The Cinema Museum, London

Upcoming Events

Kennington Noir presents The Big Heat (1953) on 16mm film

Wed 17 Sep 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

The Fritz Lang film noir classic has Glenn Ford avenging the murder of his wife by a crime syndicate, locking horns with Lee Marvin's sadistic hoodlum and falling for his moll, played by Gloria Grahame.

Cinema Museum bookstall – September 20th

Sat 20 Sep 2025 @ 11:00 · Events

The Cinema Museum Bookstall is open to all between 11.00 and 16.00. Admission free.

Some new kind of kick presents The Cramps and The Mutants: The Napa State Tapes (1978)

Sat 20 Sep 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

On June 13, 1978, the Target Video collective filmed a performance by The Cramps and The Mutants at Napa State Hospital to an audience of around 100 mental patients. Their recording of the show became an underground sensation.

Lost Reels presents Sitting Target (1972)

Wed 24 Sep 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

The Lost Reels season of great forgotten British Crime films continues with Douglas Hickox’s action-packed revenge thriller featuring Oliver Reed, Ian McShane, Jill St. John and Edward Woodward.

Women and Cocaine presents The Divorcee (1930)

Thu 25 Sep 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

Norma Shearer won an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman who reacts to her husband's infidelity by spending the night with his best friend.

Exploding Cinema – September 27th

Sat 27 Sep 2025 @ 19:00 · Events

The sensory overload that is Exploding Cinema lands at The Cinema Museum for a night of independent mini-films of every genre.

Fogolar Furlan Great Britain presents The Great War (1959), introduced by Coro Polifonico di Ruda

Sun 28 Sep 2025 @ 14:30 · Events

Regarded as director Mario Monicelli's finest work, The Great War, famed for its sharp, tragicomical sense of history, stars drama actor Vittorio Gassman, comedy superstar Alberto Sordi and the star of Neorealism Silvana Mangano.

Kennington Bioscope presents Le Brasier Ardent (1923)

Wed 1 Oct 2025 @ 19:30 · Events

A jealous husband engages a detective to tail his much younger wife in Ivan Mosjoukine's surreal treasure.