When their father dies, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood find themselves suddenly without fortune or security, forced to leave their family home for a modest cottage in Devon. This beautifully realised adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel explores the eternal struggle between following your head and surrendering to your heart.

When their father dies, sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood find themselves suddenly without fortune or security, forced to leave their family home for a modest cottage in Devon. Reserved Elinor keeps her feelings for Edward Ferrars carefully hidden, while passionate Marianne throws herself wholeheartedly into a romance with the captivating Willoughby. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles lead Georgia Oakley’s fresh, beautifully realised adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel, alongside George MacKay, Frank Dillane, Caitríona Balfe and Fiona Shaw. Romantic, witty and grounded in the bonds of sisterhood, this new Sense and Sensibility explores the eternal struggle between following your head and surrendering to your heart.

Seventy-two hours before D-Day, one decision could change the course of history. Brendan Fraser stars as Eisenhower, forced to decide whether to launch the Allied invasion as a British meteorologist delivers a dangerously uncertain forecast. Pressure turns the remarkable true story behind D-Day into a tense race against time. ★★★★ "Genuine gripping tension... Scott is on mesmeric form...it's engrossing": The Times

In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, the fate of the Allied invasion hangs on one notoriously unpredictable force: the British weather. Brendan Fraser stars as General Dwight D. Eisenhower, faced with the decision of whether to launch the largest seaborne invasion in history, while military meteorologist Captain James Stagg must convince him that his forecast can be trusted. With time running out and thousands of lives at stake, the pressure becomes almost unbearable. Adapted from David Haig’s acclaimed stage play, Pressure transforms a remarkable true story into a gripping wartime thriller about uncertainty, responsibility and the momentous consequences of a single decision.

In a small medieval farming town with rigid social hierarchy and patriarchal culture, a reclusive fisherwoman is ostracized due to her persistent fish smell and rejection of institutionalized marriage. When the japes at her spinster status intensify, she sarcastically commissions for herself a husband made out of wicker. The master weaver brings the Wicker Husband to life, where his utility and dedication to his wife creates a romance so pure it causes absolute chaos amongst the villagers of the closed-minded town.

On the outskirts of a coastal village lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. This unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos in this highly entertaining comedy. ★★★★★ "Colman weaves an astonishing performance... a class of her own": The Times

Jenna Ortega is Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend chosen as companion to a seriously ill girl. As she encounters love, grief and the strange complexities of human behaviour, Klara discovers an extraordinary capacity for devotion. Taika Waititi directs this tender adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel. “Waititi’s distinctive vision perfectly complements Ishiguro’s poignant tale”: BFI London Film Festival

In a near future transformed by genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, Klara is an Artificial Friend, a solar-powered android created to provide companionship to children. Chosen by the seriously ill Josie, she enters a family struggling with grief, fear and an uncertain future. As Klara observes the baffling complexities of human behaviour, her extraordinary loyalty and faith in the healing power of the sun lead her towards a profound understanding of love and sacrifice. Jenna Ortega stars alongside Amy Adams and Mia Tharia in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, a tender and thought-provoking science-fiction story about what it means to be human.

1943 - Charles de Gaulle is no longer the isolated general who refused to surrender, but the battle for France is far from won. While Free French forces fight across North Africa and Jean Moulin struggles to unite the Resistance at home, de Gaulle faces another formidable challenge: securing France’s political future against an American leadership that remains deeply suspicious of him. Simon Abkarian returns in the concluding part of Antonin Baudry’s sweeping wartime epic, alongside Simon Russell Beale as Winston Churchill and Campbell Scott as Franklin D. Roosevelt. From desert battles and clandestine resistance to D-Day and the liberation of Paris, Liberté brings the struggle for France dramatically home. The fight for France enters its final, decisive phase. As Free French forces battle across Africa and the Resistance fights at home, de Gaulle must also confront sceptical Allies over France’s future. De Gaulle: Liberté concludes Antonin Baudry’s sweeping wartime epic with political intrigue, spectacular action and the liberation of Paris. ★★★★★ "Unforgettable... thrilling... both extraordinary films": The Sunday Times

In French with English subtitles.

At a cosy Christmas party, young Clara meets the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer, who gives her a nutcracker doll. When the guests have departed and the house is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs in search of the doll. Instead, she finds Drosselmeyer, who whisks her away on a journey into a whole world of enchantment: fantastical landscapes of flurried snow and glittering confection where toys come alive and the magic never stops.

Peter Wright’s production of this festive family favourite sparkles to the wondrous swell of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral score, alongside the glow and grandeur of Julia Trevelyan Oman’s period designs.

Cast:  

The Sugar Plum Fairy MAYARA MAGRI

The Prince REECE CLARKE

Herr Drosselmeyer JAMES HAY

Clara MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI

Hans-Peter/The Nutcracker TAISUKE NAKAO

Choreography PETER WRIGHT after LEV IVANOV

Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY  

Conductor CHARLOTTE POLITI

Original Scenario MARIUS PETIPA after E.T.A. HOFFMANN  

Production and Scenario PETER WRIGHT  

Designer JULIA TREVELYAN OMAN

Lighting Designer MARK HENDERSON  

Production Consultant ROLAND JOHN WILEY