Category: Films
Hammer: classic and cutting edge horror season at the Flickr Club
The Flickr Club is resurrecting bloody classics like The Reptile, Frankenstein Created Woman and The Vampire Lovers and bringing them face to face with their 21st century counterparts: Wake Wood, Let Me In and the eagerly awaited The Woman in Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe. Hammer has been the champion of Gothic literature for decades with [...]
Meet Tippi Hedren at cinematic evening Hitchcock and Hollywood
Tippi Hedren, the last of Alfred Hitchcock’s glamorous blondes, will be on-stage at the Fairfield Concert Hall to tell of her time working with Hollywood’s master of suspense. With clips from some of Hitchcock’s most famous films on the Fairfield’s big screen, Miss Hedren will discuss the background to famous Hitchcock films, such as Vertigo, [...]
Explore vintage London with Screen Heritage UK
Screen Heritage UK (SHUK), a major collaboration between the BFI and regional film archives across the UK, has just launched offering free access to Britain’s film heritage via a new cataloguing and online access drive – Search Your Film Archives. The national and regional film archives have created this resource to give the public online [...]
Big BFI give-away: win film tickets and books about Elizabeth Taylor and Rita Hayworth
The BFI is paying tribute to the violet-eyed screen goddess – Dame Elizabeth died this March – with an Elizabeth Taylor season. Watch classics like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or A Place in the Sun all throughout August. Full Liz Taylor film listings . We are giving away three pairs of tickets to see [...]
Film Review – The King’s Speech
Rebecca McWattie reviews new London-set historical drama The King’s Speech,which tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist [...]
Welcome to Studio 64 – London’s first Vintage Erotic Film Club
Curated by coveted burlesque dancer Agent Lynch, Studio 64, London’s first Vintage Erotic Film Club is set to bring vintage erotic delights to the capital for a completely new kind of viewing pleasure. Studio 64 has access to one of the UK’s most prolific vintage pornographic film collections. Gathered over the past 25 years it [...]
