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On Sunday 11 July 1965, York Gate Hall, now the Palace Cinema, opened as ‘York Gate Cinema’ with THE WIZARD OF OZ and full supporting programme. To celebrate our 60th anniversary, from June-August 2025, we bring back The Wizard of Oz and also present a special programme of 6 celebratory ways for everyone to join in!

Winner of the BFI London Film Festival Audience Award, this laugh-out-loud comedy-drama follows an unlikely found family on an emotionally charged journey of self-discovery and acceptance. A struggling novelist is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin.  

A stylish comedy. Thrown together in an arranged marriage, Mumbai newly-wed Uma feels the pressure as she does her best to cope with the heat, lack of privacy, her even greater lack of domestic skills and her bumbling spouse - until the nocturnal city and its inhabitants lead her to embrace her own strange behaviours...

Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976, finding a divided nation, an unteachable class, and a penguin on an oil-slicked beach who turned his life upside down. Starring Steve Coogan and from the director of The Full Monty.

Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes music doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour performing a mix of classics and rarities.  

Warm, witty, gritty and wise. when 18-year-old Totone suddenly has to take care of his 7-year-old sister, he needs to earn money fast. So, being French, and a country boy, he hits on a daft scheme to make the best Comté cheese in the region and try to win the 30,000 euro prize.

After 27 years, the groundbreaking documentary 'Hang The DJ'  returns for a UK tour. A very rare chance to experience this influential film on the big screen while supporting two very worthy causes.

From the director of Anthony Hopkins' starring One Life and smash spy series Slow Horses, starring Rami Malek as a brilliant introverted CIA codebreaker whose life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack.

Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they'll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected expert crafter.

Gloriously funny classic silent comedy laughs and thrills in one of Buster Keaton’s greatest comedies! Young ‘Bill Junior’ is a sorry disappointment to his gruff old dad, Steamboat Bill, but has a chance to prove himself when a cyclone hits their Mississippi town, and a falling house front nearly hits him! With live piano accompaniment from Lillian Henley!

The life and work of Michelangelo, one of the most important artists of the Italian High Renaissance, are brought to life in this documentary through the landmark exhibition in the National Gallery.

A groundbreaking concert experience blending Björk's "Utopia" album with cutting-edge VR and digital theater, merging live music with innovative tech to explore the Icelandic musician's complex relationship with the natural environment.

MAGIC HOURS is a film heritage project led by the Palace Cinema Broadstairs. It reaches across Broadstairs, Margate and Ramsgate, exploring the shared sense of community of cinema experiences from the 1950s to the present day.