Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set…
Cinema Mentiré, in collaboration with TGirlsOnFilm, presents Salome, Salome, Salome bringing together three radically different queer incarnations of the biblical princess across…
Cinema Mentiré presents Salome, Salome, Salome bringing together three radically different queer incarnations of the biblical princess across Brazil, Mexico and the UK.…
More than three decades after its release, Chungking Express remains one of Wong Kar-wai’s most beloved and influential works, representing perhaps the…
Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
The classic cartoon version of the children's story by Dodie Smith. Pongo and Perdita are two dogs leading a happy life in London together- they have successfully paired up their owners, and have recently become the proud parents of 15 adorable puppies.… Read More
A courtroom rivalry finds its way into the household when prosecuting lawyer Adam Bonner (Spencer Tracy) faces off against his wife, Amanda (Katharine Hepburn), who happens to be a defence attorney. Working on opposite sides of a lawsuit where a woman (Judy… Read More
The screening on 15 June will be followed by a Q&A with co-director Rodrigo Vazquez-Salessi. "Identidad is a deeply personal and urgent exploration of Argentina’s dark past - a past that continues to shape the lives of those searching for the truth. At… Read More
The screening on 20 August will be introduced by James Mudge, the Festival Director of Focus Hong Kong. All About Ah-Long was one of the biggest box-office successes of its year and remains one of the most beloved films in Johnnie To’s filmography.… Read More
In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in his dream. At first, it seems as if feelings… Read More
Cary Grant is panic-stricken when he suspects his seemingly sweet spinster aunts harbours a dark secret, in Frank Capra’s uncharacteristic foray into twisted farce. “Riotously funny film adaptation of the smash Broadway comedy, coddled and coaxed into hilarious existence by master director… Read More
As Tears Go By marks the directorial debut of Wong Kar-wai, and was inspired by Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets (1973), though it remains an atypical entry within Wong’s filmography. At a time when gangster films dominated the Hong Kong box office, particularly following the… Read More
The screening on 15 August will be introduced by Ching Wong, curator of Forever Foreigner: The Films of Clara Law film series. Autumn Moon, winner of the Golden Leopard at the 1992 Locarno Film Festival, is the fourth film in Clara Law’s loose… Read More
The screening on 20 July will be introduced by Tom Cunliffe (UCL). An Autumn’s Tale, the second instalment of Mabel Cheung’s acclaimed 'Migration Trilogy' (along with The Illegal Immigrant and Eight Taels of Gold), was created in collaboration with her long-time screenwriting partner… Read More
In this Oscar-winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other’s infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But… Read More
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom in this adaptation of the global phenomenon from Kane Parsons. The Garden Cinema View: The liminal space may well come to be seen as a defining aesthetic of early 21st Century… Read More
Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper make sparks in this snappy screwball take on the Snow White tale. She’s a burlesque queen with a colorful vocabulary who needs to lay low for a while as the police close in on her gangster boyfriend… Read More
Being There was suggested by our member Michael Shea, who writes: 'I love this film, but have never had a chance to see it on the big screen. It’s about someone so simple-minded that they’re mistaken for a genius, leading to a series… Read More
This timeless classic, now back in cinemas in a new restoration, revolves around the gripping tale of two brothers, Kit (Ti Lung) and Ho (Leslie Cheung), whose lives take divergent paths due to their involvement in the criminal underworld. As they confront… Read More
The 70th anniversary screenings will be preceded by a pre-recorded introduction by guest curator Anupma Shanker. Based on the 1954 novel of the same name by the British army officer & novelist John Masters, and directed by the Oscar winning filmmaker George… Read More
Our 15:00 screening on Saturday 27 June will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Sophy Romvari. Set on Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, Blue Heron follows eight-year-old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family as they attempt to build a new life,… Read More
New digital restoration. In the San Fernando Valley in 1977, teenage busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who transforms him into adult-film sensation Dirk Diggler. Brought into a supportive circle of friends, including fellow… Read More
No synopsis can do it justice: Cary Grant plays a stuffy palaeontologist who meets the anarchically free-spirited Katharine Hepburn. She has a pet leopard (the titular Baby, seamlessly inserted into scenes where one swipe of claws could have ended a Hollywood heart-throb's… Read More
When an impulsive Inuit boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he begins to see the natural world from a very different perspective. His zany yet courageous journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear… Read More
Alan Parker’s BAFTA-winning ganster musical Bugsy Malone celebrates it's 50th anniversary this year. It might seem an unlikely idea for a film- a musical comedy set in the 1930s criminal underworld with a cast made up entirely of young teens - but it… Read More
