Gate Cinema Notting Hill

Behind the Candelabra

Christmas will be green with envy if it ever gets a peek at the camp pleasures of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Behind the Candelabra’. Anyone the less leathery side of 50 might struggle to place Liberace, the flamboyant – as the tabloids surely tagged him –...

A Close Shave/The Wrong Trousers

Much Ado About Nothing

What do you do when the studio demands you take a break between the shooting and the editing of a huge superhero franchise movie? If you’re Joss Whedon, you pick up the phone, call your actor buddies, get them round to your place and adapt yourselves...

The Pink Panther

Quite why anyone would follow Peter Sellers' cultish Clouseau is a mystery, although if anyone was going to try, it was Steve Martin. In this contemporary comedy loosely based on the original film, Inspector Clouseau is assigned to investigate the th...

Royal Opera House: Gloriana

The British Museum: Pompeii: Encore Screening

Enjoy a private view of the critically acclaimed exhibition Life And Death In Pompeii And Herculaneum in the company of British Museum director Neil MacGregor and presenter Peter Snow, featuring contributions from historian Mary Beard, Rachel de Tham...

The Act Of Killing

All Stars

We’ve had ‘Streetdance’ (twice). Now meet ‘All Stars’, the UK’s latest attempt to ape America’s lucrative tween dance scene (in 3D). Ethan (Theo Stevenson) is a cheeky schoolkid who throws a talent contest to save the local youth club. His own dance...

Before Midnight

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reunite for a third film, after ‘Before Sunrise’ and ‘Before Sunset’, in Richard Linklater’s occasional series about occasional lovers Jesse and Celine. Only now, the pair’s love is not so on-and-off: the American writer a...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

One of the monumental achievements in narrative filmmaking, Sergio Leone’s grandiose 1966 western epic is nothing less than a masterclass in movie storytelling, a dynamic testament to the sheer, invigorating uniqueness of cinema. Clint Eastwood and L...

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Wallace And Gromit: Double Bill

All three colourful escapades with the plucky northerner and his intrepid canine sidekick.