Tag Archives: Clocktower

Ridley Scott’s back in orbit with a tale of space survival

Posted on November 21, 2015 by insidecroydon

  If the hard-working volunteers behind the Save the David Lean Campaign keep putting together programmes as they have for December, then calls for them to offer season ticket deals for regular attenders will have to be looked at. There … Continue reading →

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Heroes and villains lay out their stories across the big screen

Posted on October 13, 2015 by insidecroydon

It’s Heroes, and heroines, and villains at the David Lean Cinema in November, as shown in the month’s programme, just released. There’s Lance Armstrong, finally revealed as a drug-taking cheat rather than the cycling hero he and his backers would … Continue reading →

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Amy Winehouse and Orson Welles are highlighted on screen

Posted on July 25, 2015 by insidecroydon

Amy, which charts the life and tragic death of Amy Winehouse, a little-seen Falstaffian tale starring and directed by Orson Welles,a modern-day take on the Old West and the first ever feature film shot in Lesotho being shown in the … Continue reading →

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David Lean screens Kubrick classic to mark Armistice Day

Posted on October 29, 2014 by insidecroydon

The David Lean Cinema will mark Armistice Day on November 11 in this centenary year of the start of World War I by screening one of the most powerful and influential anti-war movies ever made. Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory, … Continue reading →

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Croydon Carnival of Books, Central Library, Aug 27-30

Posted on August 23, 2014 by insidecroydon
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Campaign offers Loach’s last movie, Woody Allen and gigolos

Posted on August 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign continues to go from strength to strength, as shown by its September programme, announced yesterday. In addition to the regular screenings on Thursdays, the Campaign is staging two additional screenings in the coming … Continue reading →

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Pearson gets under the skin with Q&A at David Lean Cinema

Posted on June 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

The June season of (mainly) Thursday screenings at the David Lean Cinema in the Clocktower arts complex includes a special Question and Answer session next week with Adam Pearson following Under The Skin. Croydon-based Pearson was born with neurofibromatosis, a condition … Continue reading →

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Oscar-winners headline David Lean Cinema’s screenings

Posted on May 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

As the David Lean Cinema heads into its second month of regular screenings by the group which campaigned for its re-opening, PHILIP HOWARD, the programmer, previews the coming month’s films In May, we will be screening the films which between … Continue reading →

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Cinema campaigners get their wishes for final screenings

Posted on December 17, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign will complete its 2013 activities with screenings of two films chosen by its membership at the Spread Eagle pub in the next couple of weeks. The enthusiasts’ group was formed in 2011 to … Continue reading →

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What councillors say: gallery move is “improved service”

Posted on February 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

On the premise of cost-cutting, our council is about to move the local studies archive into an exhibition space at the Clocktower, thus managing to find a way to spend public money on compromising two aspects of cultural provision at … Continue reading →

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