Film

London film festivals, movies and cinemas

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Spooky Goings On

Hooray! It’s nearly Halloween! Jack-o-lanterns a plenty, scary masks and annoying trick or treaters who get hyped up on way too many e-numbers (and probably a few cans of cider nowadays). Still, there’s so much stuff going on this year, you’d be a fool to …

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London On The Cheap: 28th October – 4th November

Londonist spent all of its money this week getting drunk at its 3rd birthday party. Hopefully, you were one of the many people who decided to join us. As a thank you, London On The Cheap is back (hurrah!) showing you what fun and fabulous …

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Sicko Statues

Welcome to Londonist, your premier source for sculpture news. Michael Moore’s new film, Sicko, is now on general release. The flick’s marketing campaign is as viral as some of the unfortunates from the healthcare system it depicts. Viz, a selection of London’s statues have been …

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Preview: Comica, Week Two

The London International Comics Festival is halfway over, so if you haven’t seen any of it yet you owe it to yourself to investigate some sweet action with paper, ink and speech bubbles. The festival continues to tackle a nicely wide range of topics, so …

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Top London Film Locations: An Analysis

Every now and then, a bit of London-centric news drifts around the Londonist newsroom (which doesn’t exist but imagine a bunch of emails flying around in lieu of an actual office) and is not paid that much attention. However, there comes a time when something …

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The Saturday Strangeness

23. The Woman In Black This week’s feature on London’s darker side is more of a review, simply because last week, Saturday 13th October, myself and my cousin ventured to see The Woman In Black stage show at the Fortune Theatre, on Russell Street in …

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Preview: Bloomsbury Festival

This weekend Bloomsbury erupts with the Bloomsbury Festival celebrating this famous area. Well known for its literary and historical significance it is also a thriving haven for arts and artists and packed full of beautiful, quirky, intriguing buildings and organisations and the chockerblock programme reflects …

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Touch Up London #67: Dragons!

Last week, we asked you to imagine London in the clutches of a saurian rampage. Daniel Sykes sent in this little gem. It’s Reign of Fire meets Pete’s Dragon – very much a film we don’t want to see. Daniel wins a signed copy of …

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The Gypsies are Coming to Town

Your mother might well have said ‘that you never should/Play with the gypsies in the wood’, and she would probably advise you to give a wide berth to the begging variety in most urban high streets today as well. But this is just so much …

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Seventh Annual Bicycle Film Festival

The breathlessly international Bicycle Film Festival is seven years old this year and it is rolling into London with a string of cool films and even cooler parties and exhibitions, from Wednesday 17 October to Sunday 21 October. Films about two-wheel transport range from modern-day …

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Agnes B presents Joy Division

“Control” seems to be getting excellent reviews from everyone we know who has seen it, and if you’re a fan or the film has piqued your interest in Joy Division and Ian Curtis then you’re in for a treat. French fashion designer Agnes B is …