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, 2025, India, UK, Canada
Set in rural Maharashtra, Cactus Pears follows Anand (Bhushaan Manoj), a Mumbai call-centre worker who returns to his ancestral village to observe the ten-day mourning ritual following his father’s death. While navigating the pressures of family expectations and marriage, he reconnects with Balya… Read More
The screening on 22 August will be introduced by Prof Chris Berry (KCL). Center Stage marks the fourth collaboration between Stanley Kwan and renowned screenwriter Chiu Kang-chien, following Love Unto Waste (1986), Rouge (1987), and Full Moon in New York (1989). Far from a conventional… Read More
The screening on 24 July will be introduced by Andrew Henskins, film critic and founder of easternKicks.com. A Chinese Ghost Story is the landmark collaboration between director Ching Siu-tung and producer Tsui Hark, whose creative partnership would continue with two sequels. Loosely adapted… Read More
A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into a cluttered, self?imposed seclusion. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning) enlist Lori (Michaela Coel), a… Read More
More than three decades after its release, Chungking Express remains one of Wong Kar-wai’s most beloved and influential works, representing perhaps the fullest expression of his celebrated use of popular music. Starring some of the most iconic actors of 1990s Hong Kong cinema,… Read More
Days and Nights in the Forest was suggested by our members Dennis Leachman and Hammad Khan. Hammad writes: ‘This is an absolute classic from Satyajit Ray, featuring regular Ray muse Soumitra Chatterjee and iconic Indian star Sharmila Tagore. I first saw it… Read More
Based on the best-selling children's book by Dr Seuss and voiced by Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. A kindly elephant named Horton becomes a reluctant hero when he discovers a civilization living on a speck of dust and embarks on a hilarious… Read More
Based on Gary Owen's much lauded and widely performed monodrama, Iphigenia in Splott, Effi o Blaenau is director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales. The film follows Effi, a young woman desperate to escape a town where… Read More
The screening on 22 July will be introduced by the season curator Millie Zhou. Eight Taels of Gold concludes Mabel Cheung’s celebrated 'Migration Trilogy,' extending her and longtime screenwriting partner Alex Law’s exploration of migration from departure and settlement to the question of… Read More
Directed by debut filmmaker Seán Dunn, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford is an offbeat, darkly funny character study starring Scottish screen legend and BAFTA nominee Peter Mullan. The film follows Kenneth McKay (Mullan), a recent widower and enthusiastic tour guide at a… Read More
Familiar Touch is a coming-of-old-age story that follows an octogenarian woman’s transition to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires. The Garden Cinema View: Sarah Friedland's… Read More
In this much-loved family classic, a 12-year-old orphaned boy named Jesse befriends a captive orca, Willy, at an ailing amusement park. When he discovers that the park owner has been planning to dispose of Willy, he hatches a scheme to break Willy… Read More
The screening on 25 August will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director Stanley Kwan, moderated by Prof Victor Fan (KCL). Full Moon in New York is a unique work within Stanley Kwan’s filmography and remains his only feature set primarily… Read More
The screening on Saturday 6 June at 15:45 will be followed by a Q&A with the director. Ghost in the Machine is a gripping and urgently relevant investigative documentary that exposes the buried history of artificial intelligence, not as a neutral system of… Read More
Courtesy of the High Commission of Sri Lanka, London, our screening on Monday 27 July will be preceded by a drinks reception in the Atrium Bar from 18:30. Ticketholders will receive a complimentary glass of Sri Lanka's national spirit, Ceylon Arrack, mixed… Read More
Academy Award nominee John Lithgow stars in this big-hearted, big-footed family comedy. While returning from a trip to the woods, George Henderson and his family accidentally run over a friendly Bigfoot-like beast. "Harry" soon awakens and despite their initial fears, Harry turns… Read More
Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece. The Garden Cinema View: A thrilling oddity, a wonderful… Read More
The screening on Thursday 28 May will be introduced by filmmaker John Gordillo and will followed by a discussion at The Atrium Bar. One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, His Girl Friday stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy… Read More
This film rolls fire-breathing action, epic adventure and big laughs into a captivating, fun and original story. Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition and befriends one of his deadliest foes - a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, the unlikely… Read More
The screening on 8 August will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Mabel Cheung, moderated by the season curator Millie Zhou. The Illegal Immigrant is the feature debut of Mabel Cheung and the first instalment of her acclaimed 'Migration Trilogy'… Read More
Released just as the Hays Office was beginning to enforce the Production Code censoring ‘immoral’ movies, Frank Capra’s impish, daring comedy crackles with erotic tension. Claudette Colbert’s runaway heiress meets Clark Gable’s recently fired newspaperman on a night bus from Florida to… Read More
