Bass Culture is presented by Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster in partnership with Westminster University and Camden Council. The…
Our Screening on Thursday 14 October will be introduced by freelance film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Oscar-winning superstars Gene Hackman and…
To celebrate the publication of Peter Parker’s Some Men in London, Penguin Classics and the London Review Bookshop host a screening of Basil Dearden’s…
Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into…
London Palestine Film Festival 2024 presents Real Visions (shorts session). This selection of non-fiction shorts play cross images, dreams, realities and memories.…
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years, 85m.
Idealistic young lawyer Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino) is determined to bypass the topsy-turvy madness of the US legal system and do his best for his clients. However, Arthur's idealism takes a battering when he is pressured to defend a judge (John Forsythe)… Read More
Chloe Aicha Boro, Burkina Faso, Benin, France, Germany, 2023
Film Africa presents Al Djanat- The Original Paradise After the death of her uncle, a dignitary Mandingo Islam, the director films her family courtyard. A dispute over the estate has burst out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited… Read More
All We Imagine as Light, won the Grand Prix in Cannes' 2024 edition. In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in… Read More
Sean Baker won the PALME D'OR in the 2024 Festival De Cannes with Anora. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news… Read More
Four years ago, Tony D'Amato's (Al Pacino) Miami Sharks were at the top. Now, his team is struggling with three consecutive losses, sliding attendance, and aging heroes, particularly 39-year-old quarterback Jack 'Cap' Rooney (Dennis Quaid). Off the field, D'Amato is struggling with… Read More
The origins of Donald Trump are brought to life in a provocative, electrifying portrait of the man and his mentor, Roy Cohn - a notorious lawyer who will never let the truth get in the way of winning a fight. Sebastian Stan… Read More
The screening on Sunday the 17th of November will be introduced by writer and lecturer Dr Julia Wagner. “All the news behind the news… and some hippie smut.” In Between the Lines Joan Micklin Silver (herself a former reporter for the Village Voice)… Read More
Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career in France, Hiam Abbass returns home with her daughter, in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation. The Garden Cinema View: The film is… Read More
Al Pacino reunites with his Scarface director Brian De Palma for this tough-minded thriller about a gangster looking for salvation down the mean streets of 1970s New York City. Carlito Brigante (Pacino) gets released early from prison thanks to the work of his… Read More
This film was suggested by our member James Jalloh, who says: 'A precursor to the likes of Eraserhead and Night Of The Living Dead, Carnival of Souls arrived shortly after the mainstream controversy of Peeping Tom and Psycho and took that feeling to another darker… Read More
Brian De Palma's terrifying classic returns to cinemas in a dazzling new digital restoration. An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl’s lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. When her tormentors pull a humiliating… Read More
Based on the first of the classic series of novels by CS Lewis, this fantasy adventure film follows four siblings: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Evacuated to the countryside during World War Two, the children find a way into another world -… Read More
A psychopath is scouring New York City gay clubs and viciously slaying homosexuals. Detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is ordered to don leather attire, hang at the city's S&M joints and keep an eye out for the killer. But as Steve becomes… Read More
From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), Dahomey is a poetic and immersive work of art that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution. Set in November 2021, the documentary charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey… Read More
Proudly screening as part of our Trailblazers season. About the film: A landmark of queer and independent filmmaking, Desert Hearts blazed a trail for lesbian representation on screen. Arriving in the Reno desert to finalise her divorce, uptight New York academic Vivian’s… Read More
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) accepts a high-powered position at a New York law firm headed by legal shark John Milton (Al Pacino). As Kevin moves up in the firm's ranks, his wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), has several… Read More
Aspiring actor Edward (Sebastian Stan) undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming… Read More
On one of the hottest days of August 1972, three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as… Read More
Nabil Ayouch, Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, 2024
Film Africa presents Everybody Loves Touda. Touda only dreams of one thing: being a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan performer. She belts out songs about resistance, love and emancipation, passed down from generation to generation. Every evening, she performs in bars under the gaze of… Read More
If you're interested in attending the collage making workshop for members as well as the screening, please book your ticket here instead. In The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, Karel Zeman conjures the adventures of the legendary, boastful baron, whose whirlwind exploits take him from… Read More
