Posts Tagged ‘Film’
Obituary: Peter Howden, luminary of independent cinema, dies aged 80
Howden was a fixture of the London film scene, spending the latter half of his six-decade career at the Rio in Dalston
Read MoreShort film celebrates tree lovers on mission to ‘green Hackney’
Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run charity bringing together local communities to transform Hackney’s parks into diverse tree-filled spaces
Read More‘How To Get On With Everybody’ – Inspiring documentary about beloved Hackney rabbi to show at the Rio Cinema
‘It’s a very nice film’ says Rabbi Herschel Gluck, ‘a very beautiful film’
Read MorePower Station review – ‘If we’re going to save this life-giving world we’re squatting on, we need radical, grassroots change’
‘A combining of Powell’s artistic audio-visual epics with Edelstyn’s narrative vision and director-producer drive’
Read More‘One of life’s true optimists’: Film about popular local rabbi to be screened at Abney Park
How to Get On with Everybody, a portrait of Rabbi Herschel Gluck, will be shown on 9 September – followed by a Q&A with the man himself
Read More‘Once a young person feels seen, they start to dream differently’
Hackney-based director Emeka Egbuono and actor Michael Adurson tell the Citizen about their new film, Stolen Dreams 2: Redemption
Read MoreNew documentary presents ‘intimate portrait’ of beloved Hackney rabbi
‘How to Get On With Everybody’ follows Rabbi Herschel Gluck in his efforts to build bridges between communities
Read MoreMickey 17 actor Jamila Wingett: ‘There’s a special vibe in Hackney’
The local-born star on her East London roots, working with Bong Joon-Ho, and her dual role as an intimacy coordinator
Read MoreNew short film explores the joys and challenges of life inside an East London brain injury charity
Award-winning filmmaker Kit Vincent documents the work of Headway East London through the stories of four survivors
Read MoreFrancis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’
The artist’s exploration of children’s play ‘yields rich documentation of their resilience’
Read MoreRio 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’
Read MoreEast End filmmaker awarded ‘Art Icon’ status by Whitechapel Gallery
Isaac Julien, whose early works feature Hackney, follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Tracey Emin
Read MoreCette Maison, film review: ‘Tragic tale full of heart and beauty’
Miryam Charles’s feature-length debut is a ‘wistful and experimental creature’
Read MoreTriangle of Sadness, film review: ‘Searing dissection of wealth’
Ruben Östlund’s black comedy is a ‘gargantuan success with a knock-out cast’
Read More‘I’ve seen a hell a lot of change’: Legendary Hackney film director launches 50-year retrospective in Shoreditch
John Smith, who Jarvis Cocker calls his ‘favourite British filmmaker’, will show 50 of his works over 10 weeks
Read More‘My stories begin in Hackney’: Author Iain Sinclair to release film about retracing his ancestor’s journey to Peru
The writer says the adventure documented in The Gold Machine is like ‘any of those funny, strange expeditions I’ve done for my own books’
Read MoreMónica de Miranda explores African diasporic experiences and Europe’s colonial past in new Shoreditch exhibition
The Angolan-Portuguese artist’s latest work will be on display at Autograph from 24 June
Read More‘Euphoria and trauma’: Filmmaker Sutapa Biswas explores colonial histories in new solo show in Shoreditch
The multidisciplinary artist’s critically acclaimed film ‘Lumen’ is being shown at Autograph gallery until 4 June
Read MoreBlacks Can’t Swim filmmaker wants to ‘spark conversation’ with follow-up to acclaimed documentary series
Ed Accura is hoping to ‘change the narrative’ with third film exploring the lack of Black representation in swimming
Read MoreHackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show
Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition
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