Dendy Cinemas

A Ghost Story

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

War for the Planet of the Apes

A nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar becomes embroiled in a battle with an army of humans.

Reservoir Dogs

Every dog has his day.

• Mon 31 Jul
  • 6:30PM

Atomic Blonde

An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

• Friday
  • 7:00PM
  • 7:00PM LOUNGE

The Big Sick

A couple deals with their cultural differences as their relationship grows.

The Trip To Spain

Six meals in six different places on a road trip through Spain from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean coast - visiting Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castile La Mancha and ending in Andalucia.

• Wednesday
  • 6:45PM

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power

A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.

Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets

A mysterious dark force threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard the future of the universe.

• Wed 09 Aug
  • 6:30PM

Wind River

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

• Wed 02 Aug
  • 6:30PM

Madame

While preparing a particularly luxurious dinner for sophisticated international friends, our hostess discovers there are 13 guests. Panic-stricken, Anne insists her loyal maid Maria disguise herself as a mysterious Spanish noble woman to even out the numbers.

• Sun 13 Aug
  • 4:00PM LOUNGE

Batman and Harley Quinn

Gotham's getting strange when Batman and Nightwing, are forced to side with Harleen Quinzel. Batty or just plain nuts?

• Sun 20 Aug
  • 3:00PM

All For One

United by their renegade spirit and a determination to win against substantial odds, these riders take on the international circuit.

• Thu 24 Aug
  • 7:00PM
• Fri 25 Aug
  • 7:00PM

Grave of the Fireflies (Japanese)

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate and try to live on...

• Thu 24 Aug
  • 8:50PM
• Sat 09 Sep
  • 9:10PM

Laputa: Castle In The Sky (English)

Sheeta and Pazu must outwit the evil Muska, who plans to use Laputa's science to make himself ruler of the world.

• Thu 24 Aug
  • 3:50PM
• Wed 06 Sep
  • 6:15PM

My Neighbour Totoro (English)

When her younger sister runs away from home, Satsuke seeks help from the friendly spirits known as Totoros in tracking her down. English dubbed.

• Thu 24 Aug
  • 2:00PM
• Sat 26 Aug
  • 4:30PM

Spirited Away (Japanese)

A ten year old girl who wanders away from her parents along a path that leads to a world ruled by strange and unusual monster-like animals. Her parents have been changed into pigs along with others inside a bathhouse full of these creatures. Will she ever see the world how it once was?

• Thu 24 Aug
  • 6:20PM
• Tue 29 Aug
  • 6:15PM

Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese)

When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

• Fri 25 Aug
  • 6:20PM
• Wed 30 Aug
  • 2:00PM

Kiki's Delivery Service (English)

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

• Fri 25 Aug
  • 4:15PM
• Sat 02 Sep
  • 4:30PM

Ponyo (English)

The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa, until the day he discovers a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach.

• Fri 25 Aug
  • 2:15PM
• Sun 27 Aug
  • 4:30PM

Princess Mononoke (Japanese)

Ashitaka, a cursed prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, must journey west to find a way to bring balance to two warring factions and save himself.

• Sat 26 Aug
  • 6:20PM
• Wed 30 Aug
  • 9:00PM

Spirited Away (English)

A ten year old girl who wanders away from her parents along a path that leads to a world ruled by strange and unusual monster-like animals. Her parents have been changed into pigs along with others inside a bathhouse full of these creatures. Will she ever see the world how it once was?

• Sat 26 Aug
  • 2:00PM
• Sun 03 Sep
  • 2:15PM

The Wind Rises (Japanese)

From acclaimed Japanese animator, Hayao Miyazaki comes a fantasy-laced biopic that flies through the life of WWII Zero engineer Jirô Horikoshi.

• Sat 26 Aug
  • 9:00PM
• Tue 05 Sep
  • 2:00PM

Howl's Moving Castle (English)

When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

• Sun 27 Aug
  • 2:15PM
• Thu 31 Aug
  • 4:40PM

Pom Poko (Japanese)

The Racoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back.

• Sun 27 Aug
  • 8:30PM

The Secret World of Arriety (Japanese)

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

• Sun 27 Aug
  • 6:30PM
• Thu 14 Sep
  • 9:30PM

Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese)

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

• Mon 28 Aug
  • 2:30PM
• Tue 12 Sep
  • 6:50PM

My Neighbour Totoro (Japanese)

When her younger sister runs away from home, Satsuke seeks help from the friendly spirits known as Totoros in tracking her down. English dubbed.

• Mon 28 Aug
  • 7:00PM
• Thu 31 Aug
  • 7:00PM

Porco Rosso (Japanese)

An Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter and chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea is cursed with the head of a pig.

• Mon 28 Aug
  • 8:50PM
• Tue 05 Sep
  • 6:50PM

Tales From Earthsea (English)

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strangely. Dragons are reappearing. Welcome to the Earthsea Archipelago.

• Mon 28 Aug
  • 4:40PM
• Mon 11 Sep
  • 9:00PM

Laputa: Castle In The Sky (Japanese)

The orphan Sheeta inherits a mysterious crystal that links her to the mythical sky-kingdom of Laputa.

• Tue 29 Aug
  • 2:15PM
• Thu 31 Aug
  • 8:50PM

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (English)

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaa, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

• Wed 30 Aug
  • 4:15PM
• Sat 09 Sep
  • 6:50PM

Only Yesterday (Japanese)

It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years.

• Wed 30 Aug
  • 6:40PM

Princess Mononoke (English)

Ashitaka, a cursed prince of the disappearing Ainu tribe, must journey west to find a way to bring balance to two warring factions and save himself.

Tales From Earthsea (Japanese)

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strangely. Dragons are reappearing. Welcome to the Earthsea Archipelago.

