Past Events Archive

This special event is an affectionate portrait of the life of director and comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, presented by much-loved comedy writer and broadcaster Barry Cryer. He will be joined onstage by renowned investigative writer David Yallop, who uncovered the incredible facts of the scandal that unjustly ruined Arbuckle's career in his book "The Day The Laughter Stopped". The ban on Arbuckle’s films has never been lifted in this country – so enjoy the illicit entertainment of some seldom-seen shorts and clips!

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"The British Monroe" Vera Day talks to Steve Chibnall about her glamorous career, from early success in Carol Reed's A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) to a memorable performance in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), with cult films such as Quatermass 2 and The Woman-Eater along the way.

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To commemorate the disaster, a hundred years ago to this very day, film historian Luke McKernan presents films and extracts, fiction and non-fiction, genuine and fake, made at the time and in the years since, including a surviving non-fiction film from 1912. Plus Valentine Palmer talks about his book investigating the circumstances of the disaster, "Titanic … And the Strange Case of Great Uncle Bertie".

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British actress Sylvia Syms made her name in such film dramas as Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), Victim (1961) and The Tamarind Seed (1974) with Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, with comedy roles including Tony Hancock’s wife in The Punch and Judy Man (1963). Still acting in films and television, she recently co-starred as the Queen Mother in the 2006 film The Queen.

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Feldman’s biographer Robert Ross treats us to a fascinating illustrated portrait of this architect of British comedy. Regarded by John Cleese as “a true cultural icon”, he paved the way for Monty Python, before going on to become a Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein.

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The Monty Python actress in conversation with Steve Chibnall. “What was it like working with those guys? DULL!! Dull, dull, dull! (and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything).” Plus an exclusive glimpse of Carol's one-woman show Pom-poms Up! A Cine Sisters event.

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~ A Tribute To Cinema’s Most Scandalous Publication ~ with discussion with Popbitch's Camilla Wright and artist Nina Mae Fowler. Avant-garde film director and occultist Kenneth Anger’s infamous 1959 exposé has been banned, debunked by academics and adored by millions. Little Joe pays tribute with a screening of Nigel Finch’s 1991 BBC Arena documentary.

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Over the past 20 years, few people in the UK have not heard one of composer Debbie Wiseman's acclaimed film/TV scores, including Wilde, Tom & Viv, and the BBC's Land Girls, Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Judge John Deed. A Cine Sisters event

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