This pitch-black all-time film noir classic sees Joe Gillis, a broke screenwriter, ensnared by Norma Desmond (a never better Gloria Swanson), as a washed-up delusional silent-film star longing for her glorious silver screen comeback. Are you ready for your close-up? Showing as part of our Billy Wilder season.

A venomous Hollywood elegy where fame rots, dreams linger, and a forgotten star scripts her comeback by consuming the man foolish enough to believe it. And keep an eye out for Norma Desmond's butler, her one time husband and now flunky played by none other than master director Eric von Stroheim.

Introduced on Fri 21 Aug by Corinna Downing and on Tue 25 Aug by by Jack Goldstein & Dan Levy.

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim & Nancy Olson
Year: 1950
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 50mins

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely Broadway show, based on his album and tour of the same name. 

In American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. He joins the dots with his music and it all starts making sense.

Spike Lee transforms the production into immersive, dynamic cinema that radiates with astounding performances, inventive contemporary dance and political urgency. Work by James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe and Kurt Schwitters is highlighted among exhilarating renditions of Byrne’s solo work, as well as Talking Heads classics.

Calling on all of us to think, connect, engage, and dance, David Byrne’s American Utopia unites the brain and the backside, and illuminates our responsibility to care for one another - which may be exactly what we need right now.

This film contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Director: Spike Lee
Starring: David Byrne, Jacqueline Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva & Daniel Freedman
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 15mins

"a permanent record of this amazing show, which I think will go down as one of the most meticulously crafted and contemplated performances by a major musician in history."

In Disney’s tremendously fun live-action adaptation of the beloved Oscar-nominated animated adventure, Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people. 

Please note our balcony is unsuitabe for young children.

Director: Thomas Kail
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, John Tui, Rena Owen & Catherine Laga‘aia
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 55mins

This pitch-black all-time film noir classic sees Joe Gillis, a broke screenwriter, ensnared by Norma Desmond (a never better Gloria Swanson), as a washed-up delusional silent-film star longing for her glorious silver screen comeback. Are you ready for your close-up? Showing as part of our Billy Wilder season.

A venomous Hollywood elegy where fame rots, dreams linger, and a forgotten star scripts her comeback by consuming the man foolish enough to believe it. And keep an eye out for Norma Desmond's butler, her one time husband and now flunky played by none other than master director Eric von Stroheim.

Introduced on Fri 21 Aug by Corinna Downing and on Tue 25 Aug by by Jack Goldstein & Dan Levy.

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim & Nancy Olson
Year: 1950
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 50mins

As part of our “Nobody’s perfect!” Billy Wilder season, we are very pleased to present six dementia friendly screenings for people living with dementia and their carers.

These screenings are free of charge. They take place once a month, August to December 2026. Start time is 10am, finish times are 12.30pm or 12.45pm depending on the length of the film. 
 
The screening dates and a brief synopsis of each of the six films are below. To read a longer synopsis of the film, please click on the name of the film; it will take you to another page with a clear link back to here. 


For more information or to book a dementia friendly screening, please contact us:
- In person at the box office - Tues and Fri-Sun, 4-9pm
- Phone 01843 865746 - Tues and Fri-Sun, 4-9pm
- Email us at info@thepalacecinema.co.uk
 
Dementia Friendly Palace screenings have:

- A short introduction before each film, a reminiscence session afterwards, and some light snacks. 
- Reduced volume levels, increased lighting, extra signage, relaxed seating arrangements and quiet space in our neighbouring venue, the Pavilion. 
- A Dementia Friendly Palace Info sheet is available here to help with planning the logistics of your visit. 

The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Marilyn Monroe is the dream girl next door in gorgeous New York romantic comedy including the famous scene of her white dress billowing over the subway vent. 
Thursday 27 August, 10.00am-12.30pm
 
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A dark melodrama of Hollywood, in which faded silent screen star (Gloria Swanson) dreams of a comeback – “I’m still big - it’s the pictures that got small!”
Thursday 17 September, 10.00am-12.30pm
 
Witness For The Prosecution 
Thrilling courtroom drama of murder and passion with plenty of black comedy starring Charles Laughton as the lawyer, plus Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone Power. 
Thursday 15 October, 10.00am-12.45pm
 
Some Like It Hot (1959)
A firecracker of a comedy, in which musicians (Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis) escape the mafia disguised as women to join an all-female band (including Marilyn Monroe) on tour. 
Thursday 5 November, 10.00am-12.45pm
 
The Apartment (1960)
Romcom with dark underside of a lowly office worker (Jack Lemmon) whose sideline in renting out his home for affairs is complicated by love for elevator girl Shirley MacLaine.
Thursday 26 November, 10.00am-12.45pm
 
Sabrina (1954)
The daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of a rich family’s chauffeur returns from school in Paris transformed, hoping to win one heart but winning another (Humphrey Bogart) instead. 
Thursday 17 December, 10.00am-12.45pm
 

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and more
Year: various 1950s - 1960s
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: various

Sian Clifford gives an Ab Fab style larger-than-life performance as a hilariously unselfaware narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Lady Isabella longs to be in the spotlight and local talent show ‘Stately Stars’ offers her the break she’s long desired. Despite revelling in the camera’s presence on her grand estate, pressures run high and things eventually take a surreal turn when she starts to lose her sense of self. Abrahams’ debut, which features a standout performance by Fleabag’s Clifford, cleverly blends satirical humour with magical realism, exploring our deep need for human connection and to be seen.

