Reading Biscuit Factory

28/05/2026

26/05/2026

NEW DATE THU 28TH MAY

Excited to finally screen Film Tour this Thursday eve!

Four films. On tour.
A defining moment in climbing.

Brooke Raboutou, Sean Bailey & Connor Herson on the hardest ascents in the world, plus an Alaskan alpine curveball: two of the best in the mountains - Jackson Marvell & Matt Cornell - take Shawn Raboutou & Nathaniel Coleman way out of their element. Come watch the next generation make history.

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22/05/2026

MESSAGE FROM THE RBF TEAM

Due to a licensing issue at the venue, we're having to close the cinema + bar for these two dates. No films or booze next Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th May.

The café, foyer and events spaces will be open as usual for regular community meet-ups, socials and workshops. If you have a booking, we have sent you an email about this.

To be transparent, over the last month or so we've been working hard to resolve this. We had to close for a week at the beginning of May unexpectedly as you all know, and this is why. We sincerely apologise for the constant uncertainty and inconvenience to everyone.

We can't thank you all enough for your understanding, patience and support recently and throughout the past (almost) five years.

Before then, this bank holiday we're showing Mandalorian and Grogu, Hen and Finding Emily if you fancy a film.

Big love 💕

21/05/2026

Beyond thrilled to announce we'll be taking part in Film Festival 2026!

The Refugee Week Film Festival is a curated programme of films from across the world screening for FREE!

Join us on Wednesday 17th June for a selection of shorts and pop-ups from charities with info about how you can support refugees locally.

7pm - Pop-up stalls in the Workspace




7:30pm - Short films in Screen 2
HAYAT (2019) dir. Rendah Haj
Running time 14 mins
Rahma, an Eritrean migrant living in Australia, faces isolation and daily struggles as she works to keep her four young children connected to their cultural roots while building a new life far from home.

TSKALTUBO (2023) dir. Toby Andris
Running time 24 mins
After 30 years living as refugees in an abandoned sanatorium, Irakli and Nana are finally offered a new apartment. But as the possibility of change arrives, they must confront whether it is too late to begin again.

MIGRANTS (2020) dir. Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
Running time 8 min
Driven from their habitat by climate change, two polar bears embark on a journey into unfamiliar territory, where they encounter brown bears and must attempt to coexist.

INFANCIA DESTERRADA (2022) dir. Alberto Arnaut Estrada & Diego Rabasa
Running time 16 mins
Each year, thousands of children are forced to flee their countries alone, escaping violence with only what they can carry. This moving documentary sheds light on their journeys, resilience, and the urgent realities they face.

AZIZA (2019) dir. Soudade Kaadan
Running time 13 mins
Ayman, a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, teaches his wife how to drive—their car being the last remaining piece of home. What begins as a simple lesson transforms into a surreal and emotional journey through memory, longing, and displacement.

Book your free seat via our website now

20/05/2026

GROGU MEME DUMP

Come see The Mandalorian & Grogu this weekend.

That's the post. Bye!

19/05/2026

New rom-com in coming!

When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.

Starring Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn, Alicia MacDonald's feature directorial debut is OUT FRIDAY

18/05/2026

CLUCK CLUCK! Hen from is coming Friday for limited screenings!

Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, György Pálfi's Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece.

As she fights to protect her eggs, she becomes an unwitting witness to the complex human lives around her as the restaurant is caught up in greed, smuggling, and the migrant crisis.

This film is in Greek (and Clucks) with English subtitles.

Book now via our website, chicks 🐔

18/05/2026

Busy busy busy!
graff moved into kiosk 2
First 🙌
Snuggles with Mr Knightley at Emma screening
and co. STAX OF WAX was sick as always 🫶
And of course glorious food by Gloria

What an awesome weekend, love you

15/05/2026

Where would a brave knight be without his NOBLE STEED?!

25 years of 😱 quote-along this weekend anyone?!

Also 30th anniversary, gosh we're feeling old 😅

Catch both this week, and hyped new horror

Devil Wears Prada 2, Sheep Detectives, Michael and Rose of Nevada still showing

This eve New Comedian of the Year in Screen 2 

+ in the Biscuit Tin

Saturday
STAX OF WAX vinyl DJs and shop from 12 📀

BBC's Austen adaptation Emma screening

from 5pm in the B Tin

Sunday
🐾 Dog friendly Devil Wears Prada 2:15pm
2:30-4:30pm 👕👗🧣you Mini Music Festival 4-8pm

MONDAY CLOSED

Tuesday Treat £6.49 all day all films

7pm FREE screening Gentle, Angry Women with Director intro and post-film panel discussion. In collaboration with Museums Partnership Reading, supported by funding from Arts Council England.

7:30pm Reinettes Collective w

Wed morning Silver Screening and Baby+1 🐑🕵️‍♀️

Thursday Subtitled Obsession 5:30pm

Full times, tickets and more info on our website or pop in for a chat 💞

13/05/2026

Wonderful chatting with this morning about and the legacy of Greenham Women

Come along to hear Barbara introduce the film in our free screening next Tuesday 19th May, programmed in collaboration with Museums Partnership Reading .merl

The screening also includes post-film panel discussion with Greenham Woman Lynne Wilkes, Professor of History at the University of Hertfordshire and author of Contested Commons Katrina Navickas, and Nature artist and painter Anna Dillon.

Book your seat via our website

13/05/2026

is OUT FRIDAY! 🖤

New horror from Curry Barker is getting ALOT of buzz on

After breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Get your tickets now via our website or at the Box Office