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📽️What's On: 5 – 11 December
Welcome to your weekly cinema listings.
Between stunning 3D, family fun and the return of the only concert film shot with IMAX cameras, we recommend you make a point of catching a new release a film on our 60ft-tall screen this week—the biggest in the region—for a truly immersive experience.
Keep scrolling to see what else is heading to our two other screens, with award-winning new releases, a special secret screening and the start of our festive favourites.
Incredible IMAX - Yorkshire's Most Immersive Screen

IMAX: Rolling Stones – At the Max (15)
Wed 19.30
Rolling Stones – At the Max is coming back to IMAX! Experience the first and only concert film shot with IMAX film cameras.
Packed with career-defining performances of iconic hits including “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Brown Sugar,” “Start Me Up,” and more, the film puts audiences at the heart of the crowd, where every moment is enhanced by IMAX’s unmatched scale and sound.

IMAX 3D: The Polar Express (U)
Sat 16.00
All aboard! The Polar Express returns to IMAX after a year away and with the combined talents of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away), it's the definition of a magical Christmas experience – especially in magical IMAX and 3D.

IMAX: Wicked: For Good (PG)
Fri-Sun, Wed and Thu
Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion.
Wicked: For Good is available in both 2D and 3D. Please check the film calendar page for more information.

Fri, Sun, Tue-Thu
Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootropolis and turns the mammal metropolis upside down.
To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
Special Guests

The Wild Geese (15) [4K Restoration with Tony Earnshaw Discussion]
Fri 18.30
A star-studded team of ageing mercenaries return to cinemas in stunning 4K alongside a special post-film discussion with Tony Earnshaw.
Screen legends Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris star as a team of ageing mercenaries hired by a wealthy industrialist for one final mission.
Journalist and writer Tony Earnshaw joins us for a post-screening discussion. Tony is the author of Fifty Men in the Valley of the Shadow – The Making of The Wild Geese, a 316-page book chronicling the production of the rip-roaring action classic.
New releases and Restorations

Pillion (18)
Screening daily (closed Mondays)
Harry Lighton’s bold, funny and unexpectedly tender debut, reinvents the queer love story, with brilliant turns from Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård.
"A truly provocative anti-romance that’s funny, honest, strangely touching." - The Film Stage
"That is beautifully achieved in this accomplished debut -- pretty much the film Fifty Shades failed to be." - New Statesman
"It’s knotty stuff for a first film but Lighton finds a delicate balance between disturbing, funny, sweet and sad." - The Times

The Ice Tower (15)
Fri, Sat, Tue-Thu
The 1970s. Runaway Jeanne falls under the spell of Cristina (Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard), enigmatic star of The Snow Queen.
"This movie had me gripped with its two outstanding lead performances – five stars.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Secret Screening: BIFA Award Winner (18)
Sun 16.30
On Sunday we will be hosting a SECRET Screening of one of the weekend's BIFA Award-winners. Details will be under wraps under the film reveals itself on screen, but one look at the incredible filmmaking talent from this year suggests you're in for a treat .

It Was Just an Accident (12A)
Screening daily (closed Mondays)
Jafar Panahi’s critically acclaimed and deserving Palme d’Or winner is a muscular thriller and an engaging morality tale for our times.
"Panahi melds the personal and political in the most subtle and searing of ways." - Sight & Sound
“It’s another very impressive serio-comic film from one of the most distinctive and courageous figures in world cinema.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“It is just so intelligent; so blisteringly powerful; so light of touch. It is also one of those rare movies that manages to mix an unlikely trinity of shaggy-dog comedy, revenge thriller and seriously heavy political s--t.” – London Evening Standard

The Doors – When You're Strange (18)
Sat 19.30
With rare footage shot from their formation to Jim Morrison’s death, this GRAMMY Award-winning film follows the band through their career, providing insight into the revolutionary impact of their music.
On the occasion of the band's 60th anniversary, the film will be presented in cinemas in 4K for the first time ever, and feature a newly recorded performance of "Riders on the Storm" featuring John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and special guests performing the song in exotic locations around the world.
🎄Christmas at Pictureville

André Rieu's 2025 Christmas Concert: Merry Christmas
Sat 13.00
Join André Rieu for his 2025 Christmas concert Merry Christmas, and experience joyful carols, beautiful waltzes and plenty of surprises. It’s the ultimate Christmas cinema event.

Classic Sunday: White Christmas (U)
Sun 13.00
Bing Crosby stars in this 1954 winter warmer, a fun-filled musical extravaganza.
Stage on Screen

The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (cert TBC)
Wed 19.15
Featuring familiar melodies and exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step (15)
Sun 13.00
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
Acessible Screenings

Our cinemas are open to everyone—discover all our special screenings and accessible options on our website.
This week you'll find captioned screenings of acclaimed new release Pillion and the latest National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step. If you're interested in the best of British theatre on screen then keep an eye out on our website, as some incredible things are coming in 2026...
Family Films

Kids' Club: Arthur Christmas (U)
Sat and Sun 11.00
This charming Aardman animation follows Santa’s clumsy son on a mission to deliver the last present before Christmas morning.
A festive offering from Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit), Arthur Christmas is a clever and earnest holiday film that will delight kids and adults alike.
IMAX 3D Documentaries

IMAX 3D Documentaries
Screening daily (closed Mondays)
Take in an epic 3D adventure on our largest cinema screen for a cheaper price than a feature film and discover prehistoric action and out of this world exploration.
Coming Soon

IMAX: Avatar: Fire & Ash (12A)
Screening from 19 December
It's time to return to Pandora - tickets for Avatar: Fire & Ash are now on sale in incredible IMAX!
Legendary filmmaker James Cameron transports audiences back to the breath-taking world of Pandora with an immersive new adventure featuring thrilling action, grand spectacle, unforgettable characters and a moving, profound story.
There's no more immersive way to see this sci-fi spectacle than our biggest screen, with 3D screenings available from MIDNIGHT on the film's release!

IMAX: The Shining (15) [45th Anniversary]
Screening from 12 December
Master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's visually haunting chiller, based on the bestseller by master-of-suspense Stephen King, celebrates its 45th anniversary with special IMAX screenings

Christmas Karma (PG)
Screening from 12 December
Visionary director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), transforms A Christmas Carol into a joyous, colourful, feel-good Christmas musical.

Free Screening: Edward Scissorhands (12A) [70mm]
Screening 16 December
It’s a festive treat for all our members with this free screening of Tim Burton’s gothic fable on a 70mm print from our own archive.
🎄Christmas at Pictureville

Christmas at Pictureville
30 November–24 December 2025
It's the most wonderful time of the year - our festive programme is now on sale, packed full of Christmas classics, family favourites and nineties nostalgia!
🎁Gifts at Pictureville

Give the gift of great cinema with our brand-new gift memberships and vouchers.
Treat the film lover in your life to a full year of fun, from the latest releases to their old favourites, exclusive events and tasty treats, all at Yorkshire’s biggest independent cinema.
Make that gift extra special with our gift card holder, perfect for wrapping up and passing along to that special someone. Please note this can only be collected at the bar upon purchase of a gift membership.
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