SUMMER SEASON 2023
29TH JULY - 26TH AUGUST
JOIN US THIS SUMMER FOR A GREAT SELECTION OF FILMS, OLD AND NEW. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. TO BOOK PLEASE EMAIL: boxoffice@southwoldcinema.co.uk ALL FILMS ARE AT 7 FOR A 7.15PM START. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY A MEMBER YOU WILL NEED TO BECOME A TEMPORARY MEMBER FOR THE SEASON FOR £3. A MEMBER CAN BRING UP TO 3 GUESTS WITH THEM. MANY THANKS
SAFETY LAST
Saturday, 29 July, 2023
The classic and very funny Harold LLoyd silent film accompanied by Tom Horton at the mighty wurlitzer. Prosecco and canapes. The first night is a special Life Members' evening. Black tie optional. We invite all Life Members to contact us to reserve tickets on a first -come -first -served basis. However, there may be room for a guest and other members in which case tickets will be £15. 7 for 7.30pm.
Running Time:
71 minutes
Year of Release:
1925
Rated:
U
Date has passed
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
Entertaining film version of the Kenneth Grahame story with Steve Coogan, Eric Idle and Terry Jones as Mole, Rat and Toad plus John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood, Bernard Hill and Anthony Sher as the Chief Weasel
Running Time:
88 minutes
Year of Release:
1996
Rated:
U
Sold Out, Date has passed
AKENFIELD
Thursday, 3 August, 2023
The story of a Suffolk village based on a Ronald Blythe book. A tapestry of past life in a Suffolk village. With Peggy Cole and Stanley Baxter. Directed by Peter Hall.
Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
1974
Rated:
A
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MON ONCLE
Friday, 4 August, 2023
Jacques Tati classic as Monsieur Hulot visits his sister, brother-in-law and nephew but does not quite get the hang of the contemporary technology.
Running Time:
116 minutes
Year of Release:
1958
Rated:
U
Date has passed
LUNANA - A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM
Saturday, 5 August, 2023
Delightful film set in a remote part of the Bhutan Himalayas, featuring a young teacher on a gap year taking on a class living in what we might consider a deprived lifestyle but with an abundance of human warmth. Bhutan with English subtitles
Running Time:
110 minutes
Year of Release:
2019
Rated:
PG
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ARCHITECTURE FOR PLEASURE TOUR
Monday, 7 August, 2023
Meet John Bennett at 6pm at the Town Pump for a 1 hr tour of Southwold. £10
Running Time:
60 minutes
Year of Release:
2023
Rated:
U
Date has passed
TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN
Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
Classic story from the Philippa Pearce novel in which a young boy, staying with his Aunt and Uncle, discovers a magical, haunted place and meets a girl called Hatty. With Greta Scacchi, Liz Smith, Joan Plowright and James Wilby.
Running Time:
92 minutes
Year of Release:
1999
Rated:
U
Sold Out, Date has passed
THE DIG
Thursday, 10 August, 2023
Based on John Preston's novel about the 1938 Sutton Hoo discovery in Suffolk and the excavation there. With Ralph Fiennes, Carey Mulligan and Lily James.
Running Time:
112 minutes
Year of Release:
2021
Rated:
12A
Date has passed
ALLELUJAH
Friday, 11 August, 2023
Film version of the Alan Bennett play about an NHS hospital. With Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders, Derek Jacobi, Russell Tovey.
Running Time:
99 minutes
Year of Release:
2022
Rated:
12A
Sold Out, Date has passed
MAMMA MIA SINGALONG
Saturday, 12 August, 2023
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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TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER
Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
The classic tales with great music and choreography (by Frederick Ashton) performed by the Royal Ballet. Visual treat with delightful costumes.
Running Time:
90 minutes
Year of Release:
1971
Rated:
U
Date has passed
EAST OF IPSWICH PLUS A SURGE OF MEMORIES
Thursday, 17 August, 2023
Michael Palin's tale of a family holiday in Southwold in the 1950s.
Plus A Surge of Memories - Documentary with stories of the 1953 floods and the 2013 storm surge. Film made by Coastal Partnership East and featuring eyewitness accounts (2023. 65. U)
Running Time:
75 minutes
Year of Release:
1987
Rated:
12
Sold Out, Date has passed
KEEPING MUM
Friday, 18 August, 2023
Very funny comedy featuring a vicar, his wayward wife and daughter plus a strange housekeeper. With Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith.
Running Time:
99 minutes
Year of Release:
2005
Rated:
15
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SEE HOW THEY RUN
Saturday, 19 August, 2023
In the West End of the 1950s plans for a movie version of the smash hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. With Saoirse Ronan, Kieran Hodgson, Pearl Chanda, Sam Rockwell and Adrien Brody.
Running Time:
98 minutes
Year of Release:
2022
Rated:
12A
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CIDER WITH ROSIE
Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
Timothy Spall as the author plus Samantha Morton, June Whitfield and Annette Crosbie in this touching film version of Laurie Lee's best-selling novel about growing up in a Gloucestershire village in the inter-war years.
Running Time:
90 minutes
Year of Release:
2015
Rated:
12
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IRIS
Thursday, 24 August, 2023
Filmed partly in Southwold, one of Iris Murdoch's favourite places, this is the true life story of the love affair between the novelist and her husband John Bayley from the early student days to the battle with Alzheimers. With Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Bonneville.
Running Time:
91 minutes
Year of Release:
2001
Rated:
15
Date has passed
OPERATION FORTUNE (RUSE DE GUERRE)
Friday, 25 August, 2023
The latest Guy Ritchie thriller with MI6 agent Orson Fortune. Starring Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza and Eddie Marsan.
Running Time:
114 minutes
Year of Release:
2023
Rated:
15
Sold Out, Date has passed
I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY
Saturday, 26 August, 2023
A joyous celebration of the music and life of Whitney Houston. All the great songs. With Naomi Ackie and Stanley Tucci.