Ken Loach’s longtime collaborator Rebecca O’Brien joins Gareth Evans for a discussion following Sweet Sixteen, showing as part of Ken Loach: A Retrospective at the Garden Cinema.
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Director Paul Andrew Williams and actors Andrea Riseborough and Brenda Blethyn join host Joe Miller and a Garden Cinema audience to discuss Dragonfly.
Recorded on 8th November 2025 at The Garden Cinema
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As part of our recent season of Taiwanese films, Tony Rayns recorded introductions to three films: City of Sadness; That Day, on The Beach; and A Confucian Confusion, including behind-the-scenes photos from his private collection.
Ken Loach on his controversial, underseen, and outrightly suppressed films, including The Gamekeeper, The Navigators, The Save The Children Fund Film, Which Side Are You On?, and A Question of Leadership. Part of our season, Ken Loach: A Retrospective.
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Recorded at The Garden Cinema on October 27th 2025.
To mark the 100th birthday of Lenny Bruce, comedian Stewart Lee joined us for a Q&A following Bob Fosse’s 1974 classic ‘Lenny’, to talk about the past, present and future of comedy and satire. Hosted by Gareth Evans.
LRB Screen is the long-running film series from the London Review of Books, Europe’s leading literary journal of culture and ideas, hosted by the Garden Cinema since 2023.
Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf tours until the end of next year.
Recorded on 13th October 2025 at The Garden Cinema
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David “Dai” Bradley talks about working with Ken Loach on Kes, society at the time, and the film’s enduring legacy.
Filmed as part of Ken Loach: A Retrospective, which runs until December 2025.
Recorded on 1st September 2025 at The Garden Cinema
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Jeremy Irons talks about his role in Moonlighting, following a screening of the film in partnership with London Review of Books. Hosted by Gareth Evans.
LRB Screen is the long-running film series from the London Review of Books, Europe’s leading literary journal of culture and ideas, hosted by the Garden Cinema since 2023. https://www.lrb.co.uk/ | https://www.youtube.com/londonreviewofbooks
Recorded on 1st September 2025 at The Garden Cinema