Complete list for the 2025/26 Season

Screenings at 7:00 pm in the Valhalladrome in the Vikingar, Largs.

12 September 2025   The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (UK)  

  Director:  Ronald Neame     1969 Comedy/Drama

Stars: Maggie Smith, Gordon Jackson, Robert Stephens

  116 mins          IMDB 7.6

Jean Brodie is a free-spirited teacher at a Scottish girls’ school, educating them about love and art, but her controversial philosophy draws the ire of the school’s headmistress.

3 October 2025          The 400 Blows (France)

Director: François Truffaut      1959                   Drama

Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier 

99 mins IMDB 8.0

Misunderstood 14-year-old Antoine journeys through an oppressive life in 1950s Paris.  All he wants is to break free and reach his personal ocean of possibilities. But will he?

24 October 2025         Brooklyn (Ireland/USA)  

Director: John Crowley  2015 Drama

Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson

117 mins       IMDB 7.5

Young immigrant Eilis leaves Ireland for America where she builds up a new life, only for that life to be disrupted when her Irish past catches up with her.

14 November 2025     Hard truths (GB)

Director: Mike Leigh 2024 Drama

Stars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber

97 mins                IMDB 7.2

Pansy’s explosive tirades and constant criticism isolate her from everyone, including her own family, except for her sister, who remains cheerfully sympathetic.

5 December 2025     The Smallest Show on Earth (UK)   

Director: Basil Dearden 1957 Comedy

Stars: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford

80 mins                IMDB 7.0

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theatre, appropriately nicknamed The Flea Pit, and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

9 January  2026           Dog Day Afternoon (USA)

Director:  Sidney Lumet 1975                      Crime/Thriller

Stars: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen

127 mins             IMDB 8.0

This film, based on a true story, chronicles a bank robbery gone awry. It turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.

30 January  2026        All We Imagine as Light (India)

Director: Payal Kapad                            2024                Drama/Romance

Stars: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam

118 mins             IMDB 7.1

A vivid portrayal of womanhood, as we witness the emotional and social lives of three women against the backdrop of a fast-moving Mumbai, the city of dreams.

20 February 2026      The Devil’s Backbone (Spain)   

Director:  Guillermo  del Toro                        2001                Drama/Thriller

Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi

106 mins                IMDB 7.4

In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, Carlos is left at an orphanage. The bleak building conceals not only the adults’ dissolute relationships, but also a ghost hell-bent on revenge

13 March 2026 His Girl Friday (USA)

Director: Howard Hawks 1940               Screwball comedy

Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

92 mins                IMDB 7.8

Walter Burns is a conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit but Walter knows she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

10th April 2026 The Sixth Sense (USA)   

Director: M. Night Shyamalan                1999              Drama/Suspense

Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette

107 mins             IMDB 8.2

When child psychologist Malcolm Crowe is shot by a former patient he had failed to help, he is desperate to try and redeem himself by helping another child who seems to have the same psychological problems.

1 May 2026 Torch Song Trilogy (USA)   

Director: Paul Bogart 1988                  Comedy

Stars: Anne Bancroft, Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein

1988                      Comedy

An adaptation of the Tony-award-winning play about a Jewish homosexual who goes through the same struggles of of love, jealousy and self-doubt that affect us all.

22 May 2026 AGM followed by Flow (Latvia)   

Director: Gints Zilbalodis                                   2024                Animation

85 mins                IMDB 7.9

Winning an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film in 2025, Flow is a story about Cat, whose home is devastated by the Great Flood. He finds refuge on a boat but must learn to cooperate with his fellow stranded animals.

Bringing an eclectic selection of films to the local area