Showroom Classics

Showroom Classics is a strand focusing on rereleases of classic films and restorations of works once thought lost. Carefully curated by our programming team, the Showroom Classics selection will feature an incredibly wide range of films from the beginning of cinema through to the modern day, and will showcase not just the traditional classics, but also cult titles and underseen films which deserve a new audience.

Find out what's screening in glorious 35mm here.

Upcoming films & events

Showroom Classics: Chariots of Fire PG: English; Social pressure and personal turmoil beset two very different British athletes on their way to glory in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Shin Godzilla 12A: Japanese with English Subtitles; When a creature of titanic size slithers from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to form a plan to combat the menace.

Werckmeister Harmonies 12A: Hungarian with English subtitles; Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective opens with a stunning new 4K restoration of Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s masterpiece Werckmeister Harmonies.

Damnation 15: Hungarian with English subtitles; Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective continues with a new 4K restoration of Damnation, the first of his internationally acclaimed trilogy of films written in collaboration with author László Krasznahorkai.

Showroom Classics: The NeverEnding Story (40th Anniversary) U: English; On his way to school, Bastian (Barret Oliver) ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. He sneaks away with a book called "The Neverending Story," which is full of surprises…

Showroom Classics: Lone Star 15: English; In this acclaimed independent neo-Western, the skeleton of a murdered Sherriff is found, leading his successor Sam Deeds to unearth many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

The Turin Horse 15: Hungarian with English subtitles; Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective continues with 2011’s The Turin Horse, a visually striking drama in which a rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.

Baby Kino: The NeverEnding Story (40th Anniversary) U: English; This Baby Kino screening is exclusively for parents or guardians accompanying babies aged under one year old. Bastian sneaks away with a book called "The Neverending Story," which is full of surprises…

Sátántangó 15: Hungarian with English subtitles; Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective continues a special one-off screening of Sátántangó, one of world cinema’s most cherished masterworks.

The Man from London (35mm) 12A: English and French with English subtitles; Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective concludes with a special one-off 35mm screening of 2007’s The Man from London.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Extended Edition 12A: English; The future of civilization rests in the fate of the One Ring, which has been lost for centuries. Powerful forces are unrelenting in their search for it. But fate has placed it in the hands of a young Hobbit named Frodo Baggins.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Extended Edition 12A: English; The Two Towers follows the continuing quest of Frodo and the Fellowship to destroy the One Ring. Frodo and Sam discover they are being followed by the mysterious Gollum.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Extended Edition 12A: English; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King presents the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Marathon – Extended Editions 12A: English; Experience all three, extended editions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in one incredible day. Journey with us to Middle Earth and witness the ultimate battle of good vs evil, for as little as £15.