With the weather finally brightening up the city's oldest cinema has decided to spend a couple of weekends in the warm evening air.

The grounds of Preston Manor are set to host six pop-up film screenings from tonight, with gates opening at 7pm for refreshments from the bar before the projector rolls at 9pm.

Tickets for all shows cost £9.90 per adult, £8.90 concessions, £7.90 members. Bum boxes will be available on the night.

On the bill Labyrinth (U, 101 mins), Friday, July 4 JIM Henson teamed up with Python Terry Jones and legendary rock star David Bowie for this fantasy musical adventure.

Jennifer Connelly plays a headstrong young girl who wishes her little half-brother could go out of her life and join the Goblin King. When her wish comes true she has to conquer the titular maze to get the baby boy back.

Poltergeist (15, 114 mins), Saturday, July 5 "THEY'RE here..." - the people in the television invade a suburban home and kidnap a young girl in this 1980s horror collaboration between Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper and producer Steven Spielberg.

Amelie (15, 123 mins), Sunday, July 6 AUDREY Tatou burst onto screens across the world as the idiosyncratic Amelie - who loves skimming stones, watching audience faces at the cinema and solving problems, but is looking for love in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's feel-good movie. In French and Russian with English subtitles.

Singin' In The Rain (U, 102 mins), Friday, July 11 BEST known for that scene with Gene Kelly singing and dancing in the titular downpour, Singin' In The Rain started life as a showcase for MGM'S best songs up to that point. What directors Kelly and Stanley Donen created was a homage to the golden age of cinema, as the talkies came in and turned the studio system upside down. A must-see for any lover of the movies.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (12A, 100 mins), Saturday, July 12 THE film which launched the midnight movie craze, which has cult written through it like a stick of Brighton rock. Richard O'Brien's film version of his off-Broadway hit combines b-movie dialogue with unforgettable songs in an outrageous offbeat tale about finding your true self.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (15, 100 mins), Sunday July 13 WES Anderson's latest offering has already become a cult favourite with its bright pastel ó, many various moustaches and twisting plot, all set around the hotel. A great movie for star-spotting with the likes of Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe and, naturally, Bill Murray, springing up in unusual places.