What’s on

14 Aug –19 Sep 2019

Quentin Tarantino’s latest film is a glorious ode to the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age with a jumping jukebox soundtrack and glittering all-star cast

23 Aug –19 Sep 2019

Pedro Almodóvar's latest film is vibrant, full of colour, comedy and bitter sweet themes about life and art intertwining

30 Aug –18 Sep 2019

Joanna Hogg's new film is a delicate and intimate portrait of a young filmmaker's relationship with an older man.

8 Sep –20 Oct 2019

Sam Mendes (Skyfall, King Lear) returns to the National to direct Ben Power's English version of Stefano Massini’s vast and poetic play.

13 –19 Sep 2019

A seductive crime drama about a group of strippers who decide to make their own luck

13 –19 Sep 2019

An intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war

17 Sep 2019, 18:30

What better way to discuss the effect of technology upon us than through Stanley Kubrick's space-opera on humanity's evolution and the rise of AI's ultimate supercomputer HAL 9000?

17 Sep 2019, 18:30

We are delighted to welcome special guest Shōji Kawamori for an illustrated talk looking back over his career.

18 Sep 2019, 18:30

Growing up is hard to do, and these short films show us young women finding their feet

18 Sep 2019, 20:45

How human are you if every part of you is cybernetic and you’re not even sure who controls your brain?