A discussion with director Lúcia Nagib and Laura Mulvey, moderated by Andrew Philip, at the London premiere of Films to Die For.
Films to Die For brings into conversation a collection of dazzling cinematic moments, from Europe, Hollywood, and Brazil, evidencing how works from across history and geography feed from and flow into each other in a seamless continuum.
The screening was curated by Yixiang Lin and presented by MINT Chinese Film Festival with the support of the University of Reading.
Recorded on 5th June 2026 at The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street, London WC2B 5PQ
This July, we are once again celebrating South Asian Heritage Month with an array of newly restored classics, anniversary screenings, critically acclaimed new titles, live music, expert introductions, and Q&As.
Hosted in partnership with the Attorney General’s Office Rule of Law team, a panel on how film narratives influence public perceptions of fairness, truth and the justice system.
The attorney-general, Richard Hermer KC is joined by Kevin Wong (Director of Manchester Crime and Justice Film Festival) and Laura Suggitt (Founder of the Merrittocracy and Director of Bang Up Books), in reflecting on the responsibilities of storytellers, the cultural legacy of courtroom dramas, and what canonical films like To Kill a Mockingbird continue to teach us about ethics, empathy and civic values.
Chaired by Bea Brown, Head of the Rule of Law Unit at the Attorney General’s Office.
Director Jack Hazan and editor David Mingay (Rude Boy) had access to David Hockney and his circle from 1970 to 1973, a critical period for the internationally-acclaimed artist following the break-up of his relationship with Peter Schlesinger. As much an intimate study of love gone wrong as a portrait of an artist at work. A Bigger Splash chronicles the emotional ripples that separation casts on their coterie. With appearances by such art scene icons (and subjects of Hockney’s work) as Celia Birtwell, Ossie Clark, Henry Geldzahler and Patrick Proctor, this ground-breaking film is presented here in a newly remastered version..
Dominic Lutyens is a freelance arts writer. He is the co-author with Kirsty Hislop of the book, 70s Style & Design. He also wrote Celia Birtwell the textile designer’s biography, with her. His latest book Perriand, a monograph on architect and designer Charlotte Perriand, was published last year. Here he is in dicusssion with Sarah Bailey, founder of the Fashion Film Club.
Mark Jenkin talks about writing, sound design, casting and directing for his movie Rose of Nevada, his 16mm feature set in a Cornish fishing village, starring George MacKay, Callum Turner, Francis Magee: where he gets his ideas, why he loves close-ups and how he used sound to create the perfect storm on screen.
Recorded on 25th April 2026 at The Garden Cinema
Max Walker-Silverman discusses his new film, starring Academy Award winner Amy Madigan, Josh O’Connor, and Meghann Fahy.
Recorded on 17th April 2026 at The Garden Cinema
This May to August, The Garden Cinema dedicates itself to the finest chaos cinema has to offer: Screwball Comedy – 17 films, introductions, special events, and plenty of discussion. From She Done Him Wrong to What’s Up Doc? – the season brings together the genre’s defining titles.
For more information, see the Screwball Summer season page.
The London Review of Books presents a special screening of one of Frederick Wiseman’s most influential films, Law and Order (1969), to mark his death, its (ever-)present relevance and the arrival of ‘Frederick Wiseman: American Lives’ on MUBI: a curation of documentaries shot over a period of more than 50 years, cataloguing great American institutions such as the police, the public school system, Ivy League colleges, City Hall, the five boroughs of New York City and more.
Matthew Barrington, curator of cinema at the Barbican and an authority on Wiseman’s work and slow cinema, introduces the film:
After the screening, he was joined via video link by Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor at Princeton, author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America – and star of another Wiseman film, 2017’s Ex Libris: New York Public Library: