King Street Cinema Unveils Its Summer 2026 Lineup
15 June 2026
King Street Cinema is delighted to announce its Summer 2026 programme, bringing together acclaimed new releases, beloved classics and a major season exploring American cinema's enduring fascination with conspiracy, paranoia and hidden truths.
Acclaimed filmmaker Sophie Fiennes joins us at King Street Cinema on 19 July for a special Q&A following a screening of her remarkable new documentary Acting. Filmed with pioneering theatre company Cheek by Jowl, the film offers an immersive, behind-the-scenes look at actors rehearsing scenes from Macbeth, capturing the creative process with extraordinary intimacy and insight.
Among the season's highlights are six acclaimed new films from around the world. Blue Heron is a moving and beautifully observed drama exploring family, memory and belonging. A Private Life offers a nuanced portrait of personal reinvention and the secrets we keep from those closest to us. The Last One for the Road is a warm and bittersweet comedy-drama about friendship, change and second chances. Rosebush Pruning delivers a darkly comic exploration of family tensions and buried resentments. Kokuho is a visually stunning epic set within the world of traditional Japanese theatre, charting a performer's lifelong pursuit of artistic greatness. Rounding out the programme is The Summer Book, a tender adaptation of Tove Jansson's celebrated novel, capturing the joys and melancholy of a summer spent on a remote island.
The summer programme also celebrates cinema history. In honour of Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, we present his riotously funny western satire Blazing Saddles. Sports fans can revisit Hoosiers, David Anspaugh's inspiring basketball drama starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, which returns to the big screen in a special screening that also pays tribute to the film's Supervising Editor, Marcia Lucas, following her recent passing.
A major centrepiece of the season is One Big Conspiracy, a series examining American cinema's obsession with corruption, secrecy and institutional power. The season launches on 6 August with Roman Polanski's Chinatown, whose vision of civic corruption and moral decay helped define the paranoid mood of 1970s American cinema.
At its heart is Alan J. Pakula's celebrated "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976). The latter will be presented in a new 4K restoration following its premiere at Cannes earlier this year. Together, these films chart a decade marked by distrust, surveillance and political scandal.
The series concludes with three films from Steven Spielberg. Jaws explores the suppression of uncomfortable truths in the name of economic interests, Close Encounters of the Third Kind imagines a vast government effort to conceal evidence of extraterrestrial contact, and Jurassic Park reveals the dangers of corporate secrecy and scientific hubris.
From contemporary international cinema to Hollywood classics, Summer 2026 at King Street Cinema offers audiences the chance to discover new favourites, revisit enduring masterpieces and experience the magic of cinema on the big screen.
Tickets are on general sale now. Tickets for One Big Conspiracy, Kokuho and The Summer Book will be on-sale soon.