The Cinema Museum, London

Entries from December 22nd, 2024

Screening of Rave On For The Avon (2024) plus Q&A with director Charlotte Sawyer

December 2024 · Events

Local swimmers, scientists and a mermaid join forces in a community’s battle to fight to protect the River Avon, the Bristol way.

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The Spring Season 2025: dates for your diary

December 2024 · Events

Screenings, theatrical extravaganzas, film clubs, book launches, live talks and more as the Cinema Museum continues its fundraising campaign to secure its future.

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Kennington Noir presents Act of Violence (1948) – SORRY EVENT CANCELLED

December 2024 · Events

Fred Zinnemann directs this 1948 noir that shines a light on the aftermath of WWII on soldiers returning to civilian life, with Van Helfin the target of Robert Ryan’s need to right a supposed wartime wrong.

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Kennington Noir presents Gun Crazy (1950)

December 2024 · 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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Celebrating Peter Sellers: Being There (1979)

December 2024 · Events

In Hal Ashby’s film, Sellers plays a simple-minded gardener who by accident becomes an unofficial advisor to the powerful in Washington.

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Celebrating Peter Sellers: A Shot in the Dark (1964)

December 2024 · Events

Peter Sellers plays Inspector Jacques Clouseau, who is sent to the country home of millionaire Benjamin Ballon to investigate the shooting of his chauffeur, Miguel.

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Celebrating Peter Sellers: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

December 2024 · Events

Kubrick’s satirical masterpiece about nuclear Armageddon has Sellers in three roles, showing his acting and comedy skills at their finest.

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Celebrating Peter Sellers: Heavens Above! (1963)

December 2024 · Events

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

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