Past Events Archive

It is through the eye of the stills camera that we experience and recall some of the cinema’s most memorable events and faces. Joel W. Finler traces the origin of stills photography during the silent era and the early development of the star system, through to the rise of the giant studios in the 1930s and their eventual decline. Featured will be rare and unusual stills from Finler’s own collection, including production shots, behind-the-scenes photos and images showing the stars’ private lives.

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Rindhouse Films invites you to leave your inhibitions at the door and enter a world of surreal cinematic debauchery, conjured by the crazed imagination of guerilla filmmaker Daniel Marlowe. Presenting the world premiere of Lady Chatterley’s Revenge – the ultimate guilty pleasure!

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Musician Marie Merlet presents songs from films outside the musicals genre, with clips ranging from westerns to comedies, and live music from Laetitia Sadier, Comet Gain, The Severed Limb, Lisbonne and others. Come and sing along!

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Professor Mike Wayne explores the fascinating story of how the trend towards “adult” material in such Depression-era films as the 1932 Scarface and Red Dust led to Hollywood submitting to self-censorship under the elaborate Hays Code, to drastic effect.

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CineSundays will be showcasing classic movies on the last Sunday of each month at the Cinema Museum - with delicious themed cocktails! First up is Working Girl, nominated for four academy awards and starring Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford.

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Join our alternative Jubilee celebrations with the other Windsor – Queen of the Carry Ons, in conversation with Neil Brand. Her numerous film successes range from Sparrows Can't Sing to The Boyfriend, after which she found a new audience as Peggy Mitchell in Eastenders.

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Join us for a programme of little-seen British silent films, including the stylish and pacy British spy thriller A Woman Redeemed (Sinclair Hill, 1927), starring Brian Aherne and Joan Lockton, with musical accompaniment from Stephen Horne and introduction by Amy Sargeant.

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Join us for a fascinating evening as Keith M. Johnston explores the 100-year history of the ‘coming attraction’ film trailer and its place within the British film industry, screening a selection of the best trailers in the Cinema Museum archives, and bringing to light some of the unsung heroes of British trailer production.

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