Watermans Arts Centre in West London has launched an emergency appeal to raise £60,000 in four weeks. The indie cinema venue is fighting to stay open. Here’s everything you need to know…
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BREAKING NEWS: Cinemas allowed to reopen as London enters Tier 2
BREAKING NEWS… It has been announced that London will enter the government’s Tier 2 restrictions from the end of national lockdown on 02 December. This means cinemas will be allowed to reopen, with certain restrictions in place. Here’s everything you need to know…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: RADIANT CIRCUS / Revive The Dark
With significant uncertainty still affecting London’s indie cinema scene, RADIANT CIRCUS is taking time to do some necessary development work. As part of a project we’re calling ‘Revive The Dark’, we will pause listing for 2020, completely rebuild our website & email services, expand our scene coverage, & launch a new sponsorship scheme for London’s indie exhibitors in 2021. Here’s everything you need to know.
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LOVE #LDNindieFILM: London indie cinema venues (A–Z)
[UPDATED 26 NOV]: London’s indie cinema crowd funding campaigns, supporter schemes & reopening dates as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Get in touch if you have further news or updates about your fave indie cinema or film venue. LOVE #LDNindieFILM // #ReviveTheDark
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SCREEN DIARY: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) at Pitshanger Pictures
31 OCT 2020: RADIANT CIRCUS embarked on a Halloween odyssey to see Lon Chaney’s Phantom Of The Opera resurrected & restored at St. Barnabas Church, Ealing complete with live organ score by Henry Tozer. Here’s what happened…
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SCREEN DIARY: Cao Fei BLUEPRINTS at Serpentine Gallery (11 AUG 2020)
Cao Fei’s reworked installation BLUEPRINTS at the reopened Serpentine Gallery is well worth a visit. Now booking until 31 AUG & scheduled to run until 13 SEP, there’s more than enough feature-length content for a double dip…
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SCREEN DIARY: KING KONG live from The Castle Cinema (30 JUL 2020)
This one was always & forever about the art of the projectionist… watching Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club spool KING KONG from an otherwise empty Castle Cinema was quite an extraordinary – not to say emotional! – experience. Here’s what happened…
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SCREEN DIARY: Cult Classic Collective at Genesis Cinema (23 JUL 2020)
Genesis Cinema is leading the way, the first indie to reopen in London & now the first to resume their regular film club events. Cult Classic Collective featured regular rockstar host, Nick Walker, guiding us through the shock & awe of Dario Argento’s debut. Here’s our screen diary…
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SCREEN DIARY: Kennington Bioscope TV – Episode 6
[08 JUL 2020]: The COVID-19 shutdown has changed film clubs & film appreciation globally. We tuned in for the sixth episode of KBTV to see how silent film gurus Kennington Bioscope have adapted to streaming whilst spending time away from their traditional home, The Cinema Museum. Here’s what we found…
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SUPPORT #LDNindieFILM: Second Run On Demand
As we get up & running again we thought we’d look at the initiatives that are supporting London’s indie film scene through this time of crisis. First up is a new streaming service from legendary film distributors Second Run On Demand.
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#LDNindieFILM Love Story: The Scala Cinema
We’re asking our wonderful readers to celebrate London’s alternative cinema scene with a #LDNindieFILM Love Story! Here’s the next of their tributes to the amazing people & places that illuminate the darkness & this one’s a WINNER!!
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#LDNindieFILM Love Story: Prince Charles Cinema
We’re asking our wonderful readers to celebrate London’s alternative cinema scene with a #LDNindieFILM Love Story! Here’s the next of their tributes to the amazing people & places that illuminate the darkness with great cinema.
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#LDNindieFILM Love Story: The Cinema Museum
We’re asking our wonderful readers to celebrate London’s alternative cinema scene with a #LDNindieFILM Love Story! Here’s the next of their tributes to the amazing people & places that illuminate the darkness with great cinema.
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#LDNindieFILM Love Story: Everyman Hampstead
We’re asking our wonderful readers to celebrate London’s alternative cinema scene with a #LDNindieFILM Love Story! Here’s the next of their tributes to the amazing people & places that illuminate the darkness with great cinema.
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#LDNindieFILM Love Story: Genesis Cinema
We’re asking our wonderful readers to celebrate London’s alternative cinema scene with a #LDNindieFILM Love Story! Here’s the first of their tributes to the amazing people & places that illuminate the darkness with great cinema.
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THE VIEW FROM ROW E: Celebrating the social side of cinema [2]
[PART TWO] We’re inviting audiences to submit a #LDNindieFILM Love Story to support London’s alternative cinema scene at this time of crisis. In the second part of our celebration of the social side of cinema, our Barker-In-Chief shares some of his favourite ‘brief encounters’ in the dark from the last two years.
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Submit your #LDNindieFILM Love Story!
SUPPORT #LDNindieFILM // Given that we can’t produce our usual indie event listings, we’re keen to throw our pages open to our wonderful readers to keep the content flowing! It’s time to submit your #LDNindieFILM Love Stories!
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THE VIEW FROM ROW E: Celebrating the social side of cinema [1]
[PART ONE] At a time when streaming has become the officially sanctioned chemsex of self-isolation, our Barker-In-Chief writes a personal love letter to the social side of cinema, that potent ritual of gathering together in darkness to see stories projected on the wall.
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