Sunday 8 July 2018

The Cinema Museum - Vito Project, Celluloid Sorceress, Kennington Bioscope, Luxury Cinema Tour, Kennington Talkies

Vito Project July 12th, Celluloid Sorceress July 18th, Kennington Bioscope July 18th, Luxury Cinema Tour July 20th, Kennington Talkies July 22nd
Vito Project presents; All About My Mother (1999), Thursday July 12th @ 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 Pedro Almodovar’s drama All About My Mother (1999), starring Cecilia Roth, Marisa Paredes, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz and Candela Peña.
All About My Mother tell the story of Manuela, an nurse who oversees donor organ transplants in a Madrid hospital, and is single mother to Esteban, a teenager who wants to be a writer. The film deals with complex issues such as AIDS, homosexuality, transsexualism, faith, and existentialism.
The project is endorsed by BFI Flare: London LGBT film festival, 56 Dean St, QX Magazine, Gay’s the Word, ACT UP London, Gay Mates, a Change of Scene, the Cara Trust, I-Base, UK-CAB, Positively UK, Gaydio, NAZ Project, Frank Byrne & his walkers and Broad Appeal Podcast.

This is a free event but we need your donations on the night to ensure the continuation of the VITO project. 
The Celluloid Sorceress presents; Flawless (1999), Wednesday July 18th @ 7:30m
The Celluloid Sorceress’ retrospective of the films of Joel Schumacher continues with a digital presentation of one of the director’s most personal films, Flawless(1999).
Robert De Niro stars as Walter Koontz, a ‘local hero’ cop living in a downtown New York apartment block. Across the courtyard lives Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a pre-op transwoman performing as a drag artist to raise the money for surgery.
While responding to the sound of gunshots in the apartment block, Walt suffers a sudden stroke. Waking up paralysed down his right side and unable to speak, he falls into depression. Hearing Rusty’s noisy rehearsals inspires Walt to regain his speech by learning to sing, and they form an uneasy alliance.
His most overt work on an LGBT theme and based on the experiences of a close friend, Flawless (1999) stands as a more hopeful counterpart to Schumacher’s other film released that year, the dark thriller 8mm. Philip Seymour Hoffman earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance as Rusty, with Roger Ebert praising his ability “to take a flamboyant role and find the quiet details in it”.
Introduced by Rebecca Nicole Williams with a vintage support programme by DEEP ‘90s!

More information can be found here
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Advance tickets are £6 and may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 during office hours.
Season tickets £40 (£32.50 concessions) for all the Celluloid Sorceress Joel Schumacher films available from Billetto, or direct from the Museum.
Kennington Bioscope presents; Kipps (1921), Wednesday July 18th @ 7:30m
The main feature is Kipps (1921), directed by Harold M. Shaw, and starring George K. Arthur and Edna Flugrath.
Kipps is an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ bittersweet comedy of English social class and manners, the story of a draper’s assistant who has an opportunity to move up in the world. Things don’t always go according to plan…
Starring the wonderful George K. Arthur, whose performance was highly praised by Chaplin, and Edna Flugrath, and directed by Harold Shaw for Stoll pictures, it was much praised on it’s release, not least by H.G. Wells himself (who apparently features as an extra in the film). Featuring beautilful location shooting in Folkestone, Canterbury and at the Savoy Hotel, this is a lovely and little known film.
We’re delighted that Neil Brand will be providing the piano accompaniment for this screening. A 35mm presentation courtesy of the BFI.

Tickets are £5, but seats are limited.  To avoid disappointment, please request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com.
Luxury Cinema Museum Tour, Friday July 20th @ 7:30pm
Mr Morris Hardcastle, Cinema Commissionaire, cordially invites you to a very special night at the Cinema Museum.This exclusive evening tour will cover the role of cinema in the Twentieth Century, the Lambeth Workhouse and Charlie Chaplin, as well as a guided tour of the Museum itself, all followed by a 25 minute film show.
Mr Hardcastle’s tours have proved very popular over the past two years, so early booking is recommended.

There are 32 tickets only.
Advance tickets are £25 (which includes one free drink at the bar) - click below to purchase from Billetto, or call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. Payment may be made in advance.
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Kennington Talkies presents; In Name Only (1939), Sunday 22nd July @ 2:30pm
In Name Only (1939) is a romantic drama starring Carole Lombard, Cary Grant and Kay Francis, and directed by John Cromwell.
In this entertaining drama, Cary Grant plays a wealthy married man who falls for a widow, played by Lombard, who tries desperately to obtain a divorce from his bitchy, manipulative social climber wife, played by Francis.

Advance tickets are £6 - click below to purchase from Billetto, or call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. 
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