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Watermans is West London's arts centre and is open Wednesday to Sunday. See great films, live shows and exhibitions and discuss it all at the Guru, its unique bar and restaurant serving the best in drink, snacks and Indian dishes. In the cinema, take advantage of Wild Wednesdays – all cinema tickets £7 – all day on Wednesdays.   

Catch the new releases including: 

Napoleon (15) - Fri 15 - Thu 21 December (excl. Mon and Tue). See website for times.

Napoleon is an action-packed epic by legendary director Ridley Scott that chronicles the rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar®-winner Joaquin Phoenix.

The film captures Bonaparte's relentless journey to power and volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine played by Vanessa Kirby.

Fallen Leaves (12A) - Sat 16 & Thu 21 December (excl. Mon and Tue). See website for times. 

Award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) makes a masterful return with Fallen Leaves, a timeless, hopeful and ultimately satisfying love story about two lonely souls’ path to happiness – and the numerous hurdles they encounter along the way. 

The Peasants (15) - Fri 8 December - Thu 15 December (excl. Mon & Tue). See website for times. 

After the spectacular international success of their Vincent Van Gogh tribute Loving Vincent (2017), DK and Hugh Welchman have used the same enthralling technique of animated oil painting to adapt Władysław Reymont’s Nobel-winning epic novel (1904-9).

With a visual style consciously inspired by paintings by Reymont’s Polish contemporaries, the film tells a story spanning the four seasons, in which a young woman’s attempts to assert her independence keep coming up against the patriarchal traditions that have held sway in her village for centuries. 

Journey To Bethlehem (PG) - Sat 16 & Wed 20 December (excl. Mon and Tue). See website for times. 

A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honour. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. A live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family!

Special Event Cinema: 

KINO! Back Then! (15 Cert TBC) - (original title Zupa Nic) - Sunday 17 December, Film talk at 1pm; Film Screening at 2.30pm 

Join Michael Brooke for a discussion on Polish films with child and teenage protagonists, grappling with everyday concerns, Followed by a screening of the comedy Back Then! 

Marta, a romantic, lives with her sister and grandmother, the appearance of a small orange car parked outside their block, gives the family a chance for a chaotic road trip to Lake Balaton. 

In the Theatre: 

The Pixie and the Pudding (4 – 11 years) - Little Angel Theatre - Until 30 December, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm (See website for performance days) 

When Charlie and her dad move to the farm from the city, everything seems to go wrong. Dolly the cow’s in a grump, there’s not an egg to be found, and even the cockerel has stopped crowing! If only they’d paid attention to the mysterious note left on their windowsill about a curious pixie and the pudding she likes to eat on Christmas Eve…

This enchanting musical brings a tale from Scandinavian folklore to life with puppetry, original music and a sprinkling of pixie magic. 

In the gallery see the latest new media exhibition:

Tenderly Towards the Tipping Point - Until Sun 7 Jan (Excl. Mon & Tues), FREE - Kaushal Sapre, Mohit Shelare, Sonam Chaturvedi, Aasma Tulika, Bazik Thlana.

How can an exhibition occupy time? Watermans presents a group of leading contemporary artists from India with a radical approach to the use of a wide variety of media in their art.

Tenderly Towards the Tipping Point brings together a multitude of artistic responses to time and the imposition of time.

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