What we’re about
This is for people who are into new bands and old films, particularly cult and alternative stuff that's relatively affordable. C'mon, do you really want to join two different groups? We also show social online films: we watch something good (and preferably free) online and hang out via WhatsApp while it's on.
We're an open and friendly group, so if you have interesting taste and a willingness to organise people, collar me at an event because I'm looking to build up a group of hosts who are into a diverse range of stuff. In the meantime, if there's something you want to go to, say so in the Discussions and I'll see what I can do.
Three other points: 1) If you want to go to something it's best to book early, these events often sell out (yes, even the movies), 2) If you come to an event and can't find anyone, post on the event page and we'll look for you, and 3) If you can't make it, make sure to change your RSVP to No beforehand because we have a three strikes policy for no shows - as in three strikes and you're out.
Upcoming events
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Nashvile (1975)
Prince Charles Cinema, Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London, WC2H 7BY, London, GBWho says we never go to good movies in this group? Nashville is a 10/10 masterpiece, the high point to the career of one of the greatest directors of the last 60 years. If you haven't seen it, you should. It still holds the record for Golden Globe nominations in a single year and also got a fair few Oscar nominations in a stacked year.
As with some of Robert Altman's other key films, the action follows a criss-crossing array of characters and features a lot of improvisation. It takes place over a five-day stretch in the country music capital of the world, leading up to a gala concert for an underdog Republican candidate for the next general election. There are also, appropriately, a lot of original songs.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZGpaVZdGlo
Tickets here, I'm in B5. Let's meet somewhere nearby TBC at 7.45pm for a pre-drink and head in afterwards.
6 attendees
Golomb - SOLD OUT (Waiting list available)
Third Man Records, 1 Marshall St, W1F 9BA, London, GBGolomb are a three-piece playing psych-ey indie rock - their description includes comparisons to Yo La Tengo, Dandy Warhols, Spiritualized and Low, so very 90's sounding - and they're playing The Blue Basement below the Third Man Records store in Soho. It's a great space, the band are good and tickets are under a tenner. What more do you need? Oh, you want some songs? Here ya go:
Be Here Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhtYGuNFS_Y
Real Power (the heads on those beers tho): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRIse5DLzQo
The Beat Goes On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeBIAYoi9_E
Tickets available here (they've sold out but you can often get hold of resale tickets via Dice). We can meet at a pub round the corner or just grab a beer from the shop fridge and hang out with the hipsters instead.
1 attendee
City on Fire (1987)
Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Pl, London, GBJohn Woo may have pioneered the heroic bloodshed genre with A Better Tomorrow, but Ringo Lam was hot on his heels, borrowing ABT star Chow Yun-fat for City on Fire, a rip roaring cops and robbers film on the streets of Hong Kong, full of gunfire, explosions, car crashes and intrigue.
Ko Chow is a young cop about to quit the force, who's persuaded to go undercover to infiltrate a gang of vicious jewellery robbers. But is he in too deep? And should be more scared of his new friends killing him if they find out who he really is, or his old colleagues killing him if they don't?
This was a huge influence on Reservoir Dogs (ie. Tarantino completely ripped it off) as well as Infernal Affairs, and in turn The Departed. The two leads, Chow Yun-fat and Danny Lee, would later be cast as the leads in Woo's stunning The Killer.
Want a succinct trailer that ties to explain the plot to a backdrop of metal? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9nBxswxG50
Or maybe you'd prefer a much longer trailer with everyone speaking Mandarin to the sound of smooth sax? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XANYgukszA0
Tickets here, I'm in D4. We can congregate outside afterwards and discuss the film over a drink somewhere.
2 attendees
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