Barn Cinema
Films
War Horse [12A]
Barnkids: Saturday 4 February
Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book dealing with the terrible toll taken by horses during the First World War has slowly filtered into the public conscience, principally through the multi-award winning stage production… read more
Black Beauty [PG]
The fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life. read more
L’Atalante [PG]
Originally released in 1934, Jean Vigo’s first and only full-length feature is one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces. Made on a tiny budget, the film exudes an invigorating rawness and intensity that merge to create the loveliest, least maudlin... read more
Surviving Life [15]
Legendary Czech animator and surrealist Jan Svankmajer (Alice, Faust) returns with his first film in five years, an anarchically funny tale about a man, Eugene, who falls in love with the woman of his dreams – literally. read more
The Descendents [15]
With his first feature since Sideways, Alexander Payne blends comedy and tragedy in this story of a father’s journey to re-examine his past and embrace his future. Matt King – Clooney in a sure to be Oscar nominated role – looks like a man leading a... read more
Coriolanus [15]
Ralph Fiennes flexes considerable directorial muscle in this meaty Shakespeare adaptation, taking the title role of warrior Coriolanus, whose abrasive pride and love of battle are his downfall as a politician… read more
Fantastic Mr Fox [PG]
An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers’ retaliation. read more
Carnage [15]
Adapted by Roman Polanski and playwright Yasmina Reza from her own Tony award-winning play The God of Carnage, this new film from the veteran auteur is a brilliantly sustained one-scene comic drama which exposes the hypocrisy, doublethinking and... read more
The Artist [PG]
Set against a backdrop of a Tinseltown in transition from silent film to talkies, a whimsical love story emerges between Peppy Miller, an aspiring starlet, and George Valentin, the world’s biggest movie actor… read more
Charlotte’s Web [U]
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. read more

