117 Lewisham Way Revisited

Ten years ago a rather grand but decaying house at 117 Lewisham Way, near to Goldsmiths College in New Cross, was demolished. The house had an interesting history, including a brief period as home for New Cross synagogue and a space for artists to live and work in. In its last days it was squatted ...

Curzon Goldsmiths wants your views

The Curzon Goldsmiths is not selling as many tickets as they would like, or perhaps would have expected, given the huge amount of bleating from local residents about the fact that Lewisham was the only London borough without a cinema. Curzon has launched a survey for locals to work out what they can be doing better ...

Future Shorts Deptford

Deptford bar / restaurant / art venue Buster Mantis is hosting Future Shorts, the largest short film network in the world, for a one-off pop-up cinema screening of its Summer 2016 season of short films.Buster Mantis promises "a full evening's worth of entertainment with food, craft beers, cocktails, DJs and special guests."Advance tickets £4, with ...

A Strange New Experience in Brock

Eamon writes:Having recently pulled off a 1940’s film night screening  “Odd Man Out” at the Brockley and Ladywell Cemetery Chapel,  I have  teamed up with the Brockley Jack Theatre to pilot a series of films for  the area - starting with 2 films in the first week of August.On Tuesday 2 August (7.45pm), we are ...

Save Deptford Cinema

The Deptford Cinema is a community space on Deptford Broadway that is now under threat and needs your support to get the Council to provide business rate relief.Campaigner Sam writes:About two years ago, I saw a post on the Brockley Central blog advertising a new community project. Lewisham was one of only two London boroughs ...

Curzon Goldsmiths drops prices

The Curzon Goldsmiths is lowering some of its week-day ticket prices. They say:From Monday 25 April we're going to be offering peak discounted tickets for two nights a week - Mondays and Wednesdays.Adult tickets will be £8.50, seniors and unwaged (and Goldsmiths staff) £7 and students £5.

All New Cross & Deptford’s a Screen

The New Cross & Deptford Free Film FestivalApril 22 - May 1 2016The New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival returns for 2016, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a Bard-themed programme of screenings.This year's films will include Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet (pictured), Ethan Hawke's Hamlet and Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern ...

Curzon Goldsmiths begins family screenings with Zootropolis

The Curzon Goldsmiths cinema has added screenings of children's movies to its roster over Easter. Goldsmiths says:Disney’s critically-acclaimed Zootropolis will show in the afternoons at 1pm and 3.30pm. The screenings will run on weekdays and weekends until Thursday 7 April.At just £4.50 the off-peak children’s tickets are the cheapest in south London for new films.The ...

Indoor market and small cinema planned for Ladywell development

Pop-up development PLACE / Ladywell has an irritating name and would be better as a permanent structure rather than messing around as a temporary building, but by God, the team behind it know how to give the people what they want - and are planning an indoor market and small cinema on site. They say:We ...

Curzon Goldsmiths opens on January 29th

Curzon Goldsmiths opens to public on 29 January 2016. Goldsmiths announces:The new cinema at Goldsmiths, University of London is opening on 29 January 2016 – with The Big Short and The Revenant the first films to be screened.Curzon Goldsmiths is the result of a partnership between the university and Curzon Cinemas. The collaboration is bringing ...