Film al fresco: London’s top drive-in cinemas and best outdoor cinema David Ellis
Perhaps it is apocryphal, but it seems fitting that utterance “the enemy of art is the absence of limitations” – the idea that constraints inspire creativity – is most often credited to Orson Welles, a founding father of film. Welles may have been revered for his imagination, but one suspects even he might have struggled to comprehend what the last 13 months have meant to the world, and what they have done to the movies. And yet, true to Welles’ word, the last year has seen cinema often at its most inventive, and much of that is set to continue this summer. If months of being locked down in your living room have put you off the idea of heading into a darkened room for the buzz of the big screen, here’s where to head for cinema under the sun.