Director: Samuel Abrahams
Starring: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston & Juliet Cowan
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 36mins

"like Saltburn on shrooms"

Marilyn Monroe's comic fantasy in this all-time classic showing as part of our Billy Wilder season.

Richard, a middle-aged publishing executive whose wife and son have left New York for a vacation, is left to endure the sweltering city heat with an increasingly overactive imagination. Matters aren’t helped by the presence of a beautiful, vivacious woman in the apartment upstairs. He doesn’t stand a chance. Monroe’s first collaboration with Billy Wilder created the most iconic image of her career – in that white dress – but also capitalised on her comedic talents and seamless ability to blend sensual sexuality with naïve sweetness.

Introduced by Simon Audley, Fri 28 Aug

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell & Evelyn Keyes
Year: 1955
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 45mins

Sian Clifford gives an Ab Fab style larger-than-life performance as a hilariously unselfaware narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Lady Isabella longs to be in the spotlight and local talent show ‘Stately Stars’ offers her the break she’s long desired. Despite revelling in the camera’s presence on her grand estate, pressures run high and things eventually take a surreal turn when she starts to lose her sense of self. Abrahams’ debut, which features a standout performance by Fleabag’s Clifford, cleverly blends satirical humour with magical realism, exploring our deep need for human connection and to be seen.

Director: Samuel Abrahams
Starring: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston & Juliet Cowan
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 36mins

"like Saltburn on shrooms"

Sian Clifford gives an Ab Fab style larger-than-life performance as a hilariously unselfaware narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Lady Isabella longs to be in the spotlight and local talent show ‘Stately Stars’ offers her the break she’s long desired. Despite revelling in the camera’s presence on her grand estate, pressures run high and things eventually take a surreal turn when she starts to lose her sense of self. Abrahams’ debut, which features a standout performance by Fleabag’s Clifford, cleverly blends satirical humour with magical realism, exploring our deep need for human connection and to be seen.

Director: Samuel Abrahams
Starring: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston & Juliet Cowan
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 36mins

"like Saltburn on shrooms"

Marilyn Monroe's comic fantasy in this all-time classic showing as part of our Billy Wilder season.

Richard, a middle-aged publishing executive whose wife and son have left New York for a vacation, is left to endure the sweltering city heat with an increasingly overactive imagination. Matters aren’t helped by the presence of a beautiful, vivacious woman in the apartment upstairs. He doesn’t stand a chance. Monroe’s first collaboration with Billy Wilder created the most iconic image of her career – in that white dress – but also capitalised on her comedic talents and seamless ability to blend sensual sexuality with naïve sweetness.

Introduced by Simon Audley, Fri 28 Aug

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell & Evelyn Keyes
Year: 1955
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 45mins

Sian Clifford gives an Ab Fab style larger-than-life performance as a hilariously unselfaware narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Lady Isabella longs to be in the spotlight and local talent show ‘Stately Stars’ offers her the break she’s long desired. Despite revelling in the camera’s presence on her grand estate, pressures run high and things eventually take a surreal turn when she starts to lose her sense of self. Abrahams’ debut, which features a standout performance by Fleabag’s Clifford, cleverly blends satirical humour with magical realism, exploring our deep need for human connection and to be seen.

Director: Samuel Abrahams
Starring: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston & Juliet Cowan
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 36mins

"like Saltburn on shrooms"

Marilyn Monroe's comic fantasy in this all-time classic showing as part of our Billy Wilder season.

Richard, a middle-aged publishing executive whose wife and son have left New York for a vacation, is left to endure the sweltering city heat with an increasingly overactive imagination. Matters aren’t helped by the presence of a beautiful, vivacious woman in the apartment upstairs. He doesn’t stand a chance. Monroe’s first collaboration with Billy Wilder created the most iconic image of her career – in that white dress – but also capitalised on her comedic talents and seamless ability to blend sensual sexuality with naïve sweetness.

Introduced by Simon Audley, Fri 28 Aug

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell & Evelyn Keyes
Year: 1955
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 45mins

Sian Clifford gives an Ab Fab style larger-than-life performance as a hilariously unselfaware narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Lady Isabella longs to be in the spotlight and local talent show ‘Stately Stars’ offers her the break she’s long desired. Despite revelling in the camera’s presence on her grand estate, pressures run high and things eventually take a surreal turn when she starts to lose her sense of self. Abrahams’ debut, which features a standout performance by Fleabag’s Clifford, cleverly blends satirical humour with magical realism, exploring our deep need for human connection and to be seen.

Director: Samuel Abrahams
Starring: Sian Clifford, Laurie Kynaston & Juliet Cowan
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 36mins

"like Saltburn on shrooms"

For fans of The Substance, comes a new kind of smart 'identity horror' from Jane 'I Saw the TV Glow' Schoenbrum, one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. A young horror director finds herself on a strange odyssey of fear and desire.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star (Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

Like Schoenbrun’s previous films (I Saw the TV Glow was a big hit with Palace audiences!), their latest uses a horror genre lens to explore a rich array of themes and ideas – identity and sexuality, memory and nostalgia, the nature of female desire, the state of the entertainment industry – with humour, vulnerability and affection.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder & Patrick Fischler
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK, Canada
Running time: 1hr 52mins

"Schoenbrun’s elastic, open-hearted feature wants us to get out of our heads and enjoy the ride. A whole new world of visual pleasure and cinematic possibility opens up before us when we do." - Sight & sound

For fans of The Substance, comes a new kind of smart 'identity horror' from Jane 'I Saw the TV Glow' Schoenbrum, one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. A young horror director finds herself on a strange odyssey of fear and desire.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star (Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