Join the Fashion Film Club for a special screening of Gold Diggers of 1933, chosen by Holly Waddington, Academy Award Winner for Best Costume Design (Poor Things). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Holly and FFC founder Sarah Bailey… Read More
Adapted for the screen by David Mamet from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, the compelling, witty, and endlessly quotable script is delivered with razor-sharp precision by an ensemble cast at the height of their powers. A group of Chicago real-estate salesmen-cum-con artists live… Read More
The first instalment of what would become Francis Ford Coppola’s epic trilogy chronicling the vicissitudes of the Corleone clan sees patriarch Don Vito navigating an expansion into narcotics and the unexpected ascent of his youngest son Michael. From an inter-family war that… Read More
The screening on 14 December will be introduced by film historian and Coppola expert Jon Lewis, author of the BFI Film Classics on The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II. Sequels had not yet become the Hollywood norm when Francis Ford Coppola signed… Read More
Screening in memory of the great Maggie Smith. Our screening on Sunday October 13 will be introduced by our member Paul Murphy. In 2001, Robert Altman took the unexpected step into Agatha Christie territory with Gosford Park, a murder-mystery whodunit set in… Read More
John Carpenter's genre defining classic returns... home, in a new digital restoration. On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Myers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold bold. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy,… Read More
Michael Mann's classic crime thriller Heat was released in 1995 and stars Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro as two men on opposite sides of the law whose live become tangled and destabilised in an intense game of cat-and-mouse. When one heist led by… Read More
As part of China Week 2024, King’s College London’s Lau China Institute and The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project present the screening of I Wish I Knew, followed by a panel discussion. From the acclaimed 6th Generation Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, I Wish I Knew… Read More
After seeking the expertise of former Big Tobacco executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies behind Wigand's reluctance to speak. As Bergman persuades Wigand to share his knowledge of industry secrets, the two… Read More
From acclaimed director Chris Nolan comes the story of a veteran police detective (Al Pacino) who is sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. Forced into a psychological game of cat-and-mouse by the primary suspect… Read More
A joyous adventure that celebrates science and nature, Journey to the Beginning of Time sends four schoolboys on an awe-inspiring expedition back through time, where they behold landscapes and creatures that have long since vanished from the earth. Combining live action with stop… Read More
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made The Lego Movie a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city… Read More
LRB Screen returns to the Garden Cinema for the final event of its 2024 series, in partnership with MUBI, exploring the art of literary adaptation Shirley is a striking recent example of that strange and unsettling hybrid form, the largely fictionalised feature about a… Read More
This film was proposed by our member Yueqi Guo, who writes: 'Want to watch a film season of director Lucrecia Martel’s work.' This Argentinean tale, which revolves around a group of families passing summer vacation in a rural country house, does not… Read More
Our screening on 13 October is the latest in our discussion series, In the Works, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Gary's guest is the writer and director Jeremy Brock. Jeremy first rose to prominence as the co-creator of Casualty. He… Read More
Gillian Armstrong's heartfelt adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about love, family and the female spirit, stars Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Bale, Claire Danes, and Susan Sarandon. With her husband off at war, Marmee (Sarandon) is left alone to raise… Read More
It’s 1930s London and everyone’s favourite nanny has returned - Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) is ready to spread joy and magic in the much-anticipated sequel to the 1964 classic. This time, she finds that the Banks children have grown up and found… Read More
The screening on Saturday the 2nd of November will include a welcome by season programmer Alice Pember and an introduction to the film by film journalist Christina Newland. A darkly subversive gangster film and an unsung masterpiece of American cinema, in Mikey and Nicky Elaine… Read More
For Halloween, the smaller beings in our audience can enjoy a gently monstrous classic of their own, with pay-what-you-can screenings of Monsters, Inc. James Sullivan 'Sulley' and Mike Wazowski are monsters. They earn their living scaring children and are the best in… Read More
Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha, 2024, France, Germany, Iran, Sweden
On Saturday 21 September, there will be a special members' screening of My Favourite Cake, with delicious Persian cake by Naroon. You can book tickets for this here. Since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, Mahin has been living alone… Read More
