Arts Derbyshire

06.04.2023

Our April Brochure Is Out Now!

The Easter holiday is here and we have plenty of films for the young and young-at-heart.  Come rain or shine, Super Mario Bros, Mummies & Dungeons and Dragons will keep the family entertained while Keanu is back as John Wick in Chapter 4 of this action-packed epic franchise.  Our pick this month is Air, the true story of Nike Air Jordans, which sees Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the big screen once again. And if you love Coldplay, get your tickets for Music of the Spheres, Live at the River Plate today – it’s filling up fast!

RITZ FILM DIARY 31 MARCH – 06 APRIL

Friday 31 March
Mummies 3:15pm
Allelujah 5:30pm
All Quiet on the Western Front 8:00pm

Saturday 01 April
Mummies 3:15pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 5:30pm
Allelujah 8:00pm

Sunday 02 April
Mummies 2:00pm
All Quiet on the Western Front 4:15pm
Allelujah 7:30pm

Monday 03 April
Mummies 3:15pm, 5:30pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 8:00pm

Tuesday 04 April
Mummies 3:30pm
Allelujah 5:45pm
Marlowe 8:15pm

Wednesday 05 April
Mummies 3:15pm
Marlowe 5:30pm
Allelujah 8:15pm

Thursday 06 April
Marlowe 10:30am
Mummies 3:15pm
Allelujah 5:30pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 8:00pm

RITZ FILM DIARY 07-13 APRIL

Friday 07 April
Super Mario Bros. 3:15pm, 5:30pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:45pm

Saturday 08 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm (Captioned), 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Sunday 09 April
Super Mario Bros. 1:45pm, 4:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 6:15pm

Monday 10 April
Super Mario Bros. 1:45pm, 4:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 6:15pm

Tuesday 11 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Wednesday 12 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Thursday 13 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

 

 

The Easter holiday is here and we have plenty of films for the young and young-at-heart.  Come rain or shine, Super Mario Bros, Mummies & Dungeons and Dragons will keep the family entertained while Keanu is back as John Wick in Chapter 4 of this action-packed epic franchise.  Our pick this month is Air, the true story of Nike Air Jordans, which sees Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the big screen once again. And if you love Coldplay, get your tickets for Music of the Spheres, Live at the River Plate today – it’s filling up fast!

RITZ FILM DIARY 31 MARCH – 06 APRIL

Friday 31 March
Mummies 3:15pm
Allelujah 5:30pm
All Quiet on the Western Front 8:00pm

Saturday 01 April
Mummies 3:15pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 5:30pm
Allelujah 8:00pm

Sunday 02 April
Mummies 2:00pm
All Quiet on the Western Front 4:15pm
Allelujah 7:30pm

Monday 03 April
Mummies 3:15pm, 5:30pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 8:00pm

Tuesday 04 April
Mummies 3:30pm
Allelujah 5:45pm
Marlowe 8:15pm

Wednesday 05 April
Mummies 3:15pm
Marlowe 5:30pm
Allelujah 8:15pm

Thursday 06 April
Marlowe 10:30am
Mummies 3:15pm
Allelujah 5:30pm
What’s Love Got To Do With It 8:00pm

 

 

ALLELUJAH (12A)

Director: Richard Eyre. Starring: Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders, David Bradley. United Kingdom. 2023. 99 mins.

Adapted from the esteemed Alan Bennet’s play, Allelujah is the triumphant ode to British healthcare that the NHS deserves. Heartwarmingly poignant, this sweet drama follows a Yorkshire hospital that cares for it’s elderly patients with the upmost love and care, despite increasing threats of closure. The community bands together to save the hospital, in the most surprising of ways!

FRI 31 MAR 5.30
SAT 01 APR 8.00
SUN 02 APR 7.30
TUE 04 APR 5.45
WED 05 APR 8.15
THU 06 APR 5.30

 

 

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (12A)

Director: Shekhar Kapur. Starring: Lily James, Shazam Latif & Emma Thompson. UK. 2022. 108mins.