Like Schoenbrun’s previous films (I Saw the TV Glow was a big hit with Palace audiences!), their latest uses a horror genre lens to explore a rich array of themes and ideas – identity and sexuality, memory and nostalgia, the nature of female desire, the state of the entertainment industry – with humour, vulnerability and affection.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder & Patrick Fischler
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK, Canada
Running time: 1hr 52mins

"Schoenbrun’s elastic, open-hearted feature wants us to get out of our heads and enjoy the ride. A whole new world of visual pleasure and cinematic possibility opens up before us when we do." - Sight & sound

For fans of The Substance, comes a new kind of smart 'identity horror' from Jane 'I Saw the TV Glow' Schoenbrum, one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. A young horror director finds herself on a strange odyssey of fear and desire.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star (Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

Like Schoenbrun’s previous films (I Saw the TV Glow was a big hit with Palace audiences!), their latest uses a horror genre lens to explore a rich array of themes and ideas – identity and sexuality, memory and nostalgia, the nature of female desire, the state of the entertainment industry – with humour, vulnerability and affection.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder & Patrick Fischler
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK, Canada
Running time: 1hr 52mins

"Schoenbrun’s elastic, open-hearted feature wants us to get out of our heads and enjoy the ride. A whole new world of visual pleasure and cinematic possibility opens up before us when we do." - Sight & sound

Agatha Christie's favourite film adaptation, starring Charles Laughton as a crusty barrister defending accused murderer Tyrone Power, who gets no help from wife Marlene Dietrich. With Laughton’s own wife Elsa Lanchester as his unwelcome nurse.

When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married suitor, Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), is accused of the crime. After Vole hires the ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts (the Oscar nominated Charles Laughton), he tells Vole that the only hope for acquittal is the testimony of Vole’s wife, Christine (Marlene Dietrich). But Vole’s airtight alibi shatters when Christine reveals some secrets of her own.

Featuring a plethora of shocking revelations, Wilder’s film crackles with humour, tension and memorable performances.

Introduced by Jessica Lauren, Sat 5 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich & Elsa Lanchester
Year: 1957
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 52mins

Agatha Christie's favourite film adaptation, starring Charles Laughton as a crusty barrister defending accused murderer Tyrone Power, who gets no help from wife Marlene Dietrich. With Laughton’s own wife Elsa Lanchester as his unwelcome nurse.

When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married suitor, Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), is accused of the crime. After Vole hires the ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts (the Oscar nominated Charles Laughton), he tells Vole that the only hope for acquittal is the testimony of Vole’s wife, Christine (Marlene Dietrich). But Vole’s airtight alibi shatters when Christine reveals some secrets of her own.

Featuring a plethora of shocking revelations, Wilder’s film crackles with humour, tension and memorable performances.

Introduced by Jessica Lauren, Sat 5 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich & Elsa Lanchester
Year: 1957
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 52mins

For fans of The Substance, comes a new kind of smart 'identity horror' from Jane 'I Saw the TV Glow' Schoenbrum, one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. A young horror director finds herself on a strange odyssey of fear and desire.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star (Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

Like Schoenbrun’s previous films (I Saw the TV Glow was a big hit with Palace audiences!), their latest uses a horror genre lens to explore a rich array of themes and ideas – identity and sexuality, memory and nostalgia, the nature of female desire, the state of the entertainment industry – with humour, vulnerability and affection.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder & Patrick Fischler
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK, Canada
Running time: 1hr 52mins

"Schoenbrun’s elastic, open-hearted feature wants us to get out of our heads and enjoy the ride. A whole new world of visual pleasure and cinematic possibility opens up before us when we do." - Sight & sound

Agatha Christie's favourite film adaptation, starring Charles Laughton as a crusty barrister defending accused murderer Tyrone Power, who gets no help from wife Marlene Dietrich. With Laughton’s own wife Elsa Lanchester as his unwelcome nurse.

When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married suitor, Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power), is accused of the crime. After Vole hires the ailing barrister Sir Wilfrid Robarts (the Oscar nominated Charles Laughton), he tells Vole that the only hope for acquittal is the testimony of Vole’s wife, Christine (Marlene Dietrich). But Vole’s airtight alibi shatters when Christine reveals some secrets of her own.

Featuring a plethora of shocking revelations, Wilder’s film crackles with humour, tension and memorable performances.

Introduced by Jessica Lauren, Sat 5 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich & Elsa Lanchester
Year: 1957
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 52mins

For fans of The Substance, comes a new kind of smart 'identity horror' from Jane 'I Saw the TV Glow' Schoenbrum, one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. A young horror director finds herself on a strange odyssey of fear and desire.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Einbinder) for resurrection. But when she visits the original's star (Anderson), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

Like Schoenbrun’s previous films (I Saw the TV Glow was a big hit with Palace audiences!), their latest uses a horror genre lens to explore a rich array of themes and ideas – identity and sexuality, memory and nostalgia, the nature of female desire, the state of the entertainment industry – with humour, vulnerability and affection.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder & Patrick Fischler
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK, Canada
Running time: 1hr 52mins

"Schoenbrun’s elastic, open-hearted feature wants us to get out of our heads and enjoy the ride. A whole new world of visual pleasure and cinematic possibility opens up before us when we do." - Sight & sound

Marilyn Monroe sizzles opposite Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s great comedy.

