The Iron Claw15

Directed by Sean Durkin | USA | 2023 | 2h 12m | Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Lily James, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who etched their names in the annals of professional wrestling history during the early 1980s. Amidst moments of tragedy and triumph, and beneath the imposing influence of their commanding father, they aspired to become trailblazers within the sporting world. Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) deliver compelling performances in this heavyweight melodrama brimming with emotion.

‘Thanks to the cast’s stellar work and Sean Durkin’s own precise control of the film’s tone, The Iron Claw is a senton bomb of a movie – an exhilarating rise followed by the most devastating fall.’
★★★★★
Ross McIndoe, The Skinny

‘Efron, White, Dickinson and Simons render grief in all its shades. But it’s Efron, his outrageously muscled body made beatific with a Joan of Arc bowl cut, who softens the film’s harder knocks with a performance of disarming tenderness.’ 
★★★★
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent

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15:30

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20:45

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Tomorrow (Thursday 12th March)

14:45

“Wuthering Heights” 15
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2h 16m
In 18th-century Yorkshire, brooding outsider Heathcliff falls for Catherine, the daughter of his master, igniting a destructive love story of obsession. Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie star in Emerald Fennell’s (Saltburn) sensual adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel.

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17:45

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You 15
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A house filling with water. A child who won’t get better. And a husband who’s never there. Rose Byrne delivers an Oscar-nominated performance as a mother whose world is unravelling in Mary Bronstein’s darkly comic portrait of modern womanhood.

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20:30

Audition 18
1h 55m | Japanese w/ English subtitles
The Japanese Film Club returns with one of the most infamous Japanese horror films ever made. Acclaimed director Takashi Miike delivers a chilling, unsettling nightmare that explores obsession and objectification. And above all, one question lingers: what’s in the bag?

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