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Out Here London No. 309 | Friday 2 August 2024

Summer is finally, properly here – about bloody time! – and with it comes peak season for London’s thriving outdoor cinema scene. After a brief lockdown flirtation with drive-in cinema, during which we all discovered that windscreen wipers are the sworn enemy of movie-watching, this year has an old-school feel to it; think cosy blankets, tasty snacks, cocktails, headphones and some seriously scenic screens popping up around the city to entertain us with crowd-pleasing movies. Here are some of the most picturesque spots to catch a film at this summer.

There are few more striking spots to watch a movie in than the iconic surrounds of the Barbican Sculpture Court. As usual, the City of London’s temple of the arts has an inventively curated line-up in store in late August and early September. Cineastes can bask in the surrealist magic of Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries or the sumptuous scenery of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, while music lovers have a rare outdoor screening of Prince’s legendary concert doc, Sign O’ the Times to look forward to. And there’s street food to feast on while admiring His Purpleness’s moves, including gourmet hot dogs and Toum & Tahini’s legendary fattah.


Wed Aug 21-Sun Sep 1. £18.

Fancy feeling like you’re in Bridgerton while taking in an outdoor movie? Adventure Cinema has a ticket – probably on some kind of silver salver – with your name on it. The event company takes its big screens to National Trust houses, castles and beautiful country piles from Cornwall to Sunderland, including west London pile Osterley Park, which has loads of classic alfresco cinema picks on the programme this August, including Pretty Woman, a sing-a-long The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia! and Back to the Future. Primo tickets include a deck chair, and there’ll be a variety of snacking options on-site, otherwise bring your comfiest rugs and a picnic.


Thu Aug 8-Sun Aug 11. From £16.98.

There’s a whole host of rooftop flicks to choose from at Rooftop Film Club’s two London locations, with recent releases (Love Lies Bleeding, Dune: Part Two, Back to Black) and old favourites (Up, Jurassic Park) all on the slate. We’re particularly big fans of the OG location on the roof of Peckham’s Bussey Building, which offers cracking views over Canary Wharf’s skyscrapers. Tickets get you a deckchair and headphones, and food options include Share A Slice pizza, traditional movie snacks and Mini Movie Mix boxes for kids. And they even do pooch-friendly screenings.


Until Sun Sep 1. From £12.95.

Situated right on the water of Brent river, amid the swanky new skyscrapers erected during the area’s ongoing regeneration project, Everyman on the Water is a free programme of outdoor flicks from the posh cinema chain. As well as showing all the summer sport – including daily coverage of the Olympics – it’s putting on a programme of crowd-pleasing pictures later in the month, ranging from family-friendly goodness (Wonka, The Wizard of Oz, Matilda the Musical) to more 15-and-above fare (Bob Marley: One Love, Jaws, La La Land). And did we mention it’s free?!


Until Sat Aug 31. Free.

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What? A truly iconic hotel restaurant

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‘Brioche is branded with scorched tiger stripes, served with a walnut whip of fermented butter. Eye-catching. Tartar with potatoes is a glistening meat jewel, topped with a crispy crown of shredded carbs. Elegant. Scallops surf in emerald-green seaweed, fragrant with herb-y butter. Aquatic.’

Hello, lovely readers. Out Here’s Editor Rosie here. It’s been just over two years since we launched the first issue of this silly little newsletter into the inboxes of unsuspecting Londoners across the city. Since then we’ve hit send on a further 308 issues, covering everything from stink pipes, sandwiches and spicy margs to Carnival portaloos, Pride parties and Burns Night suppers. If you’ve opened any of them, I sincerely hope you’ve found them useful and interesting. Hopefully they’ve been as fun to read as they have been to write. But all good things must come to an end! From next week, I’ll be leaving you in the very capable hands of my colleagues in the email team, who will be delivering all the stuff you love about Time Out, in a sleek, streamlined, new-look newsletter. I’ll be over on the website editing our Things to Do section, and hopefully still providing you with a plethora of suggestions for how to make the most of this wonderful city we call ‘That London’.

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Movies: Jamie Inglis / Time Out; Barbican: Courtesy of The Barbican; Bussey: Courtesy of Rooftop Film Club; Osterley Park: Courtesy of Adventure Cinema; Connaught Grill: Gemma Bell; Rosie: Jess Hand; Logo: London Museum; David Lynch: Nerdist / Twin Peaks; Club: Courtesy of The Pickle Factory; Mini FoodHall: Courtesy of Cornerhouse.


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