Ian McKellan gives a delicious performance as a catty gay theatre critic in 1930s London. Based on Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call, Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. His newspaper’s new owner, David Brooke (Mark Strong), stands for pat...

National Theatre Live present the Empire Street Production of Prima Facie written by Suzie Miller directed by Justin Martin Jodie Comer’s (The Bikeriders, Killing Eve) Olivier and Tony Award-winning performance in Suzie Miller’s gripping one-woman play returns to cinemas. Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to be at the top of her...

Kate Winslet brings typical depth and gravitas to the life of war photographer Lee Miller, a passion project for her, realised after almost a decade in the making. After glamorous careers in New York as a model and Paris as a photographer, Lee is suddenly confronted with the ravages of WWII in Blitz-torn London, and abandons her refined life to show them to America. In this, she finds new strengt...

Prepare yourself for a Bad Romance as Joaquin Phoenix reprises his Oscar-winning role as the titular deranged villain the Joker opposite Lady Gaga as the queen of chaos Harley Quinn. The inevitable sequel picks up with Arthur in jail, heavily medicated and jovially bullied by the chief prison guard, played with whistling nonchalance by Brendan Gleeson. A patient in a neighbouring psychiatric ward...

This refreshing prequel that dives deep into the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Set on Cybertron, is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once friends, who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, the animation is stunning, with vibrant vistas of Cybertron, featuring a star-studded ...

Join us at The Odyssey Cinema for a special tribute screening of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to celebrate the legendary Maggie Smith. This iconic role earned her the Best Actress Oscar, although she couldn’t attend the ceremony, as she was still performing at the Old Vic with the National Theatre. Arguably her most famous role, Smith shines as Muriel Spark’s enigmatic Edinburgh schoolteacher, M...

Defying shut-down attempts by the Iranian government, Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s small, funny, and beautiful portrait of late-life fulfilment arrives on UK screens. Living alone in Tehran at 70, Mahin struggles to find meaning amongst rounds of remote family calls, broken sleep, and lunches with friends, and quietly goes looking for male companionship . She finds it in cab-driving ve...

Saleh Bakri stars in Farah Nabulsi’s tense, empathetic, and all-too-necessary drama of life in present-day Palestine. English teacher and former radical Basem tries to be a good guide for his younger students, but faces an exceptional challenge when one seeks revenge on Israeli settlers who killed his brother. Simultaneously, old connections make him watch over an IDF hostage – and when the latte...

Saoirse Ronan seamlessly inhabits an atmospheric, rough-edged recovery narrative set in the magnificent landscapes of Orkney. Months after disrupting her biology studies with near-lethal amounts of alcohol and clubbing, Rona retreats from Hackney’s nightlife to her broken family’s home in the far-north Scottish islands, hoping to restart on firmer ground. Its stark beauty and isolation, along wit...

We told you we’d be making the most of every moment, didn’t we? Well, it’s time to bring out the balloons and party poppers - our tenth birthday is right around the corner. To mark the month, we opened our doors for our soft launch, we are throwing a birthday party - Odyssey style. Which of course means there will be screening a surprise film! We would love you all to join. Approx. event run...

Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton shine in Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, an exquisite adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through. The film follows long-time friends Ingrid, a best-selling novelist, and Martha, a war journalist, who reconnect after years apart when Martha is diagnosed with cancer. As Ingrid rushes to support her, their bond deepens through shared me...

Steve McQueen’s visually stunning Blitz offers a poignant tapestry of British life during World War II. Saoirse Ronan stars as Rita, an East End mother who, fearing for her son George’s (Elliott Heffernan) safety during nightly air raids, makes the painful decision to send him to the countryside. However, George soon leaves the train, determined to return home to Stepney Green. As he navigates wa...

Gilda (1946) is a captivating film noir directed by Charles Vidor, best known for Rita Hayworth's iconic performance. Set in Buenos Aires, it follows Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) as he works for a corrupt casino owner, Ballin Mundson (George Macready). When Mundson brings home his new wife, Gilda (Hayworth), Johnny is forced to confront a turbulent past with her. The film thrives on the sizzling c...

A Faustian bargain lies at the heart of Ali Abbasi’s stunningly crafted dramatisation of Donald Trump’s early career in New York. Sebastian Stan delivers a career-best performance as Trump, capturing his ambition and charm, while Jeremy Strong (Succession) plays Cohn as a sinister, fear-mongering figure. Cohn, once a key character in Angels in America, becomes Trump’s mentor, guiding him as he se...

It is 1985, in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland, Small Things Like These stars Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong, a coal merchant supporting his wife and five daughters. While delivering coal to a local convent one morning, Bill uncovers a disturbing secret that forces him to confront the dark realities of the town, dominated by the Catholic Church, and his own past...

The Wild Robot is a captivating and emotional film that skillfully combines adventure, heart, and thoughtful commentary on technology's relationship with nature. Following the robot Rozzum 7134 (“Roz” for short), this tale of survival and discovery begins when she becomes the unexpected protector to an orphaned gosling, The story’s simple yet powerful themes resonate with audiences of all ages, ...

Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 is a tense legal drama that follows Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult), a juror in a high-stakes murder trial, who faces a moral dilemma when he realises he may have played a role in the victim’s death. As the trial unfolds, Kemp grapples with the weight of his secret, torn between delivering justice for the accused and confessing his own potential guilt. With each new testimo...

Sean Baker’s Anora, winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, features a star-making performance from Mikey Madison. Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket) tells a modern-day Cinderella story about Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker, who meets Vanya, the spoiled son of a Russian oligarch. He offers her a life of wealth and glamour, but their whirlwind marriage faces trouble when Vanya’s parents fly to New Yor...

Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) masterfully blends gritty, coming-of-age storytelling steeped with magical realism, infusing the film with a raw connection to nature. In Arnold’s striking Kent-set tale, Bailey (Nykiya Adams), a 12-year-old girl, experiences a shift in her fractured home life when she meets a mysterious stranger searching for his family. Bailey feels trapped in her Grave...

Clint Eastwood’s icon-making turn as the laconic, tweed-wearing, and ruthlessly committed police officer arrives at the Odyssey. San Francisco’s authorities are left helpless when a mysterious, unpredictable serial killer charges them hundreds of thousands of dollars to make him stop – unless misanthropic Inspector Harry Callahan can find him first. Before long, the killer’s machinations and the ...