Fill your life with film
Alison Strauss has written this blog post about watching One Life (PG) at the Hippodrome this weekend and about her very personal connection with the story. Alison is our Arts Development Officer (Film and Media) at Falkirk Council and is the programmer of the Hippodrome year-round and founding director of the annual Hippodrome Silent Film Festival.
It's Volunteers Week and we talked to Billy Bedborough one of our longstanding volunteers at Hippfest about how he became involved and what he enjoys about volunteering.
Nick Mortimore recently took a trip to the Hippodrome to see compelling contemporary love story Ali and Ava. Nick shares some thoughts on the film and his trip to the cinema.
The shortlist has been announced for the National Campaign for the Arts' (NCA) Hearts for the Arts Awards 2022. The awards celebrate the unsung heroes of Local Authorities who are championing the arts against all odds.
This month’s Hippodrome guest blog comes from Valerie Bruce – a Trustee of Bo’ness Community Bus.
This month’s Hippodrome blog is a guest entry by Fatima, a refugee from Syria currently living in Falkirk. The local charity – Friends of Scottish Settlers – put me in touch with Fatima who attended one of our Hippodrome screenings of BAFTA-nominated Limbo (2020). Fatima’s mother tongue is Arabic but she has written this blog in English.
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.
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. Customer Notice : Relaxed Screening on Sun 19th April - 1.30pm Where our environment has been adapted to be more welcoming and accessible to people with additional needs.
A happily engaged couple get put to the test when an unexpected revelation sends their wedding week off the rails.
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!
Russell Nash, a mysterious Scottish swordsman, realises that he is immortal. Soon he finds himself in a ferocious battle against the powerful and wicked immortals who want to destroy the Earth.
Labyrinth is a 1986 musical fantasy film where teenager Sarah must navigate a magical labyrinth to rescue her baby brother from the Goblin King.
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and re-evaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.
The Hippodrome is proud to present a special preview screening of the award-winning Everybody to Kenmure Street followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Felipe Bustos Sierra.
The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman.
The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.
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.
Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) As Miranda Priestly nears retirement, she reunites with Andy Sachs to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton. As Miranda Priestly nears retirement, she reunites with Andy Sachs to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton.
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.
Every night a shepherd reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand. When he is found dead, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it.
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious, campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.
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.
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is a screening of an episode of Murder, She Wrote with games and laughs. Approximately 120 minutes including interval.
Celebrate International Chocolate Day with us at the Hippodrome with our latest chocolate taste-along screening: the entrancing Amélie. Join us for this unique melt-in-the-mouth movie experience. The showing of Amélie will be paired with a bespoke tasting-box selection – each chocolate lovingly crafted to match the film’s most sensuous moments. Amélie (adorably played by Audrey Tautou) is a shy waitress beset with social anxieties who enjoys life's small pleasures from a safe distance… until a chance discovery sets her on a path to begin her life as a mender of broken hearts. A tremendously seductive modern fairytale, set against the beautiful landmarks and cafés of Paris – that most romantic and magical of cities. “A deeply lovely movie about the importance, and the rewards, of kindness.” The Times
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