On the run from the mob, down-at-heel musicians Joe and Jerry sneak out of town by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female jazz troupe. However, they both find themselves falling for their new band’s ditzy lead vocalist and ukulele player, Sugar Kane. In one of her most celebrated roles, Monroe brings irresistible charm and vulnerability to Sugar, giving Wilder’s comedic masterpiece its emotional anchor. Her gorgeous singing, sharp comedic timing and sparkling chemistry with co-stars Lemmon and Curtis, helped Monroe land a Golden Globe.

Even with her personal life and health in decline, Monroe gave arguably the best and most loved performance of her career. Director Billy Wilder, who had his fair share of problems on set said "All I can tell you is if Marilyn was around today, I’d be on my knees, saying ‘please let’s do it again!"

‘Nobody’s perfect!’ might be the film’s immortal final line, but over 60 years on no other big screen comedy comes quite as close to perfection as this.

Introduced by Caitlin Neaves, Sun 13 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon & George Raft
Year: 1959
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 1min

A witty, pacy and engaging dramatisation of the early years of famed American chef and author Anthony Bourdain as he earns his stripes in the some of the world's toughest kitchens - adapted from Bourdain's 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential.

It's 1975 and all 19-year-old Tony (Dominic Sessa - who you may remember as the moody teenager from The Holdovers) wants to be is a writer. His hopes and dreams are dashed when he doesn't get a prized fellowship to go to university after telling everyone he knows it's a sure thing.

Trying to find his place in the world and essentially running away from home, Tony ends up in Provincetown, stumbling into the chaotic world of the restaurant of a Brazilian-born 'Chef' (played by Antonio Banderas). Thus sets off a transformative summer that will shape the course of his entire life as he learns what it takes to run his own restaurant.

Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas & Emilia Jones
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 46mins

A witty, pacy and engaging dramatisation of the early years of famed American chef and author Anthony Bourdain as he earns his stripes in the some of the world's toughest kitchens - adapted from Bourdain's 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential.

It's 1975 and all 19-year-old Tony (Dominic Sessa - who you may remember as the moody teenager from The Holdovers) wants to be is a writer. His hopes and dreams are dashed when he doesn't get a prized fellowship to go to university after telling everyone he knows it's a sure thing.

Trying to find his place in the world and essentially running away from home, Tony ends up in Provincetown, stumbling into the chaotic world of the restaurant of a Brazilian-born 'Chef' (played by Antonio Banderas). Thus sets off a transformative summer that will shape the course of his entire life as he learns what it takes to run his own restaurant.

Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas & Emilia Jones
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 46mins

Marilyn Monroe sizzles opposite Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s great comedy.

On the run from the mob, down-at-heel musicians Joe and Jerry sneak out of town by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female jazz troupe. However, they both find themselves falling for their new band’s ditzy lead vocalist and ukulele player, Sugar Kane. In one of her most celebrated roles, Monroe brings irresistible charm and vulnerability to Sugar, giving Wilder’s comedic masterpiece its emotional anchor. Her gorgeous singing, sharp comedic timing and sparkling chemistry with co-stars Lemmon and Curtis, helped Monroe land a Golden Globe.

Even with her personal life and health in decline, Monroe gave arguably the best and most loved performance of her career. Director Billy Wilder, who had his fair share of problems on set said "All I can tell you is if Marilyn was around today, I’d be on my knees, saying ‘please let’s do it again!"

‘Nobody’s perfect!’ might be the film’s immortal final line, but over 60 years on no other big screen comedy comes quite as close to perfection as this.

Introduced by Caitlin Neaves, Sun 13 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon & George Raft
Year: 1959
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 1min

Marilyn Monroe sizzles opposite Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s great comedy.

On the run from the mob, down-at-heel musicians Joe and Jerry sneak out of town by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female jazz troupe. However, they both find themselves falling for their new band’s ditzy lead vocalist and ukulele player, Sugar Kane. In one of her most celebrated roles, Monroe brings irresistible charm and vulnerability to Sugar, giving Wilder’s comedic masterpiece its emotional anchor. Her gorgeous singing, sharp comedic timing and sparkling chemistry with co-stars Lemmon and Curtis, helped Monroe land a Golden Globe.

Even with her personal life and health in decline, Monroe gave arguably the best and most loved performance of her career. Director Billy Wilder, who had his fair share of problems on set said "All I can tell you is if Marilyn was around today, I’d be on my knees, saying ‘please let’s do it again!"

‘Nobody’s perfect!’ might be the film’s immortal final line, but over 60 years on no other big screen comedy comes quite as close to perfection as this.

Introduced by Caitlin Neaves, Sun 13 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon & George Raft
Year: 1959
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 1min

A witty, pacy and engaging dramatisation of the early years of famed American chef and author Anthony Bourdain as he earns his stripes in the some of the world's toughest kitchens - adapted from Bourdain's 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential.

It's 1975 and all 19-year-old Tony (Dominic Sessa - who you may remember as the moody teenager from The Holdovers) wants to be is a writer. His hopes and dreams are dashed when he doesn't get a prized fellowship to go to university after telling everyone he knows it's a sure thing.

Trying to find his place in the world and essentially running away from home, Tony ends up in Provincetown, stumbling into the chaotic world of the restaurant of a Brazilian-born 'Chef' (played by Antonio Banderas). Thus sets off a transformative summer that will shape the course of his entire life as he learns what it takes to run his own restaurant.

Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas & Emilia Jones
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 46mins

Marilyn Monroe sizzles opposite Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Billy Wilder’s great comedy.

