Bridport Electric Palace
Midwinter Break (2026) Friday, 1st May. ‘Midwinter Break stars two seasoned actors who are not even close to the winter of their careers. Both bring grace and gravitas to their characters, conveying their personal crises with humanity.’ The Globe and Toronto. Aparita Bhandari.
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) Saturday, 2nd May. ‘A great children’s first fantasy film. Compared to films like The Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia or The Spiderwick Chronicles, Faraway Tree skews younger and leans more into the fun and whimsy of its world. Switch.’ Chris Dos Santos.
Weymouth Pavillion.
Moulin Rouge (2001) Monday, 4th May. 25th Anniversary. ‘This thing moves brilliantly, sparkling like nothing we’ve seen domestically since The Wiz or Xanadu.’ New Times (L.A.) Gregory Weinkauf.
Broken English (2025) Thursday, 5th May. ‘The charismatic Marianne Faithfull is quizzed by a fictional ministry fronted by Tilda Swinton…. it’s an appreciation, a reclamation, a film that lovingly toasts Faithfull’s fabulous, confounding career.’ The Guardian. Peter Bradshaw.
Amelie (2001) Thursday, 5th May. 25th Anniversary Re-release. ‘This is a film that will put a goofy grin on your face from the opening frame, through to the credits, out into the lobby, the whole way home, and possibly even till you fall asleep.’ Film Threat. Ross Williams.
Bridport Arts Centre
L’Atalante (1934) Thursday, 7th May. ‘It is on many lists of the greatest films, a distinction that obscures how down to earth it is, how direct in its story of a new marriage off to a shaky start. The French director Francois Truffaut fell in love with it one Saturday afternoon in 1946, when he was 14.’ Roger Ebert.com.
