March’s First Thursday We very much enjoyed First Thursday on 5th February when Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice was the most popular choice of the evening. We will be meeting again on Thursday March 5th when we will aim to be in the bar between the early and later evening screenings from 7.30pm. Lots and lots of choice this month "Wuthering Heights", If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and Sirat and as ever you can just come along to chat about these or any films you've seen recently without necessarily seeing them on the night.

March’s First Thursday

We very much enjoyed First Thursday on 5th February when Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice was the most popular choice of the evening. We will be meeting again on Thursday March 5th when we will aim to be in the bar between the early and later evening screenings from 7.30pm.…

Peter Watkins 1935 to 2025

This British-born director who became an important international film-maker died in October last year, aged 90. He made a number of important films categorised as docudramas, though alternative documentaries would cover his varied work better. His distinctive approach…

February’s First Thursday Our first event of our 2026 calendar will be First Thursday on 5th February. We will aim to meet in the bar around 7:30pm between the screenings of Nouvelle Vague at 17:40 and No Other Choice at 20:10 and some of us will stay to watch No Other Choice.

February’s First Thursday

Our first event of our 2026 calendar will be First Thursday on 5th February. We will aim to meet in the bar around 7:30pm between the screenings of Nouvelle Vague at 17:40 and No Other Choice at 20:10 and some of us will stay to watch No Other Choice.

It was great to see so many people at Tokyo Godfathers and enjoying the music from Otley Brass Band last night.

Our pay-what-you-feel membership is now open for 2026 and becoming a Friend is a great way to support the Picture House and help us put on more events.

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Otley Brass Band will be performing from 17:50 before our Christmas screening of TOKYO GODFATHERS on Wednesday 17th December so come along early to hear them.

Last few tickets left!

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Join us tonight for our First Thursday meetup around 8pm in between the 17.20 screening of Wake up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and the 20.45 screening of Pillion. We hope to see you there.

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December Events We hope you can join us on Thursday 4th December for our First Thursday meetup or Wednesday 17th for our Christmas screening of Tokyo Godfathers

December Events

We hope you can join us on Thursday 4th December for our First Thursday meetup or Wednesday 17th for our Christmas screening of Tokyo Godfathers

The Leeds Palestinian Film Festival 2025

This year's Festival runs from November 12th until December 6th, including two titles appearing in the Leeds International Film Festival. The complete programme is presented on the LPFF webpages. There are twelve events, both feature titles and…

Our First Thursday meetup is tonight after the #LIFF2025 screening of La Grazia. Find us in the bar around 8pm for a drink and chat about the films we've seen.

Our next First Thursday meet up will be after the #LIFF2025 screening of La Grazia on the 6th. Come along, say hello and chat about what we've seen recently and are looking forward to in the rest of the festival and beyond.

LIFF2025 The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF2025) starts today with Richard Linklater's Blue Moon as one of the opening films at the Picture House. As well as the festival screenings, Bugonia and The Choral are also showing in the regular Picture House programme. Other festival highlights included the free breakfast screenings of Holiday and Roman Holiday, It Was Just An Accident, Die My Love, Rental Family, Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, Game + Q&A and the Night Of The Dead all-nighter returns. Four our First Thursday meetup we'll be getting together in the bar around 8pm after the screening of…

LIFF2025

The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF2025) starts today with Richard Linklater's Blue Moon as one of the opening films at the Picture House. As well as the festival screenings, Bugonia and The Choral are also showing in the regular Picture House programme. Other festival highlights…

In The Mood For Love (2000) Showing as part of their reRun strand, the Picture House presents Wong Kar-wai’s esteemed masterpiece, In the Mood for Love. Set against a smoky, rain-soaked 1960s Hong Kong, the lives of neighbours Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen become quietly entwined after discovering a shared betrayal. What unfolds is a visually sublime, temporal meditation on desire, longing and human connection, and an aching love letter to a Hong Kong that no longer exists. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the film’s release. A quarter-century on, it is enduringly beloved and celebrated not only as a landmark in Asian cinema, but as one of the greatest films ever made.

In The Mood For Love (2000)

Showing as part of their reRun strand, the Picture House presents Wong Kar-wai’s esteemed masterpiece, In the Mood for Love. Set against a smoky, rain-soaked 1960s Hong Kong, the lives of neighbours Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen become quietly entwined after discovering a…

Review: Spring Breakers (2012) Last Thursday I caught the showing of the lurid, controversial and oh so millennial work that is Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers as part of the Guilt-free Pleasures season at the Picture House. Having never seen the film in cinemas before, I was eager to revisit it in all of its neon-clad glory. The existing cult following of Spring Breakers has seen a revival in recent years thanks to the pop culture phenomenon that was Charli XCX’s BRAT - a conceptual dance album that echoes the film’s motifs of party culture - and the track Spring Breakers that appeared on its deluxe edition last summer.

