Musician Marie Merlet presents songs from films outside the musicals genre, with clips ranging from westerns to comedies, and live music from Laetitia Sadler, Comet Gain, The Severed Limb, Lisbonne and others.
Come and sing along!
Doors open at 18.30 for a 19.30 start, and the event is expected to end at 22.30.
Refreshments will be [...]
Cinema
Our guide to cinema, film premieres & new release tickets
“Cinema Songbook”: In Celebration of Music and Film!
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »Hollywood Censorship & The Hays Code
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »Professor Mike Wayne explores the fascinating story of how the trend towards “adult” material in such Depression-era films as the 1932 Scarface
Doors open at 18.30 for a 19.30 start, and the event is expected to end at 22.30.
Refreshments will be available.
A Woman Redeemed
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »On the bill tonight is a programme of little-seen British silent films, including a new print of the British crime film A Woman Redeemed (Sinclair Hill, 1927), starring Brian Aherne and Joan Lockton, with musical accompaniment from Stephen Horne. This stylish and pacy spy thriller will be introduced by Amy Sargeant, author of British Cinema: [...]
Coming soon: the History of British Trailers
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »Screening some of the best trailers in the Museum’s archive, Keith M. Johnston traces the history of the “coming attraction”, giving a unique perspective on the genres, stars, studios and technologies of 100 years of the British film industry.
Doors open at 18.30 for a 19.30 start, and the event is expected to end at 22.30.
Refreshments [...]
Jack the Ripper on Film
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »“It is the class question rather than the sex question that is at issue in this matter.” (The Star, 4 October 1888)
The ‘Jack the Ripper’ murders in 1888 have been interpreted in any number of ways across the world, but in Britain, especially in films, class has been a major preoccupation. What class [...]
The Art of the Short Film
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »Film historians Tony Fletcher and Alex Gleason select a dazzling array of rarely seen films, an eclectic mix from creative filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1970s, mainly chosen from the collection held at the Cinema Museum.
The programme will include Vitaphones, R.K.O. shorts, animation, a one-reel version of The Lodger, a [...]
Neil Brand – The Silent Pianist Speaks
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »We are delighted to host the ‘doyen of silent film pianists’ Neil Brand as he presents his critically acclaimed one-man show, using clips from some of the greatest moments in silent cinema to illustrate his globe-trotting 25-year career, and the special place of music with silent film.
From the earliest, earthiest comedies and thrillers, [...]
In the Room Above the Pub: Folk & Film
Where: The Cinema Museum
BOOK NOW »Join us for an evening of folk and film that retraces the British folk club scene from the 1950s onwards, with Pete Morton your folk club MC, and archive footage presented by Doc Rowe. There’ll be songs and music in a quintessential folk club format, with floor singers, real ales and a raffle. [...]
The Cinema Museum
The Master's House, 2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road), London, London, SE11 4TH
London’s Cinema Museum is devoted to keeping alive the spirit of cinema from the days before the multiplex. Set in historic surroundings in Kennington, close to the Elephant & Castle, the Cinema Museum houses a unique collection of artefacts, memorabilia and equipment that preserves the history and grandeur of cinema from [...]
The Point, Eastleigh
Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9DE
The Point is a vibrant, welcoming centre for contemporary arts performance and participation. It hosts a programme packed full of dance, theatre, film, music, festivals and family shows. There is also a creative learning programme that reaches out to all parts of the local community, running over 30 dance classes a week for a variety [...]
