"Accessibility is perhaps not the most exciting area of film to work in, but it can be very fulfilling. Knowing that a deaf child can follow the latest superhero or animated adventure on the big screen with their friends makes one feel good!"

In 2023, YourLocalCinema promoted 80,000+ captioned English-language screenings of 400+ films, across almost all UK/IRE cinemas.

Opportunities to attend accessible subtitled shows are very much appreciated by many, as clearly indicated by the positive experiences from hundreds of happy customers on this page.

 

@WarwickADavis (Star Wars actor) What a brilliant service! Respect to you for taking the time to make cinema accessible to all. (Retweeted to 685,000)

We are including subtitles on almost all Saturday films following the resounding vote in favour (62% for, 6% against, 32% indifferent). Rusthall Community Cinema, Tunbridge Wells

Signed up to @yourlocalcinema as my husband wanted to see the new Alien film and using their website we were able to find a showing WITH SUBTITLES so I got to watch a film and “hear” everything at a cinema for the first time in my life!

I loved Dune 2 at the IMAX cinema. So grateful to experience it for the first time with captions. I remember a time when a few moviegoers would protest against captions during a screening but it was a full house and everyone was very entertained. They even applauded. Beautiful 😌

I'm at a packed Barbie screening with my friends in Eastbourne and it's like a singalong having the lyrics in the screen, it's such fun!

The Holdovers at BFI south bank is sold out, full, for a subtitled screening. Lucky I booked!

Oppenheimer with subtitles is sold out today at Jam Jar Newcastle. So I've missed it. I hope they screen it again

You asked for reports so here's one - Wicked Little Letters sold out at KinoKulture. Not a big cinema mind!

We are really looking forward to WatchWord subtitle glasses!Thanks for all this great info and the weekly updates - we really appreciate it here in my household. Have a great movie weekend!

Olympic Barnes cinema if completely full for a subtitled show this evening

I should have booked because the subtitled screening at Rex Wareham is sold out, full up, no seats. I've asked can they show it agian.

Sleepy little Ilkley cinema in Yorkshire showing subtitled Zone Of Interest this week and it's full up!

Thank you so much for providing a service to send me a personal weblink! You guys are amazing :)

Just watched the 30th anniversary Jurassic Park in Brighton Duke of Yorks, packed out, almost full, subtitles nice and clear, but in a yellow type rather than the usual white? My hearing friend said she was glad for the subtitles, as apart from the roars, dialogue was pretty quiet.

The subtitled screening of The Miracle Club at David Lean cinema in Croydon is full so I have to sit right at the back which is not great but hey ho.

I'm not deaf but the cinema near us does subtitled screenings and we saw Oppenheimer with subs… cannot imagine how I would have got through that film without them!

Olympic Barnes sold out subtitled film, I really wanted to see, hopefully they'll show in again

After Tenet, I’d almost given up on Nolan, but I was totally gripped by Oppenheimer. It’s a dark and deep ocean of a film with an impossibly good Cillian Murphy, not to mention an unmatched sound and score. Very grateful for the subtitles! No Nolan film with them!

I was fortunate to see #Oppenheimer with subtitles @DCAdundee … Twice! Loved it ⭐️ xx

Just wanted to give you a big thank you for the invaluable help provided by YLC. It is so incredibly useful for finding subtitled showings. Shows me where I need to go, what days and times, then that's just in my hands at that point. Thank you!!! James H

What a great service. When Adam Smith Theatre, Fife is back up and running, we're aiming for all films there to be shown with captions ... that's the goal!

Survived and stayed awake/alert all through 3 hours of Oppenheimer, thanks to subtitles

@TheLexiCinema subtitled screening of Teenage Mutant Turtles is sold out! Boo! Will they show it again?

Thank you so much for the now-bookmarked link! I have just been reading a bit more on the website - I never realised how much information there. Thank you so much for all your hard work and tireless efforts to make a change. We are really grateful for the website - lists of screenings and links to subtitled trailers too! Just brilliant. We will request that our local cinemas schedule convenient screenings

How would I describe my experience of subtitled screenings? Life changing

I will forever praise subtitled screenings. I cried when the subtitles came on at Barbie because I thought the subs wouldn't work or something. It even had (wind blowing) things too 😭😭😭😭 Crying now as I tweet this because I really value it so much. Who knew words on a screen would change someone's experience. Completing barbenheimer today with a subtitled screening of Oppenheimer 🤩

I went to see Oppenheimer with subtitles at my local cinema. Glad I did too! I am partially deaf so soundtracks are a nightmare for me

I'm a massive fan of your website and check the Irish listings daily :-)

Well #BarbieTheMovie was a lot of fun! (It won't change the world or the future of cinema and art but not everything has to! Some things can just be fun!) And a sell out showing for @showroomcinema Sheffield on a Monday evening for a subtitled showing too. Nice!

Another full screening for Barbie with subtitles. I couldn't get in to the last one! Are there lots of deaf people around BFI Southbank?!

Just letting you know that Wonka is sold out at KinoKulture cinema with subtitles

Just been on for 40 minutes with @ODEONHelp to sort out booking a subtitled Oppenheimer showing in Durham. While I was on the phone, with the tickets in my basket, the only showing all week sold out!

Thank you so much for your site and for your work. My son does not have hearing loss, however he is Autistic with severe sensory processing difficulties. He was reading fairly fluently by age 4 however 10 years later he still has very limited verbal language both speaking and listening. Subtitles are essential for him but it’s not as easy for people to understand this as it is for people to understand the need for a person with hearing loss. We are so grateful that those with hearing loss have fought the fight and paved the way I know many Autistic people that prefer subtitles even if they can manage without them. Written language for us is often much easier than verbal. So I just want to thank you and the deaf community that have worked so hard to achieve this success that also so benefits us and the Autistic community.

Oppenheimer was very good!! ... consider subtitled shows in the future, for films with heavy dialogue. My auditory processing sucks.

Subtitles in the cinema are great because a person who becomes deaf loses so much, especially if they cannot make much use of hearing aids. Subtitled films are one of the only options for a day or evening out.

Seeing oppenheimer today and what a delight that i've booked a subtitled screening without realising!! i will actually know what's being said for once

My chance to see Oppenheimer in a big screen with subtitles (Galway, Omniplex) is sold out. Have to see it in a smaller screen now (Eye Galway)

Just been to subtitled 3D Avatar The Way Of Water at Lewes Depot. About 50 people there on a wet Monday afternoon. Even the whales were subtitled!

Thank you for providing a great service! Super helpful to find things I can watch with a close friend of mine that needs subtitles :-)

My local cinema does a quieter screening with subtitles on a Sunday morning and (providing we can sort childcare) it’s the only time my wife and I will go now. Way too overstimulating otherwise.

Hi guys @ODEONCinemas are you doing a subtitled screening of Oppenheimer in London?
@ODEONHelp Hi Sam, yes ... please check out this link for all subtitled showing - YourLocalCinema https://yourlocalcinema.com

We use subtitles for neurodiversity reasons at home ... there are so many ways cinemas can be more accessible very easily! ... subtitled Oppenheimer at a weekend

I’m so happy right now, my dad is deaf and I’ve been waiting for a subtitled screening of Avatar: The Way of Water for ages now and been unsuccessful and I’ve just seen a screening in my local cinema on Sunday 🥹. I’m so excited for him to wake up and see my text lol.

It was great to finally watch a film for the first time in 37 years however adverts should be included so I can pick something next!

[In 2023/24 we'll] literally double the amount of accessible screenings we already do to open up our exciting cinema programme to more audiences [MAC Cinema Birmingham]

There was special introduction by Steven Spielberg at The Fabelmans #thefabelmans but unfortunately it wasn’t subtitled. I was watching subtitled film itself. Weird that part wasn’t subtitled. All I can lipread was thank you! Great heart warming film

Most people that would like to attend subtitled/captioned screenings cannot do so, because cinemas to not provide enough opportunities to attend at convenient, sociable times.

I must thank you for having this website, it is exponentially useful for me.

I wasn't expecting the old Beauty and the Beast to be sold out for a subtitled screening at BFI Southbank, so I don't have the best seats, but it's good that so many people don't seem bothered by subtitles these days.

Fantastic experience. I always try to look for screenings that have subtitles since English is not my first language, there are many occasions in which they are of great help

Do cinemas have subtitled versions of every film they show? [YES!] My husband wears hearing aids but still struggles to hear the whole film, & we'd like to start coming to the cinema more. Thank you 🙂

A long-standing cinema-industry unfounded rumour has it that subtitles restrict audiences. But in 2022, even in the context of reduced audiences for cinemas overall, there were a higher than usual number of subtitled films that surpassed £1 million at the UK box office. All were primarily aimed at younger audiences (broadly, 15–30). This indicates that younger audiences don’t see subtitles as a barrier to enjoying a film (UK Independent Cinema Office 2022-23 Report)

It was really amazing, good access to deaf anyone! We all feel included In this and important to us all feel included with there. Enjoy!

Good! I'm just coming to the uk so I still find it difficult to understand films in original audio at the cinema

Full house at the Lexi for a subtitled film!

Excellent, service had been improved over the last few years. No longer experienced breakdown of captions or forgotten to display it on time

At a Unlikely Harold Fry screening at Jam Jar Newcasle and it's very full. So many people not bothered by subtitles these days. I prefer the cinema empty!

I am looking forward to see two captioned film on the same night! 👍 I always appreciate your helpfulness and thoughtfulness . I always rely on your website heavily! 

I need subtitles because I'm deaf. Like that I can see on the YourLocalCinema site all my local cinemas subtitled screenings in one place and it includes foreign language films!

Most people nowadays don't mind seeing subtitles on a screen. A 2023 Martin Lewis UK online Twitter poll on subtitles had 70,000 votes. Almost 80% of people prefer subtitles over dubbing on films.

[cinema manager] - It's really rare people will complain or be unhappy with our subtitled screenings. Having a full, regular day of subtitles, audiences get used to the idea of regular subtitled screenings - the ones that are bothered stop coming on that particular day, attend another day. For most people it just becomes a regular part of their cinema-going experience

Found a subtitled screening of the Barbie movie and I'm crying! I hate going to the cinema because I can't hear tf is happening in the film

I'm so glad that Coleraine Moviehouse is my local cinema! Every Monday I can choose from more than 20 subtitled screenings, 5 or 6 different films. Why can't other cinemas be so accommodating? Most only put on 1 or 2 subtitled shows a week!

Yay - on your website and there are some John Wick 4 screenings next week!!! So grateful of your website it makes it so much easier and makes cinema actually accessible without clicking on every venue’s website- thank you 😊

"Extensive research clearly demonstrates that children of all ages, including pre-school, and those with language-based learning disabilities, can benefit from on-screen same-language subtitles/captions. Captions can improve foundational reading and literacy skills, such as phonics, word recognition, vocabulary acquisition, listening comprehension and fluency. Children's films tend to have less challenging vocabulary and are ideal for providing children with the literacy benefits of reading, while listening and watching. Many children's films include songs, and as children like to sing along to songs and are curious to know the song lyrics, reading skills are practiced subconsciously. Inclusive, accessible subtitled/captioned cinema shows boost literacy skills in a fun and engaging way”

Found a subtitled screening of the new Ant Man movie thanks to ⁦@yourlocalcinema⁩, a really great website to find subtitled screenings in your area

At Phoenix Cinema, Oban, every Wednesday all our films have English subtitles/captions for the hard of hearing. This helps to improve access to the cinema for all in our community

Harold Fry with subtitles is full here in David Lean cinema Croydon!

My first language is not English, so I always look for cinemas that have subtitled films.

The best mistake I ever made was booking Tenet at the cinema when it was the subtitled version. I’d actually seen it before but didn’t know what was going on. This one, I got it.

Thanks for that!!!!

I feel so strongly that all films should be available with subtitles and not just a select few. we went to a recent viewing of frozen II at our local cinema and it was incredible to see the difference it made to our daughter 😍

BFI: "We’re proud to support [YourLocalCinema] ... demonstrated a strong commitment to reaching and welcoming audiences who are currently underserved"

The Depot cinema, Sussex aims to ensure that all screenings on a Monday are captioned/subtitled. It said: "... caption Mondays are popular as have been films such as Parasite (2019) through to All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) which are subtitled" and "attendance is about the same for 'subtitled Monday' as it is the following day (for regular screenings of the same films), with some sold-out screenings"

Quad cinema, Derby: 'We don't find our subtitled/captioned screenings result in lost sales. Our hearing customers will go to one of the many other film screenings if they don't want to watch one with subtitles'

@showroomcinema cinema Sheffield: 'We're so proud of our Subtitled Mondays - every week we screen all the films we can with subtitles! ... people generally don't complain when they realise a Monday show they are attending is subtitled'

Absolutely fantastic. I love subtitled screenings. I am Sooooo happy
More day time listening please. I am 71 years young Loved WAKANDA FOREVER, AVATAR, TOP GUN

fantastic Your Local Cinema, everyone I know always have mentioned it as their gateway to the world of Film. Thank you!

Sitting here in All Quiet On The Western Front in Olympic Barnes and it's full. Lots of subtitle fans here!

[May 2022] Cineworld has just opened a new cinema in Hounslow. It's got more than a hundred non-English subtitled screenings on its website, Hindi, Telagu, Polish, etc but only two English-language captioned screenings. I'd go more if there were more opportunites!

Moviehouse Coleraine, NI, runs subtitled screenings every Monday: 'We don't believe we lose a significant amount of sales to justify removing them'

Much of today’s generation are NOT bothered by words on a screen. More people have the sound off - and captions on - when watching social media clips on their phones. Most ‘kids of today’ are used to subtitles on Netflix, YouTube, gyms, pubs etc. Foreign-language films and TV screenings are very popular. Subtitles/captions are quite the norm nowadays.

For customers with hearing loss, we recommend the use of a great [Android] phone app called ‘Subtitle Viewer’ where you can search for the film and play the subtitles as the film plays on the big screen! Luna cinema, London

Connaught Theatre, Worthing: 'All Saturday Morning Pictures films will play with subtitles'

Full house today at Towner Eastbourne for subtitled ELVIS! Wonderful that all screenings on Thursdays are subtitled

Could they not just use subtitles for everyone?! I’m not deaf, I’m autistic and I find subtitles helpful. My bestie is deaf and if I went somewhere with her and they said oh your in here and you go in there I’d go with her! Subtitles shouldn’t bother other people at all.

Surely with the advances in AR and 3D it’s possible to display subtitles for those that want them and not for those that don’t.

Yay! Broadway cinema, Nottingham, runs 'Subtitled Mondays'!

Here at Chapeltown community cinema, Manchester we ensure that ALL films are subtitled, whichever day they are screened

My cinema puts the subtitles on all films on Mondays! I go a lot. There's always something good on. A friend of mine bunked off school to go!

They should have more subtitled films on at the cinema. I find it a lot easier to follow.

Cinema subtitles are life changing for me as a profoundly deaf person, finally laughing and enjoying movies to their fullest

My wife is profoundly deaf, so this service is essential for us

Ah, this is brilliant - thank you!! 🙌

Cinemas in Aberystwyth, Brynamman, Coleraine, Dumfries, Eastbourne, Gwent, Gwynedd, Highlands, Keswick, Lewes, Nottingham, Oban and Wrexham all have ‘subtitled days’, where ALL films, ALL screenings on a particular day are subtitled/captioned!

