Filmmakers from Chelsea College of Art and Design have again looked local and turned their cameras on the astonishing range of businesses in the community. “Consume Peckham: Take 16″ showcases sixteen short film snapshots of SE15′s diverse economy exploring the sometimes bizarre cultural mix and …
Gremlins, Big Trouble In Little China, The Goonies…they might not have bothered the Academy Awards, but such movies are cherished classics of the VHS era. You can now relive the Indiana Jones propeller scene, Rick Moranis’ dogged keymastery and the truffle shuffle (pictured) in all …
Iran has earned a well-deserved reputation in recent decades for its film industry, with directors such as Abbas Kiarostami and the Makhmalbafs producing work that competes for major awards and is feted on the European stage. The inaugural London Iranian Film Festival aims to introduce …
If the Oxford Street Christmas lights seem a little pedestrian this year, you might enjoy a visual extravaganza taking place in central London tonight. The Vienna tourist board want to transform their city’s image from one of string quartets, schnitzels and Strauss Waltzes to something …
Antonio, Joanne Landis Carnegie Hall Studio, New York Times Magazine, 1967. Part of Drawing Fashion at the Design Museum Here are our suggestions for cultivating your cultural sides this week in London Be There First: London Shows Opening Lots of nice arty openings in London …
Woolly burlesque performer Lambchop Magoo: see her at the Twisted Beauty Pageant Cabaret on Saturday night How time flies: Ladyfest is ten this year. The DIY, not-for-profit celebration of women’s creativity and activism hits Highbury Corner and Holloway Road between 12th-14th November with so much …
Manjinder Virk as Lorraine Dunbar It has been a good year for women film directors. First Katherine Bigelow trumped her ex James Cameron at the Oscars with her gritty war drama The Hurt Locker. Now the artist-filmmaker Clio Barnard has won two of the five …
Strange thought, this, but Lemmy Kilmister turns 65 this year. Despite eligibility for a free bus pass, the Motörhead frontman remains a rock legend, allegedly downing a bottle of bourbon and smoking two packets of Marlboros every day. A new documentary film by Greg Olliver …
Laura Palmer. Tickets for Battersea Arts Centre’s Twin Peaks Weekender sold out in a matter of hours, but there’s another Peaks event coming up later in the autumn. Riverside Studios Hammersmith will host a day-long Twin Peaks Festival on Saturday, November 27th. They’re promising live …
Rummage in your archives for all that forgotten standard 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm and 16mm film because Home Movie Day returns to the Cinema Museum this Saturday 16 October. As well as a free drop in film clinic to help save your ancient footage, enjoy …
Just Do It is a new documentary by Age Of Stupid executive producer Emily James (pictured) tracking UK environmental activists as they take on the police and the establishment. In 2005, she documented the plight of a Hackney cafe due for demolition in The Battle …
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