, 2026
Now a west end musical, this is the original great movie in which Meryl Streep is the stellar fashion editor queen and Anne Hathaway is the new intern. With Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci. There is a sequel, The Devil Wears Prada II, coming soon.
Running Time:
109 minutes
Year of Release:
2009
Rated:
PG
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REMAINS OF THE DAY
Saturday, 20 June, 2026
A butler sacrifices love for duty in 1930s England. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson plus Hugh Grant, Christopher Reeve and Peter Vaughan.
Running Time:
134 minutes
Year of Release:
1993
Rated:
U
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Friday, 26 June, 2026
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the Noel Coward story of a very English home counties love affair. With Stanley Holloway. bw
Running Time:
86 minutes
Year of Release:
1945
Rated:
PG
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CHICAGO
Saturday, 27 June, 2026
Catherine Zeta Jones, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere and Dominic West in the colourful and raunchy musical with some great songs and production numbers.