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A Garden Cinema Christmas

Sat 30 Nov — Thu 02 Jan 2025

As the Garden Cinema audience has been especially nice this year, we’re stuffing your stockings with celebratory celluloid treats to get you in the festive mood.

We’ve gone through your letters to Santa (aka the Members’ Area) and included some of your suggested classics, old and new, in the cinema’s festive programme. We’ll also be screening family favourites, as well as a couple of curve(snow)balls, and we’ll be spreading even more joy in the form of a wine & cheese tasting, live music performances, a free screening, and carousing aplenty!

Please note, the cinema will be closed on Wednesday 25, Thursday 26 and Friday 27 December.

Upcoming Screenings

Little Women (1994) U

Gillian Armstrong's heartfelt adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about love, family and the female spirit, stars Winona Ryder, Kirsten… Read More

Gillian Armstrong, USA, 1994, 120m.

Sat 30 Nov

Sun 01 Dec

The Nightmare Before Christmas PG

Henry Selick delivers a delightful stop-motion vision of Tim Burton’s Halloween-meets-Christmas tale. Enter an extraordinary world filled with magic and wonder,… Read More

Henry Selick, USA, 1993, 74m.

Sat 07 Dec

Sun 08 Dec

The Polar Express- 20th Anniversary U

All Aboard! To celebrate it's 20th anniversay, join us for a festive screening of The Polar Express. Late on Christmas Eve,… Read More

Robert Zemeckis, USA, 2004, 100m.

Sat 14 Dec

Sun 15 Dec

Wine & cheese tasting + In Bruges 18

In the lead-up to Christmas, join us on Saturday 14 December for a brand new members' wine tasting, followed by an… Read More

Martin McDonagh, UK, USA, 2008, 240m.

Sat 14 Dec

In Bruges 18

This film was proposed by two cinema members. Joel writes: 'If it’s not too early (for the festive spirit), I’d love… Read More

Martin McDonagh, UK, USA, 2008, 107m.

Sat 14 Dec

Christmas social, live music + The Apartment PG

Our last members' social of the year may very well be the most wonderful one of all. On Sunday 15 December,… Read More

Billy Wilder, USA, 1960, 125m.

Sun 15 Dec

Tangerine 15

This film was suggested by our member Ryan Gilbey, who will also introduce 'Christmas in bright, discombobulating LA sunshine' on Wednesday… Read More

Sean Baker, USA, 2015, 88m.

Wed 18 Dec

Mon 23 Dec

Video Bazaar Presents: Seeds 18

This Christmas, Video Bazaar is proud to present the most terrifying stocking filler imaginable from the depths of 52nd Street, Andy… Read More

Screened in partnership with Video Bazaar

Andy Milligan, USA, 1968, 84m.

Thu 19 Dec

The Muppet Christmas Carol U

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer… Read More

Brian Henson, USA, 1992, 86m.

Sat 21 Dec

Sun 22 Dec

Mon 23 Dec

Tue 24 Dec

The Food Chain Fundraiser: It's a Wonderful Life U

Beautifully crafted and acted, Frank Capra's festive favourite is considered one of the most charming Christmas films of all time. George Bailey… Read More

Frank Capra, USA, 1946, 130m.

Sat 21 Dec

The Silent Partner 18

Miles Cullen, an eccentric bank teller played by Elliott Gould, notices something strange about a man dressed as Santa in the… Read More

Daryl Duke, USA, 1978, 102m.

Sun 22 Dec

Sat 28 Dec

It's a Wonderful Life U

Tickets to our fundraiser screening on 21 December are available here. Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey (James Stewart)… Read More

Frank Capra, USA, 1946, 130m.

Mon 23 Dec

The Holdovers 15

When the winter break arrives in December 1970, Paul Hunham, a teacher at a prestigious New England boarding school, is forced… Read More

Alexander Payne, USA, 2023, 133m.

Tue 24 Dec

Mon 30 Dec

Elf PG

One Christmas Eve a long time ago, a baby crawled into Santa's bag of toys... Raised as an elf, Buddy (Will… Read More

Jon Favreau, Jon Favreau, 2003, 90m.

