Author Archives: Jessica Lenten
Bowiefest
The good name of David Bowie conjures many different images. Across his several-decade career he has assumed a multitude of different personas, hairstyles and styles; making music, setting trends and becoming an icon. Bowiefest celebrates just one string of many in Bowie’s
Bowiefest
The good name of David Bowie conjures many different images. Across his several-decade career he has assumed a multitude of different personas, hairstyles and styles; making music, setting trends and becoming an icon. Bowiefest celebrates just one string of many in Bowie’s
Phenomenology and the films of Andrea Arnold: Looking in Looking Out Festival
Amongst the varied line-up at Looking In Looking Out festival, the event that excited me most was a talk by Sophie Mayer and Dr. Lucy Bolton on the phenomenological impact of Andrea Arnold’s films. As the programme put it,
Phenomenology and the films of Andrea Arnold: Looking in Looking Out Festival
Amongst the varied line-up at Looking In Looking Out festival, the event that excited me most was a talk by Sophie Mayer and Dr. Lucy Bolton on the phenomenological impact of Andrea Arnold’s films. As the programme put it,
Reel Ale Film Club: Quatermass and The Pit
So far this series of Film Club articles has briefly surveyed the past events of several British film studios and significant moments in British film history including Ealing Studios, Free Cinema and the first utterance of the word homosexual on
Reel Ale Film Club: Quatermass and The Pit
So far this series of Film Club articles has briefly surveyed the past events of several British film studios and significant moments in British film history including Ealing Studios, Free Cinema and the first utterance of the word homosexual on
East End Film Festival
The East End Film Festival (EEFF) in their own words offers, “6 days of discovery across London’s East End,” promoting new voices and uncompromising visions.Their mission “is to discover, support, and exhibit pioneering work by global and local independent filmmakers,
East End Film Festival
The East End Film Festival (EEFF) in their own words offers, “6 days of discovery across London’s East End,” promoting new voices and uncompromising visions.Their mission “is to discover, support, and exhibit pioneering work by global and local independent filmmakers,
Reel Ale Film Club: A Hard Day’s Night
I hope you’re not all heart-throbbed out after Cliff Richard and Dirk Bogarde, because this week BEATLEMANIA hits Reel Ale FIlm Club. Prepare for The Railway Tavern Ale House to look like this (with slightly less of a police presence,
Reel Ale Film Club: A Hard Day’s Night
I hope you’re not all heart-throbbed out after Cliff Richard and Dirk Bogarde, because this week BEATLEMANIA hits Reel Ale FIlm Club. Prepare for The Railway Tavern Ale House to look like this (with slightly less of a police presence,
Reel Ale Film Club: Victim
Last week’s Reel Ale Film Club celebrated pastel colours, youthful crooning and Cliff Richard in high-waisted trousers. This week sees a return to black and white and a turn to more controversial subject matter in Basil Dearden’s Victim (1961), starring
Reel Ale Film Club: Victim
Last week’s Reel Ale Film Club celebrated pastel colours, youthful crooning and Cliff Richard in high-waisted trousers. This week sees a return to black and white and a turn to more controversial subject matter in Basil Dearden’s Victim (1961), starring
Reel Ale Film Club: The Young Ones
Last week Reel Ale Film Club visited Wood Green and Lambeth in the 1950s. This week we go on a 1960s summer holiday with Cliff Richard in The Young Ones (1961). Firstly, there is a potential confusion to dodge. For
Reel Ale Film Club: The Young Ones
Last week Reel Ale Film Club visited Wood Green and Lambeth in the 1950s. This week we go on a 1960s summer holiday with Cliff Richard in The Young Ones (1961). Firstly, there is a potential confusion to dodge. For
Reel Ale Film Club: We are the Lambeth Boys and Momma Don’t Allow
Last week R|R charted a brief history of Ealing Studios to accompany Reel Ale Film Club’s screening of The Ladykillers (1955). This week we bring you another condensed history lesson alongside a double-bill screening of Free Cinema films Mamma Don’t
Reel Ale Film Club: We are the Lambeth Boys and Momma Don’t Allow
Last week R|R charted a brief history of Ealing Studios to accompany Reel Ale Film Club’s screening of The Ladykillers (1955). This week we bring you another condensed history lesson alongside a double-bill screening of Free Cinema films Mamma Don’t
Reel Ale Film Club: The Ladykillers
From WWII propaganda in the East End last week, Reel Ale Film Club travels to King’s Cross to take in some comedy. But before we get to King’s Cross and this week’s film, The Ladykillers (1955), we must take a
Reel Ale Film Club: The Ladykillers
From WWII propaganda in the East End last week, Reel Ale Film Club travels to King’s Cross to take in some comedy. But before we get to King’s Cross and this week’s film, The Ladykillers (1955), we must take a
Reel Ale Film Club: Fires Were Started + London Can Take It!
