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The Stranger (with Subtitles)

Thu 30 Jul to Thu 6 Aug

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Thu 30 Jul

A24’s tunnel-dark comedy about the stresses of motherhood, illness, a missing person and therapy, with a monumental performance by Rose Byrne. While trying to manage her own life and career, a woman on the verge of a breakdown must cope with her daughter's illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an unusual relationship with her therapist, played by Conan O'Brien. "Bronstein is brillian...

Black Orpheus

Fri 31 Jul

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 while passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend introduce...

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

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...

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

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 ...

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

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...

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American Utopia

Wed 5 Aug

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...

Marty Supreme

Thu 6 Aug to Thu 13 Aug

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 ...

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

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...

Buena Vista Social Club

Fri 7 Aug

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 ...

D Is for Distance (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 8 Aug

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...

The Sound of Music - Singalong

Sat 8 Aug

Goal! The World Cup

Sun 9 Aug

Batman: The Movie + Intro

Sun 9 Aug

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 ...

Addams Family Values

Wed 12 Aug

It's a Summerween special! Picked by our TikTok guru, Emilie. Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, gold-digger Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands. One of those rare gems, a sequel that is...

D Is for Distance

Thu 13 Aug to Thu 20 Aug

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Fri 14 Aug

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...

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Jaws 4K + Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

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...

Spielberg Double Bill: Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

Celebrating the 80th Birthday of director Steven Spielberg, with a Double-Bill. First we will be screening the ultimate ultimate summer blockbuster, Jaws (bookable here). And then this mystery Spielberg for those who dare to do the double! MEMBERSHIP Join our community of film lovers, get free tickets, and enjoy priority and fee-free booking! Standard membership costs £48 and you get four fre...

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A Little Wisdom

Sun 16 Aug

See the world through the eyes of five-year-old Tibetan novice monk Hopakuli and share in his joys and sorrows as he endures the rigours of monastic life. A Little Wisdom endeavours to tell a story of children who find happiness through a simple life and the power of imagination. Buddhist Sunday Mornings are curated by Chris McKenna, local Buddhist practioner, who leads a short meditation and i...

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Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

American Utopia

Wed 5 Aug

The Invisible College

Sun 16 Aug

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...

Mermaid Beach

Thu 20 Aug

When Lily and her family move to a small seaside town in Wales, she misses her friends, and life in the city. A walk on the beach changes everything as Lily makes a magical discovery that causes her to transform into a mermaid. What begins as every girl’s dream come true, becomes tricky as Lily grapples with keeping it a secret from her younger sister Sophie, who is obsessed with mermaids. Lily d...

National Emergency Briefing

Thu 27 Aug to Sat 29 Aug

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...

From Shaman to Starman: The Secret History of Live Entertainment - Book Launch and Talk

Fri 11 Sep

' From Shaman to Starman: The Secret History of Live Entertainment', a talk and book launch with author David Bramwell. Why do we imbue the likes of David Bowie, Bjork and Taylor Swift with god-like status? As the lights dim and performers take to the stage, is it mere escapism from our everyday lives or is there something more profound and ritualised about our need to be entertained? In this ...

From Shaman to Starman: The Secret History of Live Entertainment - Book Launch and Talk

The Haunted Moustache + Director's Q&A

Fri 11 Sep

An epic quest to unlock the mystery of an occult heirloom takes David Bramwell into the underbelly of 90’s bohemian Brighton. After inheriting a hundred-year-old moustache from an eccentric great aunt, Bramwell sets out to discover all he can about its former owner, Ambrose Oddfellow. Drawn into Brighton’s subcultures, he participates in seances, visits spiritual churches and unwittingly becomes...

It's Nice Up North + Martin Parr Short Film + Director's Q&A

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

‘An intriguing sociological study of a slightly odd man’ SUNDAY TIMES A 20th-anniversary screening tour of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North starring his alter ego John Shuttleworth. The tour is also being presented as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, the celebrated photographer who shot the movie, and whose distinctive eye is central to the movie’s charm and end...

