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

Triangle Of Sadness - Sunday 4th December 5pm

In Triangle Of Sadness we follow two 'beautiful people' onto a freebie aboard a fabulously rich yacht with VERY wealthy people aboard, including some capitalist Russians. Captained by a disillusioned Marxist (Woody Harrelson), the crew have been told they cannot say 'no' to any request. All goes, well, swimmingly, until a huge storm hits and their worlds are turned upside down...

"An absurd, iconoclastic riot. Ruben Östlund's point may be blunt — yep, rich people are bad — but his telling of it is hilariously, breathlessly entertaining." - John Nugent, Empire Magazine

The Gravedigger's Wife - Sunday 27th November 5pm

Winner of many awards around the world's film festivals and the Somali entry for the Oscars, "The Gravedigger's Wife is a beautiful love letter to the power of family" (Marya E Gates, RogerEbert.com)

"A handsome, widescreen fable about family bonds and financial insecurity, this Somali-language film’s simplicity and economy is its power." - Wendy Ide, The Observer