The Holdovers 15

Archived Event

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly teacher at a New England prep school in the 1970s who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

Dir: Alexander Payne

USA 2024

With: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolf, Dominic Sessa

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly teacher at a New England prep school in the 1970s who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam. A wonderfully smart and funny film that's definitely made for grown-ups.

"The kind of bittersweet, character-dialogue driven piece they just don't do anymore" Mark Kermode

Important Information:

Run Time: 2hrs 13mins

Priority Booking: Opens Monday 26th February, 10am

General Booking: Opens Friday 1st March, 10am

Evenings - £7 (£6.50)

Matinees - £6.50 (£6)

All Shows Under 26s - Only £5!

Friends of Stamford Cinema - 50p off

 

Search our other genres

Filter By Type

More in Cinema...

  • PETER HUJAR’S DAY

    PETER HUJAR’S DAY

    Fri 9 , Mon 12 & Fri 16 Jan 2026

    Dir: Ira Sachs | USA | 2025 | 76 mins Cast | Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall   BAFTA winner Ben Whishaw (BBC’s Th...

  • NT LIVE: Hamlet

    NT LIVE: Hamlet

    Thurs 22 Jan 2026

    Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Hastie Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) i...

  • NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

    NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

    Thurs 25 Jun & Sat 11 Jul 2026

    Les Liaisons Dangereuses    by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierr...

  • HAMNET

    HAMNET

    Fri 30 Jan - Sat 31 Jan , Wed 4 - Thurs 5 , Tues 10 - Thurs 12 Feb 2026

    Dir: Chloé Zhao | UK | 2025 | 126 mins Cast | Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn   With p...

  • PICASSO: A REBEL IN PARIS

    PICASSO: A REBEL IN PARIS

    Tues 13 & Sat 17 Jan 2026

    Dir: Simona Risi | Italy | 2025 | 93 mins | Documentary   An unprecedented and alternative look at the maest...

  • WICKED: FOR GOOD

    WICKED: FOR GOOD

    Tues 30 - Wed 31 Dec

    PRIORITY BOOKING FROM 31 OCTOBER | GENERAL BOOKING FROM 7 NOVEMBER  Dir: Jon M. Chu | USA | 2025 | Run time T...

  • PILLION

    PILLION

    Fri 2 , Mon 5 - Wed 7 Jan 2026

    Dir: Harry Lighton | UK | 2025 | 106 mins Cast | Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård, Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sh...

  • MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

    MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

    Sun 4 Jan 2026

    Dir: Maria Friedman | USA | 2025 | 145 mins Cast | Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, Krystal...

Cookies on our website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. This includes cookies from third party social media websites. Such third party cookies may track your use on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies. However, you can change your cookie settings at any time.

Continue Change settings Privacy Policy