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The turbulent life of alt rock pioneer Townes Van Zandt, a cult figure who sacrificed everything to be a guitar player and songwriter. Shown with the short film A Perfect Why Not?, a film about Larry Jon Wilson on which Music Meltdown curator James Endeacott was the executive producer. This short was originally made in 2006 but has never been publically screened. Americana pick as Part of Summer M...

Join us for the FIFA Men's World Cup Final 2026 live on the biggest screen in town - the must-see TV sporting event of the year! Watch the big match in style at the Electric Palace! The bar will be open selling beer, wine and our very own Electric Pale. Limited seating so book early for your guaranteed clear, comfy view to this year's must-see sporting event!

Tracing the story of the centuries-old, taboo-busting theatre dedicated to the bizarre, the bloody and the shocking. With writer’s introduction from Madeline Despenser . In 1897 Oscar Méténier invented the Grand-Guignol. Live depictions of death, bloody melodramas, screams of the victims and the audience: here is the story of this Parisian theater of horrors that revolutionized the depiction of d...

Hastings' Aristotelis Maragkos' haunting and evocative tale of a sailor’s son who obsessively dreams of building a boat from scrap metal. Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is. Hastings Own, Aristoteli...

The tale of neo-pop-psych Liverpool band The Coral, director Q&A hosted by Meltdown curator James Endeacott. An immersive coming-of-age documentary tracing six misfit friends from suburban Merseyside as they form a band and rise to shape Britain's new millennium music scene. We are delighted to present this new film about 90s group The Coral plus live Q and A with the film's director James Slate...

For one night only we are thrilled to be part of this Dogwoof special release - an outstanding collaboration between two essential artists! This movie is an intimately shot and thus presented live performance of David Byrne's Broadway show American Utopia which emerged from his album of the same name. The show itself is part concert, part musical theater, part performance art, but always Byrne's c...

The Invisible College makes its debut at Electric Palace! An evening of uncanny sound and vision from the master builders of THE OUTER CHURCH. Please see event timings below. FILM SCREENING: BODY MELT (1993) with exclusive newly recorded intro from director Philip Brophy Australian writer/director Philip Brophy's body horror cult classic has been described as "The Substance before The Substanc...

The UK faces a growing climate emergency. This documentary sets out the risks and discusses how best to respond. Most people have never been fully briefed on what eco-breakdown means for our lives, our economy and our future. In November 2025, the National Emergency Briefing brought together leading experts to present the latest evidence on the climate and nature crisis to politicians and other i...

Guillermo del Toro’s breakthrough Mexican vampire movie blends skin-crawling body horror with a steampunk aesthetic. With Ron Perlman and Federico Luppi. Fresh and bracing, Guillermo del Toro’s feature debut announced the arrival of a strikingly original cinematic voice, and his take on the vampire movie has become regarded as one of the most important Mexican films, and horror films, of all time...

Executive Producer Martin Scorsese presents: Alystyre Julian's OUTRIDER is a kinetic portal into fast-speaking poet Anne Waldman's transcendent role as a visionary word-worker, from the downtown New York scene and the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, to the ‘Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics,’ to Big Sur, Mexico City, Morocco, and onward. Guided by ancestors of the Beat generation and...

"The most beautiful man in the world" Terence Stamp died a year ago on August 17th and we celebrate him in this iconic road comedy that became a worldwide hit and cult classic. Two flamboyant drag queens (Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) and transgender woman Bernadette (Stamp in a tour de force performance), journey across the Australian Outback on a tour bus named Priscilla. A comedy of errors lea...

An exquisite drama about a woman with dementia adjusting to a transition into assisted living, as she contends with her conflicting relationship with herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires. Inspired by writer/director Sarah Friedland‘s work as a memory care worker and teaching artist to older adults, FAMILIAR TOUCH is an intergenerational production made...

Decades after being executed for witchcraft, vengeful Princess Asa Vajda and her fiendish servant are resurrected and begin a bloody campaign. Groundbreaking Italian gothic horror. Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of famil...

Hastings' Aristotelis Maragkos' haunting and evocative tale of a sailor’s son who obsessively dreams of building a boat from scrap metal. Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is. Hastings Own, Aristoteli...

The 1977 fairy-tale-in-space shown as a tribute to editor Marcia Lucas who died in May. Even more thrilling, fantastical and life-affirming on the big screen. Marcia Lucas may not be a familiar name, but she was a film editor who shaped some of the most influential American films of the 1970s and early 1980s – including Star Wars, Medium Cool and Taxi Driver. Marcia worked with Martin Scorsese ...

The tale of neo-pop-psych Liverpool band The Coral, director Q&A hosted by Meltdown curator James Endeacott. An immersive coming-of-age documentary tracing six misfit friends from suburban Merseyside as they form a band and rise to shape Britain's new millennium music scene. We are delighted to present this new film about 90s group The Coral plus live Q and A with the film's director James Slate...

