David Lean Cinema

02/06/2026

This is VOLUNTEERS' WEEK, when we celebrate the exceptional part played by over 90 volunteers in keeping our community cinema open. Volunteers are responsible for every task undertaken at screenings (and certain others behind the scenes), and we're immensely grateful for their skills, dedication and enthusiasm. They are a huge part of what makes the DLC "no ordinary cinema"!

Last Thursday evening, we marked the final shift of volunteer steward Roland Rosser, who has served ever since we reopened the cinema in 2014. He's 93, which shows we don't have an age limit! His earliest memory of seeing a film is 'Sun Valley Serenade' (1941). It has been a privilege having Roland in the team, and we look forward to seeing him in future audiences.

01/06/2026

Marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, the BFI have re-released the film that made Marilyn Monroe a star.

Tuesday 2 June at 2.30 & 7.30pm
NIAGARA (PG) 1953 USA 92 mins
Director: Henry Hathaway ● Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters

From the period when Hollywood was still working out what Monroe's ‘type’ should be, she plays a femme fatale in this classic film noir (made in Technicolor). A chance meeting of two married couples at Niagara Falls leads to a plan to commit murder.

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173679487/events/428832206

31/05/2026

Our next DEMENTIA FRIENDLY screening won three Oscars!

Tuesday 2 June at 11.00am
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (PG) 1988 USA 104 mins
Director: Robert Zemeckis ● Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy

Hollywood, 1947. This fun mixture of live action and animation tells the story of how, in a world where humans and “toons” co-exist, private eye Eddie Valiant is hired by cartoon rabbit Roger to find out if his glamorous wife Jessica is having an affair. But there are soon more sinister developments...

Tickets only £6 and free hot drinks and biscuits!

Booking & trailer:
Memory Box Dementia Cafe West Wickham

29/05/2026

Another chance to see this "Sad, spiky and brilliantly acted portrait of rupture and rapture" (★★★★★ The Guardian).

Saturday 30 May at 2.00pm
MIDWINTER BREAK (12A) 2026 UK/Netherlands 90 mins
Director: Polly Findlay ● Stars: Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds

Stella and Gerry begin to question their futures during a trip to Amsterdam. They are drifting apart – she is embracing religion, he the bottle – and the holiday makes these differences obvious, but what is the solution? With Manville and Hinds at the top of their game, we see how a long marriage can develop into a relationship that is both intimate and distant.

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173676547/events/428832126

28/05/2026

Some tickets are still available for today's "Oak-solid family treat" (★★★★★ Daily Mail).

Thursday 28 May at 2.30 & 7pm
THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE (U) 2025 UK/USA 110 mins
Director: Ben Gregor ● Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan

In this musical update of Enid Blyton’s famous series of wartime children’s books, the Thompson family are forced to move to the countryside when their mother loses her job. Denied the advantages of life in the big city, the three children find their home difficult to adjust to, but Clare, the youngest, discovers a magical tree which transports them to fabulous lands inhabited by magical people.

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173678458/events/428823428

25/05/2026

Escape the heat with this “Elegant chilly dream of despair" (★★★★ The Guardian).

Tuesday 26 May at 2.30 & 7.30pm
EXIT 8 (15) 2025 Japan 95 mins – subtitled
Director: Genki Kawamura ● Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi

This psychological horror sensation has broken box office records in Japan. Strange events plague a young man as he searches for an exit in an endless subway tunnel. Based on the cult 2023 video game of the same name.

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173678453/events/428823423

24/05/2026

Our friends at FAMILY HUBS CROYDON are kindly offering some free tickets for THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE (U), showing at the David Lean during half term, on Thursday 28 May at 2.30pm! This post tells you what to look out for on their page, if you would like to enter a draw.

✨ FIND THE FAMILY HUBS MAGIC TICKET ✨

We’ve teamed up with the brilliant David Lean Cinema in Croydon to give local families the chance to win tickets to a special half-term screening of The Magic Faraway Tree on Thursday 28 May! 🎬🌳✨

Over the next few days, we’ll be hiding a special golden ‘Magic Ticket’ somewhere inside selected Family Hubs social media posts. It could appear in an image, a reel, a carousel or somewhere you least expect… 👀
If you spot the hidden ticket:

⭐ Comment “FOUND IT!”
⭐ Answer the question in the post
⭐ You’ll be entered into that day’s draw for cinema tickets

We’ll be giving tickets away across several posts during half term week, so keep checking back because every post is another chance to win.

This is all part of our partnership with The David Lean Cinema to bring affordable, family friendly activities to Croydon families while helping more parents discover the support, advice and activities available through Family Hubs across the borough.

🎟️ First hidden ticket drops Friday…

Good luck… and keep your eyes peeled 👀✨

22/05/2026

Another chance to see a gripping thriller that was nominated for four Oscars, including Best Motion Picture.

Saturday 23 May at 2.00pm
THE SECRET AGENT (15) 2025 Brazil 161 mins – subtitled

Recife, Brazil 1977. Against the backdrop of carnival, Marcelo, a widowed political exile returns to his hometown, to reclaim his young son and flee the country. But corrupt agents of the military dictatorship are watching, and as secret police close in, Marcelo must outrun the regime. "Visually and dramatically superb in every way” (The Guardian).

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173676391/events/428832125

20/05/2026

"A unique portrait of families and their foibles, both amusing and annoying, superbly acted by an exceptional cast” (The Hollywood Reporter).

Thurs 21 May at 2.30* & 7.30pm
FATHER MOTHER BROTHER SISTER (15) 2026 USA 110 mins
Director: Jim Jarmusch ● Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps

*With hearing loss subtitles and with post-film discussion in association with the Croydon u3a Film Group.

Jarmusch is a master of the anthology film (Mystery Train, Night on Earth) and this triptych of stories is a wry look at parent-child and sibling relationships, acknowledging that every family tries to hide secrets from each other.

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173677987/events/428821177

18/05/2026

★★★★ "An enigmatic drama steeped in loss, memory and the unsettling rhythms of coastal life" (Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian).

Wed 20 May at 2.30 & 7.30pm* *with hearing loss subtitles
ROSE OF NEVADA (15) 2025 UK 114 mins
Director: Mark Jenkin ● Stars: George Mackay, Callum Turner, Rosalind Eleazar

When a fishing boat, lost with all hands 30 years ago, mysteriously reappears in the old harbour of a forgotten Cornish village, for those who remember, it’s surely a sign. The boat must go out to sea again and maybe then the luck of the devastated village will turn. Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s hotly anticipated and critically acclaimed 16mm follow-up to his BAFTA-winning first feature Bait (2019) and Enys Men (2022). “A Cornish modern classic. Eerie, heart-breaking, wonderful” (Mark Kermode).

Booking & trailer: https://davidleancinema.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173677986/events/428821166