My local cinema in Penicuik now puts subtitles on every film it shows. People don't seem to mind. My deaf daughter loves going every week

Hi @ODEONCinemas, can you please please please put on a subtitled screening of #BlackPantherWakandaForever  in Durham on the evening of Wed 23rd Nov so I can take my partner on a date? She's deaf & subtitled showings are few & far between. I asked at the venue and they said it was up to you! "Hi, the cinema's team have arranged for a subtitled performance to be screened at 19:30 on the 23rd. This should be available to book from tomorrow evening. I hope you and your partner enjoy the film!" AMAZINGGGGGG!!! Thank you so much 😊 #WakandaForever 

It's my partner that's deaf but I really enjoy the subs because you're reading the film as well as watching it. Makes it easier to understand. You can sometimes mishear certain words without them too.

I tend to not bother with cinema showings now unless they are subtitled. I love them. I am hard of hearing but even wearing my hearing aids I struggle to discern dialogue in films

I'm grateful that @yourlocalcinema succeeds where [redacted - big cinema chain] let's me down

Thank you for all your help and data. I enjoy films. Vera Creaven, age 82, borderline profoundly deaf so l go to subtitled films (at Eye Cinema Galway). Thank you all!

Couldn't get in to subtitled Minions at Chapter Cardiff because it was a sold out show. Ah well. Good that kids are watching subtitles, I'm sure it helps them read better.

I don’t have any hearing loss but I always put subtitles on whenever I watch movies or videos because if I don’t I miss some of what they are saying and I have to be paying more attention to the wording so I miss out on the relaxing movie

i finally got to go to the cineman today and i watched a subtitled screening of Nope!! it was so good. I loved being able to feel the vibrations during the scary parts which just really added to the atmosphere

A 2017 RNID/BFI report stated that 97% of people with hearing loss said they would attend cinema regularly if a nearby cinema had captioned shows at convenient times. And a 2019 BFI 'Inclusive cinema' report stated 83%.

At a completely full, sold out subtitled show of Belfast at Jam Jam cinema Tyneside. The accents are SO thick, wouldn't have a clue what they're saying without subtitles!

There is so much more work to be done and many more barriers to break down. More on-screen captioning is needed. The modern-day cinema closed captioning systems in the US, which initially held promise by offering deaf and hard of hearing consumers freedom to watch films at a time and place of their choosing, is fundamentally broken, with its outdated technology and obscenely high failure rate. Many deaf and hard of hearing filmgoers are left to wonder whether the cinema experience will ever be as welcoming an experience for them as the silent film era once was

Life changing for me as a profoundly deaf person, finally laughing and enjoying movies to their fullest

In May 2022, for Deaf Awareness Week , cinemas DOUBLED the number of screenings FOR ONE WEEK. There were FIVE TIMES as many convenient, sociable Fri/Sat evening screenings - over 100 screenings (compared to less than 20 the previous week). This demonstrated that cinemas ARE capable of doing better

Subtitles provide an immense boost to my enjoyment of a show. Other patrons do not seem to mind

I study in the UK and it would be really difficult for me to enjoy movies in the cinema if people didn't add subtitles to english films

Over the weekend I went to rewatch Everything Everywhere All At Once. I went to a captioned showing and it was pure bliss. Aside from deaf and HOH people, I feel like it would be great for people with other sensory processing issues.

I love going to the cinema. I have an Odeon Limitless membership so go pretty often. But I avoid busy times and have to wear earplugs (volume too high). Noisy people are my main annoyance, but thankfully the earplugs help with that. My favourite screenings are subtitled ones.

We once went in the wrong cinema showing and it had subtitles. I'm 28 and haven't looked back since 😅 I can follow story lines so much better with subtitles on!

Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of accessibility is how random it all seems, how much it depends on chance and the whims of non-disabled people. Will the subtitles work? Will the cinema employee know how to or bother to fix it? Will the one-chance-only screening with subtitles be cancelled?

Accidentally booked a subtitled cinema screening and it made a huge difference. I knew what was going on nearly all the way to the end.

Circle Community Cinema, Birmingham - Thanks to @BFI funding we are currently trialling subtitles for all our films!

Captions and subtitles serve not only the deaf or hard of hearing film fan, but also those who find it difficult to follow dialogue, or those whose English is not their first language, or those who find themselves easily distracted by sound effects

Went to a subtitled screening of West Side Story last night in Stratford Picture House where about 50 people, almost all deaf from what I could see, chatted afterwards, signing, it was great! More please!

I depend on subtitles as I am profoundly deaf. I get extremely annoyed if there aren't any subtitled showings, or if a film is advertised as being subtitled, but doesn't have them

When captioned screenings become a regular thing, word spreads, and after a while there’s usually little or no issues with the general public. Captions/subtitles become just another ‘access’ thing that people put up with, like wheelchair spaces and ramps, disabled toilet facilities, parking bays etc - features that help to better-welcome disabled people in the community.

@TheLexiCinema Subtitled screening of Sing 2 on Saturday now sold out!

Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of accessibility is how random it all seems, how much it depends on chance and the whims of non-disabled people. Will the subtitles work? Will the cinema employee know how to, or bother to fix it? Will the one-chance-only screening with subtitles be cancelled?

It shouldn't be such a challenge to have subtitles. I accidentally went to a viewing with subtitles - as a hearing person, didn't impact my experience at all. But I'd imagine it would make all the difference for someone that did need them. More. Subtitles. Please.

I can't go to the cinema unless it's subtitled on the screen because I caught a virus and developed Cogans syndrome, an autoimmune disease that attacks ear tissue. I've lost a substantial part of my hearing and it's likely that I'll become completely deaf. Please give people that can't hear so well better access to cinemas

Just wanted to say thank you. From following YourLocalCinema i was tonight empowered to tell my cinema that they needed to restart a subtitled film we had booked as a family. (I am the only deaf one) They started the film with no subtitles and tried to fob us off that the track had no subtitles. Thanks to your site, i was able to tell them differently. Lo and behold, they stopped the film and restarted it with said subtitled track!

I like subtitles because I can process the information. Sometimes they talk too quick

thanks for what you do. It’s quite amazing

Looking forward to ET re-release! My son is deaf, hoping he'll like it as much as I did when I saw it back in the 80s. Subtitles are just wonderful at the cinema

YourLocalCinema is the best website for getting instant access to subtitled films anywhere in the country as it is often a one subtitled showing per film and if you miss it it’s a nightmare! Much appreciated thank you!

About 50 people here at The Batman subtitled show at IMAX Odeon. Midweek, daytime and £25 a ticket! I'd prefer to go at the weekend, as I'm sure most people would, a lot more people could attend, but it's the only subtitled show they have of the film

They should just put subtitles on all the time. my hearing is completely fine and i still can’t understand what anyone is saying in movies over all the other sounds… like everyone would benefit from that??

The trailer for the George Foreman biopic just came on in the cinema with subtitles on. Let's normalise this. I want to see subtitles throughout the screening - the adverts, trailers & the film

I am watching Doctor Strange in the cinemas with subtitles. this is a GAME CHANGER

went to the cinema to see a subtitled screening and there were over 30 people there. I don't want to ever hear cinemas give the excuse that people don't want to watch subtitled screenings

I very much appreciate this facility now being available which has opened up for us "a night out" again. I check yourlocalcinema often. The last film we saw was Elvis which we both (1 hearing and 1 partially deaf ) enjoyed tremendously

I would rather subtitles, I am in the process of learning sign language as I am not fully deaf yet, but in a few years I will be :(

We are so grateful for the work you do collating all this info together. Our deaf friends and colleagues find it invaluable - all cinemas please take note, we need MORE subtitled screenings! Surrey Youth Voice @ourvoivesurrey

I'm deaf, with three hearing children. They don't like going to the cinema if there are no subtitles because they know I can’t follow the film without them and they don't want to leave me at home while they're having a nice time at the cinema. We'd all go more if there were more subtitled screenings.

It does seem to me that some cinemas are simply unwilling to endure any backlash from patrons who might feel subtitles takes away from their personal experience, but if subtitled screenings are clearly advertised everyone could just make a choice to attend with subtitles - or not!

went to see black adam with subtitles tonight! cool to have captions in the cinema!

[Brighton Picturehouse] Kids' Club show of #Moana ... In aiming to make shows as inclusive as we can, subtitles will now feature on all (possible) future Kids' Clubs films ♥️

Very disappointed that there are only one subtitled Top Gun in entire week at Tamworth @ODEONHelp and it's on Sunday where there are no buses running from where I live! Can you put extra subtitled screening in midweek?
[Odeon] Hi Ian, Tamworths film bookers have added a subtitled showing on Monday and Wednesday I hope this helps.
Thanks so much 🙏🙏🙏 I can now make it on Monday night so it's all sorted. Thanks

Cinema manager: We surveyed our audience, and half of respondents said subtitled screenings of mainstream films were a good thing, the other half hadn't noticed the subtitles. No one who replied said it was annoying

In our experience, hearing guests at these performances do not find the subtitles to be distracting at all (Cinema, Hackney)

Hi @FACT_Liverpool you’re my favourite cinema but would you please have more subtitled screenings! Not all of us who don’t hear well can make the awkward times cos we work, please be more inclusive! Then we’d come more often! I don’t understand why cinemas don’t do it, more I know a few people who also have hearing loss & are not of retirement age so can’t go to the screenings at really awkward times. I’m sure people would be understanding if told why there are subtitles #hearingloss #hearinglossawareness

RNID/BDA/BFI 2017 report: A number of respondents cited YourLocalCinema.com as the most reliable resource for finding subtitled screenings rather than the websites of their local cinemas, which often displayed inaccurate information

I'm going deaf and in the future I will be fully deaf, I think that it is really important that we can have the same enjoyment as people who can hear

This is such a great resource! thank you

I would LOVE to be able to experience watching a subtitled film at a cinema on a Saturday night. I have never experienced this in my life

From an Independent Cinema Organisation report: 'On a recent visit to the cinema, I arrived, purchased the tickets and double-checked with the member of staff that the film would be subtitled as advertised. She looked embarrassed and responded by apologising that there would be subtitles on the screen. I’m not sure if she had had hearing people complain to her about subtitles in the past, but it was a sure way of making me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome within five minutes of arrival'

Watching films with the English subtitles on has radically improved my appreciation of cinema.

Saw the film Belfast yesterday and just wanted to thank @EastDulwichPH PictureHouse cinema & staff again for ensuring subtitled showings of films which enables me to be fully engaged whilst watching such a meaningful film with my hubby. we loved this film thank you Smiling face with smiling eyes

I went to Disneyland in America and the cinema there had subtitle glasses. My deaf cousin watched the film with us!

If opportunities to entice moviegoers are overlooked, they are more likely to visit less frequently over time and potentially become less engaged with the cinema-going experience [Showtime Analytics]

Thank you @cineworld Ashton for having a subtitled showing of newly released #SonicMovie2 at a reasonable time. Going to watch today. Can't wait. First cinema trip since COVID (Feb 2020)!

Thanks very much for your comments and feedback – this is very useful and I completely agree with you on the points you raise ... Our films on Thursdays will be captioned ... up to three screenings a week [Sussex cinema]

Love subtitled screenings and I love you for creating this service! I used to hate going to the cinemas in the UK with my friends as I would struggle to understand everything being said as English is not my first language! Since finding out about this website i love going back to the cinemas by finding subtitled shows from your website. Big thank you!!!

What you guys do is amazing for us! Thank you! I tried asking the accessibility team at Odeon for a subtitled showing. They said I could request more showings in the future by emailing gs@odeon.co.uk (guest services). Just thought I'd share my experience.
EllyWhat you guys do is amazing for us! Thank you! I tried asking the accessibility team at Odeon for a subtitled showing. They said I could request more showings in the future by emailing gs@odeon.co.uk (guest services). Just thought I'd share my experience. Elly

ok so yesterday when we watched The Woman King the cinema had subtitles the whole film. As someone with APD, that was so fantastic. from now on i’m going to screenings with subtitles. my life is changed!

Thanks for the messages, I am deaf myself (completely in left ear) and I do understand the importance of the issues you raised ... when I take over the running of the cinema fully in June we are looking to reintroduce HOH captioned screenings too of our main films. Any information you’d care to email me would be welcome

Without the subtitled screenings I would be lost in our world & lonelier!

A BIG thank you to you and your team. My friend has hearing difficulties and your website is a godsend. We check your site for subtitle films and then go to the location. You provide a great service. I do believe lots of people look at your website for films with subtitles.

Hi, can I just say that you have changed my life!! Until I discovered your site, I had not been to the cinema in years! My kids missed out on so much because I just refused to go!  Before civid hit I think my son and I went to the cinema at least once, if not twice a week!!  Thank you once again for this amazing service! 

Very useful as otherwise my brother who is deaf would not attend the cinema as he would be unable to understand what is being said in the film. I also prefer to watch films with subtitles as it makes the overall viewing experience better.

[YourLocalCinema] has undoubtedly been a powerful advocate for the rights of disabled customers [UK cinema industry]

[YourLocalCinema] is a fantastic property which deserves to flourish [Film Distributors]

[BFI] We are pleased to be able to support such a valuable resource and an organisation which champions access ... relentless hard work

Due to my ADHD I have audio processing difficulties. Subtitles save me from that mental exhaustion.

The longstanding yourlocalcinema.com website ... for more than a decade has provided an invaluable source of information on subtitled screenings for deaf and hearing-impaired cinema audiences [UK cinema industry]

Thank you @cineworld for having subtitled newly released films so readily available!! A lot of people forget about the hard of hearing movie bluffs :) ... Doctor Strange in the multiverse of Madness ;) planning to take my Brother hence the subtitled version will be very helpful for him

The most commonly-cited source of information was YourLocalCinema … the most reliable resource for finding subtitled screenings, rather than the websites of cinemas, which often displayed inaccurate information [Independent Cinema Organisation report]

I think a lot of cinema operators just see the potential to lose customers and not gain new ones ... Customers with a hearing issue are as entitled to go to the cinema as the next person. Accessibility is gaining and continues to gain more momentum and especially coming out of Covid, Cinemas need to be screening a diversity of content for a diverse audience. We have decided to continue running subtitled shows every Monday ... we don't believe we lost a significant amount of sales to justify removing them ... Most people told us they watched Netflix content etc which has subtitles, so it's not a new phenomena for people ... My advice - be courageous, take the decision to show films weekly and engage with that section of the community. Make sure you clearly market the subtitled shows ... Our next step is find out if any of our staff would be willing to learn basic sign language [Moviehouse Cinema]

YourLocalCinema.com gives listings across the UK for subtitled films and means you don't have to navigate tons of cinema websites to find them! So helpful!!

Maybe demand for subtitled screening is low cos they're on when people can't go eg at school/work. Time4 people to accept subtitles. Most watch YouTube/TicTok with text on anyway. You could run advertising campaign to raise awareness. Must do better!

With my level of hearing loss I totally depend on subtitles.To me they are my only access to cinemas.

The information you provided was really useful and we are now running subtitled movies every Monday ... Not all customers needed subtitles but went in anyway. They did comment that they didn’t notice them which is such a positive (cinema manager)

Got all the information I need in one place and saves me having to trawl through cinema websites.

