The Cinema Museum - TCM events - The Slippers, Kansas City Confidential, Cinema Museum Bookstall & French Sundays

The Slippers April 26th, Kansas City Confidential May 10th, Cinema Museum Bookstall May 13th, French Sundays May 14th Vito Project presents; The Slippers, Wednesday April 26th @ 7pm ReShape and the Cinema Museum present the third season of the VITO Project, a series of free monthly screenings bringing generations of LGBTs together to provide an alternative space to mix, watch films and share ideas. The VITO Project is delighted to present The Slippers, a 2016 documentary by Morgan White, recently screened at the BFI Flare Festival.  Find out more here This is a free event, but please come early to secure a seat as it can get very busy and we do not take bookings. The doors to the Cinema will be shut once capacity is reached. Find out more about the VITO Project on their website. Kennington Noir presents: Kansas City Confidential (1952) Wednesday May 10th @ 7:30pm Elements of Kansas City Confidential have appeared in countless movies – The Thomas Crown Affair (1968, 1999) and The Usual Suspects (1995) to name but two – and it is said to be one of the inspirations behind Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992). John Payne plays Joe, an ex-con who now drives a florist’s delivery truck. One of his regular delivery stops is right next door to a bank. His daily delivery routine is copied by three masked robbers who pull off an armored car heist. The three robbers are the excellently cast Neville Brand, Jack Elam, and Lee Van Cleef. Joe is suspected of complicity and his criminal record doesn’t help matters. However, he gets a lead on a possible participant in the heist and tracks him down to Mexico. And that’s where the suspense really starts. With a supporting programme and a short intro from Kulraj Phullar, who has recently completed a PhD on “good girls” in classic Hollywood film noir at King’s College London. Advance tickets are £6 and can be purchased direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 during office hours. Alternatively, you can click below to purchase tickets via Billetto.   Book Now Bookstall, Saturday 13th May 2pm-5pm French Sundaes: Une Belle Fille Comme Moi (1972), Sunday 14th May @ 2:30pm A new season of French cinema – this time looking at a different type of comedy each month. This month it’s the comic cinema of François Truffaut, with a screening of Une Belle Fille Comme Moi (Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me) (1972). A young sociologist is preparing a thesis on criminal women. He meets Camille Bliss (Bernadette Lafont) in prison to interview her. Camille is accused of having murdered her lover and her father. She tells him about her life and her love affairs. He soon falls in love with Camille and works to find the evidence to prove her innocent. A themed talk from Jon Davies will precede the screening. Advance tickets are Tickets in advance £8.50 (£6.50 concessions) and may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 during office hours. If you wish to purchase tickets on the night instead, standard pricing is £10 (£7 concessions).