𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐀

The Garden Cinema presents 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 /// 24 May- 18 Aug 🐆 There has never been such a successful collision of silliness and sophistication in the history of cinema as the Screwball Comedy. Speedy dialogue, couples’ quarrels, and slapstick are inseparable from razor-sharp wit, and some of the most incisive social commentary of the shifting class and gender dynamics of early twentieth-century America. Predominantly a 1940s form – with brilliant exceptions from the 1950s and a few predecessors in the 1930s – Screwball Comedy was a product of its time. A defiant reaction to the newly imposed Hays Code, it rioted against hypocritical conservatism with an abundance of sexual innuendo, a good dose of adultery, and childless (!) couples surrendering to the hedonistic lifestyle of the metropolis. Whisky for breakfast was pretty standard… Their madcap, farcical plots – ranging from crossdressing to domesticated tigers – offered much needed escapism to a population still affected by the Great Depression and, later, WWII. A repertory company emerges. Directors like Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor, and Leo McCarey each fine-tuned the genre’s shape, while writers like Ben Hecht and Billy Wilder supplied the verbal velocity and bite. And then there were the stars – the usual suspects returning again and again: Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, and Claudette Colbert opposite Cary Grant, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, and William Powell. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 – 𝟭𝟳 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. Book now 🎟️ #thegardencinema #screwball #coventgarden

𝟓𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 From Fri 8 May 📽️ The Garden Cinema presents a selection of films from the last five decades that explore how Argentine society has grappled with the aftermath of the military coup of 1976. That year, the country’s armed forces overthrew the democratically elected government and installed a dictatorship as part of the United States’ war on communism in Latin America. The military regime unleashed a ‘Dirty War’ during which 30,000 people were disappeared, thousands executed, and many more imprisoned or exiled. The dictatorship fractured civil society, and its downfall in 1983 ushered in neoliberal economic policies which exacerbated inequalities. In addition, the omertà (code of silence) that surrounded that period had long-lasting legal and psychological consequences. Yet, in the decades that followed, Argentine cinema re-emerged with extraordinary force, confronting the trauma of those years while opening new paths for the country’s cultural and democratic life. To mark the 50th anniversary of the coup, The Garden Cinema will be screening a selection of classic award-winning titles and innovative documentaries which reflect how cinema has engaged with the shifting social landscape through the years. The season was devised with the support of co-curator writer and academic Adam Feinstein, in collaboration with Alborada Films @alboradafilms and Cinema Mentiré @cinema.mentire #thegardencinema #argentina #filmlovers

OLIVIA is this month’s editors’ choice in @sightsoundmagazine Catch special a screening at @thegardencinema , London. 🎟️ Limited tickets available – book via the link in bio 🗓️ Sat 23 May, 16:10 + Q&A #Olivia #FilmScreening #Argentina #Cinema #London

Rose of Nevada’s director Mark Jenkin talks about how close-ups help him make best use of production resources, and when to use a wide shot. Check out the full discussion on our YouTube channel to find out loads of tips from his experience making Rose of Nevada and Bait. Rose of Nevada is now showing at The Garden Cinema #thegardencinema #filmlovers #coventgarden

𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭-𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 & 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 7-10 May The Garden Cinema is delighted to welcome the most prestigious short film festival in the world @lecourtclermont back for a fourth year, with three curated programmes celebrating the highlights and award winners from the UK, French and International selections. In addition to a special programme of short films for the family which will be ‘Pay-What-You-Can.’ The UK programme will feature a Q&A with the filmmakers and there will be a chance to network in the bar before and after every screening. Book tickets 🎟️ #thegardencinema #coventgarden #clermontferrand

Discover the beautiful bespoke artwork created for 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, starring Josh O’Connor, Meghann Fahy and Amy Madigan. 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐐&𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫-𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧. 📽️ 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝-𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝟑 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 — 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭, so be quick! Inspired by the rich tradition of colcha embroidery from Colorado’s San Luis Valley, this striking piece was created by co-producer and artist Katie Dokson, reflecting the film’s themes of family, resilience, connection and renewal. A heartfelt portrait of life after loss, 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 is a moving story of resilience and human connection. From Fri 17 Apr at The Garden Cinema. Book tickets now 🎟️

We love this, thank you @curzonfilm ❣️ Repost • @curzonfilm We took AMÉLIE’s garden gnome out on a jaunt. He loved seeing the sights!

