Taming the Garden - Sunday 15th January 5pm

Taming The Garden follows the whims of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the ex-president of Georgia. Now a billionaire, he has a hobby. He collects... trees. "But not just any trees: he favours huge, ancient and rare examples that have been a constant in the lives of the people of the Black Sea coast for generations. The chosen trees are gouged out of the ground, leaving raw gashes of stripped topsoil, and transported at vast expense and inconvenience to their new home, the Shekvetili Dendrological Park. …his autocratic whims – part folly, part power flex – are the subject of much debate among the Georgian people." - Wendy Ide, Guardian.

Aftersun - Sunday 8th January 5pm

Happy New Year everyone - we do hope have enjoyed your Christmas and are raring to start watching world cinema again! We are making this easy for you to start with, as we have the film voted the 'Best Film of 2022'  by the BFI, which also scooped the British Independent Film Awards and has won 38 awards around the world. 'Aftersun' is the epitome of Independent Films with a first time director and a new co-star, it is a film with a story to make you think; no special effects in sight! We hope you enjoy it.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

So we have had our last film for the season, but we will be back on Sunday 8 January with 'Aftersun', about a woman's memories of a holiday with her father which has had huge critical acclaim. The full program will be published here shortly; watch this space.

Whilst we had some great films as always this season, the post-covid feeling of  'not wanting to go out' has kept the numbers down, with less than 70 people coming on average. We do understand this reticence (indeed, we are suffering the same dilemma), lets hope more people venture to the club films in the Spring... and the Keswick Film Festival from 23 to 26 February. The festival programme is now online and tickets and passes are available to buy from the Alhambra. 

Meanwhile, we hope you have a great festive season! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone - see you in January at the Alhambra for World Cinema.

Strawberry Mansion - Sunday 18th December 5pm

Imagine a world where everything is taxed, where product placement happens in your dreams. Imagine a world where these dreams are all recorded online via an 'air-stick' next to your bed... so that these can be taxed too.

James Preble is a tax man whose job is to audit your dreams. He calls on Bella, an old lady, who has no tax records; she hasn't updated her hardware. So far so simple (!?) What happens when he starts to audit her dreams takes him (and us) into a world of dreams where pretty much anything can happen, including falling in love...

"Beneath the crazy candy-coloured palette, there is actually some real human warmth in the love story, and the acting ensemble features some great comic performers in supporting roles..." - Leslie Felperin, Guardian

 

Decision To Leave - Sunday 11th December 5pm

 

Park Chan-wook won Best Director at Cannes this year for his latest film, and an array of great reviews: 

"A world-class artist at the top of his game" – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter.

"It's a gorgeously and grippingly made picture and Tang Wei is magnificent" – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian. 

"One of the smartest, most satisfying murder mysteries in years." - Adam Graham, Detroit News