Listings for a great Friday night!
Fri September 11
Sentimental Value(15)
(Norway)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
A rewarding and profoundly moving experience that intimately explores sisterhood, father-daughter relationships and the evocative power of childhood memories. Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning.
In which recently bereaved sisters reckon with their family history as their estranged filmmaker father casts a young Hollywood starlet as the lead in his latest feature film.
Director: Joachim Trier
135 mins
Fri September 25
The President's Cake(12)(Iraq)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
From debut Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, The President’s Cake is a beautiful tale of love, friendship and resilience told from the perspective of a child growing up under Saddam Hussein’s oppressive regime. It was the first Iraqi film to feature at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the Directors' Fortnight and won both the section's Audience Award, as well as the festival's prestigious Camera d'Or.
Under Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship, nothing will stop his mandatory birthday celebrations, including choosing a child from each school class across the land to bake a cake in his honour. Despite Lamia’s best efforts to avoid it, knowing how difficult it will be to source the ingredients, she is picked among her peers to produce the cake, which she must do, or face the consequences.
Iraq, 106 mins
Fri October 9
The Misanthrope
NTLive 2pm & 7pm
Doors & bar 1.30pm, 6.30pm
By Martin Crimp, after Molière
Directed by Indhu Rubasingham
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
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Fri October 23
Rose Of Nevada(15)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
A fishing boat reappears in a Cornish coastal village 30 years after vanishing, but unnerving and inexplicable events unfold when three men take it out on the sea once again in this supernatural drama.
those in peril on the sea are the subject of this arresting ghost story from Cornish film-maker Mark Jenkin.
This is not a traditional ghost story by any means.
Jenkin makes of it something more elusive and complex, with a strangeness and enigma present from the beginning; the film appears to be saying that there is something unknowable here even without the time slip. It’s another really bold and distinct statement from Jenkin.
("I was totally absorbed by this" -Tim)
114 mins
Fri November 6
Get Carter(18)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
Fully restored in 4K.
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
Regarded as one of the top 10 british films of all time the themes and issues are as relevant today as they were in 1971 when Hodges and Caine decided to make a gritty and realistic british gangster film.
It also has a fantastic sound track.
Director(s):
Mike Hodges:
112 mins
Fri November 13
DJ Ahmet(PG)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yörük village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.
Winner of both the Audience Award and the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the coming-of-age drama follows 15-year-old Ahmet, a boy growing up in a remote Yörük village in North Macedonia who finds freedom and self-expression through dance music while navigating family expectations, tradition, and first love. Following its international festival run, including screenings at the BFI London Film Festival, 'DJ AHMET' arrives in Hitchin.
99 mins
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Fri December 4
Power Ballad(15)
Film 8pm
Doors & bar 7.30pm
Nick Jonas and Paul Rudd star in terrific comedy of bromance and betrayal.
A washed-up wedding singer finds his life turned upside down when he realises a faded boy band star has stolen his song in this comedy drama.
When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves - even if it means risking everything he cares about.
From writer-director John Carney (Sing Street, Once), this is is a feel-good story about music, self-respect, friendship, and the price of ambition.
Comedy/drama 98 mins