That feeling of happiness when seeing captioned screenings of new releases Immediately followed by feelings of disappointment and exclusion because cinemas show 90% of the captioned screenings at times that we can’t attend when working 10-6 jobs. #deafawareness

This is a wonderful resource for deaf and hard of hearing. I can check out the films I want to see and find the times and venues that suit. Stratford Picturehouse...is terrific....many showings... different times... different days. Thankyou

[Cinema manager, Chapeltown, puts subtitles on ALL shows] I made a point to chat to as many customers as possible about subs and the feedback was surprisingly positive ... most people are totally fine with them being on ... subtitles are probably the most significant step a cinema can take to make the experience more inclusive

ETERNALS was just ok, but I loved the subtitle experience. Given that it's my normal way of watching at home, it felt completely natural. Great not having to strain to make out certain dialogue & it's super helpful to see character names. Also cool to see the song titles.

Well as with all Christopher Nolan films and many others, lots of people I know have said that DUNE needed subtitles. So this week 2 of them are watching it again with me, with subtitles! (I'm hard of hearing and only go to subtitled shows).

Thank you for feeding back your concerns. Everyman is making big strides in increasing accessibility ... Thanks for your continued support [Everyman cinemas]

Eternals was fantastic. It was lovely to be out with my partner. And also, I realized how much I rely on subtitles in my daily life. Hearing loss plus auditory processing disorder means I really need them.

the website is amazing omg thx

I'm Autistic and honestly, subtitles are such a blessing. I watched Halloween Kills in the cinema. Never skimp on subtitles, they're so important for so many reasons.

My enthusiasm is even more real at discovering our local cinema is showing a subtitled screening on Monday. Normally have to wait at least 2 weeks before anywhere thinks about a subtitled screening! 😊 enjoy 😉🏰 ... As long as the cinema actually remembers to put the subtitles on. This one has form for 'forgetting'. Never fully relax until the film starts ... Cinemas could ensure that trailers at a subtitled screening are also subtitled. And have a method where if the trailers are subtitled, the film is linked somehow, and DEFINITELY subtitled. That would help to put us at ease!

Cinemas need to do more subtitles. My showing of #Eternals was subtitled, it didn’t bother me in the slightest and knowing it helped some of the audiences enjoyment/ accessibility of the film.

I just want to say thank you for all that you do to help people experience film. You are doing really great work

Thanks for this! Unfortunately, not a lot are by me, but I definitely support what you're doing to help other fans with hearing loss and deafness.

Thank you!!! I really appreciate this!!

Love subtitles and I love you for creating this service! I used to hate going to the cinemas in the UK with my friends as I would struggle to understand everything being said as English is not my first language! Since finding out about this website i love going back to the cinemas by finding subtitled shows from your website. Big thank you!!!

Went and saw Dune @WTW_PlazaTruro last night - fantastic movie, looking forward to part two! As always grateful to the cinema for having subtitled screenings of the latest flicks.

Thank you for putting this resource together and for the ease in which the page works with the relevant information

When I worked in a multiplex cinema ppl were generally fine with subtitles, even when they hadn’t purposefully chosen that screening. If they don’t like it, they have plenty of other opportunities to watch films without them. A cinema only has more to gain by making subtitles widespread

Thanks so much for this, it’ll be great to get back to the cinema now the Covid restrictions are lifted and knowing where subtitles films are on from one source is a huge help

Subtiles worked and there was a working hearing loop and dune was amazing.

During the pandemic many started enabling subtitles on nearly all the video we watch. Young people like captions, as it enables continuous partial attention and simultaneously provides more information. But it’s great for all ages, it’s worthwhile for anyone who finds it useful to know exactly what’s actually being said.

Thanks Odeon Hastings for putting on the Sopranos prequel for me when I asked! Going next Sunday. Maybe you were going to show it anyway...

The mother in Dune couldn't be heard, the whispering she does is kind of like a prayer, you need subtitles for most films these days!

Subtitles are definitely an accessibility feature that can benefit everyone, not just deaf people! English is my second language, so if there's a lot of noise and yelling I'll have trouble following the dialogue without subtitles!

yooooo this is so great, Catford Mews, one of my fave south east london cinemas is showing dune with subtitles accessibility is so important <3

Thank u for all your hard work YourLocalCinema. Love the website to see what is accessible for me

Dune is a movie that you should see on a big screen but it's also a movie that you need subtitles for bc of the sci-fi words. Sounds like they were saying jesuit instead of gesserit half the time. (why are there space jesuits?)

Have lost half of my hearing over the last year due to a bleeding tumour. The need for subtitles to be able to enjoy cinema again in really necessary now and being able to refer to you're local cinema guide has been so helpful in me being able to find a subtitled screening. Nkw I need subtitles I'm shocked by how difficult it can be to find a subtitled screenings.

James Bond No Time To Die Subtitled Sold Out At Newcastle JamJar cinema!

Thanks so much for your kindness and promoting accessibility for others!

The site is perfect but more cinemas need to show more screen times and days

 

 

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[YourLocalCinema] an impressive and worthwhile initiative! [The Film & TV Charity]

YourLocalCinema.com is a big achievement, make no mistake about that. [UK film distributors]

YourLocalCinema is an independent, trusted and well established service with a loyal base of users – the numbers indicate that it delivers the audience so on that basis it warrants support [UK film distributors]

@yourlocalcinema . What a great way to easily find subtitled showings in your area! Definitely use this Thanks for a great service

[UK Film Distributors] have long supported yourlocalcinema.com as a generic sector-wide platform for increasing cinema-going among people with hearing loss

Our local independent cinema, @PhoenixLeic, has lots of subtitled films &, when it reopens fully after its redevelopment (soon, yay!) & has gained two extra screens, will have even more

There's always that nagging feeling of whether a cinema will show subtitles for a film whilst enduring the lengthy (and non-subtitled) adverts and trailers so it was really reassuring to see 'This film will be subtitled' subtitled right from the start of the film. thanks to @ODEONCinemas

We are delighted to accept [Dean] YourLocalCinema as a full voting member of BAFTA in recognition of your considerable contribution to our industries. Our members are integral to creating an inclusive and accessible industry ... we’re delighted you will become a part of our future. The knowledge and experience of BAFTA’s voting membership is vital to the integrity and credibility of the awards [Krishnendu Majumdar, BAFTA Chair]

... current discussions on the future shape of YourLocalCinema.com mean that the resource will be even more widely-appreciated going forward [UK cinema industry]

We value the work you have done with YourLocalCinema.com [UK cinema industry]

We continue to support what is not just a listing service but a whole social network [UK film distributors]

[YourLocalCinema] is a much needed and valued service. [BFI]

Thank you for your dedication and support for accessible cinema for all. Clearly your contribution has, and continues to make an impact [Disney UK Executive Director Digital Cinema]

UK Cinemas have to do better to improve access for deaf and hard of hearing people it’s a simple flick of a switch to remove a barrier #accessibility #inclusion [RNID]

YourLocalCinema should be very proud of all you do and have done to make cinemas more accessible (Film Distributors' Association)

I am very pleased to hear of the excellent work you are doing to facilitate cinema going by disabled people. What you are achieving is very close to my heart ... if you feel that referring to me as one of your supporters will be useful, please do not hesitate to let me know ... delighted to know that your work has been honoured by the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society and that you are the first recipient of the award ... touched by the fact that this very special award has been created to recognise what needs to be done for cinema lovers who happen to be disabled in one way or another. Sincerely, Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE

I contacted cineworld asking for subtitles to be on for avatar 2 4D at Cheltenham branch, a manager said this is possible if I can bring 50 deaf people!!! I hanged up - tried the line again. Different manager said a hearing loop will solved my problem!!

All cinema films now include a subtitle track. All cinemas can schedule screenings with the track switched ON. All cinemas can welcome film fans with hearing loss by providing convenient, sociable opportunities to attend subtitled shows.

[Subtitled] Best Picture winner CODA proved very popular last week, so we've just added more [subtitled] screenings to our schedule! [Broadway Cinema Nottingham]

My best friend moved to the US from the UK, and she said one of the things she missed about the UK is the subtitles on an actual screen in the cinema, as the separate captioning device made her feel uncomfortable because she has eyesight issues 💔

I have been to many Operas where the subtitles are on the back of the chair. This tech exists. Cmon

I ended up seeing Encanto and The Woman King with captions on the screen this year. I’m not hard of hearing, but I wish they also had more showings like this for folks that why they didn’t have to do all that

I went to a few movies this year where the subtitles were on and I didn’t even realise until halfway through so it’s not like it bothered me as a viewer. It should be happening a lot more often if not all the time

At a full CODA screening at the Croydon David Lean cinema!

I love going to the cinema, but 'subtitles not working' happens too often. It is hard enough to find a subtitled showing at a time that suits life and if you invite family/friends it is frustrating/embarrassing and it ruins the day out for all (as they don’t want to leave me out)

Went to see Top Gun Maverick at the cinema with added subtitles -was brilliant!

Hi ... weekend showings with subtitles? Please pass on the feedback. My mum shouldn’t have to go to the cinema on a Wednesday afternoon just to be able to understand what’s going on in the film

My cinema finally offering subtitled showings to watch The Northman this weekend!!!

Want to find all the cinemas with subtitled screenings this weekend? Check out the fantastic @YourLocalCinema for all the listings! Surrey Youth Voice @ourvoivesurrey

It's not a lot of fun being deaf. I love films and nothing compares to the big screen. Severe hearing loss following chemotherapy means I am often denied the pleasure of the cinematic experience, because I rely on sub titles

Until deaf people can see any film, at any time during any week of the year with subtitles, they will remain trapped in the Great Cinematic Lottery and true equality will be a long way away [NDCS]

@vuecinemas any chance of Harrow Vue showing doctor strange with subtitles? I did call and I was told maybe my daughter could watch ‘firestarter’ instead. She’s 13 and a wants to watch a marvel film not a horror! #deafawarenessweek

Hastings Electric subtitled show sold out!

Really happy @cineworld showing subtitled screenings of the film #FantasticBeastsTheSecretsOfDumbledore in the first week of release. As someone with moderate hearing loss who relies on subtitles it makes life easier not having to guess what’s being said in films

We strongly believe that the best way to improve access to cinemas for deaf people and people with hearing loss now is to permanently increase the provision of subtitled screenings [RNID]

As someone who is deaf it is very hard for me to understand what is happening when a new movie comes out and I often avoid it and wait for digital release. I would love to go to see more new movies but without subtitles it is impossible. @ODEONCinemas @vuecinemas @cineworld

This week my local cinema has 3 subtitled screenings out of 80 . Is it reasonable to say "No you can't see Downton, how about Dr Strange at 5:40 next Wednesday"

@cineworld release subtitled showing first weekend of a new film release it’s a life saver as I have moderate hearing loss & find it hard to go showings without subtitles.

Honestly, I'd go to the cinema way more if there were more subtitles. Obviously we should be including captioned options to include Deaf & Hard of Hearing folks but given the number of Millenials & Gen Z who solely watch content with captions it seems like a bad business move too

I'd be more likely to go to the cinema if there were subtitled screenings for all films available locally, rather than just one or two. It seems cinemas find it inconceivable that a deaf person might want to watch a romcom or something

Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness was good. Managed to get tickets for the subtitled screening, I’m pretty deaf tbf. Anyway, some of the subtitles highlighted subtle things I would’ve missed, if you go again go to a subtitled screening 😂

We very much appreciate your feedback regarding timings of our subtitled screenings and will make sure this is noted for any future programming [Backyard Cinema]

There's far more acceptance of subtitles by young people because it's the norm, whereas, with an older age group, it isn't necessarily the norm

I use this website and it's very handy to have the info. However it's like restaurant turning away a wheelchair user saying "come back next Tuesday lunchtime when we put the ramp down."

I really appreciate your work on the website. Thanks for checking my location so you could send the correct link. I subscribed to your email list a while ago and it's really useful

Why can’t cinemas show subtitled films multiple times a week.. my local cinema has 20 screens, surely one could be spared to be a subtitle screen - just showing all current films with subtitles each day at different times for diff films so people can do a time that works for them

My dad became deaf following a head injury in his 20s and uses a hearing aid. He has 20% hearing and relies on lip reading and subtitles. He shouldn’t be denied access to the films he enjoys. Cinemas need to adapt and accommodate all of their customers! #cineworld #deaf

So giddy over how much I loved @nickcagemovie #MassiveTalent thanks @LionsgateUK for allowing open captioned screenings (HT @yourlocalcinema) #DeafAccess

We are just as committed to helping to finding a viable solution to delivering an inclusive cinema experience for those who are deaf and hard of hearing as you are. [UK cinema industry]

Massive thank you to Lincoln from @TheLightCinema who, along with my husband, has enabled me to watch a film at the cinema and actually know what's going on! Bond, we're ready for you!

we have been using your website for years so thankyou sincerely. Just incredibly disappointed that there is still so little choice and thought given PROACTIVELY!

 

 

 

 

We appreciate you reaching out ... we would really like to discuss this with you as we have plans to develop a captioned screening programme [Colchester cinema]

what difference does it make to non deaf people ... how are u gonna complain about some little words at the bottom of the screen, just don’t look at them 😭 give 100% cinema access to deaf people 😭

My deaf teen loves cinema but visits are based on availability rather than choice. We use @yourlocalcinema to see if there are any subtitled screenings, and if one of these is at a reasonable time, it still means travelling 30 miles away from our nearest cinema to access them.

 

 

 

 

Think the RNID has to campaign better on this issue as it’s gone on for years..unfortunately it’s got worst not better. Like many deaf people who love accessible cinema you give up as captioned screenings as sparse and you don’t know if the subtitles will work. #inclusion

Think you are doing a really great job - thank you

happy with this, as it saves the faff of checking several sites.

It’s brilliant. Thank you!!

I think that YourLocalCinema is a fantastic and unmissable service.

I have a personalised link on my phone with all my local cinemas on it so I can see what’s on in seconds. I don’t know how you could improve on that.

This service has literally changed my life and I can’t thank you enough

It's a brilliant service, have used it for years.

It's great, all the info in one place

I think it does exactly what needs to in a very efficient and clear way

you’re doing a brilliant job just please keep doing it!

The service is very good; it breaks down showing by film and / or cinema. I have no complaints with it.Its especially good for when I'm traveling elsewhere in the UK as I can see what's on locally there that has subtitles.

Its a lot easier to use as a starting point than local cinema websites.

I honestly think it is so great .. Without it I wouldn’t know the update for subtitled screenings, really appreciate for doing all the work to make us feel accessible.

very good I’ve no issues and plus it’s been recently updated and looking great easy to follow

keep doing what you do 🙌

Very easy to read and find the information

I'm happy and look forward to it arriving in my in box.

The service is very good: it is not your fault the cinemas do not provide subtitled showings.

I think the service is doing a great job. We’d be lost without it now.

I was thinking while watching Dune that there is no reason for a major release not to have a dedicated show room for a subtitled showing for the whole week at every cinema

It's not only deaf people who want subtitles. The movies are either too loud so I can't focus on the dialogue because my head hurts or they're so quiet I have to use all the focus I have to piece the sentences together from whatever words I do get.

Auditory processing disorder is extremely common in people with ADHD, I have it myself and watching a movie without subtitles is a nightmare. Subtitles actually help many neurodivergent people.

