Donald MacKenzie, the organist from the Odeon Leicester Square, presents Erich von Stroheim’s silent version of The Merry Widow and plays the piano accompaniment.
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Transculture at the Cinema Museum: Normal (2003)
October 2013 · Events
Alexandria Aileen Adamson will be here to entertain us, followed by a screening of acclaimed HBO film Normal, starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson, about the gender transition of Ruth Applewood, a transsexual woman who had been living as a man for 25 years of marriage.
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Party
October 2013 · Events
Enjoy this milestone of Whovian history in the company of fellow fans, special guests, and big screen Technicolor Daleks. More details to be announced!
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Watch the trailer for a fabulous event! Be transported by the tropical rhythms of wonderful band Malphino, who will play a unique Fellini-inspired set created especially for this event. The concert will be followed by a screening of Fellini’s beautiful and haunting Nights of Cabiria.
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Star of Weimar silents including The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, later a villain in Casablanca, from 1932-1940 Veidt starred in 13 British features and became a potent symbol of anti-Nazi opposition. Film maker and historian Tom Hamilton gives an illustrated talk on this fascinating period in Veidt’s life and career.
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A Tribute to Kathleen Byron
October 2013 · Events
Powell and Pressburger scholars and Kathleen’s family pay tribute to the actress best known as the disturbed Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus, who also starred in A Matter of Life and Death and The Small Back Room.
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French Sundays: Orphée (Cocteau, 1950)
October 2013 · Events
Jean Cocteau’s retelling of the Orpheus myth with reference to the Second World War and the French resistance is a surreal cinematic tour de force. The film will be followed by an illuminating talk by Jon Davies, placing the film in its historical and cultural context.
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An Evening with Pan’s People
October 2013 · Events
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Top of the Pops, Babs, Dee Dee and Ruth will be in conversation, plus signing copies of their fascinating new memoir of the golden age of pop music. Between 1968 and 1976 the legendary troupe and their choreographer Flick Colby filled in for absent bands – and in the process became better remembered than many of the records they danced to.