“These civilians are good soldiers.” This week Reel Ale Film Club revels in a second dose of wartime filmmaking. From the star-wattage and melodrama of Waterloo Bridge, they turn to something a little more factual but no less heartfelt –
Reel Ale Film Club: Fires Were Started + London Can Take It!
“These civilians are good soldiers.” This week Reel Ale Film Club revels in a second dose of wartime filmmaking. From the star-wattage and melodrama of Waterloo Bridge, they turn to something a little more factual but no less heartfelt –
Reel Ale Film Club: Waterloo Bridge
Following a foray into the salacious nightclub scene of 1920’s Piccadilly Circus in Piccadilly, for the second week of Reel Ale Film Club, we head down to Waterloo Bridge. Thanks to the magic of flashback, Waterloo Bridge is set during
Reel Ale Film Club: Waterloo Bridge
Following a foray into the salacious nightclub scene of 1920’s Piccadilly Circus in Piccadilly, for the second week of Reel Ale Film Club, we head down to Waterloo Bridge. Thanks to the magic of flashback, Waterloo Bridge is set during
Reel Ale Film Club at The Railway Tavern Ale House
Smokey taverns, wartime spirit, rowdy youth, romance, firemen, dancing, cops and robbers, illicit photographs, queers, soul, council estates, sixties swing, murders, dinosaurs, gangsters, aliens, stations, bridges, and werewolves. London has them all and so does a new film club at
Reel Ale Film Club at The Railway Tavern Ale House
Smokey taverns, wartime spirit, rowdy youth, romance, firemen, dancing, cops and robbers, illicit photographs, queers, soul, council estates, sixties swing, murders, dinosaurs, gangsters, aliens, stations, bridges, and werewolves. London has them all and so does a new film club at
Kenneth Anger and the Camp Aesthetic
[Camp] is…always, at whatever cost, a cry against conformity, a shriek against boredom, a testament to ‘the potential uniqueness of each of us and our rights to that uniqueness.’ – George Melly This will be fun. Watch Kenneth Anger’s underground
Kenneth Anger and the Camp Aesthetic
[Camp] is…always, at whatever cost, a cry against conformity, a shriek against boredom, a testament to ‘the potential uniqueness of each of us and our rights to that uniqueness.’ – George Melly This will be fun. Watch Kenneth Anger’s underground
The Life and Death of Celluloid: The Fall of the House of Usher and Decasia
A recent double bill of The Fall of the House of Usher (Jean Epstein, 1928) and Decasia (Bill Morrison, 2002) at the BFI Southbank provoked a reflection on the life force of celluloid, in particular, Jean Epstein’s own theory of
The Life and Death of Celluloid: The Fall of the House of Usher and Decasia
A recent double bill of The Fall of the House of Usher (Jean Epstein, 1928) and Decasia (Bill Morrison, 2002) at the BFI Southbank provoked a reflection on the life force of celluloid, in particular, Jean Epstein’s own theory of