Where im from, theres subs for all movies in at least 3 languages and were not considered a developed country or anything,,,, theres english, arabic and french subs for all movies! its weird, i thought all countries did that;(

Accessibility shouldn't be a "special occasion." You may be slightly distracted but we can't understand any of the dialogue.

My wife speaks,understands and reads English. But as an immigrant of 10 years who barely spoke any when she got here to the UK. is still learning everyday and struggles at times. We watch subtitles at cinema shows and use subtitles at home on movies and she enjoys it much more than if not.

I actually saw Zola at a subtitled show because it was the only time I could go. I didn’t need or use subtitles, but I really didn’t notice them after awhile. It was totally fine

Hiya! I just wanted to message to say thank you for creating one of the most useful websites that I’ve ever come across! I’m a huge advocate for accessibility within cinemas, specifically the availability of subtitles. I started a new blog where I discuss disability and film

Learn Swedish. Move to Sweden. Watch all your movies at the cinema. Because they're all subtitled.

Very disappointing that @vuecinemas @cineworld @ODEONCinemas Cardiff, only have limited open caption / subtitles for the first week of any new film release. If we cant visit that first week, then im unable to enjoy it at a later date. Shame. #cinema #disappointing #Disability

I’ve been hoping Google would come up with subtitle glasses for those of us who so desperately want that in cinemas. It makes me crazy losing so much dialogue to background noise, bad mixing and uneven theatre sound.

When I’m in my home county ( Latvia) we always have subtitles in Russian and Latvian but when I went to the cinema in the uk I literally missed half of the movie because I didn’t understand what they are saying. they could’ve at least added eng subtitles

One thing I love about Hong Kong is that all movies get Chinese *and* English subtitles. No matter what I watch, I can learn more and not miss what's being said.

What about an app with subtitles on your phone? Check in to the cinema, choose your movie and it corresponds exactly to what’s being played on screen. Even cooler if this could be done with smart shades

How about a phone app that displays subtitles as the film plays? Scan a code on your ticket, and the subtitles play just for you.

Sold out subtitled Pulp Fiction at the Rooftop Stratford! 30 year old film? Still the best.

Watched subtitled Conjuring 3 tonight at Odeon Lee Valley. All seats full! Lots of silent screaming!

Went to the cinema to see A Quiet Place 2 with my brother yesterday, he is deaf so we went to a subtitled screening. BRILLIANT FILM! But found it baffling that not one of the trailers were also subtitled?

[cinema manager] Recent subtitled shows of Nomadland, Peter Rabbit 2 and others have been sold out.

At Babylon Arts for Nomadland and it's a sold out subtitled show, just got a seat in time!

[Home cinema, Manchester, Covid-19 times] For me the really big success is the [subtitled] La Haine. We’ve played it now for four weeks and it’s sold out every single performance. Bong Joon-ho’s [subtitled] Memories of Murder has also been hugely popular. Many of the successes have been [subtitled] foreign language.

Peter Rabbit 2 with subtitles is sold out at Tamworth Odeon. Good to see so many people at a subtitled show

Cineworld said: 'Oscar-winner Parasite: ... amassing a truly impressive £11.5 million (UK) ... a remarkable success story that dismantles any notion of subtitles being a barrier'

Cinemas are like SOME friends... When I go around to my friend Holly's house to watch films on her massive 75 inch 4k TV, she always switches the subtitles on for me (I'm deaf). But I was at a house party one time, where 4 people were watching a Netflix horror film in the living room, I asked would they mind switching the subtitles on please? They didn't switch them on...

I'm sitting here at Odeon Telford about to watch SUBTITLED Peter Rabbit 2 and there's loads here, looks like it's full. I remember in the old days I was sometimes the only one at a subtitled show. I think it's good for kids to watch subtitles sometimes, helps with reading.

This is what I was looking for yesterday – a brilliant website that rounds up all the subtitled screenings of every film, for the hard of hearing. Thank you @DeanRhodesYLC ! Sending this to my dad.

Thank you to the Harry Potter franchise for endless hours of escapism in the world of magic. 20 years since the 1st Potter film, The teachers of deaf kids at my school took us all out of classes to watch it with subtitles as a treat!

I suffer from hearing loss, albeit only mild but enough for me to have to rely on subtitles (especially in noisy action movies) whilst watching movies. It’ll progressively worsen with age, & I’m thankful for Sound of Metal for portraying the frustration of deafness realistically.

Full house here at subtitled screening of Nomadland at Northampton Filmhouse!

Watched Godzilla v Kong last night and young Kaylee Hottle was fantastic, gave a really moving performance and was encouraging to see an actual deaf actor playing a deaf character in a huge blockbuster.

I highly recommend #SoundOfMetal ... As a hearing person (but with links to the #deaf and #hardofhearing communities) this movie was a powerful reminder of acceptance, grace, patience, cacophony, and silence.

Wow. Sound of Metal. Absolutely beautiful film. “Being deaf is not a handicap. It’s not something to fix”

@dariusmarder just watched #SoundOfMetal and it was INCREDIBLE!! Thank you so much for the experience of this story. As a Deaf Studies Student I will applaud you forever !!

Watched #SoundOfMetal last night. Man, did they ever do the "deaf audio" justice. When I take the hearing aids out , I live that exact same muffled existance...

If I had an unlimited budget, and any tech nous whatsoever, I’d invent VR glasses that provide in-lens subtitles for any cinema showing. It would negate the woeful lack of subtitled screenings at most multiplexes at no inconvenience to anyone else. This is a sound idea, right?

Just watched #SoundOfMetal Hands down the best film I’ve seen from 2021. One of the best of the last few years. This film and @rizwanahmed better deserve all the awards. From concept to execution, I was riveted and moved. The use of sound and subtitles was genius.

In college my roommate was completely deaf in one ear and I have a processing disorder that makes spoken language hard to understand. The subtitle sunday editions of our uni weekend cinema shows were such a lifesaver

One of the things I liked best about the Deaf roles in #SoundOfMetal was that they were just humans, not tokenised as special love interests or tragic stories or even “heartwarming & inspirational” pap. They were funny and real. We aren’t all documentary subjects.

Sound of Metal sits with me 24 hours later. A description of becoming deaf, accepting not hearing, addiction, desire, longing. I cried throughout the film with relief and heaviness. Worth a watch for a sublime performance by @rizwanahmed . Brilliant film @dariusmarder - thank you.

Really enjoed Sound of Metal. Having a deaf parent, it really shows a perspective I’ve never seen portrayed in a movie before. A wonderfully poignant story, told and acted well.

#SoundofMetal wow! Such an immersive film - the very epitome of empathy & understanding building! @rizwanahmed is tremendous- Its really helped me consider the difference between being born Deaf v becoming deaf & the nuances & variety of isolation

I’ve become 100% deaf on my right side. I would accept a showing or two per day with subtitles as a solid accommodation

Great to see a movie exploring Deaf culture. The pride & agency of the community portrayed was striking. Representation matters & that most of the actors were deaf or children of deaf adults is noteworthy. #SoundOfMetal

Thank you @rizwanahmed for your performance in Sound of Metal! You definitely deserve an Oscar. I'm hearing impaired and man did I cry watching Sound of Metal.

We all need to think and stay positive that we can go back and watch film with subtitles from cinema soon. Stay safe!

YourLocalCinema has proven extremely useful to me and many others I know.

Coronavirus has made many people personally relate to what it is like to be socially excluded. This is quite the norm for film fans with hearing loss! Hopefully society will be more empathic now.

It is not tragic to have a disability. Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things one needs to lead one's life

@lighthousemedia - Wolverhampton - Our customers don’t complain if there are subtitles and they didn’t realise. They are used to the fantastic offer we provide to our communities!

YourLocalCinema has been extremely useful in finding subtitled showings of films I've wanted to see with my deaf partner. If you are the kind of person who finds subtitles help your viewing experience (or knows someone who does), I would absolutely recommend YourLocalCinema.

Are subtitles really that scary to hearing folk? I think the etiquette of muting phones when watching videos in public, and the ease of turning on subtitles on streaming services has made hearing people more welcoming of subtitles. Times have changed. PARASITE was very popular!

Thanks to coronavirus, Many industries have shown that they can adapt and revolutionise working models in a short time frame when forced to do so. It would be nice if cinemas applied that effort to equal accessibility.

Well.. the first time in AGES I went to the cinema (with a certain special someone!) and there were NO problems with the #subtitles 😱🎉Thank you to the lovely staff member at ⁦‪@cineworld‬⁩ (Ipswich) who kindly went to check before the film and gave us a thumbs up across the room👌🏼

Thank you for this. I’ve put my name on the mailing list for local cinemas. So helpful!

Overall your service is fantastic. I really really appreciate being able to go to the cinema again

As someone with only 20% hearing, because my ear canals didn’t develop properly due Mam getting German measles while in the early stages of her pregnancy w/me, I’m delighted with the upsurge in subtitled usage

I’m not hearing impaired but I do find it harder to process auditorily, always have. My visual processing rate is much, much faster so I almost always turn on subtitles.

Going to a subtitled screening of Tenet by mistake is one of the happiest accidents of my cinema -going life! But I really hope it isn't the last thing I ever see on a big screen.

Thanks for all your hard work on the app. I love it! Makes my life a lot easier.

The biggest impact of my hearing loss is not being able to go to the cinema without struggling. I need to lip read and have found myself relying on subtitles now. I strongly believe that ALL films should have subtitles available

@MhairiMcF "I have one word for you. Tenet. The rest you'll need subtitles for"

Avalon Theater (@AvalonMKE) “Hngmmhmmh,” says Robert Pattinson. “Mmghh nmmhhmmmm nghhh,” replies David Washington. Huh? Since the film's worldwide rollout, many viewers and news articles have pointed out difficulties with hearing dialogue in TENET because of the sound design. Not at the Avalon. We've decided that Check local cinemas for foreign-language subtitled shows!. Check local cinemas for foreign-language subtitled shows!. ALL screenings of TENET will feature on-screen subtitles, also known as open captions.

A lot of movies play background music so loud I cannot hear a word of the dialogue, or in some cases the characters mumble their lines, it can even be because someone has an annoying voice or accent. More subtitles please.

For people who struggle to hear because of poor sound editing and mixing, or because of hearing loss, please follow ⁦‪@|YourLocalCinema for news about the best places to see a film which has poor sound mixing. #tenet #actorswhomumble #bringbackconsonants

Went to a subtitled show of Tenet cos I'm hard of hearing. My boyfriend doesn't need subtitles, but said he was grateful for them, cos he couldn't understand a word they were saying half the time!

I thought i was old when I wished there were subtitles for Tenet! Then a bunch of millennials & kids said they couldn’t understand the dialogue either!!! And the movie Industry wonders why we wait for it on DVD w/subtitles or adjust your TV for dialogue

Tenet - Nolan does love to mess around with the audio to create a specific experience. I run a cinema. We had some attend subtitled versions for that very reason!

Lots of tweets about Tenet’s poor sound editing and the need for subtitled rewatches. Not being able to enjoy a film is frustrating isn’t it? Advocate for accessible cinema screenings. Tell your local cinema that you want more captioned screenings.

I'm not deaf. But due to menieres disease I have partial hearing loss in the mid range. Generally I can get by in life but heard about the known sound issues in Tenet so caught a subtitled show. I'm glad I did! Couldn't make out what they were saying most of the time.

This website is great! Thank you. Now we need to encourage filmmakers to ensure good sound for the people who strain to decipher film dialogue!

If you go to see Tenet at a (socially distanced) cinema, PICK A SUBTITLED SHOWING. My god, it's like everyone's delivering their important exposition dialogue through a Bane mask. I've never felt more clueless in a cinema before.

⁦‪Interesting point about people going to subtitled screenings, definitely helped me quite a lot with the Tenet sound issues

I braved the cinema for Tenet. I went to a subtitle screening because of the usual Nolan sound wankery.

Tenet subtitled helped me understand the dialogue (and therefore, the movie) immensely.

Can't wait to rewatch #Tenet 3-4 more times with SUBTITLES!

Man I loved Tenet but that sound mixing was frustrating. Will actually go out of my way to watch the subtitled version in cinemas.

#Tenet  Even if it was just a middle-aged thing, surely movie/TV sound design ought not to exclude anyone who isn't a teenager with perfect hearing. So many people I know watch with subtitles as they can't hear the dialogue in modern movies/TV. #Tenet 

Thank you! very helpful indeed. I think a lot of film makers are getting the audio mix wrong and its not helped by cinemas pumping the bass. with subtitles and noise attenuating ear plugs I'm tempted to try again.

Yay for subtitles! With Tenet, it was really an advantage to be able to read the dialogue.

I went to see #Tenet again but with subtitles and whew, I understood what was going on and what was being said so much more. I’m still not 100% there yet so I think I’m gonna see it a third time!

I thought Tenet was a Great film, I mean I can understand where people may not like it with the actors muffling their lines and also where the characters say their lines when the loud bang and crashing scenes are going on at the same time. I went for the subtitles screening.

My #TENET screening today has perhaps the most crucial feature for a film like this... SUBTITLES! Let's do this!

TENET: After the global success of Parasite, here comes a film that will convince English-language speakers to FINALLY start reading subtitles.

I'm glad I saw Tenet in the cinema. I'm also glad there were subtitles.

I saw #TENET for a 2nd time today. This time with subtitles. I certainly enjoyed it more being about to actually read what the characters were saying 

I'm the kind of guy that leaves the subtitles on for every video, at home , so I just feel like it should be standard for every movie. Not just from my comfort POV, but from an accessibility viewpoint as well. I think all movies should be subtitled and available through a free app for language dubbing through headphones in every cinema.

⁦@DeanRhodesYLC⁩ ⁦@vuecinemas⁩ Thank you definitely needed subtitles for Tenet! 👍

second viewing of tenet with subtitles felt so much better

Tenet sound design wasnt a problem for me because i watched with subtitles but i can see how it would be really hard to follow without those.

Just saw Tenet a second time, this time with subtitles. Loved it, and found it far clearer and more enjoyable the second time round. Or was it the first 😉 #TENETFilm

"Tenet," needs to implement an emergency installment of English subtitles so the audience can actually understand the dialogue and plot of the movie!

Going back to see Tenet at a subtitled screening. Key scenes on loud boats or where every character has a full face mask on certainly didn't help.

Definitely, 100%, see Tenet at a subtitled screening if you're going to see it at all. It's worth it for the extra clarity having subtitles gives you. Rocketed up from top 7-8 Nolan movies to top 3-4 after watching a second time with subs.

Saw a screening of "Tenet" with subtitles at my local cinema yesterday, and it made 10x more sense second time around. (It's the most mumbly film I can remember.)

In the cinema again ready for my second #TENET viewing. *This time with subtitles.

Considering going to a #TENET screening with subtitles today just so I can see what everyone was saying.

Just booked to watch Tenet again tomorrow, this time in a subtitled screening so maybe I can actually understand what people say and follow the plot.

Saw #Tenet for the third time, but with subtitles: game-changer

I was in a subtitled screening, by mistake, and so glad of the clarity it gave to the concepts. A mumbled line was in fact a huge plot point which I would have missed. I understood the movie more.

