Another not-to-be-missed screening, as the Oscar-winning film historian introduces more rare films from his collection. Stephen Horne accompanies.
Entries from May 14th, 2013
This award-winning documentary film follows Motor Neurone Disease sufferer Neil Platt as he tackles the last months of his life and puts together a letter and memory box for his baby son Oscar.
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Don’t miss this rare screening with a special introduction. Raquela, a trans-woman from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.
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An Evening with Derren Nesbitt
May 2013 · Events
In conversation with Jonathan Rigby. Often portraying the villain, his acting credits include The Blue Max (1966), The Naked Runner with Frank Sinatra (1967), the role of Major von Hapen in Where Eagles Dare (1968), and The Prisoner, in which he was Number Two in “It’s Your Funeral”.
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The Banned Films of John Krish
May 2013 · Events
The acclaimed director introduces three films of his that have seldom been screened: Captured, made for Military Intelligence, shows unflinchingly what it was like to be a British prisoner in the Korean War; British Transport Film The Finishing Line, a vivid warning to would-be railway vandals, was banned for over 20 years; HMP explores the life of Prison Officers. With Q&A.
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Dear Censor / Epic: A Cast of Thousands!
May 2013 · Events
Two superb documentaries filmed at the Cinema Museum by BBC Bristol for BBC Four’s Timeshift, introduced by the programme makers. British Board of Film Classification staff will join in for a Q&A after Dear Censor, which reveals some explicit exchanges with film-makers over infamous BBFC cases. Don’t miss!
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See Atlanta burn and San Francisco reduced to rubble, with Terry Sanderson’s cataclysmic clips from the era of models and matte painting + CGI counterparts.
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Peter Cushing: A Centenary Celebration
April 2013 · Events
The “gentleman of horror” is remembered at this launch event for new book Peter Cushing: The Complete Memoirs. Hosted by film historian Jonathan Rigby, with special guest Cushing’s former assistant Bernard Broughton
