What’s on

Broadscares: A Dip into Horror. This winter, we bring you a cornucopia of frightening films and special scary events for all ages and tastes including brand new releases, classics, silents, documentaries, even family friendly fare - drawn from around the world - with introductions and special guest filmmaker events.  

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OSCAR / BAFTA contender! Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are brought together in John Crowley's (Brooklyn) decade-spanning English romance with real depth and bite underneath the frequent laughs.

OSCAR / BAFTA contender! Part of our Broadscares Season. Robert (The Lighthouse) Eggers much anticipated thrilling new take on Dracula with an all star cast and hotly tipped for the Oscars season. + Late addition - Q&A on Sunday 26th Jan!

OSCAR contender! In 1950s Mexicoi City, William Lee (Daniel Craig), outcast American expat, becomes increasingly infatuated with an elusive stranger in this brilliant new film from Luca 'Call Me By Your Name' Guadagnino with Lesley Manville as you've truly never seen her before!

A hoot and a half for the first Palace Sunday Silent of the year, welcoming in 2025 with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. As ever, the incomparably wonderful Lillian Henley accompany's the films on live piano! Bring on 2025!

OSCAR contender! The impossibly glamorous, moving story of iconic opera singer, Maria Callas set in Paris, 1977 where the world’s greatest soprano hides in her apartment, having lost her voice and retreated from the world. Can she ever return to the stage? Featuring many of Callas’s greatest recordings.

OSCAR contender! Jazz and decolonisation fuse in this unforgettable historical rollercoaster. Hotly tipped for Oscar and Bafta awards and featuring a mind-blowing who's who of 60s jazz, culture and politics including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Malcolm X, Nikita Khrushchev, and many more....

OSCAR & BAFTA CONTENDER! Two cousins embark on a tour of Poland in honour of their beloved Jewish grandmother. This comedy drama combines humour and warmth with a nuanced exploration of family history, love and loss.

OSCAR & BAFTA CONTENDER! Set in 1960s Florida, this US historical drama centres around a pair of teenage boys boarding at a tough reform school.

OSCAR & BAFTA CONTENDER! The folk music scene is changed forever when a young Bob Dylan finds fame in New York. This US period biographical drama tracks the early years of the musician's career.

OSCAR & BAFTA CONTENDER! Adrien Brody as an architect escaping post WWII Europe to start a new life in America but struggling to move on from his past and build a new future.

OSCAR CONTENDER! Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored. From Oscar winning director Barry Jenkins' (Moonlight) with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda's (Hamilton) and a voice cast including Beyonce, Mads Mikkelsen and Donald Glover.

BAFTA nominated. Director Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner) returns with another fierce, compassionate, and darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

OSCAR CONTENDER! A high-powered CEO (Nicole Kidman) puts her career, marriage (to husband Antonio Banderas) and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson).

Join us for a deep dive into night and the city, the characters and cabaret of Berlin in the late 1920s, including a young woman (played by the iconic bob-haired Louise Brooks) who we accompany as she finds her way through the dark and dangerous world. With live piano accompaniment as ever by the extraordinary Lillian Henley

Exploring the life and times of musician and artist Stevie D through original video and audio from the 90s alongside recently shot interviews with friends and family in an emotional and joyous tribute to an incredible legacy. + on stage director Q&A

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mom with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe - just maybe - her son's science teacher. Nearly 25 years on from the original Bridget Jones film, join us in welcoming back this imperfect modern heroine to the big screen.

MAGIC HOURS is a film heritage project led by the Palace Cinema Broadstairs. It reaches across Broadstairs, Margate and Ramsgate, exploring the shared sense of community of cinema experiences from the 1950s to the present day.