The Cinema Museum, London

Past Events Archive

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938)

Sat 18 Feb 2012 @ 19:00 · Events

Don't miss a rare screening of this uncanny prewar Japanese horror, featuring scream queen Sumiko Suzuki. Director Kiyohiko Ushihara employs dark double exposures, slow motion sequences and specially-developed lenses to great effect.

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French Sundaes: Les Choristes (2004)

Sun 12 Feb 2012 @ 14:30 · Events

Christophe Barratier’s drama Les Choristes is set in 1948. Music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for troubled boys. What he discovers disconcerts him – the current situation is repressive and the headmaster harsh. Through the power of song, Mathieu tries to transform the students.

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The Economics of Happiness (2011)

Sat 11 Feb 2012 @ 19:00 · Events

This stunning documentary by Helena Norbery, Steven Gorelick and John Page reveals how corporate-led globalisation is destroying our jobs, our environment and our democracy. The film shows that localisation is another way.

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Grand Fundraising Event: Film & Movie Memorabilia Bazaar

Sat 4 Feb 2012 10:00 - 17:00 · Events

Our Film and Movie Memorabilia Bazaar will feature dealers tables with books, posters, stills, films (all gauges), equipment, campaign books, DVDs etc, plus a Bring and Buy stall and film celebrity guest speakers, including Madeline Smith (The Vampire Lovers, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Theater of Blood), who will be opening the event and doing a Q&A. Admission £5.

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Little Joe presents “A Bigger Splash”

Tue 31 Jan 2012 @ 19:00 · Events

Little Joe's A Little Film Club launch @ The Cinema Museum: Jack Hazan’s A Bigger Splash, a portrait of David Hockney in the 1970s, plus the director in conversation with Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern.

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French Sundaes: Delicatessen (1991)

Sun 8 Jan 2012 @ 14:30 · Events

"An inventive and futuristic comedy, Delicatessen also functions as a fantasy version of the German occupation of France during the Second Word War." Vegetarian or not, this is a great film for everybody recovering from the excesses of Christmas!

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“Ribticklers”: An Evening of Vintage Comedy

Thu 15 Dec 2011 @ 19:30 · Events

Terry Sanderson introduces comedy geniuses of the past, with sketches, stand-up and slapstick from Laurel and Hardy, Pete and Dud, The Three Stooges, Lucille Ball, The Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Norman Evans, Sandy Powell, Gracie Fields, Bob and Ray, Max Wall and many more.

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French Sundaes: Diva (1981)

Sun 11 Dec 2011 @ 14:30 · Events

This month's French Sundae with Jon Davies revisits cinema of the 1980s, with a screening of Diva (1981), one of the most stylish French films ever made.

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