Socialising, documentary shorts, talks, games and prizes to stimulate thoughts and discussions about local food matters, plus a classic fiction feature about the enjoyment of food. Food and drinks will be available to purchase. Do bring along local produce to show or share!
Entries from May 23rd, 2013
An Evening with June Whitfield
May 2013 · Events
Ingénue with Noël Coward, ‘Mother’ in Ab Fab, June has starred alongside comic greats including Hancock, Benny Hill, Frankie Howerd, Terry Scott and the Carry On team. Interview with Glenn Mitchell. A Cine Sisters event.
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Carmen/ Burlesque on Carmen
May 2013 · Events
Odeon Leicester Square organist Donald MacKenzie presents a classic from Cecil B. DeMille … plus Chaplin’s version!
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Flux Soup: live music with film
May 2013 · Events
Experience unique improvised music on jazz, classical and electronic instruments/apparatus, plus short films and animations from independent filmmakers. Curated by Chiara Ambrosio and Bird Radio.
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At the launch of his new book, Jonathan Croall talks about his father, silent star John Stuart. With film excerpts. A free event.
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London Archive Film Festival
May 2013 · Events
Celebration of the use of archival footage in the creative media, screening productions from Europe and beyond, run by archivist Alison Mercer. A must-see event for anybody interested in contemporary creative media that relies on archival footage as a narrative vehicle. Highlights include Ici, On Noie Les Algeriens (Here, We Drown Algerians), which tells the story of the massacre of hundreds of marchers in Paris in 1961, and Unfinished Spaces, which tells how Fidel Castro and Che Guevara commissioned three visionary architects to design Cuba’s National Art Schools.
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A second edition of CINEMA SONGBOOK – a night of live music and screenings to celebrate songs in films outside the musicals genre, with exclusive live performances by NIGHT WORKS, ZOOEY, GRAHAM MUSHNIK and HONG KONG IN THE 60s.
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Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) by Hugo Vickers
May 2013 · Events
This visual treat from Beaton’s authorised biographer and literary executor reveals the life of the photographer whose career encompassed fashion, society portraiture, war work and costume/set design for stage and screen (including Gigi and My Fair Lady). Also highlighted is his strange love affair with Greta Garbo.
