
RUSTHALL
COMMUNITY CINEMA
Maria (2024)

MARIA is a sombre biographical drama, in which opera singer Maria Callas recalls events in her life during her final days. Challenging themes of drug addiction, mortality and abuse are handled in a sensitive fashion.
Doors open:
6:30pm Saturday 2nd August 2025
Director:
Pablo Larraín
Genre:
Biography, Drama
Runtime:
2h 3m
Starring:
Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher
Certificate:
12
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe - just maybe - her son's science teacher.
Doors open:
6:30pm Saturday 16th August 2025
Director:
Michael Morris
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Runtime:
2h 4m
Starring:
Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall
Certificate:
15
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

From the headlong rush of the overture, Mozart’s timeless comedy is a breathless journey through one very eventful day in the life of an 1830s château. Figaro and his bride Susanna conspire to foil the unwanted advances of Count Almaviva, while the Countess has her heart stolen by a cross-dressing pageboy.
Doors open:
2pm Sunday 17th August
Director:
The Royal Opera 2022
Genre:
Sunday matinee
Comic Opera
Runtime:
3h 6m
Starring:
Riccardo Fassi, Giulia Semenzato, Germán E. Alcántara, Federica Lombardi
No formal discussion group
Certificate:
TBA
Small Things Like These (2024)

A coalman in 1980s Ireland is confronted by dark and distressing secrets connected to a local convent in this slow-burn drama concerning the tragic injustices of the Magdalene Laundry system.
Doors open:
6:30pm Saturday 30th August 2025
Director:
Tim Mielants
Genre:
Drama, History
Runtime:
1h 38m
Starring:
Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley
Certificate:
12
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Doors open:
6:30pm Saturday 13th September 2025
Director:
Peter Weir
Genre:
Drama, Mystery
Runtime:
1h 59m
Starring:
Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray
Certificate:
12