Actually sat in a cinema about to see Tenet. Again. With subtitles. #Tenet #HelloAgainOldFriend #EvenEmptierScreen

@eihund‬⁩ Step 1) Tenet exclusively releases in theatres. Step 2) People make the case that it should either come out digitally, or subtitles should be shown in theatres. Step 3) Theatres have more subtitled viewings, widening their accessibility.

Saw BadBoys For Life at @vuecinemas today at a subtitled screening which was well attended (yes subtitles doesn't put all people off! Why not increase the number of screenings per week as 2 is abismal #subtitledcinema

Went to see Birds Of Prey Harley Quinn at Showcase, I knew it was a subtitles showing, but most people didn't. It was nealry a full house. Did they walk out? Nope...cinemas take note and be braver put more subtitles on films, people will get used to it. #cinemas

When I was 10, my Dad and I enjoyed the Star Wars prequels trilogy in the cinema. For a while, our big screen Star Wars experience and a pizza afterwards made Christmas complete. When it was announced that there was to be a new final trilogy, my dad and I looked forward to re-living our old Father-Son bonding day. Since then I've become almost totally deaf (thanks meningitis). One of my worries was missing Star Wars at the cinema with my Dad! He watched the old ones with his dad too. So I'm writing to say thanks really, for SUBTITLED Star Wars shows! May the Force be with you guys.

Thanks for the fabulous service. I already have a personal web page – which is fantastic. Many thanks

@cineworld Sonic Hedgehog yesterday, such a great film, love Jim Carrey. Eastbourne's subtitled showing was a hit again too! Thank you x

@TNLUK The National Lottery @yourlocalcinema It's great to see your project continue to grow! You're doing some great work! Brilliant cause! Thanks ... keep up the good work. 🤩✨ ^Mia

Seeing my 1st ever subtitled film at the cinema and so excited bout not missing a single word, thank you so much Meg from ⁦‪@VueHelp‬⁩ for helping me not miss out on Star Wars  #livingwithhearingloss great! I'm so happy knowing I no longer have to wait for a film to come on tv to add subtitles and understand the entire thing. So odd to not be exhausted by straining to hear everything.

This is a brilliant resource for finding showings with subtitles. I just wish more cinemas put more on!

⁦‪@yourlocalcinema‬⁩ thank you for your content it is so valuable and informative 😊

Happy Christmas to me! After much pestering and complaining, my local cinema the Empire in Catterick Garrison has buckled and is showing #StarWarsTheRiseofSkywalker (subtitled) on Sunday!! 😁😁

Thanks for today’s update. Delighted to see a link to National Theatre’s work to extend use of smart caption glasses to cinema screenings! No doubt the initiative will take time to reach us in Bury, but any advance is welcome.

As Mr. Bong Joon-Ho says: "Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films". I ONLY watch subtitled shows. Star Wars, 1917, Little Women. I'm a little deaf. Couldn't follow what they're all saying without subtitles!

@LuxeWisbech It’s just a shame that we are a single screen site - which further limits our chances to provide subtitled shows, but the developing tech in the industry should soon boost this. We have a few guests who use their phones with subtitling apps as well, which we helped them install.

Took my mum to the cinema. She loved it. Hadn’t been to the cinema for years. Thanks to yourlocalcinema.com for helping me find a subtitled showing in Brum. There are so few showings with subtitles. More please! A small thing to improve inclusion for those with hearing loss

[Cinema manager] - We don’t find subtitled shows affect our overall takings for the run of a film. On average our subtitled screening attendance is 76% of a ‘standard’ screening so by no means a drastically worrying drop in audience numbers. The range was anything from 46% - 116% of a standard screening audience. In terms of numbers the average attendance to an evening subtitled screening was between 13 – 48 people per screening compared to 23 – 53 in standard screenings.

⁦‪ @HearingDogs‬⁩ @HackneyPH‬⁩ ⁦‪@yourlocalcinema‬⁩ Dogs watching Cats with Subtitles, best Sunday morning at the Hackney Picturehouse

I can follow the dialogue and fully enjoy the story instead of struggling to get all the different small details that I missed!

One of my hearing batteries died during the rise of Skywalker. It wasn't as good as I expected. Or maybe hoped. I wonder would it have been twice as good if I had two working hearing aids?

 

Delighted to see #RiseofSkywalker with subtitles at ⁦‪@vuecinemas‬⁩ last night. Such a shame the trailers weren't subtitled too?! Presume it's not the cinema's fault, but distributors..? No point in previewing upcoming movies if audience can't access

For me who has moderate hearing loss, it’s a joy to watch ⁦‪@starwars‬⁩ in Wandsworth London with subtitles. I rely on on subtitles and know what’s being said following story thank you ⁦‪@cineworld‬⁩ 

Thank you @Cineworld Chichester for today's subtitled showing of Star Wars. I'm thrilled not to be waiting weeks for an accessible showing! It makes such a difference! Instead of missing 60%+ of dialogue, I get every word! #subtitles #accessibility #hearingloss

Big ups to @cineworld Greenwich O2 for subtitled screening of Star Wars yday and I used yourlocalcinema.com site to find the screening! Love it!

[Cinema manager] - I think it’s really important to highlight that we don’t see our subtitled screenings exclusively full of visitors with hearing loss. The screenings are also attended by many hearing customers without complaint. Hearing audiences aren’t hugely deterred from attending a subtitled screening. If they are, they just attend a different screening that week (their choice is still broad!). Bar a handful we have not received any negative feedback at all and our income and overall attendance has not been affected.

Cats with subtitles was a singalong and it was FAB!

Imagine if most of the screenings in the future were accessible, the majority not the exception. After a few sessions would people really be that bothered by it?

I've seen many hearing people attend subtitled screenings at the cinema, it would be a great idea having a few more of them, just a few more @vuecinemas @ODEONCinemas ! There are many hearing people who don't mind them / like them / have different degrees of hearing loss.

Rise of Skywalker - After about 10 minutes I didn't notice the subtitles anymore ... mostly a delight to watch

@starwars I was 8 in 1977, my dad took me to Star Wars, Today I took my 8 year old son, his reactions created a lifetime memory for me.

[cinema manager] - I have not noticed a difference in films that are and aren't subtitled in terms of admissions. We ensure that we have posters up that make it really clear which films will be subtitled, and because we play a lot of foreign language subtitled films, a portion of our audience are used to seeing some form of subtitles on screen anyway.

Subtitled Star Wars with the boyfriend! #captionedcinema

I am not deaf myself but my sister is and we always dread going to the cinema because the issue of 'forgot to switch on the subtitles' tends to happen a lot. Free tickets don't compensate for the time and trouble wasted!!!!!!!

Subtitle ... People for whom English is a second language, people with auditory processing issues, etc. The proportions should at least match the percentage of the population, preferably more since hearing people can watch subbed films! I'm certain the country will get there in the end, by social pressure or law, but it would be great if Cineworld lead the way in prioritising accessibility without being forced to. Great for your image too! As well as profits from all those people who can now access your cinemas!

Seen The Rise Of Skywalker twice already ... with subtitles. It's a superb Star Wars movie.

Waiting for The Rise Of Skywalker to start was nerve racking because with subtitled shows, you never know if the cinema staff have remembered to switch the subtitles on. But there's a tralier for a new Disney doggie film befehand, and that was subtitled, so that eased the stress. Then it came on and it was subtitled! Not my favourite of the 9, but still very Star Wars. To this day, the saga is the best bonding experience I have with my father, who saw the originals as a child; it helps me continue to bond with my older brother, who wore out the VHS tapes with me; it has been the gateway to film for my younger brother, roping him in for screenings of the saga before this latest one, leading to his own decision to study film at college. Star Wars matters.

Subtitles and ... New #StarWars on Saturday and I’m legit hype for it now ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

Extensive research clearly demonstrates that children of all ages, including pre-school, and those with language-based learning disabilities, can benefit from on-screen same-language subtitles/captions. Captions can improve foundational reading and literacy skills, such as phonics, word recognition, vocabulary acquisition, listening comprehension and fluency. Children's films tend to have less challenging vocabulary and are ideal for providing children with the literacy benefits of reading, while listening and watching. Many children's films include songs, and as children like to sing along to songs and are curious to know the song lyrics, reading skills are practiced subconsciously. Inclusive, accessible subtitled/captioned cinema shows boost literacy skills in a fun and engaging way

watched the new Star Wars (which was amazing 😭) for Christmas party and it had subtitles and lemme just say I’m gonna need subtitles every time I go to the movies now.

Thought #StarWars Rise of Skywalker was excellent! No spoilers from me! (Subtitles worked too, which was a relief)

My grandad can enjoy and understand the full story of the movie - a luxury he never had with the first Star Wars trilogy!

Not a massive Star Wars fan but really enjoyed the latest movie :-) ... watched the subtitled screening!

Without subtitles I wouldn't be able to go to the cinema. That's the same for lots of my deaf friends and thousands of deaf people in the UK. At the weekend I'm going to see the new Star Wars film in London in the same cinema where he saw the first Star Wars film. Without subtitles that wouldn't happen.

My severely hearing impaired husband can take our two sons and myself to enjoy the Star Wars Rise Of Skywalker film as a family and he can actually understand the conversations on screen because of subtitles. We can't wait for our local cinema to show it, to watch it again.

I watched Star Wars is fricking DOPE!😳#Cinema #Subtitles

Your site has been very useful to me. Thank you very much. 

Freedom. Accessible for all., there's an Act in place called Equality Act and it matches the need for people like me who is profoundly deaf, it gives/gave me pleasure attending the cinema with equal access and entertainment. I went to see the last Star Wars and I was so excited, and looking forward to watching the new one like that. I didn't have that when I was a teenager, I have a lot to catch up on! Thank you!!

I am nearly totally deaf and need subtitles to watch tv or films. Subtitles at the cinema ... without them I could not have the big screen experience. I love the whole cinema thing; popcorn, fizzy drink, comfy VIP seats and the wow of the big screen! Without subtitled cinema, watching big new films like Star Wars would not be the same! It cannot be duplicated by tv. Thank you for the brilliant experience!

Subtitles give everyone the fair chance to share in the magic and excitement of cinema. People always talk about the first time they saw a certain movie on the big screen and I'm not always able to join in. Our local cinema opened every single screen for a midnight showing of Star Wars last night, one was a subtitled screening. I loved it.

So many things are possible since losing most of my hearing. Subtitles give me the opportunity to go to the cinema with family and friends. Just wonderful. I can go to the cinema and relax completely knowing I am going to be completely captivated by the film. It took a very long time for my local cinema to start showing subtitled films. They still tend to not offer them weekly but at least it's moving forward with more films being shown with captions. Thank goodness. Ps I'm very excited to be going to new Star Wars after Christmas.

I need subtitles on cinema this why because I was young no subtitles now my age 52 but I am mad Star Wars yesterday I went watched brilliant subtitles in Portsmouth but I will again and can't wait Star Wars final film next week!

Some of us are hard of hearing, Some of us are deaf, Some can't see, One of these is me. Lots of my friends have seen Star Wars over and over, with accessibility maybe I'll become a Star Wars lover.

In my family, with my son, partner and father in law all being deaf, subtitles enable them to access entertainment that I take for granted, the detail of a conversation, the music setting the mood. We are going to watch Star Wars this weekend with subtitles.

I am nearly totally deaf and need subtitles to watch tv or films. Subtitles at the cinema ... without them I could not have the big screen experience. I love the whole cinema thing; popcorn, fizzy drink, comfy VIP seats and the wow of the big screen! Without subtitled cinema, watching big new films like Star Wars would not be the same! It cannot be duplicated by tv. Thank you for the brilliant experience!

Easy for me to understand what they talking as I'm profoundly deaf.....watched Star Wars last year with subtitles in 3D film it is massive awesome! Looking forward to The Rise Of Skywalker in Imax 3d at BFI Waterloo!

Ah, Star Wars is back, I can't wait ... With subtitles! because I've lost a considerable amount of hearing since the last ones! I watched the original in the cinema with my Dad when I was a kid, and watched the later ones with my kid. I could take my grandchild along to the new ones but he's only 2, probably a bit young.

Yay so I can finally watch Star Wars with subtitles & I'm trying to find one near me at a suitable time 😕😂

MIDNIGHT STAR WARS WITH SUBTITLES ON THE SCREEN! My half deaf 50 year old dad who was there for the originals was happy, my younger hearing brother who is coming to it new loved it, women and black people and aliens well represented. The iconography hits all the right notes. Oscar Isaac doing a lot with a little due to his inherent charisma, Boyega fun, Rey and Kylo both familiar but really good. Star Wars is all about emotion. It's all about heart. I cried, just felt the lip go, lol. The action was great; dynamic, thrilling, accompanied with bombastic filmmaking and sensational sound design, which seemed to be at just the right level for my digital hearing aids to make the most of. The music was fine; nothing stand-out but enough riffs on the old stuff that I still enjoyed it. Everything looked so lived in, so dirty and dusty and real. I just loved it. It felt like a good end to the Star Wars saga, and that was enough for me.

Before cinemas showed movies with subtitles, I often had to wait for them to come out on Dvd or on TV, especially if it was a film where the dialogue and characters were important or lots of the scenes might be noisy or in the dark. Now I can go with my family, often when they are released or soon after! It's much nicer. I am thrilled that Star Wars is out subtitled straight away as we have all been looking forward to it so much :)

@cineworld Went to see Star Wars with subtitles - well done, that's a big step forward for the deaf community!

Really feel great to watch Star Wars the rise of skywalker with my deaf family , enjoy follow a story because subtitle are very useful ! I saw Star Wars in 1977 can't understand what they say until 1982 first show on tv with subtitle , very long time to waited !! Thank you 👍😎

I am deaf and I love to watch cinema with subtitles because I can feel relax and enjoy myself. I hope every deaf people must have access to watch cinema with subtitle or audio. In the future they will have their good life. I love Star Wars because i am biggest fan. Thank you.

Subtitles are important to me as I'm hard of hearing and miss what people are saying especially if like in Star Wars the action is really fast moving, so subtitles are so great for me.

My daughter is profoundly deaf , she has 2 cochlear implants. She relies on subtitles at the cinema otherwise she would not follow the film. We look forward to the subtitled films as we can all go as a family where we know she can follow the film. We have just seen Star Wars with subtitles and loved it. Subtitles are excellent for my daughter Thanks And merry Christmas x

For us as a family subtitles are really important as one of us is deaf. If a film has not got subtitles we either can't watch at all or only some of us. It was a huge treat for my son to watch the very final star wars subtitled.

Being able to watch the latest blockbuster films has been a lifeline for me. I have been deaf since birth and constantly face barriers in life but subtitles help to remove those barriers. I will never forget watching the Star Wars films with subtitles and can't wait for the last one this weekend! Han, Luke, Leah, all gone...

I remember the days before subtitles; my other half could never understand why I always fell asleep during 'amazing' movies! At the time there were no subtitles and I had to go by what I could see and the 10% or less I could hear or lip-read! ... My viewing has changed dramatically, it's absolutely fantastic. I was only talking about this yesterday with my husband and he mentioned that he couldn't believe I had never seen the old Star Wars films......that was why!

Being able to watch the latest blockbuster films has been a lifeline for me. I have been deaf since birth and constantly face barriers in life but subtitles help to remove those barriers. I will never forget watching the Star Wars films with subtitles. Looking forward to the RISE OF SKYWALKER tonight!

