05/02/2026
⭐️⭐️Parbold Picture House Presents⭐️⭐️
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN West Lancashire
Sunday 8th February 2.30 p.m. National Theatre Live: THE FIFTH STEP by David Ireland. Cert. 15. 87 min. Booking answerphone: 01257 463878. Tickets £12.00. All seats unreserved.
Starring Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) and Martin Freeman, Bafta and Emmy Award winner (Hobbit, Responder, Sherlock). After 12 years in AA, James becomes a sponsor for newcomer, Luka; they bond, then when the fifth step arrives dangerous truths arise….**** ”Hilarious two-hander” Guardian; ***** “Alarmingly funny” Daily Mail.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00 Sunday 15th February 7.00 p.m. LEE Cert 15 117 min
Dir: Ellen Kuras. Starring: Kate Winslett, Marion Cotillard, Alezander Skarsgärd. Andy Samberg.
Lee Miller, fashion model, fashion photographer, World War II photographer-journalist and tough lady tells her life story to a reporter. **** ‘Kate Winslet is remarkable as model turned war photographer.’ Guardian. ‘the enormous audacity of her life’ Flicks
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00
Sunday 15th March 7.00 p.m. One Battle After Another Cert 15 170min
Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyanna Taylor. Washed-up ex-revolutionary lives off-grid, stoned and self-pitying with his self-reliant daughter; when she goes missing and his former opponent re-appears after 16years, he scrambles to rescue daughter and himself. 2026 Golden Globe Winner Best – Comedy - **** ‘Thrillingly helter-skelter counterculture caper’ Guardian.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN West Lancashire
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Sunday 8th March 7.00 p.m. National Theatre Live: Hamlet. Dir. Roberrt Hastie.
Booking answerphone: 01257 463878. Tickets £12.00. All seats unreserved. Starring : Olivier Award winner: Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi).’Sharp, stylish and dark re-imagining’ of classic play.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00
Sunday 29th March 7.00 p.m. The Choral Cert 15 113min .
Dir: Nicholas Hyntner. Script; Alan Bennett. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Simon Russell Beale as Edward Elgar. 1916. The ranks of singers of Ramsden’s Choir Society have been depleted by the war-effort’s conscription and new recruit, including women, have to be found as well as a new Chorus master.
**** “Unsentimental acknowledgement of mortality” Guardian. “the purity of its song and message make it a hard tune to disregard.” Robert Ebert.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00
Sunday 1st March 7.00 p.m. Dead of Winter Cert: 15 98min .
Dir: Brian Kirk, Starring: Emma Thompson Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Brian F. O'Byrne.
Action-thriller about a good-natured Minnesota widow lost in the Minnesota backwoods, finds an isolated cabin with a grim secret in play. ***** The Guardian – “Emma Thompson bringing her charm – and her gun – to tackle some concentrated nastiness”. “A super action thriller carried shoulder-high by the great Emma Thompson”. Mark Kermode.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00
Sunday 12h April 7.00 p.m. The Marching Band Cert 15. SUBTITLED 103min Direction and script: Emmanuel Courcol.
Starring: Jacques Bonnaffe, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Lottin, Sarah Suco.
Two estranged brothers are brought together again by mutual needs and combine in a touching and uplifting brass band story. Lovers of similar British stories from the 1990s will not be disappointed. “The Triumph of Cannes!” Paris-Match; 96% Tomato meter; Audience Prize-Winner at San Sebastian, US/French Film Festival, Cinemania; “Hollywood should watch and learn how to do a feel-good movie,” FT; “This heart-on-sleeve but unsentimental class drama is a triumph” Guardian.
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN West Lancashire
Sunday 19th April 7.00 p.m. National Theatre Live: THE AUDIENCE by Peter Morgan. Dir: Stephen Daldry. Starring: Academy Award winner, Helen Mirren. Olivier and Tony Award winning production. Booking answerphone: 01257 463878. Tickets £12.00. All seats unreserved. During her long reign Queen Elizabeth met all of her Prime Minister in what was called ‘The Audience’and the play shows their impact on her reign. “One of the most watched NT live shows”
⭐️Parbold Picture House, The Village Hall, The Green, Parbold WN8 7DN Admission £6.00
Sunday 26th April 7.00 p.m. Downton Abbey -The Grand Finale Cert PG 124min
Dir: Simon Curtis. Screenplay: Julian Fellowes. Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Paul Giamatti, Penelope Wilton. The 1930s: Mary is embroiled in a scandal and the family has financial troubles. The staff prepare for a changed world as the family moves into a new era. “Should go on forever” Guardian; “satisfying and heartfelt closure to our beloved saga:” Empire ‘a solid send-off for the whole Downton saga.’ Tomato-meter Audience. “the chance to spend time in the company of superb actors”
