Picturehouse Central

Picturehouse Central Picturehouse’s flagship cinema, café, restaurant and exclusive Members' Bar in the heart of the West End 🍿
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📍 London, UK
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Picturehouse Central is situated in the heart of London’s West End, a stone’s throw away from Leicester Square. The entrance is on the corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Avenue at the centre of London’s famous theatre district. Home of Sundance Film Festival: London. We programme an eclectic mix of quality mainstream cinema, foreign language, indie, arthouse and a strong focus on docu

mentaries from around the world. We also host regular live director/talent Q&As. More than a cinema, there is bustling cafe on the ground floor open from 9am, a spacious and relaxing bar & restaurant on the first floor and a newly opened private members bar covering two floors and roof terrace with stunning views across Piccadilly.

If you've got plans, cancel them. Tickets this weekend are just £4 - for new films, rep films, previews, The Odyssey on ...
31/08/2026

If you've got plans, cancel them. Tickets this weekend are just £4 - for new films, rep films, previews, The Odyssey on 70mm, you name it!

Explore sessions and book tickets now, we'd advise booking early to avoid missing out.

See you this weekend 👀

Cinema Weekender

Karaoke is back next Thursday! I Want Your S*x? More like I Want Your Songs! The Dog Stars?! More like The Pop Stars!! L...
27/08/2026

Karaoke is back next Thursday!

I Want Your S*x? More like I Want Your Songs! The Dog Stars?! More like The Pop Stars!! La La Land?! ...pretty accurate, actually.

Grab a ticket for just £10 - includes all the karaoke you can sing, supervised by ultimate diva Bitchtrice, and your first drink on arrival.

📅 Thu 03 Sep, from 8.00pm
🎟️ picturehouses.com/karaoke

Don't be late for a very important date. Join 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast for a special screening of Disney's A...
26/08/2026

Don't be late for a very important date.

Join 90 Minutes Or Less Film Fest podcast for a special screening of Disney's Alice In Wonderland (1951) followed by a live on-stage podcast recording with artist MURUGIAH, who selected the film 🐇

📅 Wed 09 Sep, 7.00pm
🎟️ Book now!

Tomorrow! Ed Solomon, pictured here with esteemed artist Julian Sklar, joins us for a Q&A screening of The Christophers ...
25/08/2026

Tomorrow! Ed Solomon, pictured here with esteemed artist Julian Sklar, joins us for a Q&A screening of The Christophers - your unique chance to hear from the mind behind Steven Soderbergh's latest AND the Bill & Ted films.

📅 Wed 26 Aug
🎟️ Book now

We're thrilled to present a Q&A screening of Faces of Death, presented on 35mm film and followed by a Q&A with director ...
21/08/2026

We're thrilled to present a Q&A screening of Faces of Death, presented on 35mm film and followed by a Q&A with director and writer Daniel Goldhaber and co-writer Isa Mazzei.

Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery star in this sly contemporary reimagining of the infamous 1978 horror film.

📅 Mon 31 Aug, 7.00pm
🎟️ Book now!

Little death is everywhere for those with eyes to see.Be careful in the Members Bar this weekend...
21/08/2026

Little death is everywhere for those with eyes to see.

Be careful in the Members Bar this weekend...

We're thrilled to welcome star Hugh Jackman, alongside director Michael Sarnoski, to introduce a special preview screeni...
19/08/2026

We're thrilled to welcome star Hugh Jackman, alongside director Michael Sarnoski, to introduce a special preview screening of The Death of Robin Hood.

📍 Picturehouse Central
📅 Tuesday 1 September
🎟️ Members Priority booking is now open!

Little death is here. Don't miss your chance to catch our 35mm print of Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma while you c...
18/08/2026

Little death is here.

Don't miss your chance to catch our 35mm print of Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma while you can, it's only playing until Thursday (but we'll have plenty of digital laser screenings to come too) 📽️

Plus, while stocks last, ticketholders can also grab a limited edition wristband to commemorate their time at Camp Miasma! These arrived later than expected due to a shipping delay, so you're also welcome to come in and show us tickets/proof of purchase to previous screenings.

Anyone for Almodóvar? From the director of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and All About My Mother comes Canne...
18/08/2026

Anyone for Almodóvar? From the director of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and All About My Mother comes Cannes favourite Bitter Christmas, a self-reflexive tragicomedy about the nature of narrative.

See a preview with our Discover screening, tonight at 8.00pm! Tickets start at just £3 for Members.

Bitter Christmas is out Friday 28 August.

All caught up on new releases? Don't forget to peruse our reDiscover lineup - every week, we're making space on screens ...
17/08/2026

All caught up on new releases? Don't forget to peruse our reDiscover lineup - every week, we're making space on screens for something that we think deserves to be seen on the big screen 📽️

Coming up across the rest of this month:
🎞️ Giuseppe Tornatore's adoring ode to the cinema, Cinema Paradiso
🐈 Studio Ghibli favourite Kiki's Delivery Service is back in a new 4K restoration
⚔️ We kick off our Kurosawa retrospective with 1985 King Lear retelling Ran

🔗 picturehouses.com/rediscover

Address

Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D7DH

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 9:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 9:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 9:30pm
Thursday 10am - 9:30pm
Friday 10am - 9:30pm
Saturday 10am - 9:30pm
Sunday 10am - 9pm

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