The Cinema Museum - Dead of Night (1945), Christopher Strong (1933), Cantar la Misa con Chabuca (2018), Senora De Nadie (1982)

Dead of Night (1945) Oct 29th Christopher Strong (1933) Oct 30th Cantar La Misa Con Chabuca (2018) Oct 31st Senora De Nadie (1982) Nov 1st Film School at The Cinema Museum presents; Dead of Night (1945), Tuesday 29th October @ 7pm After an extended hiatus, we’re delighted to announce the return of Film School to Time Out’s Most Loved Local Culture Spot 2018, The Cinema Museum! To do this atmospheric space justice, we’re screening the great Ealing horror – DEAD OF NIGHT (1945) and discussing it in relation to genre theory. This film changed horror forever by introducing a new kind of monster – psychological trauma – and portraying it with real narrative sophistication. In our talk and post-screening discussion, we’ll learn about the importance of familiarity and difference to genres, and consider how they evolve to reflect the hopes and fears of contemporary society. Screenings start with a talk from Film Studies teacher Gareth Jones, outlining a particular approach to film analysis and end with a group discussion inspired by that approach. Join us for our next event to gain and share new insights in to great films! Advance tickets are £8.50 (£6.50 concessions). If you would prefer to pay on the door, the price will be £10 (£7 concessions). Click below to purchase your advance tickets from Billetto. Buy Now Women & Cocaine presents; Christopher Strong (1933) Wednesday 30th October @ 7:30pm This October join Women & Cocaine as we screen Katherine Hepburn’s classic Christopher Strong (1933) from the pioneering lesbian director Dorothy Arzner (inventor of the boom microphone!) In her only role as ‘the other woman’ Hepburn plays Lady Cynthia Darrington in this illicit tale of love among the English aristocracy. Sir Christopher Strong, a member of parliament, has always been faithful to his wife, until he meets the distinguished Aviatrix, Lady Cynthia at a party where a dangerous affair ensues between the young, free spirited Cynthia and the middle aged Christopher. As the two are drawn deeper into their affair, the consequences threaten Strong’s lengthy marriage and both their careers culminating in a fateful climax. Find out more here. Reserved tickets £10 available from Eventbrite. Tickets will also be available on the door on the night. Concessions available on the door with valid ID. Phone bookings for this event cannot be made via the Cinema Museum. Screening of Cantar La Misa con Chabuca (2018), Thursday October 31st @ 7:30pm The General Consulate of Peru in London presents a free screening on Criolla Music Day of Cantar la Misa con Chabuca (2018), a documentary directed by Luis Enrique Cam. This documentary tells the story behind the composition and interpretation of ‘The Creole Wedding Mass’, a musical work that the great Chabuca Granda created as a wedding gift for her only daughter in 1969 and then gave to the Peruvian people for their enjoyment in wedding ceremonies and other events. Criolla Music Day (October 31st) celebrates the genre of Peruvian music that exhibits influences from European, African and Andean music. This is a FREE event Please note: this film is in Spanish with NO subtitles. Argentinian Film Season presents; Senore De Nadie (Nobody's Wife) (1982), Friday November 1st @ 7:30pm María Luisa Bemberg was one of the most important woman film directors to emerge not just from Argentina but from Latin America as a whole. In Señora de nadie, as in all her films, Bemberg expressed her fascination for women who do not follow the model laid out for them. Luisina Brando, already well-known for her work with other prominent Argentinian directors such as Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Adolfo Aristarain, Fernando Ayala and Juan José Jusid, plays an upper middle-class woman, Leonor, whose comfortable life falls apart when she learns of her husband’s infidelity. She sets out on a voyage of self-discovery, determined to regain control of her life. The ‘subversive’ message of the film was that the heterosexual relationship had no chance of succeeding in the Argentina of the early 1980s unless one of the parties, the woman, resigned her right to respect – and therefore, self-respect. Leonor is not prepared to play this game. The sexual liberalism of Señora de nadie – shot during the Falklands War of 1982 – was dangerously challenging to the symbolic order on which the dictatorship was based (even though the military regime does not appear in the film at all). Find out more here. Advance tickets are £8.50 (£6.50 concessions). If you would prefer to pay on the door, the price will be £10 (£7 concessions). Click below to purchase your advance tickets from Billetto.

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