Discovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney
A former programmer at the Rio and now Head of Cinema at the Barbican looks back at the surprisingly rich history of Hackney’s cinemas
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Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London’s cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Rio Cinema set to host the London Feminist Film Festival in August
The Dalston picturehouse will host feminist films ranging from the hard-hitting to the lighthearted
Rio Cinema set to host the London Feminist Film Festival in August
The Dalston picturehouse will host feminist films ranging from the hard-hitting to the lighthearted
Iain Sinclair walks 'ginger line' in film adaptation of London Overground
Rio Cinema to premiere London Overground, in which Hackney author Iain Sinclair treks across the ‘spin-drier of capitalism’
Iain Sinclair walks ‘ginger line’ in film adaptation of London Overground
Rio Cinema to premiere London Overground, in which Hackney author Iain Sinclair treks across the ‘spin-drier of capitalism’
Rio Cinema workers strike over living wage and job cuts
Industrial action goes ahead in face of cinema restructure that would offer staff higher wages but cut hours and employees to pay for it
Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies
Staff at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage
Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies
Workers at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage
London Sex Worker Film Festival seeks to challenge 'whorephobic' society
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
London Sex Worker Film Festival seeks to challenge ‘whorephobic’ society
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
London Feminist Film Festival gets underway
A packed programme of films about subjects ranging from a Cuban drummer to Judaism starts tonight at the Rio cinema
At Home with the Ludskis – an artistic tribute to the Rio Cinema’s founder
Rio cinema hosts regular avant-garde event as tribute to its founder
Dalston’s Rio Cinema bids to boost ticket sales after suffering drop in funding
Want to keep art-deco cinema alive? Go more often, says management
Blackfish, film about captive whales, among highlights of East End Film Festival
Hard-hitting flicks to be screened at Rio Cinema as part of annual event