Please read: We anticipate that this screening will be extremely busy and seats are likely to fill up quickly. To avoid disappointment, we strongly recommend arriving early and claiming a seat well before the film begins (a coat, jumper, or bag on a seat will do the trick).

Once the downstairs cinema reaches capacity, we will be unable to admit any further guests due to safety regulations. Entry is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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“Filth are my politics, filth is my life.”

Thursday 18th June 2026 marks THREE YEARS OF Be Kind Rewind Bristol! And honestly, there was only ever going to be one film for the occasion: Pink Flamingos.

Directed by the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, and starring the one and only Divine alongside John Waters' other Dreamlanders, Pink Flamingos remains one of the most gloriously confrontational cult films ever made. Sick, hilarious, sleazy, shocking and weirdly beautiful, it’s a film that still feels shocking over fifty years later.

To start the night, we’ll also be screening A Love Letter to Edie (1975), a celebration of underground icon Edith Massey, whose warmth and chaos helped make the Dreamlanders immortal.

Three years ago we started showing strange films in the pub basement because we loved them and hoped a few other people might too. Somehow it turned into this great little community of cult film obsessives, regulars, first-timers, and beautifully curious people. So this one’s a celebration of all of you as much as the film itself.

And when the film ends, we’re carrying on upstairs with a full John Waters-themed party to celebrate three years of Be Kind Rewind Bristol. Expect trashy tunes, cheap glamour, bad taste in the best possible sense, and a room full of people who probably should’ve been banned from polite society years ago.

Three years of cult films in a pub basement. Three years of filth, community, and beautiful oddballs showing up every fortnight. We genuinely couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate it.

▶ The Ill Repute, Old Market - downstairs cinema room
▶ Doors 7:30pm / Films start at 8pm
▶ Free entry - first come, first served (arrive early to guarantee a seat)
▶ Drinks and snacks available at the upstairs bar