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Is it time to rethink our cities?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 10 January 2014 at 11:56

Jan Gehl’s documentary The Human Scale screening at the Hackney Empire this month explores the relationship between cities and their inhabitants

Lost regeneration on Gillett Square

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 January 2014 at 16:15

Documentary about Gillett Square highlights the plight of a vulnerable community

The Art of Repair in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 January 2014 at 16:00

Stewart Lee-narrated documentary focuses on the lives of Hackney’s makers and menders

The Runners – a film that jogs the mind

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 January 2014 at 15:20

Documentary finds that running makes you speak more openly about your life

American Hustle – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 January 2014 at 13:34

A pair of successful con artists find themselves entangled with an ambitious FBI agent in David O. Russell’s black comedy

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 December 2013 at 12:55

The second installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy is an action-filled fantasy adventure

At Home with the Ludskis – an artistic tribute to the Rio Cinema’s founder

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 15:08

Rio cinema hosts regular avant-garde event as tribute to its founder

Making of a ‘metamentary’ – Rough Cut by Jamie Shovlin

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 12:35

Hackney artist shoots film about the making of a fictional slasher film

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 28 November 2013 at 12:41

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in the second instalment of the popular Hunger Games trilogy

Gravity – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 15:08

Visually-stunning space thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney

Star Wars auditions to come to Hackney?

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 November 2013 at 16:11

Hopefuls need not venture to galaxy far away for chance to clinch role in hotly anticipated movie

Nice Guy – review

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 14:03

A jobless father explores the seamier side of London in realist drama with a gangster twist

UK Film Festival returns to Aubin Cinema

By East End Review | Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 12:11

Independent film festival in Shoreditch venue gives unsung film talent a chance to shine

Tom Marshman: searching for the lost gay cockneys

By East End Review | Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 11:46

An older generation of gay East Londoners tell their unheard stories at Rich Mix event

Documentary Project Wild Thing claims kids need to get back to nature

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 31 October 2013 at 14:52

Film by David Bond and Ashley Jones was screened at Hackney Picturehouse earlier this month

Female talent celebrated at Underwire short film festival

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 25 October 2013 at 14:18

Hackney Wick’s Yard Theatre set for movie takeover

London Feminist Film Festival to return to Hackney Picturehouse next month

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 October 2013 at 09:53

Screenings aim to challenge portrayals of women in cinema

Late At Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness – East London documentary to premiere at London Film Festival

By admin | Tuesday 8 October 2013 at 15:29

Award-winning novelist and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo describes her documentary as “an impressionistic mosaic” of East Londoners

Blue Jasmine – review

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 September 2013 at 09:49

Cate Blanchett’s character in this intriguing film recalls Blanche DuBois from A Streetcar Named Desire