Review: Spring Breakers (2012)

Last Thursday I caught the showing of the lurid, controversial and oh so millennial work that is Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers as part of the Guilt-free Pleasures season at the Picture House. Having never seen the film in cinemas before, I was eager to revisit it…

Join us tonight around 7:30pm for our 'First Thursday' meetup. We'll be getting together in the bar between Ellis Park and I Swear for a catchup and chat.

image from Jaws showing people running scared out of the sea

Surprised there are still tickets available for the 50th anniversary Jaws screening and Evolution of Horror podcast recording today at 5pm

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(and disappointed I don't think I can make it)

Passion that made Harrogate Film Society one of the best-loved cinema groups in the North Harrogate Film Society is looking back on 70 incredible years of its own history in a position where it now has its highest-ever membership.

Great article highlighting HFS ahead of our 70th Season!
 
Membership £52.50 for 15 films (U25s £30) from our website

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#Harrogate #NorthYorkshire
#HarrogateWhatsOn #HarrogateLife

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It's the First Thursday of the month so come along and join us for a chat in the bar around 8pm

Text (in graffiti-esque font) reads: ‘Northern Exposure: Short film night. Bradford 6 Sep, Lancaster 14 Aug, Sheffield 30 Aug’. Image still from Blink shows a surreal living room – a figure with a television screen for a head sits on a red sofa surrounded by vines, strange plants and bizarre objects.

Love short films? We’re lighting up @picturevillecinema.bsky.social, Bradford with a selection of bold, brilliant shorts – all handpicked and made right here in the North. Grab your ticket for this Saturday’s showing: bit.ly/3JrU0PP 🔥 #NorthernExposure #ShortFilms #BradfordCinema

Review: Fire Walk With Me (1992) Spoiler warning for Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks (TV Series) Enveloping totality: the scalding heat of violence tears open the moment. In simultaneity, violence is birthed and combusts, an eclipsed instant of creation and destruction. White-hot, flashing and brazen, shattering the present into fractals of unspooled being. In these still frames of bloodied frenzy, a scream speaks manifestation to the unutterable presence of evil.

Review: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

Spoiler warning for Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks (TV Series) Enveloping totality: the scalding heat of violence tears open the moment. In simultaneity, violence is birthed and combusts, an eclipsed instant of creation and destruction. White-hot, flashing and…

Too much? Never! Northern highlights for the BFI's Melodrama season include DayDream Cinema, Hyde Park Picture House, HOME, Showroom, and Aunty Social🌹💔 https://rb.gy/16sx85

We are proud to present our 70th Core Season!

Mondays at the Harrogate Odeon from 08/09/25
 
Membership £52.50 for 15 films (U25s £30) from our website

#HarrogateFilm #Film #FilmSociety #LoveFilm #FilmFans #Cinema
#Harrogate #NorthYorkshire
#HarrogateWhatsOn #HarrogateLife
#filmsky #cinemasky

Special General Meeting

Monday 8 September 7pmCommunity Space Upper Floor of Hyde Park Picture House Unfortunately there was not a quorum for our Annual General Meeting on the 10th of August so we will be holding a short Special General Meeting on Monday 8th September at 7pm to formally approve…

Leeds Film Welcome to Leeds Film

LIFF returns from 30 Oct to 16 Nov 2025! 🎬

Join the 39th edition of Leeds International Film Festival for an epic film selection over 18 days, at venues including Hyde Park Picture House, Vue in The Light, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room and Cottage Road Cinema. 🎉

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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer (Omnibus) - BBC Sounds How the motion picture was invented by the mysterious man behind it.

Listen to The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures on BBC Sounds, the story of Louis Le Prince and the invention of the motion picture.
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Review: Bring Her Back (2025) Still showing this week (Tuesday 20:50, Wednesday 17:40 and Thursday 21:00) Danny and Michael Phillipppu strike again, rather than go more commercial, they instead lean further into the arthouse ho…

There's still some chances to see Bring Her Back this week.

Here's volunteer Harry's review for the Friend

Review: Bring Her Back (2025) friendsofhpph.org/2025/08/12/r...

Join us in the bar area this evening for our 'First Thursday' meet up around 7pm for a cinematic chat before some of us go and see Lost Highway.

What have you seen recently ?

Join us this Sunday afternoon to find out more about the Friends and enjoy a screening of the modern Italian classic Mid-August Lunch

After the film we'll be having refreshments and hosting our Annual General Meeting

More info: friendsofhpph.org/agms/agm-2025/

Tonight

Join us for a chat in the cinema bar this Thursday at 8pm in between screenings of The Ballad of Wallis Island and The Phoenician Scheme

We usually do this on the First Thursday of every month

Wallis Island
S1 18:10, S2 20:20

Phoenician Scheme
S2 17:50, S2 20:40

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HEART Fest is back this weekend, Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre will be open to all for a huge celebration of everything that happens at Heart including some family friendly film screenings.