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 is now showing at The Garden Cinema. Winner of the Golden Lion Best Film prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, Father Mother Sister Brother is the eagerly-awaited new film from Jim Jarmusch. Funny, tender and astutely observed, this is an intimate exploration of the universal intricacies of family dynamics. Starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰: Jim Jarmusch’s return to the triptych-structures of his early work earned him a surprise Golden Lion last year. Arguably the most low-key winner of Venice’s top prize since Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere in 2010, Father Mother Sister Brother is a film that works according to its own (slow-paced) rhythms, and gentle absurdism – ever more mellow as Jarmusch himself matures. These three family meetups, full of unspoken history, stilted attempts at connection, and mild passive aggressiveness, recalls something of Yasujiro Ozu’s family dramas. But the pointed repetition of peculiar moments and abstracted lines of dialogue is imbued with a strange humour which is typical of Jarmusch. There is something in that particular insistence on the nature of words which is like modernist poetry. And perhaps the three settings: rural New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris, also attest to this artistic lineage. Book now 🎟️ #thegardencinema #filmlovers #coventgarden

Time has changed nothing. Amélie still takes refuge in solitude. Enjoy this classic, swooningly romantic French hit at The Garden Cinema as it celebrates its 25th anniversary 📽️ From Fri 3 April #thegardencinema #amelie #filmlover

*Competition closed 📽️🇫🇷🍽️* 𝐖𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤! To celebrate our season “𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮”, we are partnering with our friends at Le Garrick restaurant to offer you 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: two film tickets for The Garden Cinema and a delicious three course meal at Le Garrick with a bottle of house wine included 🍷 To enter the competition: - Follow @le_garrick and @thegardencinema - Like this post - Tag a friend who you would like to treat to an amazing meal, and tell us which Jeanne Moreau screening you would take them to 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞: 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚.𝐜𝐨.𝐮𝐤 The competition closes on Monday 6 April, with the winner announced the following day #thegardencinema #filmlovers #foodlovers

A cinematic force who refused to play by the rules… discover her for yourself at The Garden Cinema. 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮 starts today 📽️ Book tickets 🎟️ #jeannemoreau #thegardencinema #filmlover

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝟰𝘆! 🎂🎉 To mark the occasion of our upcoming fourth anniversary, 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, across all three screens. The day will commence with our 𝘗𝘢𝘺 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘊𝘢𝘯 family screening of the enduring The Princess Bride – from the sorely missed Rob Reiner. Alternatively, start your day with early screenings of Akira Kurosawa’s epic Seven Samurai, Alain Delon pulling of an intricate heist in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Cercle Rouge, or Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s spectacular study of love and fascism, The Marriage of Maria Braun. The afternoon brings a choice of three delights: you can join the ranks of New York’s most privileged in the first of Whit Stillman’s ‘urban haute bourgeoisie’ trilogy: Metropolitan. Or you can be driven out of your mind by Anton Walbrook in the original screen adaptation of Gaslight. Alternatively, simply bask in the warmth of Aki Kaurismäki’s humanist and deadpan Le Havre. Our early evening screenings have been specially selected to get you in the party mood. You can have cocktails and spite with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, get tangled up in the Wachowski sisters’ neo-noir Bound, or indulge in Wes Anderson’s greatest cinematic confection, The Grand Budapest Hotel. For those looking to plot a course through the day, end times for each screening can be found on the individual film pages. To add to the festivities, tickets to all screenings throughout the day will be just £7.50 each for members and their +1. Of course, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺, Harold & Maude. See our website for details and to book 🥳🎟️ #thegardencinema #filmlovers