Rio Cinema celebrates Hackney’s politically-charged film history
A recent screening of four short films charts the ‘cultural significance of both the Rio and the borough at large’
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A cinema lover’s double-bill: council approve licence for new Hoxton cinema as Rio launches crowdfunder
Mayor Glanville lends support to the all-new Curzon planned for Pitfield Street and Sadiq Khan is among backers of the long-promised ‘RIOgeneration’
Summer loving: the East End Film Festival returns on 2 June – read our full preview
Read on for details of a nuclear double-bill, Brexit and Tupac profiled, a Caribbean take on Shakespeare, an Eastenders alumnus’ directorial debut and much more…
Green Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Feline romantic – Homerton filmmaker releases debut feature Dead Cat
In the romantic comedy, a pair of old flames randomly meet at a time when both of their lives have reached an impasse
Pillow cinema team’s £45k bid to restore derelict Castle picturehouse
The team behind London pop-up cinema events has launched a £45,000 appeal to reopen the derelict cinema on Chatsworth Road
Films on Fridges: cool cinema on Fish Island
A fridge mountain was the inspiration for this pop-up cinema just across from Hackney Wick
A Palace for Us
11am Wednesday 15 December 2010, Rio Cinema; and until 20 January 2011, Serpentine Gallery
Free films, unexpected places
The Citizen investigates no-cost cinematic screenings in unlikely venues across the borough
London 2012 Olympic Park gets arty
Newly appointed artist-in-residence and curator to lead on participatory creative projects
Interview: Vedide Kaymak, Director of the London Turkish Film Festival 2010
The founder of this fifteen year old movie extravanganza explains how it all began and gives the lowdown on the best new releases