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The Cinema Musuem, 17 November 2018|,The event is expected to run from 10.00 till 22.40. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, Kennington Bioscope presents a day of rarely seen silent films, curated in conjunction with the film historian Kevin Brownlow, made during or featuring World War One. […]
SHORT SIGHTED CINEMA: SCREAMATHON NOVEMBER 3 | RICH MIX Join Short Sighted Cinema for a Halloween special evening screening of the best British short horror films. From comedy-horror to ghost stories, lo-budget thrillers and gore fests – there’ll be something to whet your darkest appetites! Featuring: VINTAGE BLOOD – ABIGAIL BLACKMORE SEND IN THE CLOWNS […]
Halloween, Mon 31 Oct, 8.30pm) – £7/£5 The Lexi Cinema The Lexi offers up a slightly alternative Hallowe’en offering – Babak Anvari’s allegory of 1980s Iran-Iraq war era oppression which drew favourable comparisons to The Babadook and left Sundance audiences impressed. A.A. Dowd writes in his review: “How many horror movies feature someone fleeing the unholy terror […]
Wednesday 26th October 18:30, Prince Charles Cinema A new film screening arranged by Misc. Films – see their Twitter and Facebook for all their latest news CLICK HERE to follow the Facebook Event for this special Premiere screening. Homo Sapiens, directed by documentarian Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Our Daily Bread), is a film about the finiteness and fragility of human existence […]
As if they really needed to prove how much they love Halloween, the Prince Charles Cinema programmers have not one, but two Halloween all-nighters playing at the same time on Saturday 29th October! CLASSIC HORROR ALL-NIGHTER Saturday 29th October 20:45 Halloween is nearly here and nothing gets us in the mood of the season quite […]
At a special event held at BFI Southbank in London with comedian Gina Yashere and DJ Norman Jay MBE, the BFI today launched what is being billed as the UK’s biggest ever season of film and television dedicated to celebrating black talent: BLACK STAR. Appropriately, this launch coincides with the UK premiere of Amma Asante’s London […]
From September thru November, the PCC celebrates WARREN BEATTY with select screenings of some of his best works in front and behind the camera. This season will see screenings of BONNIE AND CLYDE on 35mm, McCABE & MRS MILLER, REDS on 35mm, DICK TRACY on 35mm and more: LILTH on 35mm – only £1 for PCC Members Tuesday 6th September […]
HEAVEN’S GATE – a rare 35mm presentation Tuesday 19th April 19:00 Notorious as the film that sunk an entire studio and made Hollywood executives’ blood run cold at the thought of ‘auteur films’ for decades after, Michael Cimino’s (The Deer Hunter) epic western ran over three hours long and went four times over its budget. It […]
With some cinemas like the new Picturehouse Central charging over £15 for non members at peak times (swish though it is: those lovely seats) it can be an intimidating process choosing an affordable cinema to see the latest releases or a classic. Handily, The Londonist have a guide on how to keep your prices low, […]
This year marks 400 years since the Bard shuffled off this mortal coil, and there are a batch of film events around the capital to mark the date from April onwards, many being found at the BFI and Barbican and other cultural centres. THe entire project is part of Shakespeare Lives, organised by the British […]