Enter open-air screenings in central London (who isn't throwing up a big screen these days?). Our favourite being classic film nights on Heddon Street, where you can wine and dine under the stars (okay, smog) in one of the cul-de-sac's tucked-away restaurants or bars, and take in an all time great, like an American in Paris, on a 27-metre screen with friends.

Somerset House is also cashing in on the big screen appeal and is showing films (there will also be early eve DJs and nosh) in the courtyard from August 16, including Flash Gordon and Spirited Away. We're loving the setting, but bums on concrete for two hours? Not convinced. We say bring a cushion.

So films outside, we're fans (and so are you seemingly - tickets for recent Donnie Darko screening in Kensington Gardens snapped up in a flash). Now, let's just hope for that fumble..

The Sky and TCM Classic Film Nights on Heddon Street season begins tonight with High Society. Films run every Tuesday night at 8pm through August
The Summer Screen at Somerset House begins on Aug 16 with Close Encounters of the Third Kind