Join us for the 30th anniversary of James and the Giant Peach. A great opportunity to introduce younger audiences to a classic adaptation of a truly well-loved Roald Dahl story, produced by Tim Burton with amazing stop-motion animation and a stellar cast.… Read More
The screening on Thursday 22 October will be introduced by Film Lecturer Tonia Kazakopoulou. Synopsis: It’s midnight on a deserted street in Athens. A young woman is stabbed to death by a stranger, who instantly slips into the shadows. Uppon his arrest,… Read More
Kapodistrias is a historical film set in the early 19th century and tells the true story of Greece’s greatest politician and first Governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias, after the country’s liberation from the Ottoman Empire. With courage, kindness, and dignity, he defends every person’s freedom,… Read More
After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, fourteen-year-old Kikuo is taken in by a renowned Kabuki actor and introduced to the demanding world of traditional theatre. Growing up alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, the two boys… Read More
Keith Jarrett’s iconic January 1975 performance nearly never happened. Based on a true story, Köln 75 follows the young, driven concert promoter Vera Brandes as she conceives and organises the event against all odds. From securing the venue and selling tickets to… Read More
The screening on 16 May will be preceded by an introduction by curator and writer Adam Feinstein. Set in Buenos Aires in the immediate aftermath of The Dirty War, The Official Story tells the story of high school teacher Alicia, played by a… Read More
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jim Henson cult fantasy fairy tale Labyrinth. Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) races against time to navigate the mysterious Labyrinth and rescue her baby brother from David Bowie’s menacing Goblin King. Given just 13 hours to solve its puzzles… Read More
Better remembered for intense dramatic roles, Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda weren’t obvious choices for light romantic comedy, but they’re nicely matched in this Preston Sturges classic. Stanwyck is the card sharp who sets out to fleece earnest, accident-prone millionaire 'ophiologist' (snake… Read More
Disney’s epic musical adventure follows the story of Simba, a feisty lion cub who “just can’t wait to be king.” Led astray by his ambitious Uncle Scar, Simba adopts a carefree lifestyle with his hilarious companions, Timon and Pumbaa, and forgets his… Read More
Various Directors, Various Years, Various Countries
Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 8 of the best, wonderful short animated films, full of joy, from all around the world. There’ll be talking animals,… Read More
The screening on 19 August will be introduced by James Mudge, the Festival Director of Focus Hong Kong. Presented in the restored version. Made in Hong Kong is the breakthrough work of Hong Kong auteur Fruit Chan and the first instalment of his… Read More
The matinee screening on Wednesday 24 June, will be introduced by journalist Darren Richman. Screwball comedy doesn’t get any more effortlessly elegant and gleefully irreverent than this roulette wheel of romantic deception, gleaming with cunning wit and Continental élan. A couture-clad Claudette… Read More
To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marilyn Monroe join us for a new digital restoration of The Misfits. The film was written for the screen by Monroe’s husband Arthur Miller, and sees her play a naive divorcee who meets… Read More
Summer holidays at The Garden Cinema would not be complete without Monsieur Hulot. Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly… Read More
The classic muppet adventure becomes a comedy treat: a big-budget pirate musical with lashings of trademark Muppet lunacy. Young Jim Hawkins is given a map to buried treasure and sets sail with Rizzo the rat, Gonzo and Kermit to claim the loot.… Read More
The evening screening on Wednesday 29 July, will be introduced by journalist Darren Richman. Carole Lombard and William Powell dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy by Gregory La Cava - a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and social critique. Irene (Lombard), an… Read More
New discoveries by archaeologists excavating one of the oldest monumental structures ever found, Gobekli Tepe in Türkiye, are forcing us to rethink all we know about our earliest ancestors. Did our forebears, Stone Age hunter gathers, live in small groups following prey… Read More
On a Friday morning, Nino attends a follow-up doctor’s appointment, where he is given some upsetting news that he has throat cancer. The treatment will start on Monday morning, but there is a high chance that it might leave him infertile, so… Read More
Join us on Canada Day (1 July) for a preview screening. When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. The Garden Cinema View: Matt Johnson and Jay… Read More
The screening on 25 July will be introduced by Andrew Heskins, film critic and founder of easternKicks.com, who will also lead a post-screening film discussion. Once a Thief stands as one of John Woo’s final Hong Kong productions before his move to Hollywood… Read More
The evening screening on Tuesday 18 August will be introduced by Professor Lucy Bolton. This wild tale of wacky wedlock from Preston Sturges takes off like a rocket and never lets up. Joel McCrea and Claudette Colbert play Tom and Gerry, a… Read More
