Dragonfly - Sunday 25th January 5pm

Another Members Choice this week with Dragonfly which continues our accidental mini-strand of 'great acting duos', we have Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough, both Oscar nominees and now sharing the Best Performance award at the Tribeca Film Festival, where this film was released. 

When this is mixed with the talents of Paul Andrew Williams who has already made some biting social-realist films (viz 'London to Brighton' and 'Bull') you will already be getting a good feeling about Dragonfly; and with good reason. 

“For a study of human connection at its most honest and affecting, with two remarkable lead performances, Dragonfly is a powerfully striking experience.” - Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

Die My Love - Sunday 18th January 5pm

DIE MY LOVE is our first Members' Choice for 2026.  Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, directed by Lynne Ramsay (who brought us greats like 'Ratcatcher' and 'We Need To Talk About Kevin') with Lawrence giving her best performance as new mother, Grace.

 "Scorsese, it’s reported, was convinced that no other actor could do justice to the complex character. He may well be correct: Lawrence is thrillingly uninhibited and physically impulsive." - Wendy Ide, Observer

Souleymane's Story - Sunday 11th January 5pm

Souleymane's Story is the winner of festival awards around the world, including the coveted 'Un Certain Regard' Jury prize at Cannes last year, get ready to follow the routes of Souleymane Sangaré as he frantically tries to keep up a gruelling schedule delivering food on his bicycle round the streets of Paris. To make his life even more stressful, he is an illegal immigrant from Ghana who faces an interview to gain asylum in just two days.

 "An intimate, powerful and moving chronicle of life on the margins." -Tara Brady, Irish Times

Annual General Meeting

Our AGM covering the 2024-2025 seasons, will be held at 4.30 on Sunday 11 January in the Alhambra before the film. We are hoping to make this a friendly, bigger affair this year by offering all members a free drink from 4.00pm so please come along to hear the latest news and, importantly, give your views on the club future. 

The full details and documents are now on our website

Spring Programme 2026

Tickets are now available to book via the Alhambra website for our Spring Programme starting on January 4th. Once again it looks like an exciting mix. Full of stars - from Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Bean, through Brenda Blethyn, Andrea Riseborough and Brendan Fraser to Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson plus many others, brought to us by great directors such as Lynne Ramsay, Park Chan-wook and Jafar Panahi. And, of course, we have the 26th Keswick Film Festival, our finishing weekend this year, with it's usual amazing array of great films. 

• 4th Jan: Anemone - Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Bean, brothers at war
• 11th Jan: Souleyman’s Story - ...trying to survive whilst his asylum is considered
• 18th Jan: Die My Love - Jennifer Lawrence’s world falls apart
• 25th Jan: Dragonfly - Is Elsie’s neighbour Colleen really trying to help..?
• 1st Feb: Palestine 36 - Was this the start of the Middle East problems?
• 8th Feb: It Was Just an Accident - What to do with a man who tortured you... or did he?
• 15th Feb: Rental Family - Brendan Fraser pretends to be a father for a job
• 22nd Feb: Sentimental Value - Is fame worth losing your family over?
• 1st Mar: Voice of Hind Rajab - A little girl calls for help, but can anyone get to her?
• 8th Mar: No Other Choice - The best way to get a job with lots of opposition...
• 15th Mar: Nouvelle Vague - Jean-Luc Godard lives again!
• 19 - 22 Mar: 26th Keswick Film Festival