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Adapted from Royal & Derngate's 2019 Made in Northampton production of The Pope, Fernando Meirelles' film takes us behind vatican walls with an intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins). Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church. Behind Vatican walls, a struggle commences between both tradition and progress, guilt and forgiveness, as these two very different men confront their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for a billion followers around the world. Inspired by true events.

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It’s A Wonderful Life

One of the most popular and enduring films ever made, Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life is a gloriously sentimental testament to homely small-town moral values. Masterfully crafted, the film opens with angels discussing George Bailey (James Stewart), a man so beset with problems that he contemplates a Christmas-time suicide. As George prepares to jump from a bridge his guardian angel Clarence Oddbody intervenes and shows him how badly Bedford Falls would have turned out without his good deeds. Filled with a renewed joy of life George returns to his family for Christmas. James Stewart gives one of his finest, most affecting performances and the film looks better than ever in its new restoration.

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Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Lés Miserablés) returns with Cats, the hugely anticipated adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber broadway sensation based on the work of T.S. Eliot. The plot centres on a tribe of cats called the Jellicles, as they come together at the annual Jellicle Ball to decide which one of them will ascend to the Heavenside Layer (their version of heaven) and be reborn in to a new life. The sprawling cast features Sir Ian McKellen, Jud Dench, Vanessa Hudson, Idris Elba and introduces Francesca Hayward in her first mainstream leading role.

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2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important now. Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream. Structured as a visual letter to his 4-year-old daughter, Damon blends traditional documentary footage with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter and the planet. Both a compassionate look at a Father trying to secure the future of his daughter and an optimistic look ahead, this beautiful and delicate documentary addresses tomorrow's issues today.

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One-of-a-kind filmmaker Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) returns with this aberrant satire loosely adapted from a novel by Christine Leunens. It's springtime in Germany and Johannes "Jojo" Beltzer (Roman Griffin Davis) has been thoroughly indoctrinated by Hitler youth. Joined by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (played with Python-esque slapstick by Waititi), Jojo 's world is turned upside town when he discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their home. In equal turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Jojo Rabbit is a truly unique cinematic experience unlike anything else you'll see this year.

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Top Hat + Dance Classes

The iconic musical follows showman Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire), and producer Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton) in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) below. But when she goes upstairs to complain, the two are immediately attracted to each other. This screening is accompanied by dance classes inspired by the ultimate iconic dance partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We are delighted to offer exclusive ballroom dance classes to accompany our screenings of Top Hat! Don’t miss this opportunity to dance cheek-to-cheek on the iconic Derngate stage, with classes for all abilities from TopDance, for just £10 per person!

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Parent and Baby: Jojo Rabbit

One-of-a-kind filmmaker Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) returns with this aberrant satire loosely adapted from a novel by Christine Leunens. It's springtime in Germany and Johannes "Jojo" Beltzer (Roman Griffin Davis) has been thoroughly indoctrinated by Hitler youth. Joined by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (played with Python-esque slapstick by Waititi), Jojo 's world is turned upside town when he discovers that his mother (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl (Thomasin McKenzie) in their home. In equal turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Jojo Rabbit is a truly unique cinematic experience unlike anything else you'll see this year.

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First a Girl + Fashion Show

First a Girl is the quintessential Jessie Matthews musical, and one of the most enduring and amusing for a modern audience. Elizabeth dreams of being a music-hall singer but is refused at every turn. When circumstances arise, she is given the opportunity to make her debut as a man posing as a woman. Cleverly subverting gender roles, this whimsical film remains an iconic turning point for the genre. The screenings includes a fashion show inspired by the film - Calling all fashionistas! Join us for an unforgettable night of style and fun with our First a Girl fashion show. With outfits inspired by the sparkling British musical comedy, we applaud 1930s fashion alongside ingenious modern creativity that blurs gender boundaries and celebrates inclusivity.

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Director Feras Fayyad returns to his native, Wartorn Syria to follow a dedicated team of female doctors who tirelessly treat casualties in an underground hospital while battling systemic sexism. Shot from 2016 to 2018, The Cave belongs to the top rank of war films. Syrian director Feras Fayyad takes us to a subterranean landscape that feels akin to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max (1979). With life too dangerous above ground, survivors create a network of secret tunnels under the city of Ghouta, near Damascus, for an underground hospital maintained by women doctors. In contrast to the many Syrian documentaries made from cellphone footage or shaky cameras, Feras Fayyad takes great care to visualize the landscape and its memorable occupants with artful cinematography. For anyone who feels jaded by Syria coverage, this work stands apart. The heart of the film is Dr. Amani, a young Syrian woman operating in unimaginable conditions with great humor and fortitude.

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42nd Street is screening as part of our A Year of Musicals initiative. We are delighted to be in partnership with the BFI Film Audience Network to highlight the very best in iconic, worldwide musicals from the 1930s - 2010s! Renowned Broadway producer/director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is hired to put together a new musical revue. It's being financed by Abner Dillon (Guy Kibbee) to provide a starring vehicle for his girlfriend, songstress Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels). Marsh, who is quite ill, is a difficult task master working long hours and continually pushing the cast to do better. When Brock breaks her ankle one of the chorus girls, Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler), gets her big chance to be the star. She also finds romance along the way.

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Cult Film Club: The Addams Family

The University of Northampton's Cult Film Club returns with The Addams Family. Academy-award winner Anjelica Huston (The Royal Tenenbaums) and Christoper Lloyd (Back to the Future) lead this eccentric adaptation from the classic one-panel comics that were first published in The New Yorker in 1938 by author Charles Addams. When patriarch Gomez (Raul Julia) laments his long lost brother, a couple of con artists hatch a scheme to fleece the oddball family by using an accomplice who makes the claim of being Gomez's long lost brother. Oddness abounds when he is introduced to the family that includes Wednesday Addams (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley Addams (Jimmy Workman).

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Shia LaBeouf (The Peanut Butter Falcon) wrote the script for Honey Boy while he was undergoing rehab treatment. As much an exercise in psychological understanding as it is a creative spirit finding a positive outlet, this acclaimed film charts the actor's stormy upbringing and explores his struggles to reconcile with his father. Fictionalising his childhood ascent to stardom, and subsequent crash-landing into alcohol and drug abuse, arrests and eventually rehab, this delicate and powerful self-reflective drama stars Academy Award-nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) and a debut role for groundbreaking artist FKA Twigs.

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