Coraline - 15th Anniversary (PG)

★★★★ Henry Selick's stop-motion animation version of Neil Gaiman's celebrated children's book is just as darkly original as the director's earlier feature The Nightmare before Christmas. ~ Radio Times.

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Celebrate the 15th anniversary of Coraline: the acclaimed stop-motion epic that has enchanted fans since its release back in 2009. 

A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life – only much better. But when this off–kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her counterfeit parents try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to save her family and get back home. 

From the visionary imagination of film studio LAIKA (Kubo and the Two Strings, ParaNorman), Coraline is a wondrous, thrilling adventure for young and old alike. 

This screening will be followed by a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Coraline and the ground-breaking creative work of LAIKA animation studio.  

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★★★★★ Terrifying and beautiful, believable and fantastical, this is one of the best children's films in years and Henry Selick's finest - better even than The Nightmare Before Christmas. ~ Empire.

★★★★★ The film combines stunning visuals - there are scenes of incredible beauty - with good old-fashioned storytelling that is funny, inventive and at times scary. Destined to be a classic. ~ Sunday Times.

★★★★ The vision of Henry Selick adds a darkness to this sometimes sinister fairy tale. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ Rich, ingenious and frighteningly close to home, Selick's nightmare puts him nearer to Guillermo del Toro and David Lynch than Tim Burton. ~ Total Film.

★★★★ Selick's wonderful stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's novel has a lot to do with distortions, idealisations and celebrations of home. ~ The Irish Times.

★★★★ It's weird and wonderful stuff. ~ the Scotsman.

★★★★ A gorgeously hand-crafted and pleasurably detailed piece of work. It's also genuinely strange, creepy and arresting. ~ The Telegraph.

★★★★ The results are simply astonishing. ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ It's not really suitable for younger children but their elder brothers and sisters will be fiendishly entranced by the best children's movie this year. Naysayers can button it. ~ Sky Cinema.