What's On Calendar
May 2019
Grimmfest Screening: American Psycho & Psycho (Cert 18)
Thursday 23rd May at 7.00pm
Grimmfest presents a 'Killer Thriller' Double Bill, supported by Horror Channel with a screening of: American Psycho (2000) & Psycho (1960)
Friday 24th May at 11.00am
After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as “Willy” (Dominic West), Gabrielle Colette (Keira Knightley) is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendour of Paris.
FILM: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969) (CERT U)
Friday 24th May at 7.30pm
Fresh from the slammer, clever con Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) begins work on a heist that will either set him up for life or send him up forever. Croker and his unruly lot of thieves takes on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion.
June 2019
RSC Encore Screening: The Taming of the Shrew
Wednesday 5th June at 7.00pm
In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story.
Film: Holmes and Watson (Cert 12A)
Friday 7th June at 11.00 & 7.30pm
Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Ralph Fiennes star in this humorous take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Film: The Godfather - Part I - (Cert 15)
Sunday 9th June at 2.00pm
The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business.
Film: The Godfather - Part II - Cert 15
Sunday 9th June at 6.00pm
This brilliant companion piece to the original The Godfather continues the saga of two generations of successive power within the Corleone family.
FILM: EATEN BY LIONS WITH Q & A (CERT 12A)
Thursday 13th June at 7.30pm
Join us at The Plaza for a sensational Presentation Screening of EATEN BY LIONS (Cert 12A), a heart-warming story of half-brothers Omar (Antonio Aakeel) and Pete (Jack Carroll), who were raised by their Grandma after their parents were tragically killed by lions in a bizarre accident.
Film: The Matrix & The Animatrix (Cert 15)
Saturday 15th June from 12.30pm
Join RAD Screenings for a day celebrating The Matrix and its extended universe on the big screen.
Grimmfest Screening: A Hammer Horror Double Bill - Cert 15
Thursday 20th June at 7.00pm
Grimmfest presents a 'Hammer Horror' Double Bill supported by Horror Channel, as voted for by Grimmfest fans on social media.
Friday 21st June at 11.00am
Postwar drama starring Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke and Alexander Skarsgård in a story of emnty and grief which gives way to passion and betrayal.
Friday 21st June at 7.30pm
Special agent 007 (Sean Connery) has just come face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time in what is without question one of the greatest James Bond films to have graced the Silver Screen.
July 2019
NT Encore Screening: Small Island (Cert: As Live 12A)
Wednesday 3rd July at 7.00pm
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Film: Can You Ever Forgive Me (Cert 15)
Friday 5th July at 11.00am
Celebrity biographer Lee Israel makes her living profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published she turns her art form to deception.
Film: A Taste of Honey (Cert 12)
Friday 5th July at 7.30pm
Shelagh Delaney’s play A Taste of Honey had already played in the West End and on Broadway when Tony Richardson made his film adaptation, shot on location in Salford, Blackpool and of course Stockport.
Saturday 6th July at 2.30pm
Join us for a Matinee Screening of Red Joan (Cert 12A) - English born Joan Stanley played by Dame Judi Dench, is a Soviet and communist party sympathizer who becomes employed as a British government civil servant, and gets recruited by the KGB in the mid-1930s.
On Screen - WESTLIFE: THE TWENTY TOUR LIVE FROM CROKE PARK
Saturday 6th July at 8.00pm
Westlife are back! It’s been 20 years since they smashed into the charts in 1999 with ‘Swear It Again’ and went on to achieve a staggering 14 number one UK singles, selling 55 million records worldwide.
Saturday 13th July at 7.30pm
In this hilarious farce, three of Hollywood’s favourite female stars – Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton – live every secretary’s dream as they turn the tables on their boss and turn their male controlled workplace into a model office.
DISABILITY STOCKPORT: 40TH ANNIVERSAY FESTIVAL: FILM: X-MEN (CERT 12A)
Monday 15th July at 7.00pm
In a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.
DISABILITY STOCKPORT: 40TH ANNIVERSAY FESTIVAL: FILM: THE IMITATION GAME (CERT 12)
Tuesday 16th July at 11.00am
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
DISABILITY STOCKPORT: 40TH ANNIVERSAY FESTIVAL: FILM: THE SHAPE OF WATER (CERT 15)
Thursday 18th July at 11.00am
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
DISABILITY STOCKPORT: 40TH ANNIVERSAY FESTIVAL: FILM: BEING THERE (CERT 12)
Friday 19th July at 11.00am
A simple, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.
Grimmfest Screening: The Blair Witch Project - Cert 15
Wednesday 24th July at 8.00pm
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Film: If Beale Street Could Talk (Cert 15)
Friday 26th July at 11.00am
An adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel about a woman fighting to free her falsely accused husband from prison before the birth of their child.
Friday 26th July at 7.30pm
James Stewart gives one of his finest performances in this light-hearted film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
ON SCREEN:ANDRE RIEU:SHALL WE DANCE
Saturday 27th July at 7.00pm, Sunday 28th July at 3.00pm
André Rieu’s annual hometown Maastricht concerts attract fans from all corners of the globe. The medieval town square is transformed into a spectacular backdrop for unforgettable concerts filled with humour, fun and emotion for all ages – and, of course, magnificent music.
RSC Live Screening: Measure for Measure
Wednesday 31st July at 7.00pm
When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, directs this new production.
August 2019
NT ENCORE SCREENING: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (CERT 12A)
Thursday 8th August at 7.00pm
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening.
SPONSORED BY THE KAISER TRUST -SUPPORTING EDUCATION PETERLOO (CERT 12A)
Friday 16th August at 11am & 7.30pm
The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
September 2019
Film: At Eternity's Gate (Cert 12A)
Thursday 19th September at 11.00am
Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate is a journey inside the world and mind of a person who, despite scepticism, ridicule and illness, created some of the world’s most beloved and stunning works of art.
Film: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Cert PG)
Thursday 19th September at 7.30pm
As a fitting tribute to Albert Finney, with powerful central performances, cracking dialogue by Sillitoe and a superb jazz score by Johnny Dankworth, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning stands as a vibrant modern classic.
Ocean Film Festival World Tour - Cert 12A
Saturday 21st September at 7.30pm
Calling all ocean lovers! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is back for autumn 2019 with a brand-new selection of the world’s most captivating ocean films!
October 2019
NT ENCORE SCREENING: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
Wednesday 2nd October at 7.00pm
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from host of the The Late Late Show, James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit One Man, Two Guvnors returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Film: Mary Queen of Scots (Cert 15)
Friday 4th October at 11.00am
'Mary, Queen of Scots' explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne.
Film: Some Like It Hot (Cert 12)
Friday 4th October at 7.30pm
Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, Some Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monrie is the quintessential madcap farce and one of the greatest of all film comedies.
Talking Pictures TV - 6th Festival of Film 2019
Sunday 6th October from 11am
Talking Pictures TV - 6th Festival of Film 2019 present a whole day celebrating British Film and TV history from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Saturday 12th October at 7.00pm
The sing along screening of the classic film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is brought to you by the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music
Film: Halloween Special: From Dusk Till Dawn (Cert 18)
Thursday 31st October at 7.30pm
It’s nonstop thrills when George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino star as the Gecko brothers – two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree!
