TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM BARNWELLS IN AYLSHAM MARKET PLACE, OR THEY CAN BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE BY EMAILING bookingsaph@gmail.com. TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR BUT SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
Doors open 6.30pm to enable patrons to meet with friends and other film lovers. Enjoy a drink at the bar, serving sparkling, red and white wines, beers, lagers as well as tea, coffee and soft drinks. We serve special cocktails during our themed film nights.
Bring a cushion along for extra comfort.
OLGA (15) – FRIDAY 24 MARCH 2023
Olga is a talented teenage gymnast who, after the Maidan Uprising of 2014, is forced into exile in her father’s native Switzerland.
Competing for Switzerland, she feels like an outsider and becomes obsessed with winning and eventually resorts to self-harm as an expression of her powerlessness and isolation.
Olga won Best International film at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Starring: Anastasia Budiashkina, Sabrina Rubtsova, Catarina Barloggio
Directed by: Elie Grappe, 2022 Ukraine, 87 minutes
ELVIS (12A) – FRI 21 APRIL 2023
A biographical drama, the film follows the life of Elvis Presley from hayseed to superstar, told from the perspective of his manager, ex-huckster Colonel Tom Parker.
Filmed in Baz Luhrmann’s inimitable style, the film includes some of the best of Presley’s songs and moves, while highlighting the pathos and tragedy of his life.
Austin Butler has already won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for best actor.
Starring: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann, 2022 USA, 159 minutes
HIT THE ROAD (12A) – FRIDAY 26 MAY 2023
An Iranian comedy drama, the film depicts a chaotic family driving to the Turkish border to smuggle their young adult son out of the country.
In the confines of their car, the family interacts with alternating bouts of hilarity, profundity and absurdity. A first film from the son of one of Iran’s most prominent directors.
Starring: Hassan Madjooni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak
Directed by: Panah Panahi 2021 Iran, 93 minutes
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (15) – FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2023
Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, this is a dark tragicomedy set on a remote island towards the end of the Irish Civil War.
Two lifelong friends become estranged overnight when one abruptly ends their relationship, leading to surprising and macabre consequences.
The film won four BAFTAs, including Outstanding British Film.
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon.
Directed by: Martin McDonagh, 2022 UK/Ireland, 114 minutes
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (15) – FRIDAY 28 JULY 2023
Our classic film offering – set in 1953 Los Angeles, several LAPD officers become embroiled in a mixture of corruption, sex and murder following a nightclub massacre.
As the story unfolds, police and political corruption and organised crime all conspire to keep the good cops from solving all the threads of the story.
Based on James Ellroy’s thriller, the film won a host of worldwide awards. This film will be a special FILM & FEAST event, and further details will be available closer to the date of the film.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny De Vito.
Directed by: Curtis Hanson 1997 USA, 138 minutes