Past Events Archive

Film format home movies can be brought for inspection by a trained archivist. You don’t have to have home movies to attend, and there will be a special presentation of 1950s-1970s location cine footage shot by film publicist Ralph Cooper, plus tea and cake, and prizes to be won! , .

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Territory play a mix of their Latin and African influenced jazz as the Museum is transformed into a jazz club for the night. The programme will include a short 1920s avant garde film screening with a new score by Duncan James.

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Kim Newman and Jonathan Rigby are our guides on a journey from monsters, ghouls and horror-of-Armageddon in the 1960s to slasher, splatter and the occult in the 1970s, rediscovering the classics and exploring the less well-trodden paths.

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This is an excellent chance to explore the Museum and find out more about our unique collection and forthcoming events. Volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and show people around. There will be: stalls about the Museum’s history and future plans screenings all day, with films about the Museum and past events,  documentaries, cartoons and […]

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Why is that creepy Dr Chan-Fu fiendishly menacing sweet Mabel Poulton with hypnosis, shots from hidden revolvers, and a pit of poisonous snakes? All will be revealed in a rare screening of Walter Forde’s lively silent version of a popular 192os stage melodrama.

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Méliès, Lumière, Gance and their contemporaries + The Chess Player (1927) – an exciting masterpiece of French cinema now completely restored.

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A monthly season of screenings featuring milestones in French Cinema, with talks from Jon Davies.

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Scala documentary, panel Q&A and classic double bill Pink Flamingos & Bride of Frankenstein in this day of events celebrating the legendary repertory cinema.

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