Film
Top 5 films screened in unusual locations this month
Where can you watch a decent movie in a quirky setting – in winter? All over the place, as it turns out
Hallowe’en 2013: Top 7 – plus Backyard Cinema at Camden Lock
Trick or treat? Couldn’t care a less? Either way, these venues are all trying to find innovative ways to lure you into tomorrow evening…
See Highgate’s celeb vampire-hunter in the flesh
Earlier this summer our story on the Highgate Vampire turned into a mud-slinging battleground with 200 comments and counting. So why not go hear what the central figure in it all has to say?
Missed these stories?
Our two London titles (Kentishtowner north, Below The River south) publish nearly a hundred times a month, so the chances are you’ve missed the odd article. Every Friday we point out some recent highlights
How I coped with losing my soulmate
It was through the Kentishtowner that recently widowed musician David Gledhill started dating again. Here he describes a year of insurmountable grief – and the film that came out of it
St Paul’s Cathedral appears in Kentish Town. Kind of
How on earth did the famous dome end up squatting in Talacre Gardens?
Top 5: Movie locations in and around Kentish Town
Did you know Liz Taylor once pulled pints in between takes at the Assembly House on Kentish Town Road? And four other classic films shot in our neighbourhood
Review: David Bowie is happening now, Phoenix Cinema
Lifelong Bowie fan Susie Innes – who wrote last year’s 40 year celebration of Ziggy Stardust for us – was at the Phoenix in East Finchley for this one-off event screened nationwide on Wednesday
Battle of the pop-ups: Backyard Cinema Vs Silent Picturehouse
The silver screen has broken free of the confines of popcorn strewn, sticky carpet multiplexes. So where’s the best place to movie-go this summer?
Newsflash: two cinema chains seeking a K-Town venue
A week can be a long time in Kentish Town. Just seven days ago we reported on the closure of Pizza Express in the iconic …
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