If you've been tempted to see the critically acclaimed Iranian modern classic My Favourite Cake, but are worried about the titular sweet treat making you…
Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha, France, Germany, Iran, Sweden, 2024, 96m.
Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into…
Our Screening on Thursday 14 October will be introduced by freelance film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Oscar-winning superstars Gene Hackman and…
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
In collaboration with CinemaItaliaUK we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren's 90th birthday, with the screening of…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one…
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at…
Bass Culture is presented by Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster in partnership with Westminster University and Camden Council. Bass…
Our Screening on Thursday 14 October will be introduced by freelance film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Oscar-winning superstars Gene Hackman and…
Doc'n Roll Film Festival presents the UK Premiere of Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between + director Q&A. Hubris, anger, prejudice...doo-wop, reggae,…
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
In their small London flat, Dalmatians Pongo and Perdy, and their human 'pets' Roger and Anita, are overjoyed by the arrival of 15 puppies. But when the spotted-fur-loving Cruella De Vil and her clumsy cohorts, Jasper and Horace, dognap the litter---along with… Read More
Produced by Steven Spielberg, this animated Western musical is voiced by James Stewart, John Cleese and Amy Irving. Fievel - the little mouse who travelled from Russia to America to escape persecution by cats - is lured out west with his family… 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
Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015, China, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Our screening on 21 September will be introduced by Victor Fan (KCL). In 8th century China, 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is handed over to a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with… 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
With a recorded introduction from director Isao Fujisawa. Until the 2018 discovery of a film negative in a warehouse, Bye Bye Love was long considered lost: a new print gives audiences a rare chance to revisit this radical work from 1974. Following two… Read More
The film was proposed by our member Francis Hampsey who writes, ‘To coincide with the recent exhibition "The Last Caravaggio" at The National Gallery.' Our member Janet Rand also writes, ‘Films by Derek Jarman - I would love to see them again… 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
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
Our screening on 1 October will be introduced by Second Run DVD founder Mehelli Modi, to mark the launch of the Blu-Ray edition of Days from Second Run DVD. Taiwanese titan Tsai Ming-liang continues his exquisite examinations of alienation, isolation, and the… Read More
This film was proposed by our members Marzia Castelli, Carmen Rodriguez, and Marianna Barcenas. Marzia writes: 'I watched this film only once on the big screen and its charm and elegance still resonate with me after many years. The slow pace, the meditation… 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
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
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. In his striking directorial debut,… Read More
A Broadway producer has the talent, the tunes, the theatre and everything else he needs to put on a show – except the dough. Not to worry, say Ginger Rogers and the other leggy chorines decked out in giant coins. Everyone will… 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
Sequels had not yet become the Hollywood norm when Francis Ford Coppola signed up for a continuation to his hugely successful 1972 adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather, but this second film set a high standard for follow-ups in the way… Read More
Our first screening on Saturday 28 September will be followed by an online q&a with director Huang Hsin-yao. Provincial friends Pickle and Belly Button idle away their nights in the security booth of a Buddha statue factory, where Pickle works as a… 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
With an introduction from Chris Berry (KCL). After 24 years of absence, director A-Liang Elvis Lu returns home to his family in a rural area of southwestern Taiwan. His elder brother is a psychic that communicates Taoist deities’ career advice to villagers… Read More
Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show - a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s… Read More
As part of China Week 2024, the screening is co-presented by King’s College London’s Lau China Institute and The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project, and is followed by a panel discussion. From the acclaimed 6th Generation Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke, I Wish I… Read More
The screening on 19 September at 19:50 will be followed by a Q&A with the film's writer/ director Naqqash Khalid and lead actor Nabhaan Rizwan. Twenty-something Aden (Nabhaan Rizwan) dreams of becoming a successful actor, but the nightmarish grind of the audition circuit,… 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
Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry, UK, Luxemburg, France, 2023
