The Cinema Museum - Bugsy Malone (1976), Teorema (1968), Compulsion (1959), Laurel & Hardy Society, French Sundae, Kennington Bioscope, Misty Moon

 

Bugsy Malone (1976) May 28th Teorema (1968) May 28th Compulsion (1959) May 29th Laurel & Hardy Society June 4th French Sundaes June 12th The Man Without Desire (1923) June 15th Misty Moon June 18th Scout Fundraiser Matinee; Bugsy Malone (1976), Saturday May 28th @ 2:30pm As a fundraiser for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea in 2023, the 1st New Cross Scout Group is presenting a screening of the 1976 gangster musical comedy film Bugsy Malone, written and directed by Alan Parker, with music by Paul Williams. With an cast completely devoid of adults, this popular US-UK co-production is a gangster movie spoof, telling the story of the rise of Bugsy Malone and the battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Any violence in the plot is undercut – in the final machinegun battle, the gangsters are firing whipped cream at each other! The child stars are Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger and John Cassisi. Advance tickets are £10 for adults and £8 for children - click below to purchase via Ticketlab.  Alternatively, please call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. Buy Now Wonder Reels; Teorema (1968), Saturday May 28th @ 7:30pm Wonder Reels: a night for music and film lovers Wonder Reels return to the Cinema Museum with their unique events featuring live performances from outstanding London musicians followed by a 35mm screening of a full feature film chosen with the artist in mind. The event will start with a performance by artist Marta Salogni who duets with tape machines, using them as instruments to weave intricate mazes of tape loops and echoes through the manipulation of both live and recorded sounds. The concert will be followed by a 35mm projection of Pasolini’s 1968 masterpiece Teorema, in which a beautiful stranger destroys the bourgeois world of a Milanese family. This is an original print, so as was the practice at the time, this is an English language dubbed version. Advance tickets are £10 and can be purchased from Ticketlab or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 during office hours. Vito Project LGBTQ + Film Club presents; Compulsion (1959), Sunday May 29th @ 6pm The VITO Project returns to the Cinema Museum with a monthly screening of a feature with a LGBTQ+slant. Re-Opening the Celluloid Closet is a series of screenings exploring the ways in which classic Hollywood films depicted queer representation under the restraints of the infamous Production (aka Hays) Code, a set of strict guidelines dictating what was deemed acceptable in American movies from 1934-1968. This month’s film is COMPULSION (1959) dir Richard Fleischer, with Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell and Diane Varsi. Based on novelist Meyer Levin’s fictionalised account of the infamous 1924 murder trial of lovers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two close friends murder a younger boy in a philosophical exercise in “how to commit the perfect crime”. Despite their precautions, one of them inadvertently leaves a key piece of evidence at the crime scene, and they are arrested and put on trial. It’s up to their nationally famous attorney (Orson Welles) to save them. The story provided Hollywood with the perfect sensationalist material to reinforce its tendency to portray gay men as villains. This didn’t prevent Stockwell and Dillman jointly winning (alongside Welles) the Best Actor award at Cannes Film Festival. Less often screened than the other cinematic retellings of the story, Compulsion is a compelling tale that offers a compassionate plea against capital punishment. The film will be followed by a conversation about the context of its production and the content of the movie. Advance tickets are £8 - click below to purchase via Ticketlab.  Alternatively, please call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. Buy Now The Live Ghost Tent, Quarterly Meeting of Laurel & Hardy Society Saturay June 4th @ 3pm The films we intend to show are: Leave ’em Laughing (1928), silent short directed by Clyde Bruckman and Leo McCarey; They Go Boom (1929), short directed by James Parrott; Perfect Day (1929), short directed by James Parrott; County Hospital (1932), short directed by James Parrott; and Sons of the Desert (1933), directed by William A. Seiter. More details on our Facebook page. The membership fee is for one year and includes entrance to our meetings and a copy of our international quarterly magazine the Intra-Tent Journal. Single cost of membership is £10 per annum, £12.50 for a couple living at the same address. Non-members are welcome and we ask for a donation of £5 per meeting. Children under the age of 12, accompanied by an adult are admitted free. French Sundaes presents; Un Homme et Une Femme (1966), Sunday June 12th @ 2:30pm Un Homme et une femme (A man and a Woman) (1966) is the quintessential French romance that won its maker, Claude Lelouch, an Oscar and had everyone humming Daaaa Daaaa Daaaa dadidadida daaa daaa daaa dadidadida. Here’s a link if you don’t know what I’m talking about. Accompanied by a look at the work of Claude Lelouch. Each film is accompanied by an introductory illustrated talk by Jon Davies, Tutor in French Cinema at Morley College. Advance tickets are £7 - click below to purchase via Ticketlab.  Alternatively, please call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. Buy Now Kennington Bioscope presents; The Man Without Desire (1923), Wednesday June 15th @ 7:30pm The Man Without Desire (1923), directed by Adrian Brunel with Ivor Novello and Nina Vanna. A 35mm print from the BFI. When his lover is murdered by her cruel husband, an 18th Century Venetian nobleman is placed by his magician friend into suspended animation. Awaking 200 years later, he finds the experiment has unexpected consequences. Find out more here. Advance tickets are £7, but seats are limited. To avoid disappointment, please request an invitation via email; kenbioscope@gmail.com. Misty Moon presents; The Bill Reunion 3, Sunday June 18th @ 5:30pm After the sold out success of The Sweeney Reunion 2 at The Cinema Museum in March 2020, due to popular demand, Misty Moon is proud to bring back The Sweeney to the Cinema Museum for more tales of the flying squad from cast and crew. The Sweeney (1975-1978) is a British TV drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It was made by Thames Television for broadcast on the ITV network. The programme’s title derives from “Sweeney Todd”, which is cockney rhyming slang for “Flying Squad”. It starred John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. Such was its’ popularity that it spawned two feature film spin-offs: Sweeney! (1977) and Sweeney 2 (1978). More information here. Advance tickets are £20 - click below to purchase via Ticketlab.  Alternatively, please call 020 7840 2200 during office hours to purchase direct from the Museum. Buy Now