In anticipation of his Palme d’Or-winning new film, The White Ribbon, which is released in November, Close-Up Video are hosting a season of Michael Haneke films at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, E2. The Austrian auteur, who has made a career out of prodding …
If you’re feeling distinctly unfashionable now the rose martinis of London Fashion Week have disappeared then get yourself down to the London Horse Hospital this Wednesday for a screening of ‘Beyond Biba’. 55 minutes long, it’s the tale of Barbara Hulanicki, an iconic designer whose …
Those galas sell out fast, don’t they? But there’s plenty more on view at next month’s London Film Festival, especially for those of you who like your films with a side order of subtitles. The typically strong French selection includes Bluebeard, a dark fairytale by …
Before public booking on Saturday, we’re giving you our tips for ones to watch . We’ve already previewed the gala events, when you can see the big hits that won’t be on general release for some time. However, the festival also presents the chance to …
You know what it’s like – you’re settling down in the cinema, a stash of snacks at your side to see you through the film. But as darkness falls the people in front of you start talking, commenting on every frame as it flashes up …
Our weekly round-up of cinema reviews We last saw Sam Mendes directing classics at the Old Vic but this weekend we can see him back to film. Away We Go is probably not going to win him any more Oscars but it has “an easy, …
Free outdoor films from tonight, 7pm, at the Scoop on the More London site by Tower Bridge! Kicking off the season is Slumdog Millionaire, tomorrow is classic Western For a Few Dollars More, Friday is shriek-a-long-a-Mama Mia and many more to enjoy in the amphitheatre …
This year’s West End Christmas lights will be themed around Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. For the first time ever, the illuminations on Oxford Street, Regent Street and in the City will all be switched on simultaneously and carry Scroogesome designs. The Dickensian profusion coincides with …
Seems that the Barbican’s Directorspective season on Werner Herzog is only the outlying tree in a verdant forest of films by the German director coming to London screens over the next few weeks. For starters, on Friday the 11th September, V22 are presenting a screening …
This morning saw the launch of The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival. One packed Leicester Square Odeon cinema screen; more than 800 members of the press and film industries; two fantastic female speakers and more tempting shots of George Clooney than we think was …
Last Friday, Cinéphilia West in Notting Hill, opened to the public. A “home for all lovers of cinema” that, as the name suggests, is inspired by a love of and reverence for the moving image, Cinéphilia West is spread out over two floors of a …
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