London Breeze Film Festival 2024 is delighted to be bringing two screenings of this summer's British animation feature film, Kensuke's Kingdom, to The Garden Cinema as part of our Impact Day and Youth & Family Day programmes within our 5-day festival (23rd… Read More
Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights… 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
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
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years
We’ve dug deep into the LIAF archives and have selected 12 of the best short animated films full of visually dazzling joy from all around the world, for kids of all ages and the whole family. Here you will meet charismatic characters… 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
A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei, Hou’s much-misunderstood marvel stars Shu Qi as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and towards Jack Kao’s suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback to the… Read More
For Halloween we're screening the family friendly monster film: Monsters Inc. James Sullivan 'Sulley' and Mike Wazowski are monsters. They earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more afraid of the children than they… 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
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
A leading figure of the 1970s German New Wave, Wim Wenders’ films are infused with a love of American music and culture. Whilst shooting Hammett for Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios in the early 1980s, Wenders developed a project with Sam Shepherd, loosely based on the… Read More
Kelly-Anne wakes up every morning by the courthouse to secure a seat at the high-profile trial of Ludovic Chevalier, a serial killer she is obsessed with. As days go by, the young woman bonds with another groupie, which momentarily breaks her out… Read More
In director Tsai Ming-Liang's shockingly subversive family drama, Hsiao-Kang gets roped into participating in a film shoot, in which he plays a dead body floating in the Tamsui River in Taipei. But the polluted, dirty water provokes a health crisis, as Hsiao-Kang… 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
New digital restoration. One of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, Seven Samurai tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This three-hour ride from Akira Kurosawa -featuring legendary… Read More
Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including wary newcomer Clarence 'Divine Eye' Maclin, in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity, and… 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
With a recorded introduction from director Geng Zihan. Harbin, north-east China: after her mother goes abroad for work, 15-year-old Xian is forced to live with her father, a free-spirited photographer whom she has barely seen since her parents' divorce. He’s in a… 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
Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, 2024, Canada, USA
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, Sugarcane, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021,… Read More
A Palestinian school teacher (Saleh Bakri) struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students (Muhammad Abed El Rahman) and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a volunteer worker (Imogen Poots).… Read More
Our screening on Tuesday 10 September will be introduced by Angela Allen, who was the script supervisor on The Third Man. Directed by Carol Reed from an original script by acclaimed novelist Graham Greene, The Third Man won the Grand Prix at Cannes… Read More
Hou Hsiao-hsien explores the ever-repeating pattern of love in this romantic trilogy. The three separate love stories are set in three different times: 1911, 1966 and 2005 - but feature the same two actors in the leading roles. In 'Episode 1 -… 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
Various directors, 2019-2023, UK, Trinidad, Canada
From first periods to life after menopause, the Women Over 50 Film Festival's got you covered. Join WOFFF and friends for an evening of education, insights and laughter with animations, dramas, documentaries and comedies from Britain,Trinidad and Tobago and Canada all focused… Read More
The Water Rats captures the adventures of twelve strangers who, coming from diverse walks of life; mixed ages, ethnicity and interests, unite over the coronavirus lockdown to continue cold water swimming during and in spite of the first Lockdown in 2020. At first,… Read More
This rare cinema screening of a 'Walker' film will be followed by a Zoom q&a with director Tsai Ming-liang. Since 2012, Tsai Ming-liang's 'Walker' series of films has followed the glacial perambulations of a monk (Lee Kang-sheng) around global cities such as… 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
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri… Read More
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…
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 our popular New Taiwanese Cinema season in Autumn 2023, we are delighted to launch a new strand, supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, to showcase the best of classic and contemporary…
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…
If you've been tempted to see the critically acclaimed Iranian modern classic My Favourite Cake, but are worried about the titular sweet treat making you…
Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into…
In collaboration with CinemaItaliaUK we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren's 90th birthday, with the screening of…
Bass Culture is presented by Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster in partnership with Westminster University and Camden Council. Bass…