Star Wars WITH the script right before my eyes. Priceless.

My wife is deaf, as well as one of my children. We have been to more movies in the last six months than in the previous 33 years! Today, my youngest son and I were able to go watch a Star Wars movie for the first time ever. It was a great experience to finally be able to go with my son.

My old man insisted that I come to the last bunch of Star Wars films with him, said it made such an impact on him when he was 9. So I did and they were great! He’s a bit deaf now so we’re very thankful that the new one is subtitled. We’re both really looking forward the Rise of Skywalker.

Star Wars :)) booked my tickets weeks ago thanks to your fab fab website. Can't wait 😁

@yourlocalcinema See a cinema screening Star Wars tomorrow afternoon via your site! Keep up the good work!

@yourlocalcinema Star Wars Already booked at the local Odeon - found through your very helpful website listings.

The medium of cinema has a huge influence on society, just think of all the recent hype about the new Star Wars film. Accessible performances mean that Deaf or visually impaired people are not excluded from that. However, there is simply not enough subtitling for it to be considered fair access. We have yet to see the new Star Wars film simply because there are no convenient shows near us. There needs to be legislation to guarantee a minimum proportion of accessible films within larger cinemas.

I love to watch the Star Wars for the English subtitles and the English audio because It is more important for deaf of hard of hearing people. They can't hear the people talking and it helps them a lot my parents are deaf so if you give it to them then it will help then a lot.

@ODEONCinemas‬⁩ was at Waterloo IMAX to watch Star Wars with subtitles - might want to put subtitles on trailers?

@more2screen We ... create and offer English subtitles for all of our cinema events. Please speak to your local cinema to request they turn on supplied English subtitles for a screening.

Thank you big thank you ⁦‪@EastDulwichPH‬⁩ for ensuring subtitled showing of brilliant Star Wars has made my  Christmas to see this today on Christmas Eve cheers 🥂

@ODEONCinemas @ODEONHelp I spoke to Kate this morning via your accessibility line and she was very helpful. She put me in touch with my local Odeon, which is nigh on impossible by other means. Jamie at @ODEONCinemas Edinburgh West was helpful and understanding. He cares about #accessibility and gave me contact details to request more subtitled showings in future. It’s not solved the problem entirely but having that dialogue is so important for making improvements

my mum’s deaf so we have the subtitles on the tv all the time and we only see subtitled films at the cinema and you honestly get so used to it

 thankyou so much! This is a great app!

Really enjoyed #subtitled screening of @KnivesOut and it was a packed screening. Pretty sure it helped everyone regardless of hearing ability follow some of the accents. Go see it! Thanks @cineworld for putting on a screening at a sociable time for once :)

I know Bong Joon-Ho was talking about international films with his subtitles remark but also we need to stop being such little pissbabies and just have subtitles on every movie at the cinema for Deaf people. they shouldn’t be relegated to specific screenings.

There’s been so many times I’ve missed stuff in a film because I didn’t hear a line properly. Subtitles at the cinema would be very beneficial but I know that so many people would make complaints about them being distracting

@cineworld‬⁩ I've spoken to many people who, in this Netflix age, are now used to having subtitles just automatically come on for everything, and find it a much more enjoyable and easier experience - myself included. If you offered more screenings, I'd get the unlimited membership pronto. thx

I love going to the cinema due to its atmosphere but I feel genuine anxiety once I go - will subtitles be on? If not, should I walk out or stay and bear it for my partner/friend who really wants to watch this film? A difficult choice.

 I use subtitles all the time. I think lots of people do. They are so handy. Our world seems to contain so much more text now than in our childhoods

⁦‪ I used your website yesterday. It is an invaluable resource. Have found a showing of Little Women I can take mum to at the Mac, but there was so few options in the Midlands.

Watching a subtitled version of #knivesout with dad. It's great to have a cinema that shows subtitled movies for the deaf and hard of hearing. Dad gets have the movie experience…

Kudos to @ODEONCinemas for putting on a subtitled showing of Frozen II this afternoon after my girlfriend and I sent in a request. Thank you!! (And, by the way, the screening is almost full.) #Accessibility #ArtsForAll 

@yourlocalcinema @ODEONCinemas Thank you!! Managed to see Frozen on Tuesday finally! Now waiting on Last Christmas 😃

This is a great idea. Keep up the good work!

I’ve seen two great films lately with subtitles and thoroughly enjoyed both, because they had subtitles (I am hard of hearing). The Good Liar and Le Mans. I am now retired and have time to go to the cinema. I just wish there were more good films shown with subtitles for me to see! Keep up the good work!

@cineworld‬⁩ hello! please provide more subtitled screenings. it's not only people with hearing loss who like subtitles. there are more and more regular people who like subtitles with everything, and are put off from going to the cinema because of the lack of subtitles.

Our Christmas trip to Vue Cinema Cwmbran was a huge success🎄We all enjoyed the subtitled viewing of Maleficent 2!!

Thanks for your great public service. Well done

I'm really glad that odeon has subtitled midnight releases. Makes me feel a lot more normal despite my sensory processing. They ALSO don't have the baby changing in the disabled bathroom!!!! Amazing!!

I have Aspergers so subtitles are helpful. But my local cinema doesn’t do them as it’s not a big chain.

 

A big shout-out to @cineworld Birmingham, NEC, and Solihull who have already released the dates/times for #Frozen2 #subtitled screenings on opening weekend. Thank you. This makes a huge difference to my and others' families.  #InclusionIsNotaFavour 
(thks to @yourlocalcinema)

Went to the cinema with my brother yesterday, he is deaf so we went to a subtitled screening. Found it baffling that Many cinemas are closed, due to coronavirus-related restrictions. All cinemas can screen the latest films with subtitles! Check actual cinema websites for the latest info. of the trailers were also subtitled? How are you meant to sell films to deaf people if they can’t follow the trailer dialogue etc? #deaf #cinema

watching frozen : oh my god with the subtitles on its a sing along!!

Thank you so much for what you do. Was so happy when I discovered  your website and started using it. The cinemas should be paying you as you’ve certainly bought them business. I used to get so fed up trawling, often in vain, numerous websites looking for subtitled screenings.

This fantastic cinema giving us a very rare subtitled screening of ‘The Irishman’. So glad I’m seeing it on the big screen! 💪🏻 twitter.com/GenesisCinema/…

Thanks to subtitles at cinema I got to see #Joker #JoaquinPhoenix might have actually taken the mantle of the best Joker so far. The dark tragedy origins and his amazing acting genuinely had my creeped out, bravo 👏

Omg! Odeon have a subtitles film of Joker on during the day!? Finally! Thank you babes!! I don’t have to wait forever or to watch it at home, or suffer through and ask what’s happening like with Endgame. I’m actually emotional!

@yourlocalcinema @picturehouses @HearingDogs Many of my hearing friends like subtitles because, they say “It’s surprising what you can miss, even if you’re hearing.”

Watched the #JokerFilm in a packed cinema with subtitles, it doesn’t happen very often :) A good film with excellent pacing throughout the film

@yourlocalcinema Thank you so much <3 I haven't been able to see and understand a movie in a really long time before this! I am truly a happy customer! @ODEONCinemas

Very cool that I found several showing for Hustlers that have on screen subtitles near me. Love how that opens up the movie for so many people!

I use YourLocalCinema as my sister is deaf and we've always used subtitles when watching TV. Your site is fantastic and she uses it all the time! Its a shame that so few screenings have them. I know plenty of people who choose to use subtitles, and very few people would mind.

Went to see a subtitled showing of #AdAstraMovie at @cineworld Queens Links Aberdeen. Not sure how I feel about the ending, but I definitely can’t tell you about the trailers because they weren’t subtitled 🤔 Please make the full cinema experience accessible 🙏🏼 #accessibility

 Great app to help people with hearing difficulties. Thank you for your help.

Cinema played Ad Astra with the subtitles on, made the experience...better, forced me to pay even closer attention to the dialogue on an initial viewing even more special. 

Went to see a subtitled showing of Downton Abbey, fab twist on the Queen Mary, thief thing. Fab film all round.

Bravo Cineworld two screenings of #BlindedByTheLightMovie with subtitles this week ... Thank you and oh what’s a cracking film. Brilliant soundtrack and because of the subtitles I can hear every word whereas I usually struggle. @BBTLmovie, you were fantastic

Finally what a thriller experience attend a subtitles movie Downton Abbey in 
@ArcCinema in Drogheda for the 1st time ever..... & have not attend to the cinema in 15yrs.

I am so excited - finally found a subtitled screening of #Yesterday at a time suitable to me on saturday (only 2 screenings this week between 10 cinemas!) - bonus is my first ever visit to @tynesidecinema :) #SubtitledCinema

Thank you so much!!! This is such helpful information ... Thank you! I've had a look and Cineworld is doing a screening of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood tomorrow at a more suited time, couldn't be more grateful!!!

Yesterday I watched a film in the cinema with subtitles and honestly it was amazing!

Your wonderful site was my first port of call for finding subtitled screenings

As my partner is profoundly deaf it's exceptionally hard to find listings with subtitles locally. Will download your app. Thank you.

@ODEONCinemas great that you had a subtitled screening of Toy Story on this weekend in Norwich. Thank you for providing access for deaf cinema lovers. My 13 year old loved it and appreciated being able to watch a subtitled screening at a weekend.

Lovely cinema date last night to see #TheLionKing at @cineworld Subtitles worked fine ✅ Overall no problems!  Had a good laugh singing at the back of the cinema, whilst stuff our faces with popcorn!! 🍿 

If you struggle to find out what is subtitled at the various chains venues, look no further than @yourlocalcinema who lists all the screenings each week within your locality all on one page :) Very easy to use and you may discover cinemas you hadnt realised provided subtitles

@ActionOnHearing @ThePCCLondon My brother was born deaf and even after the operations he likes having the subtitles on. I keep them on out of habit. Saw Aquaman in a full cinema with the subtitles accidentally on and no one complained. The guy next to me admitted it was nice to be sure of every spoken line.

@VueHelp @RNIB @TPTgeneral @yourlocalcinema Great experience at Harrow cinema with audio described film this weekend, please try to offer as many films with AD as possible, this adaptation makes huge difference for people like me who couldn't follow films without it.

@picturehouses we had a wonderful time on at the Hackney Picturehouse Sunday! Subtitles and pups! Can’t wait for the next one. All well behaved humans and dogs welcome, you don’t have to belong to a dog but it helps 🐾😊@yourlocalcinema @HearingDogs

@yourlocalcinema @ODEONCinemas I contacted them on twitter via their help account. Asked if one of the showings on Saturday could be subtitled. They contacted the manager at the cinema, and let me know the next day the 6pm showing would now be subtitled!

Looking forward to #ToyStory4 with subtitles, There will be a lot of happy #deaf and #CODA kids in the cinema. Representation matters, access matters! @NDCS_UK

Thank you to @ShowcaseCinemas who screened Toy Story 4 with subtitles for my deaf daughter on the same week as release and at the weekend (at a decent time). 7 of her friends and their families attended too. Thank you for giving our kids access to their fave films

@ODEONCinemas thanks for showing the amazing new Spiderman movie with subtitles at Hastings yesterday, inclusion is so appreciated!!

Thank you ... for encouraging Electric Cinema to put on a subtitled showing of Toy Story 4 for the opening weekend! 

[Put on subtitled Toy Story 4 at short notice] Love the power of Twitter and well done to @cineworld to respond so quickly - have an amazing time @SilverwoodA #powertotwitterusers 👍🏻👍🏻👍

I can't work out what goes through their minds when cinemas offer weekday morning screenings for kids. For now, we can depend on the resources provided by @yourlocalcinema to help us along the way.

Deaf children can’t enjoy the same films as their hearing friends. Missing out on the cinema isn’t just about missing a new film. It’s about being excluded from society just because you’re deaf. It’s about the loneliness and isolation you experience. It’s about not being valued, when all it would take is a minor adjustment - Steve Haines - NDCS

It doesn't seem fair ... we are restricted to whatever the cinema chooses to provide subtitles for, so we can’t really ever choose what film we want to watch

Give @yourlocalcinema a follow if you're interested in this - it's a really valuable resource.

Hi, the customised listing you do for me is proving very useful to me and other deaf friends. Thank you!

I love this app and use it regular.....it’s great that cinema in my area is showing lot more subtitle films even if some are at ridiculous times

Great service - saw a subtitled Rocketman this week which I really enjoyed.
I hope cinemas in my area put on more subtitled films in future. Thanks 

I just wanna say thank you to @cineworld and @vuecinemas for having local subtitled cinema film viewings !!! The fact that I can go to the cinema with one of my best friends (who is deaf) is incredible ! 💜💕✨💖

Ready to enjoy an evening at the cinema- I rarely get to go as subtitled showings are few and far between. Bowled over by the positive response from Brighton @ODEONCinemas when I requested a showing I could access today. #hearingloss #accessibility

This is really helpful, thanks @yourlocalcinema! 😃🎥

Can’t believe that, for the second time this year, I’m seeing a subtitled midnight screening of a Marvel movie. Nice one, ODEON. #FarFromHome #SpiderManFarFromHome

Top tip - go to the subtitled showing of #Rocketman and you have your own sing along version

Saw #Rocketman yesterday subtitled. It meant I could see all the lyrics, and I agree, new respect for him, having not really been a fan. Funny moment - 'horns clatter' as he took his costume off in the therapy group! 👹

Today I spoke with people at my local cinema about including subtitles in more of their screenings and they said they would !!! big achievement from little me

CineworldBroughton AvengersEndgame Amazing!! It was totally worth seeing!! Thanks so much for providing subtitles!

EndGame in cinema with subtitles, it made a world of difference. I don't want to back to watching movies without subtitles.

Fantastic website- thank you

I would miss out on so much amazing cinema if subtitles didn't exist.

Your website is amazing and easy accessible for deaf community!

About to go in to see #JohnWick3 and rather gleefully excited? Thanks @cineworld for a subtitled viewing! ... Loved it, thank you for having subtitled screenings so deaf fans aren’t left out in enjoying Keanu Reeves speaking different languages, dogs and gloriously over the top violence ... And the staff at Cineworld South Ruislip are very helpful! Looking forward to hopefully seeing Booksmart and Rocketman with subtitles next?

We weekly use your site and it has been immensely helpful for my wife and son - both HI. She is all up to date with Marvel and SciFi releases.....I have some catching up to do!!

I saw John Wick 3 in the Odeon on Tottenham Road. WOW that theatre is really nice! Big big big screen, nice wide seats, and a Ben & Jerry's right inside. As for the movie? Gran Boffo Action with shades of the Wachowski brothers. LOVED the moody sets, and subtitles.

Unbelievable, first time ever, I tried to book a cinema showing of a film with subtitles, and it’s sold out!. It appears people are so desperate to see Avengers Endgame they are happy to endure subtitles! #hearingimpaired #Deaf #odeon #AvergersEndgame

Watched #detectivepikachu at Glasgow's CineWorld with subtitles with my boyfriend and I have to say it's fantastic movie! Loved every single second of it.

Saw Detective Pikachu yesterday with subtitles and it was SO good being able to enjoy the same accessibility that I do at home! 