Hailed as 'one of the most intelligent and terrifying horror films of the 1980s' (The Movie Guide), celebrate 40 years of Wes Craven's nightmarish masterpiece with a brand new digital restoration. From modern horror master Craven comes a timeless shocker that remains… Read More
Rona, fresh out of rehab, returns to the wild Orkney Islands after more than a decade away. As she reconnects with the dramatic landscape where she grew up, memories of her childhood merge with the more recent challenging events that have set… Read More
Our screening on Saturday 28 September will be introduced by Mark Searby, the author of Al Pacino: The Movies Behind The Man. Our Screening on Monday 21 October will be introduced by freelance film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Bobby (Al Pacino) is… Read More
It has been years since long-time friends Ingrid, a best-selling novelist, and Martha, a war journalist, have seen each other. Upon learning of Martha’s cancer diagnosis, Ingrid rushes to her side and they rekindle their bond. With each shared memory, including Martha’s… Read More
Our Screening on Thursday 14 October will be introduced by freelance film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Oscar-winning superstars Gene Hackman and Al Pacino star as two born losers - one a gruff ex-con who dreams of owning his own carwash and the… Read More
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state,… Read More
Frank (Al Pacino in an Oscar winning performance) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US army. He's blind and impossible to get along with. Charlie is at school and is looking forward to going to college. To help pay for a… Read More
Discover the stunning restoration of a New Hollywood classic from director Sidney Lumet – the true story about a cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the police force. In New York in 1971, an honest policeman, Serpico (Al Pacino… Read More
The screening on Sunday 8 December will be introduced by writer, editor and founder of Girlhood Studies Claire Marie Healy, who will also join us for an informal post-film discussion in The Garden Cinema Bar. This digital restoration of Joyce Chopra’s Sundance Grand… Read More
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, USA, 2023
After the events of Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is trying his best to settle into his new life as a friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man. However, school, family and crimefighting is not an easy balance to strike. When a strange entity known as… Read More
Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and suddenly fired from her fitness TV show by repellent studio head Harvey (Dennis Quaid). She is then drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new… Read More
On Sunday 13 October, Conic Films are teaming up with the Garden Cinema to present a preview of A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things, followed by a Q&A with director Mark Cousins hosted by journalist Wendy Mitchell. Narrated by Tilda Swinton, the… Read More
On Saturday 12 October, we're organising a special fundraiser screening of The Teacher. You can find more details about this here. A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one… Read More
Jim Klein, Miles Mogulescu, Julia Reichert, 1976, USA
As part of Trailblazers, we're thrilled to present a landmark double bill featuring two films from 1976 that document women’s contributions to the labour movement. There will be a comfort break between the two screenings. The screening on Saturday 9 November will be… Read More
The screening on Sunday 1 December will be followed by a panel discussion with writer and programmer Rōgan Graham and film scholar Giulia Rho, which will be chaired by writer and editor Laura Staab. A revolutionary film movement that emerged from the… Read More
In this hilarious cult classic, Mel Brooks gives us a surreal parody of the horror staple, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle,… Read More
Throughout the Autumn, our spotlight shines on an icon of New Hollywood and beyond, the living legend that is Al Pacino. Guided by suggestions from Garden Cinema members, we’ve selected 18 titles that…
Following the success of its first incarnation, Trailblazers returns to celebrate the work of women filmmakers in the US in the 1970s and 80s. Trailblazers (Part 1) shone a light on the female directors that…
Girls and boys, ghouls and goblins, it’s time to venture back into the vaults at The Garden Cinema for another round of hauntingly horrifying Halloween screenings. Get in the mood with newly restored…
Events for members only, including free bi-weekly screenings for Garden Cinema Members with films chosen for members, by members. Selected films are added regularly, so keep an eye on this page for updates.…
Join us every Saturday & Sunday morning and on weekdays during the school holidays for some of our favourite family classics. For cinema lovers of all ages. On Sundays the films are followed…
Let down your hair and tap your toes to the rhythm of our regular Friday evening revue of musical extravaganzas from around the world, classic concert films, and the best of the West…
The Chinese Cinema Project is an exhibition initiative presented by The Garden Cinema. It showcases works from emerging and under-represented Chinese filmmakers via regular screenings, exploring auteurship and cinematic beauty in its various…
Bass Culture is presented by Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster in partnership with Westminster University and Camden Council. The…
To celebrate the publication of Peter Parker’s Some Men in London, Penguin Classics and the London Review Bookshop host a screening of Basil Dearden’s…
Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into…
