Film

This week – The Spartans resist Persian domination (300) and Carmen Electra shoots a British porno (I Want Candy). First up, a film that went straight to the top of the box office chart in the USA, made a hatload and has angered some Iranians, …

The Force is strong in this city. So strong that Star Wars: The Exhibition is on its way to County Hall: Running until 1 September, the exhibition presents a respectable collection of memorabilia, including 280 original film props, vehicles, costumes and models covering the entire …

The Optronica festival took place last week, and Londonist was lucky enough to get tickets for the sold-out session on Friday evening at the BFI IMAX, where we were treated to video mash-ups by festival programmers Addictive TV, and a reactive retelling of Peter Greenaway’s …

There’s a neat little audio interview with Children of Men director Alfonso Cuaron here. He talks about the ‘fictional’ timeline that gave the film a firm grounding in the future and how scary it was when things like the London bombings actually started to take …

This Day In London’s History 1916: Prolific actor Eric Christmas is born in London. OK, so it’s slim pickings this week in terms of interesting London-related events that have taken place on this date. But we did discover that the wonderfully-named Eric Cuthbert Christmas was …

The Constellation Change Film Festival is all about showcasing dance on film and opens jazz hand style on Monday with the classic musical “West Side Story”. People who don’t like musicals like “West Side Story” and we reckon it will be cracking on the big …

Lots of stuff to get through today, but we’re starting small (sort of) with the immortalisation (sort of) of old favourite Tox as pictured above. Cheers to dr seagate for the link and photo. It’s not quite the Tate Modern, but it’s a (small) step …

(click for trailer) The first film from Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong with Mac and PC in the lead roles and an all-British cast with the lovely Jessica Stevenson bringing up the rear. After the slightly disappointing “Hot Fuzz”, could this be the British film …

Brooklyn-based artistic collaborators Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, who also happen to be married to one another are making their London debut as part of

BBC4 love the tube so much that they’re making a night of it: Love it or loathe it, the London Underground has been an integral part of life in the capital for over a century. Arena: Underground is the centrepiece of a whole evening of …