Helsinki-born writer/illustrator Tove Jansson’s enduring creations come to the big screen in this subversively old-fashioned (and lovingly respectful) feature. Shipping up on the ritzy shores of the Riviera, the Moomins unwittingly check into an expensive hotel, naively dazzled by l’elegance of the Côte d’Azur. Sharp gags about the value of art and the worthlessness of wealth are interwoven throug...

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of director Steven Spielberg with a Double-Bill. First we will screen the ultimate summer blockbuster Jaws, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, followed by a mystery Spielberg film for those who dare to do the double! When the seaside community of Amity Island finds itself under attack by a great white shark, the town's chief of police, a marine biologis...

The third film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy, this time-slipping, unsettling ghost ship story explores a claustrophobic coastal community. The latest new release from Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkins is an enigmatic drama steeped in loss, memory and the unsettling rhythms of coastal life, with themes that resonate in Hastings. Recommended by our very own head projectionist Gareth Jenkinson. Part ...

The turbulent life of alt rock pioneer Townes Van Zandt, a cult figure who sacrificed everything to be a guitar player and songwriter. Shown with the short film A Perfect Why Not?, a film about Larry Jon Wilson on which Music Meltdown curator James Endeacott was the executive producer. This short was originally made in 2006 but has never been publically screened. Americana pick as Part of Summer M...

Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brother's struggle with their religious mother to improve Roky's care. James Endacott Presents... Curated and Hosted by James Endacott, broadcaster at Soho Radio and music afficionado. https://sohoradio.com/profile/morning-glory/ Sc...

1959 retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set at the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval, with an incandescent bossa nova soundtrack. You ng lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend introduced ...

For one night only we are thrilled to be part of this Dogwoof special release - an outstanding collaboration between two essential artists! This movie is an intimately shot and thus presented live performance of David Byrne's Broadway show American Utopia which emerged from his album of the same name. The show itself is part concert, part musical theater, part performance art, but always Byrne's c...

Wim Wenders’ acclaimed 1999 documentary follows a group of Cuban musicians who reunite later in life to record an album and share their music with the world. The film traces their journey from Havana rehearsal rooms to international stages, capturing friendships, stories and the deep musical traditions that shaped their lives. Through intimate portraits and unforgettable performances, we see how ...

This blast from the past was playing on cinema screens at the same time as the 1966 England team were playing football and making history! This was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character and was a cinematic spin-off of the popular live-action television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward. The world’s most notorious criminal minds team up to conquer Gotham City ...

The sun-soaked 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival brought together Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder. S ly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more. A powerful and transporting celebration of Black music, community and cultural history. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentar...

We celebrate the Supermarionation stars’ big birthday with two of the most exciting episodes made. Scrubbed up and looking and sounding better than ever! Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, are presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Both episodes have been meticulously restored from the best surviving film elements in collaboration ...

The 1977 fairy-tale-in-space shown as a tribute to editor Marcia Lucas who died in May. Even more thrilling, fantastical and life-affirming on the big screen. Marcia Lucas may not be a familiar name, but she was a film editor who shaped some of the most influential American films of the 1970s and early 1980s – including Star Wars, Medium Cool and Taxi Driver. Marcia worked with Martin Scorsese ...

Helsinki-born writer/illustrator Tove Jansson’s enduring creations come to the big screen in this subversively old-fashioned (and lovingly respectful) feature. Shipping up on the ritzy shores of the Riviera, the Moomins unwittingly check into an expensive hotel, naively dazzled by l’elegance of the Côte d’Azur. Sharp gags about the value of art and the worthlessness of wealth are interwoven throug...

This blast from the past was playing on cinema screens at the same time as the 1966 England team were playing football and making history! This was the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character and was a cinematic spin-off of the popular live-action television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward. The world’s most notorious criminal minds team up to conquer Gotham City ...

Andrzej Wajda’s 1958 Polish classic in which a Second World War Polish resistance fighter falls in love with a barmaid is a delirious, sad, intense exploration of identity and conflict. Ashes and Diamonds possesses extraordinary visual and emotional power. The themes—conflict and cultural identity—are universal; no knowledge of Polish history required. This is Wajda's most iconic film, and we are...

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness in the world of table tennis. Oscar nominated for Best Film and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet in this accelerated story of battling against the odds. 1952. Twenty-three year old New Yorker Marty Mauser puts one hundred and ten percent into everything he does; unfortunately for the world it is ...

Emma Matthews' and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers' son Louis, his debilitating epilepsy and the journey to Europe to find the right treatment, through personal, travelogue and archival film footage and Jodhi May’s narration. 'A deeply personal movie: painfu...

When she became Prime Minister in 2017 Ardern quickly became one of the most recognizable leaders in the world. She drew global attention from people craving a sensitive and compassionate approach to the critical issues of our time. In private, she struggled with being a mother and proving herself to a public skeptical of women’s leadership. A series of crises would test that leadership and the fe...