The screening on 15 July will be introduced by Prof Chris Berry (KCL). One of the defining works of Tsui Hark’s extraordinarily prolific early career, Peking Opera Blues showcases the director at his most inventive and exuberant. Blending action, comedy, period drama, and political… Read More
The screening on Wednesday 8 July will be introduced by Associate Professor, Filmmaker and Producer, Charlotte Crofts. Katharine Hepburn is Tracy Lord, the breezy socialite whose looming wedding to a dull self-made millionaire brings her ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) back… Read More
When renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner learns of the death of one of her patients she is deeply troubled. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate.... … Read More
The screening on 27 August will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director Stanley Kwan, moderated by Tony Rayns. Red Rose White Rose is adapted from one of Eileen Chang’s most celebrated novels of the same name. Renowned for his nuanced… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years
Reverie Cineclub is delighted to present a special selection of six animated shorts from the DEFA Studio for Animation Film in Dresden, Germany, in celebration of its 80th anniversary this year. Founded in 1946, the studio would go on to become the… Read More
This comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a flightless rare macaw who acts more human than bird. His world is turned upside down when he discovers he must travel all the way to Rio to save his species. There, he meets the wildly independent… Read More
The screening on Friday 19 June will be introduced by film programmer, Caroline Cassin. She Done Him Wrong is centered around Lady Lou, a saloon singer who finds herself entangled in romantic and criminal intrigues in New York City during the Gay Nineties.… Read More
The screening on Thursday 10 September will be introduced by former Judge and human rights advocate, Betty Iliadou. Synopsis: Stella is an Athens night club singer who refuses to conform to the harsh moral standards of Greek society during the 1950s. She… Read More
Now dazzlingly restored for the first time, Baz Luhrmann's iconic debut feature follows Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), a male dancer who refuses to follow the accepted rules of ballroom dancing and creates his own style of choreography, infuriating the ballroom dancing establishment.… Read More
This edition of Composing Cinema focuses on the giant of British film music John Barry, and his score for Bryan Forbes' masterful Séance on a Wet Afternoon. The screening will be introduced by Oscar-nominated composer Gary Yershon. Richard Attenborough and Nanette Newman… Read More
Isolated ex-marine Travis Bickle applies for a job as a taxi driver, hoping that the nocturnal working pattern will alleviate the effects of his insomnia and distract him from his gnawing depression. But ferrying passengers through the seedy underbelly of night-time New… Read More
The evening screening on Friday 12 June will be introduced by Dr. Olympia Kiriakou. As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch stars Jack Benny and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard as husband-and-wife thespians in Nazi-occupied… Read More
On a trip to San Francisco to compete for a music grant, a young researcher meets a zany college dropout. Their unpredictable and wacky relationship adds to the antics of the film when four identical plaid bags go missing with valuable contents… Read More
The Garden Cinema presents a selection of films from the last five decades that explore how Argentine society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976. That year, the country’s…
There has never been such a successful collision of silliness and sophistication in the history of cinema as the Screwball Comedy. Speedy dialogue, couples’ quarrels, and slapstick are inseparable from razor-sharp wit, and…
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. The season…
Following last year’s Hong Kong New Wave 1979–1989 season, The Garden Cinema broadens its focus to the wider Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, a remarkable era spanning the late 1970s through to the 1990s…
Greek Salad is an ongoing Greek cinema strand. Each screening explores a gem of Greek cinema – tossing together classics, festival favourites, and directors’ spotlights alike. Walking a Tightrope (1991) closes a mini-tribute…
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…
Events for members only, including free fortnightly 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.…
The Garden Cinema’s new strand of nature and environment-focused screenings. We have curated a selection of international films that span many genres, themes and countries to tell stories of resilience and resistance…
Select Japan is an initiative from The Garden Cinema to showcase the best of Japanese cinema, classic and contemporary, with a focus on titles and filmmakers which have been rarely screened in the…
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…
Dear Italy is The Garden Cinema’s love letter to Italian Cinema. We are delighted to showcase films not only widely considered classics but also the most beloved by audiences and critics alike. This…
Composing Cinema celebrates the bespoke musical contributions made by composers to the world of film and includes guest introductions, Q&As, and live scores. …
Cinema Mentiré, in collaboration with TGirlsOnFilm, presents Salome, Salome, Salome bringing together three radically different queer incarnations of the biblical princess…
Bringing bold cinema that inspired generations of British audiences and filmmakers — a festival of screening events with special guests across London this…