In the style of the Richard Curtis British rom-coms, this is a cross-cultural modern day take on the genre. Written by Jemima Khan, from her own experience, the central character Zoe is a successful documentary filmmaker who finds herself filming the process of an arranged marriage of her friend. Set in London, and with Emma Thompson it’s the light-hearted, feel-good film we need right now!
SAT 01 APR 5.30
MON 03 APR 8.00
THU 06 APR 8.00

 

 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (15)

Director: Edward Berger. Starring: Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schach, Sebastian Hülk. Germany. 2022. 147mins. German with English Subtitles.
All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Berger is based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

FRI 31 MAR 8.00
SUN 02 APR 4.15

 

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MARLOWE (15)

Director: Neil Jordan. Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange and Alan Cummings. UK. 2022. 109mins.

Liam Neeson stars as bad business and loneliness is taking its toll on private detective Philip Marlowe, a beautiful blonde arrives and asks him to find her ex-lover, which proves to be just a small part in a bigger mystery. Film noir thriller set in 1930s LA.

TUE 04 APR 8.15
WED 05 APR 5.30
THU 06 APR 10.30am

 

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MUMMIES (PG)

Director: Juan Jesus Garcia Galocha. Voices: Joe Thomas, Sean Bean, Hugh Bonneville. Spain. 2023. 88 mins.

Follow three ancient Egyptian mummies, along with their pet baby crocodile, as they embark on a wacky and hilarious adventure to modern day London in search of a stolen, ancient ring. Expect fun, frolics and Pharaohs in this family adventure way out of it’s time. The undead never seemed so alive!

FRI 31 MAR 3.15
SAT 01 APR 3.15
SUN 02 APR 2.00
MON 03 APR 3.15, 5.30
TUE 04 APR 3.30
WED 05 APR 3.15
THU 06 APR 3.15

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

RITZ FILM DIARY 07-13 APRIL

Friday 07 April
Super Mario Bros. 3:15pm, 5:30pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:45pm

Saturday 08 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm (Captioned), 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Sunday 09 April
Super Mario Bros. 1:45pm, 4:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 6:15pm

Monday 10 April
Super Mario Bros. 1:45pm, 4:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 6:15pm

Tuesday 11 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Wednesday 12 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

Thursday 13 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
John Wick: Chapter 4 7:15pm

RITZ FILM DIARY 14-20 APRIL

Friday 14 April
Super Mario Bros. 3:15pm, 5:30pm
Sixty-Five 7:45pm

Saturday 15 April
Super Mario Bros. 2:45pm, 5:00pm
Sixty-Five 7:15pm

Sunday 16 April
ROH: Cinderella 2:00pm
Super Mario Bros. 5:45pm
Broker 7:45pm

Monday 17 April
Super Mario Bros. 5:30pm
Sixty-Five 7:45pm

Tuesday 18 April
Super Mario Bros. 5:30pm
Broker 7:45pm

Wednesday 19 April
Super Mario Bros. 4:45pm
Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres: Live At River Plate 7:00pm

Thursday 20 April
Sixty-Five 10:30am
Super Mario Bros. 4:45pm
NT Live: GOOD 7:00pm

RITZ FILM DIARY 21-27 APRIL

Friday 21 April
80 For Brady 5:30pm
Creed III 8:00pm

Saturday 22 April
The Felling – An Epic Tale Of People Power 2:15pm
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods 5:00pm
Creed III 8:00pm

Sunday 23 April
Coldplay – Music Of The Spheres: Live At River Plate 3:00pm
Shazam! Fury Of The Gods 6:15pm

Monday 24 April
80 For Brady 5:30pm
God’s Creatures 7:45pm

Tuesday 25 April
Champions 5:30pm
A Good Person 8:15pm

Wednesday 26 April
God’s Creatures 5:30pm
80 For Brady 8:00pm

Thursday 27 April
80 For Brady 10:30am
A Good Person 5:30pm
Champions 8:15pm

RITZ FILM DIARY 28 APRIL – 04 MAY

Friday 28 April
Air 5:30pm
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 8:00pm

Saturday 29 April
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 2:00pm, 5:00pm
Air 8:00pm

Sunday 30 April
ROH: The Marriage of Figaro 2:00pm
Air 7:00pm

Monday 01 May
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 2:30pm
Air 5:30pm
The Night of the 12th 8:00pm

Tuesday 02 May
Air 5:30pm
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 8:00pm

Wednesday 03 May
The Night of the 12th 5:30pm
Air 8:00pm

Thursday 04 May
Air 10:30am, 8:30pm
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves 5:30pm

 

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (15)
Director: Chad Stahelski. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Ian McShane, Bill Skarsgard. US. 2023. 169mins.