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Boarding on Insanity + Director's Q&A

Sun 25 Oct

Many of our global leaders have been to boarding school. From Boris Johnson to Mark Zuckerberg, Rupert Murdoch to Richard Branson. The world is going through a crisis: war, environmental collapse and poverty. Could the world’s challenges be because some of the world’s political and business leaders are psychologically traumatised by boarding school? Boarding on Insanity explores the trauma that re...

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

Jaws 4K + Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

Spielberg Double Bill: Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

A Little Wisdom

Sun 16 Aug

National Emergency Briefing

Thu 27 Aug to Sat 29 Aug

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Sun 30 Aug

Based on the iconic 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a haunting, dreamlike masterpiece. Whether exploring Peter Weir's 1975 cinematic classic or subsequent adaptations, it is celebrated for its eerie atmosphere, stunning cinematography, and refusal to provide a definitive answer to its central mystery - three students and a school teacher who disappear on an excursion to Hangi...

War of the Satellites

Sun 30 Aug

An 'unknown force' declares war against planet Earth (sounds like a good idea really) when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere. T hings get heavy! B Movie Fan Club takes place on the last Sunday night of every month. It's an enjoyable romp into classic low-budget, horror and sci-fi films. There's free space...

Black Orpheus

Fri 31 Jul

American Utopia

Wed 5 Aug

Buena Vista Social Club

Fri 7 Aug

The Sound of Music - Singalong

Sat 8 Aug

Goal! The World Cup

Sun 9 Aug

Batman: The Movie + Intro

Sun 9 Aug

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Fri 14 Aug

Searching for Sugar Man

Fri 21 Aug

Babylon

Fri 28 Aug

One of the most highly regarded cult British films of the 1980s, Babylon is raw and incendiary film-making at its very best. The film centres around the racial divide of London in the '80s, the lack of opportunities available to black people and poverty. Sound system 'toaster' Blue (Brinsley Forde) and his Ital Lion crew are looking forward to a sound clash competition with rival outfit Jah Shaka....

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

The Sound of Music - Singalong

Sat 8 Aug

Batman: The Movie + Intro

Sun 9 Aug

Mermaid Beach

Thu 20 Aug

The Stranger (with Subtitles)

Thu 30 Jul to Thu 6 Aug

Marty Supreme

Thu 6 Aug to Thu 13 Aug

D Is for Distance (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 8 Aug

Prime Minister

Thu 20 Aug to Thu 27 Aug

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...

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The Stranger (with Subtitles)

Thu 30 Jul to Thu 6 Aug

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Thu 30 Jul

Black Orpheus

Fri 31 Jul

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

American Utopia

Wed 5 Aug

Marty Supreme

Thu 6 Aug to Thu 13 Aug

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

Buena Vista Social Club

Fri 7 Aug

D Is for Distance (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 8 Aug

The Sound of Music - Singalong

Sat 8 Aug

Goal! The World Cup

Sun 9 Aug

Batman: The Movie + Intro

Sun 9 Aug

Addams Family Values

Wed 12 Aug

D Is for Distance

Thu 13 Aug to Thu 20 Aug

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Fri 14 Aug

Jaws 4K + Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

Spielberg Double Bill: Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

A Little Wisdom

Sun 16 Aug

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

American Utopia

Wed 5 Aug

The Invisible College

Sun 16 Aug

Mermaid Beach

Thu 20 Aug

National Emergency Briefing

Thu 27 Aug to Sat 29 Aug

From Shaman to Starman: The Secret History of Live Entertainment - Book Launch and Talk

Fri 11 Sep

The Haunted Moustache + Director's Q&A

Fri 11 Sep

It's Nice Up North + Martin Parr Short Film + Director's Q&A

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

Boarding on Insanity + Director's Q&A

Sun 25 Oct

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

Jaws 4K + Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

Spielberg Double Bill: Surprise Spielberg

Sat 15 Aug

A Little Wisdom

Sun 16 Aug

National Emergency Briefing