Amazing customer service at @Everymancinema York tonight. Subtitled Avengers wouldn't work but got regular personal communication about how they would fix it and provided with free drinks and popcorn plus a free ticket for another night! And they fixed the subtitles!

Well , we went to watch Avengers subtitled showing yesterday to find all seats taken !!! I have mailed the cinema to say it’s unfair that all seats have been taken by hearing people !!! I told them it would be fairer to ‘hold off’ a few seats before general release !

Subtitles really help with voiceover sfx cause when i watched detective pikachu i couldn’t decipher what mewtwo was saying.. same goes to venom lol

Everyone who cared saw Endgame the first weekend, I bet 😂 (I have never seen a subtitled show sell out that fast... at least not since Frozen.)

Thank you @ODEONCinemas for having subtitled screenings of Avengers Endgame today, the auditorium was packed with only a few empty seats, having subtitles enabled both hearing and Deaf customers to enjoy the film and certainly did not put people off attending the screening.

Not deaf and use subtitles all the time. Saw Endgame with subtitles the other week and it didn't affect my enjoyment one jot.

Finally saw Avengers Endgame! Wow what a movie! @Everymancinema in York - kudos for excellent customer service after a glitch with the subs which was sorted out! @yourlocalcinema

Got my ticket booked for @Avengers #endgame. Booked a showing that has subtitles so my sister is coming with me 🙌🏻🙌🏻

 I was so excited to be able to go see A dogs Journey on its release date with my son! 😀😀😀

Saw #AvengersEndgame last night. Amazing and thank you to @cineworld Poole for being awesome and having a subtitled viewing!

The last three times I’ve been to a subtitled cinema - it’s been a packed house...my husband is not deaf & he hears different accents so it benefits EVERYONE!

There’s a showing of End Game with subtitles and this speaks to me in so many levels. I hate the cinema when I canna hear what they are saying 😂 I always have to buy the dvd to read the subtitles later and know what actually happened 😂

My local @ODEONCinemas has 3 subtitled showings of Endgame in the first week! 3! And at various times! I think Sunday the 28th at 9pm should work for us! Thanks Odeon!

I’m seeing Endgame at 9pm and I could scream. Our Odeon put 3 subtitled showings on this week!!! Tonight is perfect for me and my dad. I will cry.

Our local 1 scene Victorian cinema has 1 showing with subtitles this week while I’m at work, but nice for all the old deaf people in Clevedon! Love that fact they’re trying, plus toddler group showing, proper community effort,

Avengers End Game was superb - great to see it @WTW_PlazaTruro with subtitles #accessiblecinema #cinemaforall

I *always* have subtitles. People moan about it "you can hear, why do you need them?" and honestly, people might say things too quick or have an accent, subs are best

We use your website lots and we thank you for the sevice

Was great last night to go to cinema and see a subtitled film on release date!! Hats off to @ODEONCinemas 🙌

After several meetings with my local Cineworld, they are now screening subtitles FOUR days a week! 
I will be arranging a meeting with my other local cinema Empire. #BringItOn #SubtitledCinema #Accessibility #Deaf #Inclusion 

Great to see that @WTW_StAustell and @WTW_PlazaTruro have subtitled screenings of the new Avengers movie in its first week

I took a look at your website and found a showing of EndGame Monday. It’ll be a bit late for my daughter but this is the best way for us to go together. So thank you

Finally found a weekend subtitled cinema viewing 🙌🏻Buzzing to see Endgame 😄😄😄 #AvengersEndgame

We had a customer come to a subtitled screening who hadn't been to the cinema in 7 YEARS last week, he said he heard about it on 'a website'. I'm sure it must've been yours!

@cineworld Avengers End Game, another SUBTITLED hit this evening at Eastbourne. Seriously impressed with your inclusive, more sociably timed subtitled screenings. Thank you

I dream of a day where subtitles in cinema are the norm. Watching #AvengersEndgame with subtitles was the best experince that I ever had.

Wait a week for a subtitled screening of Avengers at a @VueHelp cinema that's awkward to get to and requires me to take a day off work, or go to a Sunday cinema at a rival cinema that I hate? It's hard being a deaf geek.

Last night, just before the Avengers: Endgame film started, I actually prayed for the subtitles to work...two sentences were spoken, but not subtitles...argh! Luckily someone switched them on! Phew. Sadly a couple huffed and left. Probably hearing peeps I guess!

I’m HoH and like I find it so hard to watch movies in the cinema since the subtitled screenings are at odd timings and only a few times. Captions really need to be the norm! Like there is NOTHING negative about it, it’s beneficial for EVERYONE

I watched endgame with subtitles because i didnt want to miss anything. I have good hearing, i just find that i like to be sure i didnt mishear anything.

I’m seeing Avengers #endgame on Sunday (there’s a subtitled screening at a reasonable time! Thanks @DukeofYorks)

So btw when we watched Endgame tonight we had subtitles for some reason and I F***ING LOVED IT

Auditory processing is really difficult for me, so I put subtitles on *everything* & have been working up the courage to ask for a subtitle screen at theaters for a while now. I’m definitely gonna ask for one finally, when I go see Endgame! :}

Thank you again @EastDulwichPH for having enabled me to watch via a subtitled showing yesterday😊Having subtitles means I was immersed in following all nuances & dialogue to capture full experience of a woman of her time, not a spy, but her belief. Excellent performance by all 👍�

I would just to pass on my thanks to swadlincote odeon and Burton-On-Trent Cineworld for putting on Dumbo today.  It has made my Mother’s Day being about to go with my daughter and enjoy a film and to have a choice of showings at the weekend and brilliant times - so THANK YOU 

Really enjoyed going to watch a subtitled version of @outofbluemovie - a film I didn’t have to struggle to watch last night at Picturehouse  @FACT_Cinema! Would really love to see more subtitled screenings at cinemas up and down the country!

Not one but NINE subtitled screenings of Avengers Endgame this week just in Milton Keynes...

Funny i was in Point Square Odeon, when film starts.. no subtitles 😤 went to talked staff, she says manager is puttin subtitle on, went back in.. still nothin. Staff apologies and sent me to a different screen with english subs on. On my own! #King Awesome. 😄

*gasp* there is a subtitled session of Captain Marvel on its first week here!

I am really #grateful to @ODEONCinemas for making it possible for me as an #hardofhearing person to go watch a film with #subtitles. I really enjoyed Captain #Marvel today at Odeon Preston. In my country, I can't watch a film in my native language because it's not subtitled. #NL

guess who’s gonna see dumbo next Thursday!! Woohoo 🙌

i don't understand why cinemas can't show most of their films with subtitles, it's not excluding anyone from going to the cinema and if ppl are that bothered by subs they can look for a screening without them!

My local Picturehouse has regular subtitled showings (most of Picturehouses in London do) I go almost weekly! Films are my passion (Red Joan excellent), you can find all cinemas and theatres showing captions via @yourlocalcinema & @Stagetext 👍🏻

Took my teenager to the movies tonight. Subtitled showing. "Nice not to be exhausted afterwards". Serious need for more subtitled screenings of all movies. If you don't need them you barely notice them but they make all the difference to more people than you think #access

What a beautiful sunny day. Perfect for being indoors at the cinema 😂 wasn’t going to miss my opportunity to see US subtitled!

I’ve been to see lots of subtitled movies, but this is the first cinema that’s shown subtitled trailers too! 😃 Great job @Everymancinema. I finally understood the Endgame trailer, and almost cried at the opening scene. That may have also been the wine though🍷 #hearingloss #deaf

Going to see captioned #CapitanMarvel tonight!! (At 9pm... which is a SUCH a helpful and accessible time for the only captioned performance in the whole city this week 🙄

I've found a subtitled showing that isn't at ridiculously early time on a Sunday. Nor is it midweek (thanks @yourlocalcinema )

It helps that it's a MAJOR film, but it shouldn't be this way in the first place.

SO HYPED FOR CAPTAIN MARVEL I’M GOING TO THE MIDNIGHT SCREENING WITH SUBTITLES YEEE

My sister got tickets for her & me for a subtitled midnight screening of #CaptainMarvel awesome!

So I found 15 euro in one of my jacket's pocket, changed for pounds and bought a ticket for the Captain Marvel subtitled session. It'll be the first movie I watch here in the UK! yaaaaaaaaaay

Going to see #CaptainMarvel later today !! So excited! The one I'm going to has subtitles too so I'll be able to fully enjoy it 😃 I promise I won't post spoilers! 😄

Was about to watch 'Captain Marvel'. It was so good film. So glad we went to see it with subtitles at right time, right place and right day. Got popcorn 🍿. 😊👍🏻

Just discovered the DCA are doing a subtitled showing of Captain Marvel!!

We totally survive using your website. Thank you so much for it.  Now we just need cinemas to put subtitled films on at reasonable times. If I wasn’t on maternity leave, there’s no way I would have made a Thursday 5pm showing!

My wife & I rely on the fantastic work that @yourlocalcinema do to compile all the #OpenCaptions showings. Sometimes cinemas forget to put them on but usually when I call it out they restart the film. We’re always on edge before the first line of dialogue though😕

@ODEONCinemas any chance of subtitled screenings of Captain Marvel that are at normal times? Deaf people go to work and school too...

I went to watch a movie called 'Green Book'. It was so good.  And I could study English because I watched this with subtitles.

I have auditory processing issues so subtitles are really helpful! I don't think it was distracting at all

Went to a subtitled cinema screening today and I never want to go to a regular screening again

Many thanks for keeping me informed of subtitled films every week 🙂

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I'm booking Subtitled performance (shown as ST) for Lego movie - when the dialogue is fast and furious, having words (visual input, not auditory) makes it easier to process. For me that is.

Subtitles ... makes such a difference to be able to understand the story

Went to the cinema to see the Fishermen’s Friends film. We were worried that people might complain about us singing along. We choose the showing with subtitles so we had the words to help us 😂 😂

Don’t normally get exciting over film but for first time I’m actually exciting as going to cinema with my wife to watch Stan & Ollie with subtitles 😊 absolutely buzzing as I’m a big fan of Laurel and Hardy 😊

10km walk today to a cinema that’s showing the LEGO Movie with subtitles... that’s how important subtitled showings are to me! Plus it’s a super nice day to walk 🍿❤️

This is the best source of subtitled films . Keep it up 😉

@cineworld Eastbourne, another Sunday Subtitled film - thank you for including us this weekend!!

We went to see a film we’d been looking forward to – I knew that it was a subtitled screening but I think many people didn’t. But did they walk out? Nope – they rapidly got used to it – and I loved seeing it with someone who’s deaf and was so happy and excited at being included. More, please!

Great that you’ve made an app. It’s definitely quicker to find local subtitled films using this. Thanks

Absolutely couldn’t do without subtitles, have relied on them since this website started! … Subtitled cinema isn’t just about seeing the latest films, it’s about date nights, being included in office chat about new releases, and just having a choice.

It’s great to be able to see the big new films at the same time as everyone else. Thanks to your fab website, we found a subtitled local screening on Sunday and we’re all going!

Nearly 20 years ago, I remember finding out from YourLocalCinema.com about subtitled shows of the first Lord of the Rings film at Uxbridge. I travelled all the way across London on the Tube to see it. Now, my best friend and I go the cinema every month, and I publicise your service with every sign-language student I teach – thank you!

Brilliant! Been visiting your website for years and have now downloaded the app, just as easy to roam. Love the subtitled trailers, keep up the good work!

Been wanting to see “Glass” since the adverts came out. Husband found a cinema that has it with subtitles and bought tickets for tonight. Can’t wait for this date night

After almost 3 weeks wait since release date, myself and Dan can FINALLY watch #HowToTrainYourDragons3  🙄 . there is a WIDE VARIETY of films and times to choose from! 😂🤦🏽‍♀️ Not giving up on this fight anytime soon! #deafawareness #subtitles

Just got back from the local cinema after seeing @Stan_And_Ollie (with subtitles for the deaf). It is a wonderfully written film with a dewy eyed ending. My main feeling is how I wish I could travel back in time to meet them and say that we still love them over 60 years on.

Mary Poppins was amazing! Cor blimey what a fantastic sequel! And with captions it’s practically singalong

Managed to find a screening of Mary Queen of Scots with #subtitles that I could watch with my #hardofhearing #hoh husband - only because I had a day off work. Monday afternoons are not popular with cinema-goers it seems.

Love going to the cinema going next week to Laurel and hardy audio description is great.

Just been to see #MaryPoppins @ODEONCinemas Leicester. So grateful for #subtitledshowing, which enabled me to go with my niece. Thank you to everyone who makes #subtitles happen: you make a difference for the better for #deaf people. @ActionOnHearing @NervetumoursUK

Cinema is becoming truly borderless and subtitles in an era of online life are a non issue to a global audience

Did go to the cinema a few times. Saw Spidey twice, Poppins and Holmes and Watson (lol). I don’t mind subtitles at all; can be helpful if it’s a dense plot

@Saffronscreen Enjoyed subtitled Mary Poppins Returns. Let's hope for more subtitled screenings at our local cinema.

 

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Off to see Mary Poppins with subtitles today with all the family. This has literally never happened before. So excited to actually have a trip to the cinema together #subtitledcinema

Looking forward watching  @StanAndOllie with subtitles @yourlocalcinema at @ODEONCinemas in @Bh2Leisure  #bigfan of #LaurelAndHardy

@yourlocalcinema Yes!! It’s amazing to live in a place and time this exists :) thank you!

Finally saw Bohemian Rhapsody at the cinema today! We have a massive Queen fan in the house ... the movie with subtitles and basically just us singing! Cried..

Taking mum to a subtitled screening of the new Mary Poppins tomorrow! She hasn't been to the cinema in a few years and doesn't believe she'll need the subtitles however she needs them at home so I figure it's better safe than sorry.

Honestly absolutely giddy with joy that I got to see TWO(!) Captioned(!) films locally(!) today on Christmas Eve and they were both ruddy splendid. Bring on more open captioned films in 2019!

Well done to Odeon Norwich for arranging a subtitled screening of Crimes of Grindelwald on the weekend of release. #access #subtitles. And it was well attended by both deaf and hearing customers.

@CoedGlasHIRB On Friday we enjoyed a special subtitled showing of The Grinch in the Odeon cinema. Thank you for setting the film up especially for us The Odeon Cinema! We all had a fantastic day!

@cineworld Thanks @cineworld- a subtitled showing of Crimes Of Grindelwald at a sensible time to take my daughter in the first week - for once she’ll be one of the first of her friends to see a film instead of one of the last 👍👍👍

@Saffronscreen Our family really enjoyed subtitled screening of Fantastic Beasts. Any chance of @Saffronscreen showing more than one subtitled screening every two months? We'd love to come more often.

All booked up to see #SpiderVerse on Sunday - can't wait! Thanks to @ODEONCinemas for being #inclusive and having subs on an early preview :) #subtitledcinema #accessibility

Fantastic Beasts 2, subtitled? Yes! Week of release?? YES! Thank you @cineworld, the world is a better place!