On the run from the mob, down-at-heel musicians Joe and Jerry sneak out of town by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female jazz troupe. However, they both find themselves falling for their new band’s ditzy lead vocalist and ukulele player, Sugar Kane. In one of her most celebrated roles, Monroe brings irresistible charm and vulnerability to Sugar, giving Wilder’s comedic masterpiece its emotional anchor. Her gorgeous singing, sharp comedic timing and sparkling chemistry with co-stars Lemmon and Curtis, helped Monroe land a Golden Globe.

Even with her personal life and health in decline, Monroe gave arguably the best and most loved performance of her career. Director Billy Wilder, who had his fair share of problems on set said "All I can tell you is if Marilyn was around today, I’d be on my knees, saying ‘please let’s do it again!"

‘Nobody’s perfect!’ might be the film’s immortal final line, but over 60 years on no other big screen comedy comes quite as close to perfection as this.

Introduced by Caitlin Neaves, Sun 13 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon & George Raft
Year: 1959
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 1min

A witty, pacy and engaging dramatisation of the early years of famed American chef and author Anthony Bourdain as he earns his stripes in the some of the world's toughest kitchens - adapted from Bourdain's 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential.

It's 1975 and all 19-year-old Tony (Dominic Sessa - who you may remember as the moody teenager from The Holdovers) wants to be is a writer. His hopes and dreams are dashed when he doesn't get a prized fellowship to go to university after telling everyone he knows it's a sure thing.

Trying to find his place in the world and essentially running away from home, Tony ends up in Provincetown, stumbling into the chaotic world of the restaurant of a Brazilian-born 'Chef' (played by Antonio Banderas). Thus sets off a transformative summer that will shape the course of his entire life as he learns what it takes to run his own restaurant.

Director: Matt Johnson
Starring: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas & Emilia Jones
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 46mins

The Palace is delighted to be taking part in Heritage Open Days for the 8th year, opening the doors for free anyone who'd like to have a quick look inside or join us for a free illustrated talk!

The Palace Cinema in Broadstairs has operated full-time since 1966, currently with its fourth owners. There are lots of stories about the films, cinema staff and visitors that the cinema has welcomed over those busy decades, as well as the previous lives of the building as a museum, dance hall, summer home for puppet theatres, wheelwrights and much more! 

We look forward to welcoming visitors 11:00-14:00 on Fri 18 and Sat 19 Sept, with free 45min illustrated talks both days at 13:00. Talks cover the history of the cinema and also this year’s Heritage Open Days theme of ‘Everyday Histories’.

The Palace takes the opportunity of ‘Everyday Histories’ to shine an usher torch on the un-sung, and often young, cinema staff like usherettes, rewind boys, assistant relief cashiers and other junior roles essential for all local cinemas from the 1930s-‘70s. Where were their jobs advertised? What was the training, and the uniform? What were the best and worst parts of the job? All will be revealed, including memories and photos from some local residents who contributed to the smooth running of the Palace and many of the other much-loved dreamhouses and flea pits of our corner of Kent.

No booking required, please just arrive on the day.

Lots more places to visit for free in Thanet during the full nine Heritage Open Days 11-20 September! Details click HERE

Director: Palace Cinema
Starring: Palace Cinema, usherettes, rewind boys, cashiers…
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 3hrs

The latest film from Spanish treasure Pedro Almodóvar (All About my Mother, Pain and Glory) is a sun-dappled sophisticated and elegant journey exploring life, art and how we tell the stories of our lives.

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own. 

The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Offering generous servings of his signature bold and vibrant style, as well as camp humour, Almodóvar’s self-reflexive drama inventively plays with narrative structure, blurring the lines between reality, fiction and memory, while exploring questions around the healing power of art and the morality of artists drawing inspiration from the lives of others.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Year: 2026
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Spain
Running time: 1hr 51mins

"a spry deconstruction of artistic complacency" - Telegraph

"Almodóvar’s sensual, playful, melancholy films are always food for thought and feeling." - Guardian

The latest film from Spanish treasure Pedro Almodóvar (All About my Mother, Pain and Glory) is a sun-dappled sophisticated and elegant journey exploring life, art and how we tell the stories of our lives.

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own. 

The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Offering generous servings of his signature bold and vibrant style, as well as camp humour, Almodóvar’s self-reflexive drama inventively plays with narrative structure, blurring the lines between reality, fiction and memory, while exploring questions around the healing power of art and the morality of artists drawing inspiration from the lives of others.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Year: 2026
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Spain
Running time: 1hr 51mins

"a spry deconstruction of artistic complacency" - Telegraph

"Almodóvar’s sensual, playful, melancholy films are always food for thought and feeling." - Guardian

The Palace is delighted to be taking part in Heritage Open Days for the 8th year, opening the doors for free anyone who'd like to have a quick look inside or join us for a free illustrated talk!

The Palace Cinema in Broadstairs has operated full-time since 1966, currently with its fourth owners. There are lots of stories about the films, cinema staff and visitors that the cinema has welcomed over those busy decades, as well as the previous lives of the building as a museum, dance hall, summer home for puppet theatres, wheelwrights and much more! 

We look forward to welcoming visitors 11:00-14:00 on Fri 18 and Sat 19 Sept, with free 45min illustrated talks both days at 13:00. Talks cover the history of the cinema and also this year’s Heritage Open Days theme of ‘Everyday Histories’.

The Palace takes the opportunity of ‘Everyday Histories’ to shine an usher torch on the un-sung, and often young, cinema staff like usherettes, rewind boys, assistant relief cashiers and other junior roles essential for all local cinemas from the 1930s-‘70s. Where were their jobs advertised? What was the training, and the uniform? What were the best and worst parts of the job? All will be revealed, including memories and photos from some local residents who contributed to the smooth running of the Palace and many of the other much-loved dreamhouses and flea pits of our corner of Kent.

