DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
FEBRUARY 2026
Surprise: Daniel Day-Lewis is back! With his return to the big screen in Anemone (directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis), we’re celebrating by bringing nearly his entire filmography back to the big screen — where his performances hit hardest.
DDL is your chance to dive into the intensity, elegance, and sheer cinematic power of one of film’s greatest shape-shifters can be a romantic hero, an intense villain and a little weirdo - sometimes all at once! This is your opportunity revisit the legends (The Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot, Gangs of New York) and discover the gems you might have missed (The Age of Innocence and A Room with a View are masterpieces! And of course, this program is for the PTA heads: from the fury of There Will Be Blood to the razor-sharp poise of Phantom Thread, DDL and Paul Thomas Anderson have lifted each other up to insanely great heights.
Don’t miss this! Treat yourself and experience Daniel Day-Lewis the way he was meant to be seen: big, bold, unforgettable and just weird enough.
FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM
A Room With a View
James Ivory, 1985
A chance encounter in Florence awakens a young woman to the possibility of living beyond the rigid expectations of her class and time.
Anemone
Ronan Day-Lewis, 2023
Through quiet observation, a father and son reflect on grief, memory, and the fragile continuity of artistic inheritance.
In the Name of the Father
Jim Sheridan, 1993
Wrongful imprisonment becomes the crucible in which a broken father-son relationship and a relentless fight for justice are forged.
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg, 2012
In the final months of his presidency, political compromise and moral resolve collide in the struggle to abolish slavery.
My Beautiful Laundrette
Stephen Frears, 1985
Love and ambition intersect inside a laundrette, where race, class, and desire challenge the divisions of Thatcher-era Britain.
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan, 1989
Denied speech and movement, an Irish artist claims his voice through sheer will, creativity, and the defiance of expectation.
Nine
Rob Marshall, 2009
A celebrated director’s creative paralysis unfolds as a chorus of women exposes the emotional cost of genius and self-absorption.
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017
What begins as control and routine slowly mutates into a dangerous, intimate negotiation of love and power.
The Age of Innocence
Martin Scorsese, 1993
In a society governed by appearances, desire is forced into silence and conformity becomes a form of emotional imprisonment.
The Boxer
Jim Sheridan, 1997
Seeking redemption in a scarred Belfast, a former fighter struggles to build peace while the past refuses to release him.
The Crucible
Nicholas Hytner, 1996
Fear, moral panic, and personal vendettas spiral into collective madness within a community obsessed with purity.
The Last of the Mohicans
Michael Mann, 1992
Amid war and colonisation, a doomed romance unfolds against the erasure of an entire way of life.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Philip Kaufmann, 1988
Private desire and political history collide as love, freedom, and responsibility are tested under occupation.
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007
Relentless ambition turns land, faith, and family into collateral damage in the rise of modern capitalism.