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A Vue to a killing: Grants landlords to blame for cinema closure
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, David Lean Cinema, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Enjoy Oscar winners and more at David Lean Cinema in April
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
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The Choral, Nuremberg, Hamlet: David Lean Cinema, Jan 2026
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Exclusive interview with David Lean Cinema’s Joanna Scanlan
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
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Inside Croydon, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged After Love, Croydon, Croydonites Festival, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Getting On, Inside Croydon, Joanna Scanlan, Riot Women, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Stanley Arts, The Larkins, The Thick Of It, Under The Flyover
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Classic Scrooge heads David Lean Cinema’s Christmas films
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Cinema’s celebration of 150th anniversary of Coleridge-Taylor
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
David Lean Cinema screenings, Nov 2025, Croydon Clocktower
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Spook-tacular screening at David Lean Cinema for Halloween
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
Special Halloween screening at David Lean Cinema in October
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Croydon’s David Lean among nominees for Cinema of the Year
Ronnie Corbett would be soooo proud… the community arts cinema in the town centre is up for a prestigious award, decided by a public vote The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower is among the contenders for Britain’s Cinema … Continue reading
Kids’ movies at the David Lean among summer holiday offers
Discounted cinema screenings, free cricket coaching and a family fun day are all available for Croydon families over the school summer holidays, as local organisations offer affordable ways to keep children entertained. The activities are available to families with children … Continue reading
Croydon haunting was ghost-hunter Fodor’s biggest ever case
BERNARD WINCHESTER outlines a ghostly tale that includes Conan Doyle and Sigmund Freud, a talking mongoose from the Isle of Man, and the notorious Thornton Heath poltergeist Next Saturday, Croydon’s David Lean Cinema is screening a curious film, a little-known … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, History, Thornton Heath
Tagged Bernard Winchester, Beverstone Road, Beverstone Road poltergeist, David Lean Cinema, Ghosts, Nandor Fodor, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, On the Trail of the Poltergeist, Paranormal, poltergeists, Sigmund Freud, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thornton Heath
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From Henry V to Attenborough – David Lean July screenings
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign
Tagged David Lean, David Lean Cinema, Henry V, Lilo and Stitch, Sir David Attenborough
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Doctor Who and Dr Strangelove lined up for David Lean Cinema
The David Lean Cinema has partnered with National Theatre Live to bring their star-studded stage productions to the big screen, and the programming begins with stage shows featuring two very different “doctors”. The stage-to-screen collaboration begins next week, on Wednesday … Continue reading
Help David Lean Cinema get in right Spirit for 30th anniversary
The David Lean Cinema in Croydon Clocktower will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next Monday with a suitably classic film screening and some special guests. Croydon’s much-loved independent cinema will be marking the occasion with a classic David Lean film. … Continue reading
