Past Events Archive

In conversation with Jonathan Rigby. Often portraying the villain, his acting credits include The Blue Max (1966), The Naked Runner with Frank Sinatra (1967), the role of Major von Hapen in Where Eagles Dare (1968), and The Prisoner, in which he was Number Two in “It’s Your Funeral”.

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The acclaimed director introduces three films of his that have seldom been screened: Captured, made for Military Intelligence, shows unflinchingly what it was like to be a British prisoner in the Korean War; British Transport Film The Finishing Line, a vivid warning to would-be railway vandals, was banned for over 20 years; HMP explores the life of Prison Officers. With Q&A.

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Two superb documentaries filmed at the Cinema Museum by BBC Bristol for BBC Four’s Timeshift, introduced by the programme makers. British Board of Film Classification staff will join in for a Q&A after Dear Censor, which reveals some explicit exchanges with film-makers over infamous BBFC cases. Don't miss!

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See Atlanta burn and San Francisco reduced to rubble, with Terry Sanderson’s cataclysmic clips from the era of models and matte painting + CGI counterparts.

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The “gentleman of horror” is remembered at this launch event for new book Peter Cushing: The Complete Memoirs. Hosted by film historian Jonathan Rigby, with special guest Cushing’s former assistant Bernard Broughton

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The actress recalls film roles including Princess Jelhi in Carry On Up the Khyber, her passionate 20-year partnership with Kenneth More, star of Genevieve and Reach for the Sky, and the adventure of love and work since his death.

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APOLOGIES, BUT DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS EVENT HAS UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE CANCELLED. BAFTA-winning film editor, filmmaker, teacher. His film/TV work includes A Very British Coup and Beautiful Thing. His book Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice is the definitive guide to his pivotal craft.

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