Posts Tagged as ‘cinema’

April 26, 2008

See how I resist making a Duran Duran reference?

Iron-willed, that’s me. Because last weekend I paid a visit to the rather gorgeous Dalston Rio Cinema, to watch It Always Rains On Sunday, which was showing as part of the East End Film Festival. It was one of their ‘Silver Screen’ matinees, which are free for the over 60s and include tea and cake [...]

April 6, 2008

East End Film Festival 17 - 24 April

The East End Film Festival is nearly upon us, and it looks cracking, by the way. Now I’m just trying to figure out if I can see three films in three different cinemas in one afternoon… I particularly want to see an Ealing drama called It Always Rains On A Sunday*, not least because there’s [...]

February 14, 2008

Stratford: not as skanky as you think

Right, one Masters degree later I’m going to pick up this East London thread and tie it in some beautiful new knots.

I’ve been living in Stratford for 18 months or so now, and I feel I should dispell a bit of the bad rep that it has. Yes, it has it’s skanky bits. Yes, it [...]