Cultural lineage
Independent cinema movement
Cinemas that built their own identity outside the multiplex circuit — repertory, restoration, and programming treated as an editorial act rather than a scheduling one.
6 venues in London working in this tradition
Venues
Forest Cinemas
Forest Hill
Community cinema in Forest Hill showing independent and world…
ActOne Cinema
Winston Way
Independent cinema in Ilford showing Bollywood, world and independent…
The Nickel Cinema
196 Rye Lane
Intimate community cinema in Peckham showing independent and world…
ArtHouse Crouch End
159A Tottenham Lane
Independent cinema and arts venue in Crouch End showing world and independent…
The Castle Cinema
64-66 Brooksby's Walk
Community cinema in Homerton showing independent and world…
The Garden Cinema
Covent Garden
Independent cinema in the heart of Covent Garden showing curated world and independent…
Upcoming
Full programme →101 Dalmatians (1961) — Stephen Herek
The Garden Cinema · Today · 11:00
Summertime Sadness Writing Session — Zodiac Film Club
The Garden Cinema · Today · 11:30
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Today · 12:00 · £15
The Illegal Immigrant — Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
The Garden Cinema · Today · 13:00 · £15
Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) + Introduction and Book Signing by Lillian Crawford — Gordon Flemyng
The Garden Cinema · Today · 14:00 · £15
Glastonbury The Movie: 30th anniversary cut — Robin Mahoney
The Garden Cinema · Today · 16:15 · £15
The Awful Truth — Leo McCarey
The Garden Cinema · Today · 18:00 · £15
David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
The Garden Cinema · Today · 20:00 · £15
Radioactive Dreams — Albert Pyun
The Castle Cinema · Today · 20:30 · £16.95
Special Preview: Tfff Surprise Screening + Q&A
The Castle Cinema · Today · 22:30 · £16.95
101 Dalmatians (1961) — Stephen Herek
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 11:00
To Be or Not to Be — Ernst Lubitsch
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 13:00
We Were Smart — Li Yifan
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 13:00 · £15
Nostalghia — Andrei Tarkovsky
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 15:00 · £8.5
An Autumn's Tale — Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 16:30 · £15
UK Premiere: Pomp and Circumstance + The Belt + Q&A
The Castle Cinema · Tomorrow · 18:00 · £16.95
Backrooms: Everything Must Go Edition W/ Bonus Features — Kane Parsons
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 19:00 · £15
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Tomorrow · 20:00 · £15
The Hereafter — Ryan Noufer
The Castle Cinema · Tomorrow · 20:15 · £16.95
The Sacrifice — Andrei Tarkovsky
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 15:00 · £8.5
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 15:15 · £8.5
David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 15:30 · £8.5
Paprika - 20th anniversary — Satoshi Kon
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 17:45 · £15
Le Mépris — Jean-Luc Godard
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 18:15 · £15
Eight Taels of Gold — Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
The Garden Cinema · Mon 10 Aug · 20:00 · £15
A Chinese Ghost Story Iii — Tony Ching Siu-Tung
The Garden Cinema · Tue 11 Aug · 16:00 · £8.5
David Byrne's American Utopia — Spike Lee
The Garden Cinema · Tue 11 Aug · 17:45 · £15
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Tue 11 Aug · 19:45 · £15
The Swimmer — Frank Perry
The Garden Cinema · Tue 11 Aug · 20:30 · £15
101 Dalmatians (1961) — Stephen Herek
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 11:00
The Day She Returns — Hong Sang-soo
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 13:30 · £8.5
Talk to Her — Pedro Almodóvar
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 15:30 · £8.5
Paprika - 20th anniversary — Satoshi Kon
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 15:45 · £8.5
Nostalghia — Andrei Tarkovsky
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 17:45 · £15
Wftv x The Garden Cinema networking — 150m.
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 18:30
Bringing Up Baby — Howard Hawks
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 20:15
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Wed 12 Aug · 20:30 · £15
The Sacrifice — Andrei Tarkovsky
The Garden Cinema · Thu 13 Aug · 15:15 · £8.5
Coup 53 — Taghi Amirani
The Garden Cinema · Thu 13 Aug · 17:45 · £15
Little Shop Of Horrors (director's Cut) + Live Intro — Frank Oz
ActOne Cinema · Thu 13 Aug · 19:45 · £14