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The Garden Cinema A repertory arts cinema in Covent Garden, London - screening curated films and seasons from around the world.
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๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข To celebrate the release of award-winning, critically-acclaimed, festival-favourite, boozy road movi...
10/07/2026

๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข

To celebrate the release of award-winning, critically-acclaimed, festival-favourite, boozy road movie
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐š๐, weโ€™ve partnered with Bulldog Film Distribution to give you the chance to win:

1 x The Last One For The Road tote bag
3 x The Last One For The Road shot glasses
3 x The Last One For The Road coasters
1 x 35cl bottle of Dappa - grappa by Devon Distillery
1 x 250ml can of Nonna Assunta Limoncello Spritz

To win:
1. Follow ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐ ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐„๐Œ๐€ and Bulldog Film Distribution
2. Like the post
3. Tag a friend you like to bring along

Competition ends Thursday 16 July ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ
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Surviving bar-to-bar on anecdotes and the โ€˜good old daysโ€™, two blustery 50-somethings hatch a plan to change their luck by digging up the cash their old pal buried before he left for Argentina. En route to the airport, they come across a shy architecture student whose view of life will transform as they take him under their wing on a road trip across the Venetian plains

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ:

Thereโ€™s a touch of Aki Kaurismรคki as well as Wim Wenders in this drunken and circuitous road trip. Our Quixotic heroes are Carlobianchi and Doriano, petty crooks and serious drinkers who appear transplanted from another decade (Carlobianchi resembles a particularly dishevelled Bruno Ganz). Thereโ€™s Kaurismรคkiโ€™s boozing and Americana, as well as Wendersโ€™ endless roads and expressive lighting. A young architect student they pick up along the way might have stumbled out of Alice Rohrwacherโ€™s La chimera.

Massimiliano Kuveillerโ€™s 16mm cinematography helps bind The Last One for the Roadย to these cinematic forebearers. His unusual angles and soft Veneto vistas imbue each scene with a whimsical charm. And whilst thereโ€™s a melancholy to this slightly worn out pair, itโ€™s played with a mischievous, rather than maudlin, sensibility.

A disarmingly delightful, quasi Beckettian odyssey powered by gallons of beer and grappa. ย  ย 
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๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐Ÿงข๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข To celebrate the release of Sophy Romvariโ€™s Blue Heron, we are giving away a Blue Heron cap, sticker...
29/06/2026

๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐Ÿงข๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“ข

To celebrate the release of Sophy Romvariโ€™s Blue Heron, we are giving away a Blue Heron cap, stickers and postcard! Courtesy of our friends at Conic โœจ
For your chance to win:

1. Follow ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐†๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐ ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐„๐Œ๐€ โ™ฅ๏ธ
2. Like the post ๐Ÿ‘
3. Tag a friend you like to bring along ๐Ÿซ‚

Competition ends Thursday 2 July ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ:
Sophy Romvariโ€™s feature debut should strike a chord with anyone who grew up, or raised children, during the 1990s. She evokes such an authentic sense of family dynamics, and time and place, that as the temporality and narrative starts to shift, the viewer begins to feel they are moving through lived memories.

Blue Heronย presents us with an idyllic Vancouver Island setting. But this is also an isolated location, and one which sets the loneliness of living with a difficult child/sibling into relief. The strain of home life, and the worrying lack of support available, are juxtaposed against this stunning coastal environment which, in such circumstances, feels like the edge of the world.

Romvariโ€™s unusual and exciting directorial choices in the latter stage of the film move Blue Heronย into a study of the representation of memory itself, evoking but never forcing strong emotions. Not only is this an impressive debut, but itโ€™s one of the yearโ€™s best films. ย  ย 

23/06/2026

Garden Cinema Head Curator George Crosthwait has a special message for you (he really likes Blue Heronย and wants you to watch it with him on Saturday) ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง-๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐&๐€ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข.

