From ’80s classics and cult sensations to the next blockbuster instalment from your favourite movie franchise, there’s plenty to look forward to at Warwick Arts Centre’s cinema this summer.

A new Sun Screen strand promises cool classics in the cool shade of the Arts Centre’s air conditioned screens, and launches with the 30th Anniversary release of Clueless (12A; from Saturday 12 July 2025). Loosely based on Janes Austen’s Emma, a fresh-faced Alicia Silverstone stars in the Beverly Hills-set 1995 smash that’s widely considered one of the best teen comedies ever. Razor sharp and highly quotable.

Top Gun (12A; from Friday 18 July 2025) was the biggest movie of 1986, world-wide, while the accompanying soundtrack - featuring Berlin’s Take My Breath Away - went multi-platinum. With Tom Cruise as risk-taking US naval pilot ‘Maverick’ and the late Val Kilmer as ‘Iceman’, the film’s thrilling aerial scenes remain as breathtaking as ever - and where better than to experience them than on the big screen?

Good films about 'the beautiful game' are few and far between, but director/co-writer Gurinder Chadha scored a goal with the brilliant Bend It Like Beckham (12A; from Friday 1 August 2025). Originally released in 2002, the comedy/drama about football and friendship made international stars of both Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, but the movie’s lasting legacy has been it’s undeniable influence on generations of women footballers (including many, no doubt, currently battling through the UEFA Women’s Euro). Inspiring and entertaining.

When a mask-wearing gang commit a series of audacious bank robberies, the FBI suspect members of the local surfer community in 1991’s Point Break (15; from Friday 15 August 2025). The fourth feature from director Kathryn Bigelow, Point Break quickly became a cult hit, thanks to the visceral action sequences - from skydiving to surfing - and the on-screen tension between Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze (the latter still on a high from the previous year’s Ghost).

Wrapping up the Sun Screen strand is the 50th Anniversary edition of Steven Spielberg’s seminal Jaws (12A; from Friday 29 August 2025). A police chief (Roy Scheider), marine biologist (Richard Dreyfus) and swarthy hunter (Robert Shaw) attempt to track down a man-eating great white shark. With 'that riff' from composer John Williams, and stunning set pieces, it’s a still-thrilling cultural landmark that redefined ‘the monster movie’ genre; much copied, never beaten.

Running in parallel, Warwick Arts Centre’s Favourite Family Films strand features four delights for all ages, beginning with Pixar's sci-fi themed Elio (PG; from Saturday 19 July 2025). The cosmic misadventure introduces the 11-year-old loner Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession, whose call-out to the universe is miraculously answered.

Savages (aka Sauvages; cert tbc; from Friday 1 August 2025) is a charming tale of two children and a rescued orangutan who stand against the threat of deforestation. The second film from Frenchman Claude Barras, who made the equally wonderful My Life As A Courgette, it’s a captivating and clever slice of stop-motion animation with a message.

Facing a final weekend together, a group of young friends stumble upon an old treasure map in the 40th anniversary re-release of The Goonies (12A; from Friday 15 August). An enduring family adventure, it’s continued to grow in statue over the years, having lost none of its wide-eyed charm.

Winner of the Best Animated Feature Award 2024 Oscar, Robot Dreams (PG; from Friday 22 August 2025) follows the blossoming friendship between a lonely city-dwelling dog and his robot companion, whose relationship looks set to end in tragedy when Robot is becomes trap at the beach. It maybe dialogue-free, but it speaks volumes.

In addition to the Sun Screen and Favourite Family Films strands, Warwick Arts Centre’s three cinema screens will also be showing the latest blockbusters and art-house/ indie hits, as well as several other classics. Among them are dino adventure Jurassic World: Rebirth (cert 12A; from Wednesday 2 July 2025); the James Gunn helmed reboot of Superman (cert 12A; from Friday 11 July 2025) starring David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan as Lois, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex; retro-futuristic Marvel Cinematic Universe chapter The Fantastic Four: First Steps (cert tbc; from Thursday 24 July 2025); Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War masterpiece Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut (15, from Tuesday 15 July 2025) along with the equally extraordinary behind-the-scenes documentary, Hearts of Darkness (15, from Saturday 12 July 2025); and a new 4k restoration of Miloš Forman’s multi Oscar-winning biopic, Amadeus (from Friday 25 July 2025).

To book tickets, and find out more about the films heading to Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, this summer, see: warwickartscentre.co.uk