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 (4+)
See all- Pelton Arms Music QuizThe Pelton Arms, SE10 9PQ
Music Quiz starts around 20:30ish
Entry fee: £2 REMEMBER TO BRING CASH
At the Pelton Arms in Greenwich:
https://www.facebook.com/pelton.arms
https://www.peltonarms.com/
Feel free to grab food there or eat before you get there - they serve pizza.
I'll reserve 1 table of 6 but if there are enough people on the waitlist, I may reserve another table. - Videodrome (1983)Genesis Cinema, LONDON
I last saw Videodrome at another of these events, in the ICA a few years back, and while it's as horrifying as you'd expect from early Cronenberg, it's also very fun in places. It also works as a broadside at the medium of television, lying somewhere between Network and Stay Tuned on cinema's anti-TV timeline.
A programmer at a low-budget TV station (James Woods) is constantly seeking the most controversial footage he can find to hook viewers, and begins to get obssessed with a mysterious, torture-based broadcast known as Videodrome. While searching for its producers, he gets drawn into bizarre hallucinations, political conspiracy theories, sadomasochism, body horror and radio host Nicki Brand (Debbie Harry, just post-Blondie). First it controls your mind, then it takes your body! Long live the new flesh!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRAwig4rU8
Tickets are under £9 with booking fee and available here. We can meet in the bar before the film and maybe go for a pint afterwards to talk about it.
- Dillinger FourCamden Underworld, London
Dillinger Four are renown for being among the most influential punk bands of their era - you can hear bands like Alkaline Trio in a lot of what they do and Green Day lifted the American Idiot riff from a D4 song - and also for rarely playing, as they all have day jobs. This will be their first UK tour in over 15 years and who knows, possibly the last time they play on these shores. Here's a sample of some of their greatest non-hits:
Tickets are here and doors open at 7pm. Let's meet for one upstairs at the World's End then, and head downstairs after that.