Keanu Reeves explodes back onto the big screen as legendary hit-man John Wick in the 4th chapter of this incredible action franchise. With the bounty on his head growing higher by the day, John takes his unique set of skills global as he seeks out some of the underworld’s most dangerous players to aid him in his one-man war against the High Table.

FRI 07 APR 7.45
SAT 08 APR 7.15
SUN 09 APR 6.15
MON 10 APR 6.15
TUE 11 APR 7.15
WED 12 APR 7.15
THU 13 APR 7.15

 

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SUPER MARIO BROS. (PG)

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic. Starring: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor Joy, Charlie Day. USA. 2023. 92mins.

The story of The Super Mario Bros. Join Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Bowser and all your favourite Super Mario characters on this family adventure through Mushroom Kingdom.

FRI 07 APR 3.15, 5.30
SAT 08 APR 2.45 (CAPTIONED), 5.00
SUN 09 APR 1.45, 4.00
MON 10 APR 1.45, 4.00
TUE 11 APR 2.45, 5.00
WED 12 APR 2.45, 5.00
THU 13 APR 2.45, 5.00
FRI 14 APR 3.15, 5.30
SAT 15 APR 2.45, 5.00
SUN 16 APR 5.45
MON 17 APR 5.30
TUE 18 APR 5.30
WED 19 APR 4.45
THU 20 APR 4.45

 

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65 (12A)

Director: Scott Beck Bryan Woods. Starring: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman. America. 2023. 90 mins.

After a near-fatal crash into unknown territory, pilot Mills (Driver) and the only other survivor Koa soon realise they have actually travelled back to Earth 65 million years ago, and they’re in the company of some prehistoric hunters. From the writers of A Quiet Place comes a brand new sci-fi thriller, where a search for a new world leads these survivors to a horrifying past.

FRI 14 APR 7.45
SAT 15 APR 7.15
MON 17 APR 7.45
THU 20 APR 10.30am

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

April 16 2023 at 2pm

 

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BROKER (12a)

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring: Song Kang-ho, Dong-won Gang, Bae Doona. South Korea. 2022. 129mins. Korean with English Subtitles.

On a rainy night in Busan, So-young leaves her baby Woo-sung outside a ‘baby box’, a safe place set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. Instead, he’s picked up by Sang-hyun who runs an unofficial adoption brokerage and plans to find him a new home.

SUN 16 APR 7.45
TUE 18 APR 7.45

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

NATIONAL THEATRE
GOOD

★★★★★
‘David Tennant is riveting,
witty and intensely human’
Financial Times

Director: Dominic Cooke. Starring: David Tennant. U.K. 2022. 160 mins.

David Tennant makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays. As the world faces its second world war, John Hadler, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

THU 20 APR 2023 – 7.00

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

COLDPLAY – MUSIC OF THE SPHERES:
LIVE AT RIVER PLATE
(12A)
Following the record-breaking success of Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres Live Broadcast from Argentina to cinemas worldwide last October, the band return to the big screen in this brand new, definitive director’s cut of the show. Filmed during Coldplay’s sold out, ten night run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium, this spectacular concert film features remixed / remastered sound and stunning visuals.

Don’t miss your chance to share this joyful, life-affirming experience with Coldplay fans all over the world. This presentation also includes a special behind-the-scenes documentary – featuring unseen interviews with the band – which is exclusive to cinemas.

WED 19 APR 7.00
SUN 23 APR 3.00

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

 

 

80 FOR BRADY (12A)

Director: Kyle Marvin. Starring:  Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno & Sally Field. USA. 2023. 98mins.

Inspired by the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play. Fun-filled, laugh-out-loud comedy starring four treasures of Hollywood. Don’t let the American football put you off – if you enjoyed Going in Style, It’s Complicated or Book Club, you’ll love this!

FRI 21 APR 5.30
MON 24 APR 5.30
WED 26 APR 8.00
THU 27 APR 10.30am

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

 

CREED III (12A)

Director: Michael B Jordan. Starring: Jonathan Majors, Michael B Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Florain Munteanu, Wood Harris. US 20223. 116mins.

Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed is thriving in his career and family life. When Damian, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, he’s eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight.

FRI 21 APR 8.00
SAT 22 APR 8.00

 

FILM TIMES & BOOKING

 

 

THE FELLING – AN EPIC TALE OF PEOPLE POWER (12A)

Director: Eve Wood. UK. 2022. 117mins.

The first-hand account of an extraordinary tale, where Sheffield citizens rise up and become modern day heroes by putting their bodies on the line to stop the destruction of their city’s healthy street trees. The documentary is not just an environmental film about saving trees, but also a human rights film about the abuse of power by local authorities, the police and multinationals.

SAT 22 APR 2.15

 

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SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (12A)

Director: David F. Sandberg. Starring: Zachary Levi, Rachel Zegler, Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu. US. 2023.  130mins.

After coming to terms with his awesome new abilities, teenager Billy Batson must now learn what it truly means to be a hero. When an ancient and deadly presence threatens their world, Billy and his siblings must once again say those magic words which imbue them with the powers of the Gods – “Shazam!” and fight back against the daughters of Atlas.

SAT 22 APR 5.00
SUN 23 APR 6.15

 

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CHAMPIONS (12A)

Director: Bobby Farrelly. Strarring: Woody Harrelson. Ernie Hudson. Cheech Marin. USA. 2023. 124mins.

A former minor-league basketball coach is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. Despite his reluctance and reservations he soon realised their potential and that together, this team can go further than they ever imagined in this heart warming film.

TUE 25 APR 5.30
THU 27 APR 8.15

 

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GOD’S CREATURES (15)

Director: Saela Davis and Anna Rose. Starring: Emily Watson, Mail Mescal and Aisling Franciosi. UK/Ireland. 2022. 100mins.

God’s Creatures is a quietly devastating drama set on the coast of Ireland. In a windswept fishing village, a mother (Emily Watson – Every Breaking Wave) is torn between protecting her beloved son (Paul Mescal – Aftersun, Normal People) and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.

MON 24 APR 7.45
WED 26 APR 5.30

 

 

A GOOD PERSON (15)

Director: Zach Braff. Starring: Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Celeste O’Connor. United States. 2023. 129 mins.

Allison has a seemingly perfect life; complete with a loving partner and an accomplished career. When tragedy strikes during a fatal accident, Allison finds herself battling addiction in an attempt to cope with her suffering. After striking up an unlikely friendship with her bereaved would-be father-in-law Daniel, could hope and forgiveness help the two write a new ending to their stories?

TUE 25 APR 8.15
THU 27 APR 5.30

 

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AIR (15)

Director: Ben Affleck. Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis. USA. 2023. 112mins.

Damon and Affleck back on the big screen. AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between Michael Jordan and Nike’s basketball division which revolutionised the world of sports branding. A surprisingly moving story following the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenomenon who would become the greatest of all time.

FRI 28 APR 5.30
SAT 29 APR 8.00
SUN 30 APR 7.00
MON 01 MAY 5.30
TUE 02 MAY 5.30
WED 03 MAY 8.00
THU 04 MAY 10.30am, 8.30

 

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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES (12A)

Director: Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley.  Starring: Chris Pine,  Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page. USA 2023. 134 mins.

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.

FRI 28 APR 8.00
SAT 29 APR 2.00, 5.00
MON 01 MAY 2.30
TUE 02 MAY 8.00
THU 04 MAY 5.30

 

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THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH (15)

Director: Dominik Moll. Starring: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Pauline Serieys. France. 2023. 115mins. French with English Subtitles.

Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara’s murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara’s complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim’s life soon turns into a haunting obsession. Tense, multi-award winning drama from France.

MON 01 MAY 8.00
WED 03 MAY 5.30

 

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NATIONAL THEATRE
LIFE OF PI

★★★★★
‘It will make you believe in
theatre. A triumph.’
Sunday Times

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel. Filmed live at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

Sunday 7th May 2pm

 

NATIONAL THEATRE
BEST OF ENEMIES

★★★★★
‘A scintillating, perfectlytimed
play’ Financial Times

Director: Clint Dyer. Starring: Giles Terera, Rosy McEwan and Paul Hilton

In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.

Thursday 18th May, 7:00pm

 

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April 30 2023 at 2pm

 

 

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