Thanks to Odeon Wimbledon for putting subtitled show of Crimes of Grindelwald so close to opening night, fabulous thank you #subtitledIt

@yourlocalcinema  @jk_rowling @ActionOnHearing Thank you @cineworld Approx 20 people in a 9.30am #FantasticBeasts2 screening that only seats approx 100. So not bad considering it was only put on your website at late notice ! Hope this helps show that #subtitled screenings are cost effective £200+ 🍬🍿☕️🥤#ProtectThe

... Fantastic Beasts (with subtitles, accidentally but usefully)

@dementiapwick Relaxed (not as dark or loud as a traditional cinema), subtitles, and refreshments throughout. #dementiafriendly and inclusive. All welcome. Kids too :) 

@DorkingHalls Following requests from customers, we now show regular subtitled films. 👍 This week, we have subtitled screenings of #NativityRocks and #Fantastic Beasts

Friends of Prestwick Seafront ... Another full house for our community relaxed cinema ... our afternoons are so much more than just watching a film. It's about #inclusion #community and tea! Just as well we show #subtitles on all films!

Off to the cinema tonight to see #Venom! The screening is a bit late, but oh well! #subtitled #cinema

@omniplexcinema in Balbriggan- my three hearing children are watching subtitled film Grinch with me now. It’s rare for me to go to the cinema- very limited choices and times. Today I have a free morning! To the cinema at 12 pm! Hard to drag my kids out of bed #deafaccess

When you go to book tickets for #FirstMan @westfieldlondon @vuecinemas with subtitles but discover there are NO TICKETS AVAILABLE because subtitled showings are in the smallest screen so hardly any seats.

as a deaf MF it was so refreshing to watch the hate u give in cinema with it having subtitles

Saw Bohemian Rhapsody. Words cannot describe how epic it was! Audio description made it even better!

Thank you @ODEONCinemas I finally got to watch A Star Is Born. Was worth the wait.#AStarIsBornMovie #subtitles #captioned

Still fondly remember the time I accidentally booked to see a showing of Guardians of the Galaxy with subtitles, best cinema experience ever

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This site is amazing and so helpful i havent been to the cinema in years untill i came across this site and discovered i could go and see stuff with subtitles !! I cant wait to see more. Thank you for this site as it means a lot to me I am sure it helps a lot of other people out there with the same disability.

Waiting to go into to see First Man. With subtitles can’t wait was here an hour early 🙊

Venom. Excellent film - great to see a #subtitled showing tonight @ODEONCinemas #luxe #Putney

Went to the cinema last night and the showing had #subtitles! This is great! Took nothing from the film and made it way more accessible - more please!

@cineworld Put the bloody subtitles on a Friday and Saturday evenings! I don’t want to go to the Deaf Club and play bingo on these nights. I hate bingo! I want to go to the cinema and there is nothing for me to watch. I’m a potential customer man!

First visit to @Everymancinema  @GXLocal for about a year, finally they had a #subtitledfilm I wanted to see at a time I could make it #AStarIsBorn. Enjoyed the film but the soundtrack was SOOO LOUD I had to remove my #hearingaids 

Luxe Cinema - Really love how our Subtitled Screenings are opening up the cinema to more and more patrons.

@cineworld have just watched the amazing new Mission Impossible:Fallout at Eastbourne, with SUBTITLES again!! Thank you again for weekend inclusion for your deaf customers, I hope you keep it up x

@yourlocalcinema @CentralPictureH @picturehouses  thank you Picturehouse for showing subtitled viewings at weekends and weekday evenings, if you do them more frequently then I maybe tempted to a membership. :)

 I really wish cinemas would do MORE Subtitles. Since I lost my hearing a year ago, it's a very different world to what I've been used to, fortunately, I have just enough hearing that my aid's work, esp when in T-Mode which my local cinema has

At a subtitled screening of Venom! I'm pumped I'll actually be able to tell what's going on for once at a cinema

Thank you  Cineworld The Charity  - Dacorum Talking Newspaper - records the local news each week for the sight impaired folk of Dacorum.   I am very grateful  for the information you have sent me  on  AD. Our Listeners  will be delighted  to receive  this to enhance their cineworld   experience.

Requested a subtitled viewing of Johnny English Strikes Back at a choice of days/times! My daughters and I are unlimited members and would love that my son who is deaf get to see this movie! He hasn't been able to come with us for such a long time and this one we are really looking forward to watching this with him! Thank you in anticipation!! 

Have huge love for cinema chains like @ODEONCinemas who have audio description in 90% of their screens. It is brilliant & I go at least once a week with a friend who gets in free for guiding me). Having been into film while sighted it makes all the difference.

We have 'Pics in the sticks' at our village hall. We have started having subtitles for all films. It's great, many modern films have mumblers! 

At @ODEONCinemas Brighton to see #CrazyRichAsians with captions! AND it’s at a reasonable hour 🙌

Went to see Incredibles 2 at Vue yesterday. Enjoyed it ... greatly appreciate Vue including Subtitles on their movies now.

I lost me hearing in 2009, I have an entire back catologue of recognisable music from my past. I recognise snippets and beats. I am so looking forward the Bohemian Rhapsody film.

Thank you so much for this. Will is profoundly deaf and I have just lost hearing in my right ear! We are so fed up not being able to go to the cinema in the evening. We love it!

Fabulous Mamma Mia on cinema at Savoy Theatre, Monmouth it Brilliant & also subtitled and thanks to Savoy! Also been Italian restaurant is fabulous meal! 👍😊🍾🥂

@ODEONCinemas Thank you for putting on a subtitled screening of Ant Man at Odeon Norwich. Made one marvel fan very happy tonight to be able to access the cinema and see the film so soon after release. 

ODEON were fab during my time at university when I wanted to see both Deadpool and Infinity War with captions. After initially voicing my concern about a lack of subtitled screenings, a member of staff emailed with some more information and was super helpful. Enjoy the movie! 

Thank you @cineworld Hemel for arranging a subtitled screening yesterday of @mammamiamovie. My Deaf mum hadn’t been to the cinema in 15 years, & to sit with her watching a film I worked on was magical. I felt the luckiest man in the world. Thank you! Access more often please!❤️ My Mum wanted to watch me on the big screen & didn’t want to wait for the DVD. My parents are Deaf so popping to any showing isn’t possible but after putting in a request with @cineworld, they’ve scheduled a #Captionedscreening on Sunday of @mammamiamovie So grateful! Thank you!

Went to the subtitled version of Mission Impossible: Fallout. It was great!

Subtitled cinema isn't just about seeing the latest films, it's about date nights with @fjm, being included in office chat about new releases and just having a choice.

 

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Until watching Mamma Mia! with subtitles was I blissfully ignorant to my flawed knowledge of the lyrics to Dancing Queen

At #Leicester @ODEONCinemas and once again great assistance by the staff. Outstanding help by Katie. Ready with our hotdog and nachos waiting for #themeg to begin with #audiodescription for the #Blind 👏😀

Wow. 77 people, myself included watched a subtitled version of Mamma Mia 2 at @vuecinemas today... not one walked out or complained.

Thanks to @cineworld #Brighton having #subtitles for #MammaMia (and @ODEONCinemas not bothering), I've booked tickets. Seeing it with someone who's #deaf and is excited at being included by a thoughtful cinema #Access

Well who needs the official sing -a - long version when you have subtitles !! Mamma Mia Here we go again actually preferred it to the first one ! Who’s up for the official sing-a-long ? @CurzonClevedon

Really enjoyed The Meg at cinema. If it wasn't for subtitles, I probably would have enjoyed it less. Great and funny dialog. Accessibility is important and is inclusive.

At @ODEONCinemas Brighton to see #CrazyRichAsians with captions! AND it’s at a reasonable hour!

Crazy Rich Asians ... 🙌🏻 It was such a good movie and for once I felt like I could actually follow the entire dialogues thanks to the subtitles 🤓 #SubtitledCinema

@ODEONCinemas Thank you so much! My dads hearing has rapidly decreased lately and I always take him to the cinema for Father’s Day. I took a chance and called my local Odeon to ask if they can put a subtitled SOLO showing on on Sunday. They said yes! Thank you! 👨‍👧

... subtitles... I've been singing Dancing Queen wrong all this time ...  It’s okay, a sing a long version was fun all the same 😂

Thanks @ODEONCinemas for the subtitled showing of MissionImpossibleFallout last night! 👍 #SubtitledCinema

Thanks to @yourlocalcinema for your help when I contacted you via chat last week. And thanks to @cineworld for contacting @cinedidsbury and putting on subtitled sessions for Mamma Mia. My 15 year old daughter’s first trip to a cinema for a long time and she had a great time.

Watched @TheIncredibles at @CurzonAldgate with my gal with English subtitles. Awesome cinema. 

Thanks to @cineworld Brighton for showing subtitled #MammaMia2 but so disappointing the trailers weren't subtitled. Very frustrating for those who are #deaf or hard of hearing

At an afternoon Mamma Mia 2 subtitled show one of the cinema staff said to my mum that not many deaf people come to the shows. My mum told them that of the five of us there today, her daughter (me) is the only deaf one. I have long hair covering my hearing aids, and I don’t sign, so you’d never know that I'm deaf. The rest of us are not deaf, but we are all there for the subtitles!

@ODEONCinemas thank you for providing subtitled screenings of Avengers Infinity War in the first week of release. Watched it in Norwich last night, huge 👍 from me and my Deaf son. #access

About to watch Jurassic World at Eastbourne. Another subtitled success for your deaf customers. Well done @cineworld you are fab!!

YourLocalCinema.com is a gem, never saw this kind of detail on cinemas' websites. Brilliant work!

The last two films I’ve seen @cineworld Ely have been English with subtitles (Ready Player One, Rampage) and I would happily see more that way as needed to give everyone the chance to enjoy cinema.

Your website is great use it weekly!

Thank you Everyman Cinema for subtitles#deaf#subtitles#bristolhr

Watched A Quiet Place yesterday at Coventry Cinema with subtitles. Have to say it is really good and terrifying too. Credit to Deaf actress Millicent Simmonds. #Deaf #AQuietPlace

When you’re mooching around feeling sorry for yourself and you start looking at subtitled films and moaning cos there’s NOTHING on Sunday then you find Black Panther is on in Camden in HALF AN HOUR and well! Greased lightning darlings!

@cineworld just been to see SUBTITLED Deadpool @ Eastbourne Cineworld ... thank you!

Just home from the Cinema @ifi went to see Isle of Dogs and it was audio described so cool well done IFI for a super bit of kit.

Seeing Avengers Infinity War with subtitles with some of my favourite people!

Absolutely couldn’t do without subtitles, have relied on them since this website started! Always a relief when they come on, Islington Vue is very reliable.

Pacific Rim Uprising, subtitled, opening weekend. Thank you @Cineworld, that's my Sunday afternoon sorted!

Brilliant. Been visiting your website for years and finally got round to downloading your app, just as easy to roam. Love the subtitled trailers specially. Keep up the good work!

 

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You have done great work to date, for us to gain some access to current cinema. Hoping it continues as planned - the future generation will be luckier. Thank you for the work you do, and listings to let us now where and when films are subtitled.

This is such a fantastic service! If you’re in the UK and need subtitled cinema you can check their site for showings and times at most local cinemas

After seeing Ready Player One and rediscovering retro games and music for years, the cochlear implant helps me to relearn and with better accessibility today, it helps to fill in the missing gaps that I missed as a deaf child. Loving it. Looks like nostalgia waves this weekend.

I finally managed to see Last Jedi on a subtitled showing... on Sunday... Yeeesss enjoyed it... another cinema has ST showing tonight ... bonus.. twice in 1 week...

Hi there! I'm a filmmaker based in Liverpool and I wear hearing aids with a high frequency loss. I just want to say that I use your service all the time. I am so so grateful for it. In a sense, you changed my life. Because of you, I'm now able to go to the cinemas with my friends. I have recently made a feature film which is coming out on DVD. The DVD has subtitles, I made sure of that!

As a fully hearing person: I LOVE watching movies with subtitles because I miss less of the dialogue. (I also find it easier to learn characters' names this way, but that's a "me" thing.)

I really love how I'm seeing more subtitled film showings at London Wandsworth @cineworld makes life a little easier for me moderate #hearingloss

I'm off to see Red Sparrow tomorrow at 11am so I can see the subtitled showing. I'm prexdicting lots of accents so i'll be needing them captions!

Went to the cinema today. Intended to watch black panther but the audio description in that screen was not working. Props to Odeon who gave us a refund and allowed us to go see any film we wanted for free. Saw red sparrow instead. Was bloody brilliant.

 👍👍 This is what we want-thanks!!

Thanks to your reply I got to see Black Panther with subtitles and loved it. So grateful you responded!

@yourlocalcinema just tweeting to say how much of f****** legends you are.

@MediaMuseumPH @shapeofwater Audio description has allowed me to reengage and really immerse myself in the action of such great movies like Star Wars and black panther this is what accessibility is all about

... try Lipreading a Stormtrooper or Captain Phasma... Even with a Hearing Aid the film is not that accessible to people with hearing issues without subtitles...

So all cinemas take note @ODEONCinemas @vuecinemas @cineworld its perfectly possible to have full screenings even with subtitles! Just home from Greatest Showman with no protests from hearing people and every seat sold

1 hour until #BlackPanther! Been looking forward to this all week. Thank you to @cineworld for having an accessible (subtitled) showing on opening weekend - it's great to be able to see the big new films at same time as everyone else.

Thanks to your fab website we’ve found a subtitled screening on Sun and we’re going.

@VueHelp Thanks so much for putting in a subtitled viewing on Sunday. We'll be there with many other deaf friends! The Plymouth Deaf Children's Society and the families involved thank you. 😊

Went to my first ever cinema experiance with subtitles. It’s like been at home other even bigger screen 😂

Please can we have more subtitled films. It is so important for the deaf to feel part of this world. The local cinema in Kingston and Richmond do not cater well enough. I did not realise this until my husband became profoundly deaf a few months ago.

Almost all screens @BroadwayCinema transmit audio description and it has made going to the pictures a joy

I'm going to the cinema today to re-watch Molly's Game with subtitles!!! I'm so excited that I'm going to be able to understand the entire film. Thank you british cinema for providing me with this 1 showing at a suitable time Thank you ... really helpful

I love your website – been with you for well over 15 years – I remember finding out the first Lord of the Rings film at Uxbridge and travelling all the way across London on the tube to go and see it! Me and my best friend go to the cinema once a month! I publicise it with every sign language student I teach, Levels 1 to 3! You have given me hundreds of hours of enjoyment. I have been lucky in Southend, no hassles at all. The one time subtitles did not show, The Book Thief, my best friend got up and went to the manager and made them start the film again with subtitles! She is normally not assertive but said when it comes to deaf rights it is a different matter! Many thanks

We went to see “The Darkest Hour” at cinema last Friday - I had audio description headphones, excellent film which was greatly enhanced by the audio facility, I would absolutely recommend it.

 

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Fantastically useful website - thank you!

i think it's funny how some are overtly against cinemas showing movies with subtitles, which would help deaf ppl and non native speakers, because they think "it's hard to read and watch the movie" while non-english speakers were watching subtitled movies since we were 5.

At last I can access local subtitles films as I have very bad hearing - keep this up and extend coverage as there are so many of us who have been disadvantaged for so long - also unite with all local private companies as they have not 'got' this large potential , on the whole older group in need of entertainment thanks again

Thank you @yourlocalcinema I love your app and weekly emails. Thank you so much for the work you do. It would be great if the cinemas caught up and improved access. Thank you �

 

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