First Thursday Film Club

On the first Thursday of every month we get together to chat about films and the Friends. Usually we will watch a film first and then gather afterwards in the bar for a chat.

Anyone is welcome to join and if you’ve seen the film at another screening you can just come alone for the chat.

First Thursday Blog Posts

  • 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

  • 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,…

  • June’s First Thursday

    For June’s First Thursday we’ll be meeting this Thursday 5th around 8pm in the cinema bar to chat about films we’ve seen recently, films we want to see, films we’re sad we’ve missed! That should give you time to see The Ballad of Wallis Island in screen 1 at 18:10 or screen 2 at 20:20…

  • May’s First Thursday

    Please join us on May 1st at 9pm onwards in the cinema bar to discuss all things film including but not exclusively Licorice Pizza which HPPH is screening as part of its Philosophy and Film strand that evening from 6pm. Licorice Pizza has been selected by Dr. Colette Olive and will be followed by a…

  • April’s First Thursday

    Please join us on April 3rd at 8pm onwards in the cinema bar to discuss all things film. Some of us will be watching The End at 5:10pm and if you already have your tickets there should be time to say hello before the 8:20pm screening of La Cocina. Both of these films are screening all week along with…

  • A Complete Unknown

    After a successful Festive Screening of Perfect Days in December our next ‘First Thursday’ Film Club meet up is on February 6th after the 5:00pm screening of A Complete Unknown. Come along and watch the film with us, or see it anytime from the 31st January, and then join us in the bar around 7.45pm on the 6th to…

  •  All We Imagine As Light

    Our next ‘First Thursday’ Film Club meet up is on December 5th after the 5:50pm screening of All We Imagine As Light. Come along and watch the film with us or see it anytime from the 29th November and then join us in the bar around 8pm on the 5th to discuss it. All We Imagine…

  • Review: Anora (2024)

    Don’t forget you can join us in the bar after the 5pm screening to talk about Anora and other films at our First Thursday Film Club. Writer-director Sean Baker has returned with his latest film, Anora. After winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, alongside its initial reception, Anora has easily…

  • First Thursday Film Club: Anora

    For November’s ‘First Thursday’ Film Club on the 7th November we’ll be meeting in the bar after the 5pm showing of Anora in screen 2. Anora is the latest film from Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project) and won the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival. It’s screening at the Picture House from Friday 1st November and is also…

  • The Outrun (2024)

    For October’s First Thursday Film Club we’ll be watching The Outrun at 5pm on Thursday 3rd and then gathering in the bar for a chat to share our feelings on the film, or about film in general, from around 7:30pm. First Thursdays are a new meet-up organised by the Friends of Hyde Park Picture House…