One Life: A Personal Connection
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.
To See Ourselves – Special Event Screening
A special screening, featuring the director and stars of a new Scottish documentary, comes to the Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness on Saturday 27th January at 2.30pm.
Taste of Silents
HippFest has launched its latest Taste of Silents season at Scotland’s oldest cinema – the Hippodrome in Bo’ness - where HippFest (Hippodrome Silent Film Festival) takes place each year. This exciting short season of three feature films, will run every two weeks from Saturday September 23 – to Friday October 20th
Volunteers Profile Billy Bedborough
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.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves role-player review and ramblings
We invited local writer and Dungeons and Dragons fan, Gary Oberg to write all about the new D&D film, playing at the Hippodrome from 7th - 19th April. Gary has won several writing competitions including the Falkirk Writing Rammy, and his short stories have been featured in publications such as Alight Here: An Anthology of Writing (edited by Alan Bissett) and Edinburgh Dungeon horror stories anthologies.
What's On
Elio (PG)
- Friday, 18 Jul 25 at 16:00 p.m.
Elio, an underdog with an active imagination, finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth's ambassador to the rest of the universe, he starts to form new bonds with eccentric aliens while discovering who he's truly meant to be.
Superman (TBC)
- Friday, 18 Jul 25 at 19:30 p.m.
Superman embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.
Savages - Escapes Free Screening
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- Monday, 21 Jul 25 at 19:30 p.m.
Escapes is back, and we’re giving you a head start! Book now for a free trip to the cinema and exclusive advance previews of Savages
F1: The Movie (12A)
- Friday, 25 Jul 25 at 19:30 p.m.
In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was Formula 1's most promising driver until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, the owner of a struggling Formula 1 team convinces Sonny to return to racing and become the best in the world. Driving alongside the team's hotshot rookie, Sonny soon learns that the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
- Wednesday, 30 Jul 25 at 19:30 p.m.
Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote comes to the Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness with the Scottish premiere of an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode “Old Habits Die Hard”. The queen of TV detectives Angela Lansbury plays Jessica Fletcher who, in this classic episode, is invited to a convent school to visit an old sorority sister (now a nun), but soon there’s a murder that only she (or you!) can solve!
Peppa Meets The Baby Cinema Experience (U)
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- Wednesday, 20 Aug 25 at 10:30 a.m.
André Rieu's 2025 Maastricht Concert: Waltz the Night Away!
- Saturday, 30 Aug 25 at 19:00 p.m.
NT Live: Inter Alia
- Thursday, 04 Sep 25 at 19:00 p.m.
Inter Alia a new play by Suzie Miller Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?
Taste-Along: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
- Saturday, 01 Nov 25 at 19:30 p.m.
