Hollywood’s biggest night deserves a proper screen, a bit of ceremony, and a room full of people who care far too much about films. Join us at Mockingbird Cinema for a live screening of the 98th Academy Awards , streamed straight from LA and shown in full cinematic glory. Expect red-carpet energy, collective gasps, bad acceptance speeches, surprise wins, and at least one moment where everyone a...

Birmingham, 1940: Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s, woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side of the story" rediscovered during Baz Luhrmann's research for his 2022 film, Elvis.

A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.

Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

Get your capes ready and your deck boxes packed, because Birmingham is about to witness The Big Bang! Make sure you follow @nerdsthatlimetoparty for future updates This is a 12-hour marathon of pure pop-culture chaos at Birmingham’s oldest (and coolest) venue, The Old Crown @oldcrownbham. Whether you're here for the high-energy beats of @levelupleroy, the chap-hop stylings of @prof_elemental the ...

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love. Presented in Stink-o-vision, scratch-and-sniff cards will be available for the screening.

Hey you guys! Join The Wine Events Company at The Mockingbird Cinema for an adventure-packed evening as we present a special screening of 80's favourite The Goonies , served with a treasure-trove tasting of five themed wines. When a group of misfit kids discover an old pirate map in the attic, they set out on a wild quest to find One-Eyed Willy's legendary treasure and save their homes from forec...

Joining forces once again are Mockingbird Cinema, Geeky Brummie and Stacey’s Pop Culture Parlour for a full on Turtle Power shellebration! Settle in for an afternoon celebrating everyone’s favourite fearsome fighting team as Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo return to the big screen. We’ll be warming up with a selection of classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon episodes, fo...

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.

Returning to cinemas in stunning 4K. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Bob Hoskins and Sir John Mills lead an all-star cast in the shocking true story of The Battle of Isandlwana: In January 1879, arrogant officials of the British colony of Natal, Africa, issued a list of unauthorized ultimatums to the Zulu Nation. When the Zulu King refused their demands, the Empire declared war. And i...

Join Film Stories editor Simon Brew for an evening of film chat, random clips, filmmaker interviews and a lot of general nerdy stuff. From Kevin Costner to cinema etiquette and to the future of Midlands filmmaking, no topic is off-limits. Oh, and you might even get a quiz!

George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose novels, 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.