West Green Community Cinema is run not-for-profit by a small team of volunteers. The running of the cinema, the programme of events and maintenance of equipment is all funded entirely by ticket sales.
All screenings take place at St Peter's West Green. Film suggestions are always welcome!
Tickets for any film in this season can be purchased in person on Saturday mornings between 10am and 12 noon at St Peter's, and on the door from 6pm on film nights. All tickets are £5.
THE CINEMA CAFE
Meet up with friends and other film enthusiasts at our Cinema Cafe, open from 6pm on film nights for coffee, tea and delicious homemade cakes.
We are a member of Cinema For All, the British Federation of Film Societies with film licences obtained from Filmbank Media and the BFI.
OUR NEXT SEASON OF FILMS WILL BEGIN 11th SEPTEMBER 2024
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ONE LIFE [2023]
11th Sept at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: James Hawes
Genre: Biography, drama, history
Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Romola Garai, Johnny FlynnCertificate: 12A
Synopsis: The story of Sir Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton, a young London stockbroker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children from the Nazis. Nicky visited Prague in December 1938 and found families who had fled the rise of the Nazis in Germany and Austria, living in desperate conditions with little or no shelter and food, and under threat of Nazi invasion. He immediately realised it was a race against time to rescue the children before the borders closed.
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VINDICATION SWIM [2022]
25th Sept at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Elliott Hasler
Genre: Biography, drama, history
Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
Starring: Kirsten Callaghan, John Locke, Victoria Summer
Certificate: PGSynopsis: The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitz, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. Born in Brighton Gleitz made her eighth and most successful attempt at swimming the Channel on October 7th 1927. Before her, only 12 people had ever completed the swim, three of which were women, with Gleitz being the first from England.
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PERFECT DAYS [2023]
9th Oct at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Wim Wenders
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes
Starring: Koji Yakusho, Yumi Asô, Tokio Emoto
Certificate: PGSynopsis: Hirayama, a contemplative middle-aged man lives a life of modesty and serenity, spending his days balancing his job as a dutiful caretaker of Tokyo’s numerous public toilets with his passion for music, literature and photography. As we join him on his structural daily routine, a series of unexpected encounters gradually begin to reveal a hidden past that lies behind his otherwise content and harmonious life. English subtitles.
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WICKED LITTLE LETTERS [2023]
23rd Oct at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Thea Sharrock
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
Starring: Jessie Buckley, Olivia Coleman, Anjana Vason, Malachi Kirby, Timothy Spall
Certificate: 15Synopsis: When Edith Swan (Olivia Coleman) and fellow residents of 1920’s Littlehampton begin to receive wicked letters full of hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose (Jessie Buckley) is charged with the crime. However, as the town’s women begin to investigate the crime, they suspect that something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
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THE PROMISED LAND [2023]
6th Nov at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Genre: Drama, history, action
Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Simon Bennebjerg
Certificate: 15Synopsis: In 1755, the impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) sets out to conquer the uninhabitable Danish heath in the name of the King. But the sole ruler of the area, merciless Frederik de Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg) who believes the land belongs to him, swears revenge when the maid Ann Barbara (Amanda Collin) and her serf husband escape for refuge with Kahlen. English subtitles.
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WAIT UNTIL DARK [1967]
20th Nov at 7pm
Doors: at 6pm
Director: Terence Young
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 1 hours 48 mins
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Jack Weston, Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Certificate: USynopsis: After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix (Efrem Zimbalist Jr) returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. The doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat (Alan Arkin) has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move- and find his blind wife Susy (Audrey Hepburn) alone in the apartment. Soon a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.