No booking required, please just arrive on the day.

Lots more places to visit for free in Thanet during the full nine Heritage Open Days 11-20 September! Details click HERE

Director: Palace Cinema
Starring: Palace Cinema, usherettes, rewind boys, cashiers…
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 3hrs

Billy Wilder’s beloved romcom, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine finding love amid corporate New York’s sea of sexual deception.

Following the popular and critical success of his gender-bending farce Some Like It Hot (1959), Wilder reteamed with screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond for this darker comedy set in the world of nine-to-five corporate New York. Jack Lemmon was again on hand, this time as lonely office bottom-runger C.C. Baxter, who goes after promotion by allowing his seniors the use of his apartment for their extramarital liaisons. Meanwhile, he hopes to catch the eye of the sassy elevator girl, Fran Kubelik (Shirley Maclaine).

Deliriously funny, The Apartment is also shot through with Wilder’s customary wit and cynicism, creating a bleak vision of estrangement in the modern working city. Celebrated art director Alexander Trauner designed the cavernous open-plan office. The film won five Academy Awards, including best picture and best director.

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Sat 19 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine & Fred MacMurray
Year: 1960
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 5mins

The latest film from Spanish treasure Pedro Almodóvar (All About my Mother, Pain and Glory) is a sun-dappled sophisticated and elegant journey exploring life, art and how we tell the stories of our lives.

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own. 

The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Offering generous servings of his signature bold and vibrant style, as well as camp humour, Almodóvar’s self-reflexive drama inventively plays with narrative structure, blurring the lines between reality, fiction and memory, while exploring questions around the healing power of art and the morality of artists drawing inspiration from the lives of others.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Year: 2026
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Spain
Running time: 1hr 51mins

"a spry deconstruction of artistic complacency" - Telegraph

"Almodóvar’s sensual, playful, melancholy films are always food for thought and feeling." - Guardian

The latest film from Spanish treasure Pedro Almodóvar (All About my Mother, Pain and Glory) is a sun-dappled sophisticated and elegant journey exploring life, art and how we tell the stories of our lives.

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own. 

The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Offering generous servings of his signature bold and vibrant style, as well as camp humour, Almodóvar’s self-reflexive drama inventively plays with narrative structure, blurring the lines between reality, fiction and memory, while exploring questions around the healing power of art and the morality of artists drawing inspiration from the lives of others.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Year: 2026
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Spain
Running time: 1hr 51mins

"a spry deconstruction of artistic complacency" - Telegraph

"Almodóvar’s sensual, playful, melancholy films are always food for thought and feeling." - Guardian

Billy Wilder’s beloved romcom, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine finding love amid corporate New York’s sea of sexual deception.

Following the popular and critical success of his gender-bending farce Some Like It Hot (1959), Wilder reteamed with screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond for this darker comedy set in the world of nine-to-five corporate New York. Jack Lemmon was again on hand, this time as lonely office bottom-runger C.C. Baxter, who goes after promotion by allowing his seniors the use of his apartment for their extramarital liaisons. Meanwhile, he hopes to catch the eye of the sassy elevator girl, Fran Kubelik (Shirley Maclaine).

Deliriously funny, The Apartment is also shot through with Wilder’s customary wit and cynicism, creating a bleak vision of estrangement in the modern working city. Celebrated art director Alexander Trauner designed the cavernous open-plan office. The film won five Academy Awards, including best picture and best director.

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Sat 19 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine & Fred MacMurray
Year: 1960
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 5mins

Billy Wilder’s beloved romcom, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley Maclaine finding love amid corporate New York’s sea of sexual deception.

Following the popular and critical success of his gender-bending farce Some Like It Hot (1959), Wilder reteamed with screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond for this darker comedy set in the world of nine-to-five corporate New York. Jack Lemmon was again on hand, this time as lonely office bottom-runger C.C. Baxter, who goes after promotion by allowing his seniors the use of his apartment for their extramarital liaisons. Meanwhile, he hopes to catch the eye of the sassy elevator girl, Fran Kubelik (Shirley Maclaine).

Deliriously funny, The Apartment is also shot through with Wilder’s customary wit and cynicism, creating a bleak vision of estrangement in the modern working city. Celebrated art director Alexander Trauner designed the cavernous open-plan office. The film won five Academy Awards, including best picture and best director.

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Sat 19 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine & Fred MacMurray
Year: 1960
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 2hrs 5mins

The latest film from Spanish treasure Pedro Almodóvar (All About my Mother, Pain and Glory) is a sun-dappled sophisticated and elegant journey exploring life, art and how we tell the stories of our lives.

Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film. Little by little, he imagines Elsa (Bárbara Lennie), a filmmaker in the midst of writing a script, whose journey begins to mirror his own. 

The two filmmakers become two sides of the same character, in a game of mirrors where the raw honesty of autofiction reveals as much as it destroys. But how far can one go to tell a story?

Offering generous servings of his signature bold and vibrant style, as well as camp humour, Almodóvar’s self-reflexive drama inventively plays with narrative structure, blurring the lines between reality, fiction and memory, while exploring questions around the healing power of art and the morality of artists drawing inspiration from the lives of others.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia & Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Year: 2026
Language: In Spanish with English subtitles
Country: Spain
Running time: 1hr 51mins

"a spry deconstruction of artistic complacency" - Telegraph

"Almodóvar’s sensual, playful, melancholy films are always food for thought and feeling." - Guardian

Fresh from its award-winning appearances at Sundance and the Edinburgh Film Festivals comes this warm and witty comedy of oddballs refusing to leave their harsh isolated life on a remote Scottish island.

