2009…
Film4 Summer Screen – Somerset House
Open air cinema at Somerset House will run from 30 July – 8 August 2009
Got the email with all the films/dates/times today, so here’s the details:-
| Thu 30/07/09 18:30 |
Broken Embraces (15) | Find Tickets |
| Fri 31/07/09 18:30 |
Alien/Poltergeist (18) | Find Tickets |
| Sat 01/08/09 18:30 |
West Side Story (PG) | Find Tickets |
| Sun 02/08/09 18:30 |
Slumdog Millionaire (15) | Find Tickets |
| Mon 03/08/09 18:30 |
The Shawshank Redemption (15) | Find Tickets |
| Tue 04/08/09 18:30 |
Wings of Desire (15) | Find Tickets |
| Wed 05/08/09 18:30 |
Don’t Look Now (18) | Find Tickets |
| Thu 06/08/09 18:30 |
Strangers on a Train (PG) | Find Tickets |
| Fri 07/08/09 18:30 |
Cool Hand Luke/Road House (18) | Find Tickets |
| Sat 08/08/09 18:30 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG) |
The Scoop – Free open air cinema at The Scoop, alongside City Hall – starts again in September 2009. The lineup includes Slumdog Millionaire, The Usual Suspects, For A Few Dollars More and Mamma Mia – something for everyone then! Full details at http://www.london-se1.co.uk/places/scoop/events
Some other interesting (but not open air) cinema venues in and around SE1 are:-
Roxy Bar and Screen Shortwave Cinema
2008
Updated – 3 June 2008 – Got the lineup through in the email today, not a bad lineup, if not all that inspiring, but a couple of classics.
Pick of the bunch for me are Leon, Scarface and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
To get the list, sign up to the newsletter from somersethouse.org.uk or check out www.thelondonpaper.com
One annoying thing is that tickets are through Ticketmaster, who want to charge service charge/booking fee of 4.50 on a 12.50 ticket price, taking the total to 17 quid! I won’t be paying these shysters this fee – managed to pick them up from the Somerset House ticket office, without any booking fee.
Updated – 2 June2008 – Found that there will be open air cinema at Somerset House, as in previous years, no details on their website yet, but should receive info via their email newsletter. The site is at www.somersethouse.org.uk/film
In previous years there’s been a DJ then the film and a lineup of classics and new cinema. From the photo from previous year, it looks awesome.
Having enjoyed this in the past in Zurich and Barcelona, I thought I’d check out what was available.
So far, not much, but I did track down a series of films being shown at The Scoop, which is near City Hall. First good one is on Friday 6 June – The Usual Suspects.
Good news is that its free, on first come, first served basis and there’s a BBQ and bar.
