The Penguin Lessons is a heartwarming adaptation of Tom Michell’s bestselling memoir. Set in Argentina in 1976, the film follows English teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) as he arrives at a prestigious boarding school, only to find himself struggling with a nation in turmoil and a class of unruly students. His life takes an unexpected turn when he rescues a small penguin from an oil-slicked be...

A new European comedy tells a sweet, bizarre, yet historically-rooted story of a heist in the last days of East Germany. In the summer of 1990, unemployed single mother Maren is bracing for the arrival of western capitalism, when her partner’s uncle tells her about masses of soon-to-be-obsolete communist money stored at the bunker where he works. With the help of the local community, she scramble...

Margy Kinmonth’s feature documentary shines a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking: when it's life or death, what do women see that men don't? Traditionally a male domain, war art by women has been largely unrecognised. Until now… Culture breaks the taboo, crosses borders – te...

Before becoming a prestigious Shakespearean actor and seven-time Oscar nominee, Richard Burton was Port Talbot schoolboy Rich Jenkins. Widely considered one of the greatest actors of his generation, Richard Burton was a global star with formidable talent and inescapable fame. Whilst studying at Port Talbot Secondary School, he was taken under the wing of teacher Phillip Burton, who helped to ov...

We are delighted to welcome the wonderful Sadie Frost for this unique event screening of TWIGGY at our gorgeous venue. An intimate, star-studded exploration of the birth of an icon and everything that followed — TWIGGY delves into the life of the greatest It-girl of all time. Featuring contributions from Dustin Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Charlotte Tilbury, Joanna Lumley, and many more, the film ...

A Royal-Marine-turned-construction-foreman is thrust back into the line of fire when a close friend’s daughter is kidnapped by Russian traffickers. Jason Statham has spent decades building a versatile career as a leading action hero, and one of Britain’s most laudable cultural exports. From Snatch and The Transporter to Fast and Furious and The Meg , he has proven himself an endlessly entertain...

A decorated celebration of Latvian culture and a testament to survival even in the worst circumstances, Flow finally arrives at The Odyssey! Having won Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, Flow is the first Latvian film to win an Oscar (now displayed at the Latvian National Museum of Art). Yet, its resonance is universal. Featuring no dialogue, the film follows a cat trying to survive a...

Renée Zellweger returns as the beloved Bridget Jones, delivering her trademark wit and endearing chaos to life once more as she navigates her 50s. Juggling single parenthood, a demanding career, and the ever-evolving world of dating, she finds herself drawn to a younger man (Leo Woodall), which brings both excitement and complications. Simultaneously, she forms a connection with her children's te...

A regular staple in The Odyssey’s programme since we opened in 2014, it’s first outing as the third of four very special opening nights to our wonderful new patrons and longtime supporters. Set in a small Sicilian town, the film centres on the friendship between a young boy, Salvatore and an old man, Alfredo - a projectionist at the titular theatre. The film score was composed by Ennio Morricone...

From France, a small-scale, warm-hearted comedy of nuns entering a bike race in the Jura mountains. In a small countryside village, the sisters of a dysfunctional convent find that their local hospice is falling to pieces and dangerously short of funds – and that only the cash prize for a 30km cycling race can provide them. Against total inexperience, infirmity, and a fearsome rival convent, the...

Ralph Fiennes lends gravitas to the new Robert Harris adaptation: an operatic, thoughtful thriller on the race for the papacy. Cardinal Thomas Lawrence wishes to leave the murky machinations of the Vatican, but is asked by the Pope to stay on, just before his death puts Lawrence in charge of choosing a replacement. Among candidates greatly differing in ideology and character, he must guide the el...

Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a Golden Globe-nominated performance from Pamela Anderson, who dazzles in the role of a lifetime, this poignant film of resilience, rhinestones and feathers is simply unmissable. When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, glamorous showgirl Shelly (Pamela Anderson) must reconcile with the decisions she’s ...

Twelve years after announcing his supposed retirement from film (and only a few months after his last film, Presence , released), Steven Soderbergh is still pushing the boundaries of the medium. With one of the most eclectic filmographies of any major modern director (including Ocean’s Eleven , Solaris and Magic Mike ), Soderbergh has no definitive genre, tone or style. Yet, despite being so pr...

Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza recreate a platoon’s experience of the Iraq War in an astonishingly immersive, harrowing combat experience – filmed locally in Bovingdon Airfield Studios. In 2006, an American unit sneaks into insurgent civilian territory to set up sniper cover – but one careless moment has them exposed to the enemy. With support dead or absent, fire coming from all s...

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits – Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry, Natalie and Dawn – find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To ge...

Rami Malek leads a new high-profile spy thriller, about a bereaved desk agent forced to turn assassin. A CIA cryptographer’s life upends when his wife dies in a London terrorist attack, and festers when his superiors say they cannot prioritise investigating it. Instead, he uses his position to blackmail them into training him as a field agent – and sets off on a worldwide vigilante mission that w...

Timothée Chalamet brings the young Bob Dylan to life in a nuanced, note-perfect biopic from the director of Walk the Line. In 1961, a rootless 19-year-old songwriter arrives in New York to play for the ailing Woody Guthrie, and slowly becomes a giant in the city’s folk music scene. Fame, success, and love blossom after him as his music develops – but unease with familiar sounds and attention so...

Based on the bestselling novel, The Friend follows writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts), whose quiet, solitary life in New York is thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor, Walter (Bill Murray), bequeaths her his beloved 68kg Great Dane. The regal yet intractable dog, named Apollo, quickly brings both practical challenges — from destroyed furniture to eviction notices — and more ...