Raised on a remote Scottish island, and now tyhe owning remaining inhabitants, siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke) spend their days hunting, squabbling and telling stories. But when nervy council official Daniel (Domhnall Gleeson) arrives intent on rehousing them, the pair must wrestle with the threat and exciting possibilities of the mainland.

Crammed with intriguingly strange characters and performed with aplomb by a wonderful cast, this terrific debut from director Louis Paxton fuses surreal humour, warmth and pathos. A delightful and moving comedy about loneliness, connection and the unknown for fans of The Banshees of Inisherin and Local Hero.

Director: Louis Paxton
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Michelle Gomez & John Hannah
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 42mins

Billy Wilder’s cunning masterpiece, adapted from James M. Cain’s then-notorious pulp novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and the very definition of hard boiled.

Double Indemnity helped to spawn Hollywood’s era of dark murder thrillers and is one of the greatest noirs ever made.

Fred MacMurray plays Walter Neff, the sardonic insurance salesman who is willingly seduced by dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) into planning and executing the murder of her newly insured husband.

Edward G. Robinson is Keyes, Neff’s sharp colleague and gruff friend, who smells a rat when Phyllis’ hubby has a fatal train “accident,” qualifying the femme fatale for the lucrative double-indemnity payout.

What follows is a ruthless series of betrayals, mind games and double crosses engineered by one of the screen’s all-time great villainesses, with Wilder’s rampant cynicism deliciously heightened by John Seitz’s knockout black and white cinematography. An unmissible heady brew!

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Tues 29 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson
Year: 1944
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 47mins

Billy Wilder’s cunning masterpiece, adapted from James M. Cain’s then-notorious pulp novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and the very definition of hard boiled.

Double Indemnity helped to spawn Hollywood’s era of dark murder thrillers and is one of the greatest noirs ever made.

Fred MacMurray plays Walter Neff, the sardonic insurance salesman who is willingly seduced by dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) into planning and executing the murder of her newly insured husband.

Edward G. Robinson is Keyes, Neff’s sharp colleague and gruff friend, who smells a rat when Phyllis’ hubby has a fatal train “accident,” qualifying the femme fatale for the lucrative double-indemnity payout.

What follows is a ruthless series of betrayals, mind games and double crosses engineered by one of the screen’s all-time great villainesses, with Wilder’s rampant cynicism deliciously heightened by John Seitz’s knockout black and white cinematography. An unmissible heady brew!

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Tues 29 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson
Year: 1944
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 47mins

Fresh from its award-winning appearances at Sundance and the Edinburgh Film Festivals comes this warm and witty comedy of oddballs refusing to leave their harsh isolated life on a remote Scottish island.

Raised on a remote Scottish island, and now tyhe owning remaining inhabitants, siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke) spend their days hunting, squabbling and telling stories. But when nervy council official Daniel (Domhnall Gleeson) arrives intent on rehousing them, the pair must wrestle with the threat and exciting possibilities of the mainland.

Crammed with intriguingly strange characters and performed with aplomb by a wonderful cast, this terrific debut from director Louis Paxton fuses surreal humour, warmth and pathos. A delightful and moving comedy about loneliness, connection and the unknown for fans of The Banshees of Inisherin and Local Hero.

Director: Louis Paxton
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Michelle Gomez & John Hannah
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 42mins

While we wait for our regular pianist Lillian Henley to return from her summer break, we're delighted to be showing the restored full cut of Fritz Lang's iconic 1926 silent classic Metropolis with a pre-recorded symphonic score.

Set in a future city where the lucky inhabitants of gilded society reside comfortably high above the unlucky masses slaving underground, we follow the city leader’s son on an odyssey to the depths in pursuit of Maria, a teacher he met briefly on her visit to the city above. Meanwhile, her evil robot doppelgänger is set loose on a mission to corrupt and destroy the city.

Based on Thea von Harbou’s novel of the same name, director Fritz Lang also claimed to have been inspired by his first glimpse of the New York skyline. Their expressionist, dystopian vision, realised in collaboration with the groundbreaking work of their German Expressionist production designers and cinematographers, results in one of the very greatest and grandest films of the silent era and a prediction of the where modernity and machines might lead.

It is one of the first science fiction feature films, arguably the most influential of all. Countless filmmakers have been inspired by the film’s audacious futuristic imagery, from Frankenstein (1931) to Blade Runner (1982), while the film’s iconic ‘Maria’ robot has inspired numerous performers and designers, from Beyoncé to Thierry Mugler. 

We are delighted to present Metropolis at the Palace accompanied by the recording by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra of Gottfried Huppertz’s original score. We look forward to welcoming back the Palace’s regular piano accompanist Lillian Henley later this year.

Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel & Gustav Fröhlich
Year: 1927
Language: Silent with English intertitles & pre-recorded score
Country: Germany
Running time: 2hrs 33mins

Fresh from its award-winning appearances at Sundance and the Edinburgh Film Festivals comes this warm and witty comedy of oddballs refusing to leave their harsh isolated life on a remote Scottish island.

Raised on a remote Scottish island, and now tyhe owning remaining inhabitants, siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke) spend their days hunting, squabbling and telling stories. But when nervy council official Daniel (Domhnall Gleeson) arrives intent on rehousing them, the pair must wrestle with the threat and exciting possibilities of the mainland.

