The threatened closure of a geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital stirs an uprising from the local community, who invite a news crew to film preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. Allelujah celebrates the spirit of humanity among medical staff struggling with limited resources and ever-growing demand, and … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Allelujah (12A) →

Abandoned as a girl, Kya raised herself in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the marsh girl haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, she opens herself to a new and startling world. However, when one of them is … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Where the Crawdads Sing (15) →

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Mothering Sunday (15) →

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Three Thousand Years of Longing (15) →

One morning, pensioner Harold Fry (Jim Broadbent) takes a stroll to the postbox, but can’t bring himself to post the letter. It’s a reply to his old friend and former work colleague Queenie (Linda Bassett), who, he learned recently, has terminal cancer. Then a chance encounter in a petrol station gives Harold a new purpose: … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12) →

In the summer of 2014, World War II Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) sneaks out of his seaside care home, where he lives with his wife Irene (Glenda Jackson), on a secret mission to get aboard a cross-channel ferry and attend the 70th anniversary celebrations for the commemmoration of the D-day landings in … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Great Escaper (12A) →

The Old Oak is a special place - it's the last pub standing and the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline.  Landlord TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) is barely hanging on to the pub by his … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Old Oak (15) →

Liam (Daryl McCormack), an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author JM Sinclair (Richard E. Grant). But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amO6BhGJ4so Tickets are £6 per person and will be … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Lesson (15) →

Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) reluctantly attends a seance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. He soons gets thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets when one of the guests is murdered. Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan and Tina Fey star alongside Branagh, who … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – A Haunting in Venice (12A) →

Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of one of the best‐selling children’s books of all time and starring Timothée Chalamet, “Wonka” tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician and chocolate‐maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. we are introduced to a young Willy Wonka, chock‐full of ideas … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Wonka (PG) →