Sat 28 Dec

Sun 29 Dec

Tokyo Godfathers 12A

In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people's lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on… Read More

Satoshi Kon, Japan, 2003, 92m.

Sun 29 Dec

Wed 01 Jan

Wonka PG

Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Roald Dahl’s 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', Wonka tells the wondrous story of… Read More

Paul King, USA, 2023, 120m.

Tue 31 Dec

Wed 01 Jan

The Apartment PG

Following the popular and critical success of his gender-bending farce Some Like It Hot (1959), Wilder reteamed with screenwriter I. A. L.… Read More

Billy Wilder, USA, 1960, 125m.

Tue 31 Dec

Strange Days 18

Set on the eve of a new millennium, Kathryn Bigelow’s cyberpunk sci-fi imagines a near-future Los Angeles equally marked by the… Read More

Kathryn Bigelow, USA, 1995, 145m.

Tue 31 Dec

Thu 02 Jan

Past Screenings

Fanny and Alexander 15

Ingmar Bergman’s dreamlike chronicle of an extended family in early 20th-century Sweden. One tumultuous year in the life of the Ekdahl… Read More

Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1982, 189m.

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Eyes Wide Shut 18

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman star as a married couple entangled in an intricate web of jealousy and sexual obsession in… Read More

Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1999, 159m.

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Tokyo Godfathers 12A

In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people's lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on… Read More

Satoshi Kon, Japan, 2003, 92m.

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Klaus PG

The son of a hardworking Norwegian postmaster, Jesper is too lazy to follow in his father’s footsteps. Nevertheless, he is sent… Read More

Sergio Pablos, USA, Spain, 2019, 97m.

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The Shop Around the Corner PG

By night Alfred and Klara are pen pals who have never met but who are deeply devoted to each other. By… Read More

Ernst Lubitsch , USA, 1940, 99m.

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White Christmas U

Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to… Read More

Michael Curtiz, USA, 1954, 120m.

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas PG

In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin… Read More

Ron Howard, USA, 2000, 110m.

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Carol 15

This film was proposed by our member Jessica Willden who writes: 'Just like Tár, it changed my life. A beautiful film… Read More

Todd Haynes, USA, UK, 2015, 118m.

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Members Christmas Drinks N/A

After the warm response last year, we're very excited to be repeating our Members Christmas Drinks on Christmas Eve. Members are welcome… Read More

210m.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol U

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer… Read More

Brian Henson, USA, 1992, 86m.

This screening has now passed.

Video Bazaar: Wake in Fright 18

Video Bazaar is ecstatic to present a special festive screening of the legendary Australian cult film, Wake In Fright on the 20th… Read More

Screened in partnership with Video Bazaar

Ted Kotcheff, Australia, 1971, 109m.

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Members' Film Quiz: Christmas 18

Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for fun festive film recommendations? Do you know your Gremlins… Read More

Jack Frost, Lapland, 2023, 150m.

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Arthur Christmas U

How does Santa deliver so many presents in a single night? The answer's revealed in this CG-animated fantasy that gives an… Read More

Sarah Smith, UK, USA, 2011, 97m.

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LAFS Presents: A Sunburnt Christmas 18

Join the London Australian Film Society for a white wine in the sun this Christmas. In the Australian outback, Christmas is… Read More

Christiaan Van Vuuren, Australia, 2020, 91m.

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SUPAKINO PRESENTS: THE MONKEES U

SUPAKINO presents three episodes of cult TV show The Monkees, introduced by Ranjit S. Ruprai. Episode 31: The Monkees at the Movies (1967)… Read More

Various , USA, 1965-1968, 105m.

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Members' Collage Making Workshop U

Led by our very own 'Queen of Collage', Marzia Castelli, this workshop will allow you to unleash your creativity and create… Read More

90m.

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On Moonlight Bay U

Not since Judy met the boy next door in St. Louis has there been a heaping of tuneful, romantic Midwestern American… Read More

Roy Del Ruth, USA, 1951, 95m.

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Members' Wreath Making Workshop U

To get into the festive spirit, we are thrilled to be partnering up with our neighbour Bloomsbury Flowers, who are just… Read More

90m.

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