Crammed with intriguingly strange characters and performed with aplomb by a wonderful cast, this terrific debut from director Louis Paxton fuses surreal humour, warmth and pathos. A delightful and moving comedy about loneliness, connection and the unknown for fans of The Banshees of Inisherin and Local Hero.

Director: Louis Paxton
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Michelle Gomez & John Hannah
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 42mins

Billy Wilder’s cunning masterpiece, adapted from James M. Cain’s then-notorious pulp novel by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and the very definition of hard boiled.

Double Indemnity helped to spawn Hollywood’s era of dark murder thrillers and is one of the greatest noirs ever made.

Fred MacMurray plays Walter Neff, the sardonic insurance salesman who is willingly seduced by dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) into planning and executing the murder of her newly insured husband.

Edward G. Robinson is Keyes, Neff’s sharp colleague and gruff friend, who smells a rat when Phyllis’ hubby has a fatal train “accident,” qualifying the femme fatale for the lucrative double-indemnity payout.

What follows is a ruthless series of betrayals, mind games and double crosses engineered by one of the screen’s all-time great villainesses, with Wilder’s rampant cynicism deliciously heightened by John Seitz’s knockout black and white cinematography. An unmissible heady brew!

Introduced by Jack Prosser, Tues 29 Sept

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson
Year: 1944
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 47mins

Fresh from its award-winning appearances at Sundance and the Edinburgh Film Festivals comes this warm and witty comedy of oddballs refusing to leave their harsh isolated life on a remote Scottish island.

Raised on a remote Scottish island, and now tyhe owning remaining inhabitants, siblings Isla (Rankin) and Sandy (O’Rourke) spend their days hunting, squabbling and telling stories. But when nervy council official Daniel (Domhnall Gleeson) arrives intent on rehousing them, the pair must wrestle with the threat and exciting possibilities of the mainland.

Crammed with intriguingly strange characters and performed with aplomb by a wonderful cast, this terrific debut from director Louis Paxton fuses surreal humour, warmth and pathos. A delightful and moving comedy about loneliness, connection and the unknown for fans of The Banshees of Inisherin and Local Hero.

Director: Louis Paxton
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Michelle Gomez & John Hannah
Year: 2026
Language: In English
Country: UK
Running time: 1hr 42mins

When a trip to Paris transforms Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) into a beautiful and elegant young woman, she soon has workaholic Humphrey Bogart and carefree playboy William Holden competing for her attention in this spry romantic comedy classic.

Screen legends Humphrey Bogart and William Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island, New York. Bogie's all work; Holden's all playboy. They have little in common… except that they've both taken notice of a beautiful, sophisticated young woman, possessing a delightful zest for living, suddenly in their midst - Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn). Could this really be the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, whom both brothers had largely ignored as she was growing up? It is…but now, after a stint in Paris, Sabrina has blossomed into a captivatingly glamorous woman of the world. And the fuse is lit for some family fireworks as both brothers fall under the spell of Sabrina and her irresistible charms.

Introduced by fashion historian Amber Butchart, Tues 6 Oct

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: BIlly Wilder
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden
Year: 1954
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 53mins

When a trip to Paris transforms Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) into a beautiful and elegant young woman, she soon has workaholic Humphrey Bogart and carefree playboy William Holden competing for her attention in this spry romantic comedy classic.

Screen legends Humphrey Bogart and William Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island, New York. Bogie's all work; Holden's all playboy. They have little in common… except that they've both taken notice of a beautiful, sophisticated young woman, possessing a delightful zest for living, suddenly in their midst - Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn). Could this really be the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, whom both brothers had largely ignored as she was growing up? It is…but now, after a stint in Paris, Sabrina has blossomed into a captivatingly glamorous woman of the world. And the fuse is lit for some family fireworks as both brothers fall under the spell of Sabrina and her irresistible charms.

Introduced by fashion historian Amber Butchart, Tues 6 Oct

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: BIlly Wilder
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden
Year: 1954
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 53mins

When a trip to Paris transforms Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) into a beautiful and elegant young woman, she soon has workaholic Humphrey Bogart and carefree playboy William Holden competing for her attention in this spry romantic comedy classic.

Screen legends Humphrey Bogart and William Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island, New York. Bogie's all work; Holden's all playboy. They have little in common… except that they've both taken notice of a beautiful, sophisticated young woman, possessing a delightful zest for living, suddenly in their midst - Sabrina Fairchild (Audrey Hepburn). Could this really be the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur, whom both brothers had largely ignored as she was growing up? It is…but now, after a stint in Paris, Sabrina has blossomed into a captivatingly glamorous woman of the world. And the fuse is lit for some family fireworks as both brothers fall under the spell of Sabrina and her irresistible charms.

Introduced by fashion historian Amber Butchart, Tues 6 Oct

Showing as part of our 'NOBODY'S PERFECT' Billy Wilder Season - more details here including special ticket offer!

Click here for Dementia Friendly Palace screenings – Billy Wilder

We are very grateful to have received support for “Nobody’s perfect!” from the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to bring this project to more audiences across the UK. They, in turn, would be very grateful for your feedback on the screening/s you attended as part of the season – thank you very much if you could spare 5 minutes for this short Audience Survey https://online1.snapsurveys.com/ymhad6?A=HUB&P=SE78

Director: BIlly Wilder
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden
Year: 1954
Language: In English
Country: USA
Running time: 1hr 53mins