If, like the rest of the film-going world, you were wowed by Ellen Page’s performance in Juno last year, and have been raving about her to everyone you meet, you’ll definitely want to get one up on your filmy friends by checking out Page’s 2005 performance in a screening of “Mouth to Mouth” at the Curzon Soho this Sunday 15 June. Filmed a full two years before Juno was the talk of the town,......

Thanks to a lousy US box office reception, Grindhouse – the adored bastard sprog double-feature of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez – was hacked in two when it finally came here. Film nerds agog at the prospect of a three-hour neo-exploitationfest had to cough for Planet Terror and Death Proof separately, and miss out entirely on the geekalicious treat of the fake trailers that accompanied them. O cruel fate/boringly cautious distributors. But at last......

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won't already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we'll see what we can move from our sack to your stockings... For the friends and family members who seem to always be busy with art exhibitions, arthouse films, dance, theatre and music of a more......

Just one day to go until the third FREE Londonist guided walk. In a nutshell, it's a tour of the more macabre side of Bloomsbury starting at 7pm tomorrow (Fri 11 Oct) outside Atlantis Books, Museum Street. But more details here. We've also negotiated discount tickets for a remarkable and related event taking place later that evening. Curzon Soho are screening several films about London at night, interspersed with readings from the awesome Night......

The blanket of damp that's been thrown over London this week can't stop the senses from believing that another long hot summer is just around the corner. Surely April was just a taster for the main event: sweltering offices, ice creams in parks, long cold drinks on pub pavements and music music music. The tunes will be everywhere in the summer, with festival season sending happy campers back to the capital each weekend and......

The Constellation Change Film Festival is all about showcasing dance on film and opens jazz hand style on Monday with the classic musical "West Side Story". People who don’t like musicals like "West Side Story" and we reckon it will be cracking on the big screen. The film positively sizzles with Jerome Robbins’ fantastic choreography, especially the kick ass gang battling routines and the sizzling and sassy Latin styled "America". Go see! If you......

If you can get away early today you should check out the late afternoon Firecracker screening of Guns & Talks. It's a quirky Korean combination of thriller and comedy revolving around a quartet of hitmen. Professional killers are an old favourite ingredient for Asian cinema, but it’s been a while since the pot was stirred in quite such a fun way. The first thing to notice is Won Bin's narration - he knows you're......

Another great crime flick at Firecracker this evening, this time from Johnnie To and one night on the streets of Hong Kong with the Police Tactical Unit. This is a standout movie - the opening sequence is an instant classic as protagonists run into antagonists and seemingly insignificant extras step up and push the film where you least expect it. It's grim, it's funny and it's exciting - exactly the kind of flick you'd......

Grown-ups have known for years, since parents found themselves begging their kids to take them to see Toy Story again, that animation is not just for drooling infants who don't know how to read or pronounce Jan Svankmeyer correctly. Claymation, anime, CGI, stop-motion, traditional pen, paper and clever uses of transparencies... it's a big area and with the recent release of animation-a-like films such as A Scanner Darkly challenging the now extremely common CGI......

A couple of cinema-related happenings which we thought we should make you aware of. First up, starting this Wednesday is the Short Film Summer School at the Curzon Soho. This 'celebration of the short' includes six screeening, a whole bunch of workshops, panel discussions, and more opprtuinities to press flesh with silverscreen bigwigs than you could shake a clapper board at. It runs until Saturday and you can book tickets here. And for the......

Given that we're actually due some sunshine this weekend, we have our doubts that attending a film festival will be at the top of many people's lists. Especially when they learn that all the films being shown are about FOOTBALL. For most, the only cinematic football offering that approaches anywhere near an acceptable level of quality (and then only in an ironic 'this is shit but in a good way' fashion) might be 'Escape......

The following is coming from a purely hetrosexual male persepctive, with apologies to our gay and female readers. It's written for the benefit of any single males who've managed to secure a date for tonight with a woman that they are pretty keen on and would very much like to impress, but can't think of where to go. We're probably pitching this to a minority audience, but hell, if we help just one soul......

We know, we know: it's nowhere near October, plus they've not even bothered to insert the apostrophe into Halowe'en... but let us forget our pedantic misgivings and embrace what is billed as "The edgiest film festival in the UK." The Halloween film festival, has been running since the mid-90s and is designed to present a cross-section of the "best, most challenging, quirky and exciting" short films as well as presenting bands and special events......

The Curzon Soho has warmed the Londonist cockles by putting on this tribute to the film career of The Clash frontman: The UK Premiere and centrepiece of the season, LET’S ROCK AGAIN, was made by Strummer's cinematic collaborator and friend Dick Rude. It captures Joe & The Mescaleros on the road on the last US tour before Joe’s death and is sure to be an emotional experience for fans and friends alike. CHARLIE DON’T......

It's been a real pleasure previewing the films on offer at this years Firecracker Showcase and movies like Pattaya Maniac are one of the reasons why. Thai cinema has been sadly overshadowed until very recently with a few runaway arthouse hits, but with a little luck more films like this slacker comedy will make a western audience hungry for more of the same. It's a hard film to describe, featuring as it does a......

If you're a fan of Eastern cinema then try and read this post with a defibrillator handy because the Firecracker film festival lineup is one of artery exploding brilliance. We'll try and ease you into it gently by simply stating that it runs from the 8th to the 18th of September and makes its home at the Curzon Soho, Curzon Mayfair, Genesis Whitechapel and Gate Notting Hill. The festival will also... oh fuck it.......

Although there are still a few days before Sunday, Londonist could not resist informing our readers of what could be a potentially riotous event. This Sunday at 9:00 pm, the Curzon Soho (a Londonist favorite) will be showing She Hate Me, Spike Lee’s most recent movie. Now why is it you ask that we mention this? Because this is no ordinary screening, it is the first Curzon Boo-A-Long(and once you hear the storyline you will......