Category Archives: Cinema

David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower

Posted on May 4, 2026 by insidecroydon

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David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower

Posted on April 28, 2026 by insidecroydon

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Playground named after Star Wars star to open on May 4

Posted on April 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

‘My dad was Darth Vader’ No, not a line uttered in the blockbuster movie series by Luke Skywalker, but the intro on a piece in a residents’ association newsletter, as Bingham Park gears up to celebrate the life of resident … Continue reading →

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A Vue to a killing: Grants landlords to blame for cinema closure

Posted on April 11, 2026 by insidecroydon

The closure this week of the Vue Cinema in Grants in the town centre was down to the building’s new owners’ greed, in ratcheting up the rents for businesses already struggling for survival in Croydon’s run-down high street. That’s according … Continue reading →

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Perry makes no formal intervention as Mayor over Vue closure

Posted on April 4, 2026 by insidecroydon

Tory Mayor fails to act over doomed multiplex cinema, as he uses latest blow to ‘evolving’ town centre as an opportunity for a bit of late-term cosplaying. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s impotent and out-of-touch Mayor, had no idea … Continue reading →

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Town centre multiplex cinema to close in latest blow for Perry

Posted on April 1, 2026 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on how Croydon’s failed Mayor has been blindsided, again, by another major loss to the High Street The latest hammerblow to Jason Perry’s bogus election claims that he has Croydon “back on track” and that … Continue reading →

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Enjoy Oscar winners and more at David Lean Cinema in April

Posted on March 19, 2026 by insidecroydon

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From a few lines in Henry V, actor stood alongside the greats

Posted on March 8, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON CHRONICLES: An outstanding producer-director at The Old Vic who performed alongside the likes of Sir Henry Irving and Sir Laurence Olivier, and appeared in some of the most notable films of the 1940s and ’50s, Harcourt Williams’ acting talent … Continue reading →

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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special

Posted on March 2, 2026 by insidecroydon

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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special

Posted on February 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

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Breathless memories of Godard classic are far from vague

Posted on February 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A recent American movie, a hommage to a French master, has PETER GILLMAN considering the importance of words, and reminiscing about a date in a long-lost South Croydon cinema So who remembers the Croydon Classic? This was the … Continue reading →

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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings

Posted on January 31, 2026 by insidecroydon

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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings

Posted on January 26, 2026 by insidecroydon

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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026

Posted on January 4, 2026 by insidecroydon

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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026

Posted on December 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026

Posted on December 19, 2025 by insidecroydon

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Kevin Costner Christmas show is Shirley teen’s screen debut

Posted on December 9, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: ABC in the United States is airing a biblical epic tonight, with a starring role played by an 18-year-old actor from Croydon A Croydon teenager tonight makes his screen debut in an American television show fronted by Hollywood superstar … Continue reading →

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Exclusive interview with David Lean Cinema’s Joanna Scanlan

Posted on November 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

Sanderstead’s BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan, fresh from her BBC drama success Riot Women, visited Inside Croydon’s virtual studio Under The Flyover this week to talk all things Croydon arts, including her significant part as patron of the David Lean … Continue reading →

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Classic Scrooge heads David Lean Cinema’s Christmas films

Posted on November 26, 2025 by insidecroydon

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The questions Sutton leader won’t answer about Throwley Yard

Posted on November 18, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: A week after the last picture show at the council-subsidised cinema, why is Councillor Barry ‘Basher’ Lewis dodging serious matters of genuine public interest? By CARL SHILTON Throwley Yard Cinema in central Sutton staged its very own “Last … Continue reading →

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Throwley Yard to close as company goes into administration

Posted on November 7, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: A cinema which opened little more than a year ago using millions of pounds of public money is forced to shut from Sunday, leaving the council with little, if any, income from the venue. Our investigations editor, CARL … Continue reading →

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Cinema’s celebration of 150th anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor

Posted on November 1, 2025 by insidecroydon

Chi-chi Nwanoku is the special guest at the Croydon Clocktower this Tuesday, November 4, when the David Lean Cinema will be screening an episode from Sky Arts’ Passions series about Croydon composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who was born 150 years ago. … Continue reading →

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Croydon movie studio to begin horror filming next month

Posted on October 31, 2025 by insidecroydon

Just in time for Halloween (well, Halloween 2026 if post-production goes smoothly), a chilling supernatural horror is about to be filmed in and around Croydon. Starring actress Lucy Russell, Sticks and Stones is director Lily Howkins’s debut feature, and the … Continue reading →

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David Lean Cinema screenings, Nov 2025, Croydon Clocktower

Posted on October 31, 2025 by insidecroydon

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Spook-tacular screening at David Lean Cinema for Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2025 by insidecroydon

The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower will be screening Children of the Wicker Man this Halloween, Friday October 31, followed by a very special question and answer session with the documentary’s maker, and sons of The Wicker Man … Continue reading →

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