Tickets via our website www.thegardencinema.co.uk

Screwball comedy doesnโ€™t get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic...
22/06/2026

Screwball comedy doesnโ€™t get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental รฉlan.
Billy Wilder and Charles Brackettโ€™s sophisticated script - a typically subversive blend of fairy-tale escapism and caustic social observation - and the pitch-perfect direction of master craftsman Mitchell Leisen yield a topsy-turvy Cinderella story with a cynical bite.
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๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ (Mitchell Leisen, 1939) is now showing at The Garden Cinema as part of our ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ season.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง.
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To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ž join us for a new digital restoration of ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€. The f...
16/06/2026

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ซ๐จ๐ž join us for a new digital restoration of ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€. The film was written for the screen by Monroeโ€™s husband Arthur Miller, and sees her play a naive divorcee who meets three new suitors in her most serious and poignant role.

Now showing, book tickets ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

08/06/2026

This July, we are once again celebrating ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก with an array of newly restored classics, anniversary screenings, critically acclaimed new titles, live music, expert introductions, and Q&As.

The season opens with the Sundance prize-winning q***r drama Cactus Pears, followed by a Q&A with the filmโ€™s director Rohan Kanawade. This screening will be open to members only, and each ticket includes a complimentary prickly pear cocktail.

Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) joins us for two special 25th anniversary screenings of his BAFTA-winning directorial debut The Warrior, starring the late Irrfan Khan.

The directors of London Boys will join us for a Q&A following their documentary which explores the lives of second-generation Bangladeshi men in East London.

City Lights presents Gurinder Chadhaโ€™s timeless coming-of-age comedy Bend It Like Beckham.

Our membersโ€™ choice screening will be the new restoration of Satyajit Rayโ€™s underseen masterpiece Days and Nights in the Forest, which will be feature a pre-recorded introduction by Wes Anderson.

In partnership with the High Commission of Sri Lanka, London, and guest curator Anupma Shanker, we are delighted to be screening a new restoration of The Girls, the ground breaking debut film by Sumitra Peries, Sri Lankaโ€™s first female director.

Anupma Shanker also presents the 70th anniversary screening of Bhowani Junction, directed by the Oscar-winning filmmaker George Cukor and starring Ava Gardner, as well as season closer The Cup. This critically-acclaimed directorial debut of Bhutanese-born filmmaker Khyentse Norbu was the first ever feature film to be made in the Tibetan language, and will be preceded by a live Dranyen Lute performance by Ngawang Lodup.

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๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€ (Harry Kรผmel, 1971) is showing on Sat 13 June at The Garden Cinema as part of ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ in London...
02/06/2026

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€ (Harry Kรผmel, 1971) is showing on Sat 13 June at The Garden Cinema as part of ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—™๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ in London, a whole weekend dedicated to restored and rarely screened works from Flemish cinema.

This screening will be preceded by film historian Wouter Hessels and followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Harry Kรผmel.

Developed in collaboration with the Barbican Centre, Birkbeck, University of London, Flanders House and other Belgian cultural institutions and curated by ๐—ช๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, this programme of screenings running at the Barbican and the Garden Cinema invites audiences to experience rarely seen films in their original format while discovering the breadth of a film culture that has long bridged the local and the international.

Book now via www.thegardencinema.co.uk ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

There has never been such a successful collision of silliness and sophistication in the history of cinema as the Screwba...
22/05/2026

There has never been such a successful collision of silliness and sophistication in the history of cinema as the Screwball Comedy. Speedy dialogue, couplesโ€™ quarrels, and slapstick are inseparable from razor-sharp wit, and some of the most incisive social commentary of the shifting class and gender dynamics of early twentieth-century America.

The Garden cinema presents ๐‘บ๐‘ช๐‘น๐‘ฌ๐‘พ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ณ๐‘ณ ๐‘บ๐‘ผ๐‘ด๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘น ๐Ÿ† From Sun 24 May
For more details and ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ see our website www.thegardencinema.co.uk

Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, ๐‡๐ž๐ง (Gyรถrgy Pรกlfi, 2026) follows a chicken who escapes an i...
18/05/2026

Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, ๐‡๐ž๐ง (Gyรถrgy Pรกlfi, 2026) follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท

Showing from Fri 22 May at The Garden Cinema
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