Fill your life with film
The first of a regular blog post for our website from Alison Strauss, Arts Development Officer (Film and Media), Falkirk Community Trust – programmer of the Hippodrome year-round since it re-opened in 2009 and founding Director of the annual Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (2011 – present).
Scotland's oldest purpose-built picture house has been shortlisted for Cinema of the Year (for a company with 24 screens or under) in the 2019 Screen Awards.
The Hippodrome is taking part in The National Lottery Cinema Day once again and we are super excited to be able to offer you guys a FREE film...
We will soon be launching programme notes to accompany some of our events, watch this space!
HippFest, the Hippodrome's annual festival of silent film is delighted to announce details of its autumn season of silent films accompanied by some of the world's most respected silent film musicians playing live at the Hippodrome.
After a perfect outing with her boyfriend, Kenna makes an unbearable mistake that sends her to prison for seven years. Hoping to rebuild her life after her release, she tries to reunite with her daughter, but her custodial grandparents refuse to let Kenna see her. She soon finds unexpected compassion from a local bar owner as their secret romance gives Kenna hope for a second chance.
Disowned by his wealthy family at birth, a young man seeks revenge by devising a deadly plan to reclaim his inheritance in this comedy thriller.
To ensure his meals have not been tampered with, a group of women are conscripted against their will to taste the food destined for Adolf Hitler in this historical drama.
Waking up alone on a spaceship with no memory, a science teacher must recall his mission to save Earth from a catastrophic threat in this sci-fi adventure.
FREE TICKETS : This is an ESCAPES free cinema experience. Tickets on sales soon. Exit 8 is a 2025 Japanese mystery psychological horror film directed by Genki Kawamura, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kentaro Hirase, based on the 2023 video game The Exit 8 developed by Kotake Create.
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge). America, 1947, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story, but their contented lives are about to shatter. A figure from the past forces long buried truths to the surface lying bare the price of their American dream.
In this animated comedy adventure, a girl hops her mind into a robotic beaver in order to communicate with the animal world and save their habitat from developers.
Another chance to watch this Bafta award-winning drama. It is a moving biopic of Tourette's Syndrome campaigner John Davidson. It contains very strong language, primarily used in the context of the neurological condition. Look out for the Hippodrome on screen!
Adventure drama, based on a story by Stephen King, in which a group of young boys set off to find the body of a missing person in Oregon in 1959.
Midwinter Break is a 2026 drama film directed by Polly Findlay. The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Bernard MacLaverty and follows a couple's trip to Amsterdam that stirs up memories of the past. The film stars Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds.
When a family moves to the countryside, the children are reluctant to embrace their new lives until they discover an enchanted wood full of eccentric characters in this fantasy adventure film.
In this comedy drama, based on real events, two young men from Dundee pass themselves off as American rappers in an outlandish attempt to get a break in the UK music industry.
Funny Girl is the bittersweet musical comedy telling the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice and her tempestuous relationship with gambler Nick Arnstein. Featuring an iconic score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, this acclaimed production stars Sheridan Smith singing musical numbers including ‘People’ and ‘Don’t Rain On My Parade’. A love letter to the theatre, this show has the whole shebang!
The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin Filmed live from the National Theatre. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene… Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton Based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Directed by Marianne Elliott BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path. Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
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