The Cinema Museum, London

Upcoming Events

Kennington Bioscope presents Walking Back (1928) and The California Mail (1929), a 16mm double bill

Wed 23 Apr 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

Kennington Bioscope presents a Jazz Age comedy drama starring Sue Carol, and an American Civil War western starring Ken Maynard, both from 16mm prints in Christopher Bird's collection.

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Women and Cocaine presents As You Desire Me (1932)

Thu 24 Apr 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

In this MGM production, Greta Garbo plays a mysterious amnesiac woman,who is swept into a whirlwind of passion and intrigue when a man (Melvyn Douglas) claims she’s his long-lost wife.

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Fingersmith 20th Anniversary: An Evening with Sarah Waters

Fri 25 Apr 2025 @ 18:45 · Events

This year marks 20 years since the BBC’s adaption of Fingersmith, the extraordinary novel from Sarah Waters, hit our TV screens. The gripping story followed two women, Sue and Maud, and what begins as a scheming plot swiftly twists into a labyrinthine tale of deception, power, and the struggles of women in Victorian society.

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The Blinking Buzzards – 26 April

Sat 26 Apr 2025 @ 16:00 · Events

The UK Buster Keaton Society. Quarterly meeting of the society dedicated to the appreciation of the silent comedian.

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Robert Ross and Gemma Ross present a Write On Comedy event: Carry On Up The Cinema Museum VII

Sat 3 May 2025 @ 12:00 · Events

In what has become a sell-out bi-annual treat for devotees of the Best of British Comedy, in general, and the Carry Ons, in particular, Robert and Gemma Ross host another full day of hilarious anecdotes, rare clips from the vaults, and a roll-call of very special guests.

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Celebrating Peter Sellers: Heavens Above! (1963)

Sat 10 May 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

Sellers plays a prison chaplain accidentally appointed to a wealthy parish in this Boulting Brothers satire.

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Kennington Noir presents Gun Crazy (1950)

Wed 14 May 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

Joseph H. Lewis's noir mini-masterpiece stars Peggy Cummins and John Dall as a couple besotted with each other and firearms, who go on a robbery spree across America.

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Some new kind of kick presents Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)

Sat 17 May 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.

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