
Dir: Alonso Ruizpalacios | USA, Mexico | 2024 | 139 mins
Cast | Raúl Briones, Rooney Mara, Anna Diaz, Motell Foster
Dreams and desperation collide in a Manhattan restaurant, shot in fine-grained black and white.
Rooney Mara stars in Güeros director Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina. Like Boiling Point or sensationally popular series The Bear, it takes on the cauldron of feeling and fury that is the modern professional kitchen – but shifts the focus from high-end cheffing towards the lives of the immigrant workers who make so many restaurants viable.
Loosely derived from Arnold Wesker’s 1957 play The Kitchen, it’s set in a busy Times Square restaurant where back-of-house staff chase elusive American dreams – including newcomer Estela (Anna Díaz), savvy, ambitious Pedro (Raúl Briones) and jaded hostess Julia (Mara).
A world unto itself, and a microcosm of the wider world with its own complex hierarchy of status and needs, the relentless pace of The Grill’s kitchen threatens to break those who keep it running.
Important Information:
Run Time: 139 mins
Priority Booking: Opens Monday 17th March, 10am
General Booking: Opens Monday 24th March, 10am
Evenings - £7 (£6.50)
Matinees - £6.50 (£6)
All Screenings Under 26s - Only £5!
Friends of Stamford Cinema - 50p off
Please Note - The advertised time is when the feature film starts. Please arrive early for trailers and pre-show ads, which begin before the listed time.
Thurs 22 May
Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinc...
Fri 25 & Mon 28 Apr
Dir: Marc Evans | UK | 2024 | 124 mins Cast | Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Lesley Manville, Steffan Rhodri, Aime...
Wed 28 - Fri 30 May
Dir: Leonardo Van Dijl | Sweden, Belgium | 2024 | 100 mins Cast | Tessa Van den Broeck, Ruth Becquart, Koen D...
Sat 26 , Tues 29 - Wed 30 Apr
Dir: Gints Zilbalodis | Belgium, France, Latvia | 2024 | 85 mins No dialogue Winner of Best Animated Fea...
Thurs 8 , Sat 10 & Thurs 15 May
Dir: Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, Keith Scholey | UK | 2025 | 85 mins Documentar...
Thurs 24 Apr
Dir: Steven Soderbergh | USA | 2024 | 94 mins Cast | Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, Regé...
Sat 3 , Thurs 8 & Mon 12 May
Dir: Sam Rice-Edwards, Kevin Macdonald | UK | 2024 | 101 mins Documentary A dazzling documentary record of...
Fri 23 - Sat 24 & Sat 31 May
Dir: Ray Mendoza, Alex Garland | UK, USA | 2024 | 96 mins Cast | D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Ja...