• Fri 01 Sep
  • 4:10PM

The Cat Returns (English)

Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed.

• Tue 29 Aug
  • 4:40PM
• Fri 01 Sep
  • 2:30PM

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (Japanese)

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaa, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

• Tue 29 Aug
  • 8:40PM
• Sat 02 Sep
  • 6:40PM

The Secret World of Arriety (English)

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

• Mon 04 Sep
  • 2:30PM
• Sun 10 Sep
  • 4:10PM

My Neighbours The Yamadas (Japanese)

With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.

• Sun 03 Sep
  • 6:30PM

Whisper Of The Heart (Japanese)

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa', the Prince of Stories.

• Fri 25 Aug
  • 8:40PM
• Sun 03 Sep
  • 8:40PM

From Up On Poppy Hill (Japanese)

TKokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea.

• Mon 04 Sep
  • 8:30PM

Grave of the Fireflies (English)

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate and try to live on...

• Mon 04 Sep
  • 4:30PM

Ponyo (Japanese)

The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa, until the day he discovers a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach.

• Mon 04 Sep
  • 6:30PM

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli.

• Tue 05 Sep
  • 4:30PM

Ocean Waves (Japanese)

At Kichijoji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kochi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off he narrates the events that brought her into his life...

• Wed 06 Sep
  • 4:40PM
• Fri 15 Sep
  • 9:00PM

When Marnie Was There (Japanese)

A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

• Wed 06 Sep
  • 2:30PM

Only Yesterday (English)

It’s 1982, and Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, and has lived her whole life in Tokyo. She decides to visit her family in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years.

• Thu 07 Sep
  • 4:30PM

The Cat Returns (Japanese)

Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed.

• Thu 07 Sep
  • 8:40PM

The Dinner

Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.

• Mon 04 Sep
  • 6:30PM

Whisper Of The Heart (English)

Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets a boy her age whom she finds infuriating, but discovers to her shock that he is her 'Prince of Books'. As she grows closer to him, she realises that he merely read all those books to bring himself closer to her. The boy Seiji aspires to be a violin maker in Italy, and it is his dreams that make Shizuku realise that she has no clear path for her life. Knowing that her strength lies in writing, she tests her talents by writing a story about Baron, a cat statuette belonging to Seiji's grandfather

Isao (Japanese)

A documentary about the making of The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata's first feature film for 14 years.

• Mon 11 Sep
  • 4:40PM

The Tale Of Princess Kaguya (Japanese)

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady.

• Mon 11 Sep
  • 2:00PM

From Up On Poppy Hill (English)

TKokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea.

• Tue 12 Sep
  • 2:30PM

My Neighbors The Yamadas (English)

With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.

• Wed 13 Sep
  • 9:00PM

The Tale Of Princess Kaguya (English)

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady.

• Sat 16 Sep
  • 9:00PM

When Marnie Was There (English)

A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

• Sun 17 Sep
  • 8:30PM

John Le Carre Presents An Evening With George Smiley

Captured live from London's Royal Festival Hall, join us for a celebration of one of the world’s greatest writers as he shares the secrets behind the creation of his most beloved character.

• Sat 30 Sep
  • 2:00PM
• Sun 01 Oct
  • 2:00PM

Michelangelo: Love and Death

This major new film goes to the heart of just who was this tempestuous, passionate giant of art history.

NT Live: Obsession

Gino (Jude Law) is a drifter, down-at-heel and magnetically handsome. At a road side restaurant he encounters husband and wife, Giuseppe and Giovanna. Irresistibly attracted to each other, Gino and Giovanna begin a fiery affair and plot to murder her husband. But, in this chilling tale of passion and destruction, the crime only serves to tear them apart.

The Met Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles as the Marschallin, opposite Elina Garanca in her first North American performances as Octavian, the impulsive young title character. The cast also includes Günther Groissböck as Baron Ochs, Erin Morley as Sophie, Marcus Brück in his Met debut as Faninal, and Matthew Polenzani as the Italian Singer. Der Rosenkavalier is a co-production with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Teatro Regio di Torino.

Stage Russia: Anna Karenina

A modern dance interpretation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, telling the life story of the titular Anna, a St. Petersburg aristocrat trapped in a loveless marriage, against the backdrop of late 19th century Russian society.

NT Live: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

In the early hours of the morning on the campus of an American college, Martha, much to her husband George’s displeasure, has invited the new professor and his wife to their home for some after-party drinks. As the alcohol flows and dawn approaches, the young couple are drawn into George and Martha’s toxic games until the evening reaches its climax in a moment of devastating truth-telling.

Comedie Francais: Le Misanthrope

Moliére's moving and poignant 17th Century French satire brought to life on the stage in a fresh, modern interpretation.

NT Live: Angels in America - Part One: Millennium Approaches

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. 

NT Live: Angels in America - Part Two: Perestroika

America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. 

NT Live: Yerma

The incredible Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful, Great Britain) returns in her Evening Standard Best Actress award-winning role as a young woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child, in Simon Stone’s radical production of Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece.

Royal Shakespeare Company: Titus Andronicus

The decay of Rome reaches its violent depths in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and leaves Rome in disarray, with rape, cannibalism and brutality filling the moral void at the heart of a corrupt society.

Comedie Francais: Cyrano De Bergerac

The play that gave the world the word 'panache' has just as much of it on display as it closes this year's la Comédie-Française cinema season.

NT Live: Salome

Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yaël Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production that turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution.

NT Live: Peter Pan

When Peter Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him to reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell the fairy, Tiger Lily and the vengeful Captain Hook await. A riot of magic, music and make-believe ensues in this awfully big adventure captured live at the National Theatre.