A former programmer at the Rio and now Head of Cinema at the Barbican looks back at the surprisingly rich history of Hackney’s cinemas
East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
The Dalston picturehouse will host feminist films ranging from the hard-hitting to the lighthearted
Rio Cinema to premiere London Overground, in which Hackney author Iain Sinclair treks across the ‘spin-drier of capitalism’
Workers at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage
Films about sex work and related issues such as migration, race, gender and violence to be screened this weekend at the Rio Cinema
A packed programme of films about subjects ranging from a Cuban drummer to Judaism starts tonight at the Rio cinema
