Rye Community Centre Film Club

07/01/2026

Following on from last years popular series of films, on Monday 12 January Mike Hatchard presents a piano accompaniment of the silent Buster Keaton film, Balloonatics, along with two Sherlock Holmes shorts at Rye Community Centre, doors open 2.30pm, show starts at 3pm.

If you've never seen a silent film on a large screen (and many haven't) this is the perfect introduction to the genre. The live music makes all the difference, Mike Hatchard has a rare ability to pick up on the mood of the audience and really take it somewhere. The perfect way to spend a Monday afternoon. For further details please call 07710 217672.

28/12/2025

Friday 2nd January – THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND (2025 – 99 minutes)(cert. 12a)
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to reunite and perform at his home. Many years after the duo went their seperate ways, Charles Heath (Tim Key) entices them to perform for him withut telling them the other was coming too! Also starring Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden, who co-wrote the story with Key. “Charming and heartwarming” (doors 6.30) 7pm start.

We are aware of other local Film Clubs closing through lack of support, please do continue to attend our showings, we would hate to have the Club at risk through lack of an audience!

21/11/2025

22/04/2025

From your committee...

Friday 2nd May – CONCLAVE (2024 – 120 minutes)(cert. 12a)

This much lauded Oscar-winning film Conclave, directed by Edward Berger and based on Robert Harris's bestselling novel, staring Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence, Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini, John Lithgow as Cardinal Tremblay, Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes, Carlos Diehz as Benitez, Lucian Msamati as Adeyemi.
Set in the secretive world of the papal conclave, the film begins with the sudden death of the Pope, requiring the College of Cardinals to gather in the Vatican and elect a new leader. Cardinal Lawrence, played by Fiennes, is responsible for overseeing this ancient, covert process, only to discover that the Pope's death may not have been natural. The film includes themes of ambition, power, and hidden motives within the Church, setting up a dramatic exploration of faith and political intrigue..

https://youtu.be/JX9jasdi3ic?si=ZenRvHePw8fjBmp4

01/03/2025

Rye Community Centre Film Club will be showing – THE OUTRUN (2024 – 118 minutes)(cert. 15) on Friday 07 March.
The wonderful Saoirse Ronan is the star of this film adapted from the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot. After living life on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to term with her troubled past. She returns to the wild beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands – where she grew up - hoping to find healing for herself. (Rye Community Centre, £5, 7pm start, doors 6.30, Licensed Bar).

Starring Saoirse Ronan and Paapa Essiedu, a life-changing escape into the wilds of Orkney awaits in the new trailer for THE OUTRUN. Based on Amy Liptrot's be...

03/02/2025

Friday 7th February – TOUCH (2024 – 121 minutes)(cert. 15)
This is an Icelandic film, starring Egill Olafsson. A 'romantic and thrilling story that spans several decades and continents'. Touch follows one man's emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago, before his time runs out'. In Icelandic, English and Japanese, with English sub-titles. (7pm start, doors 6.30).

Discover what might have been. TOUCH is a film by Baltasar Kormákur, a love story years and miles in the making. Only in theaters July 12.Based on the Icelan...

29/12/2024

We wish you all a Happy New Year and all the best for 2025!

The Film Club is always a little short of assistance on film nights, so if you would like to help (no experience necessary) or perhaps you would like to join the committee? Please let us know.

Friday 3rd January 2025 – THE CRITIC (2023 – 101 minutes)(cert. 15)
The Critic is the story of a powerful theatre critic who becomes entangled in a web of deceit and murder. Just what we need for a dark January evening! Starring Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville, Mark Strong and Romola Garai. An illustrious cast indeed! (7pm start, doors 6.30)

ONLY IN CINEMAS 13TH SEPTEMBER CRITIC is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller, written by Patrick Marber and featuring an all-sta...