Sydenham Town Forum

Join us at the Golden Lion on 24 September for Paris is Burning, a stunning documentary exploring the highs and lows of the drag balls of 1980s New York. Filmed by director Jennie Livingston over seven years, it's an up close and personal exploration of the scene that gave birth to Vogueing. 25 year...

Sydenham Film Club has been going strong since 2011. Now, we need you to help make it even bigger and better! We're looking for: - Chair – responsible for arranging Board meetings and, alongside Coordinator, representing Sydenham Film Club at Sydenham Assembly and Sydenham Arts meetings - Vice Chair...

Join us as we return from the summer break with one of the coolest films released in 2013. Co-written by indie power couple Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, the film directed by Baumbach tracks the quarter-life crisis of Frances, played by Gerwig. Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road When: 7.30pm Th...

This year, for the first time, we've teamed up with Sydenham Arts Festival to offer a programme of films! In keeping with the Festival's overarching theme, we've aimed to provide a journey across the century of cinema since World War One. Join us 10-17 July to take this (admittedly very fragmented!)...

This month we're showing the re-released documentary Dark Days — a truly incredible film from director Marc Singer. Filmed over two years Singer and many of the film’s subjects, Dark Days is an intimate portrait of the subterranean world of tunnel dwellers — a group of men and women living in an aba...

This month we've got a change of programme because we're lucky enough to be able to show Steve McQueen's groundbreaking 12 Years a Slave. Hope you can make it! Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road When: 7.30pm Thursday 29 May 2014 Tickets: £5 on the door; FREE to members! Find out more at http://ww...

Thanks JMLF! We're really glad you enjoyed it. Next up is 12 Years a Slave, on 29 May. If you make it along do make sure you say hi!

This Thursday we've got a showing of Sarah Polley's intimate genre-bending documentary about life, love and lies. It really is a cinematic treat so we hope to see some of you there! Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road When: 7.30pm Thursday 27 March 2014 Tickets: £5 on the door; FREE to members! ht...

This February we're showing Woody Allen’s latest, not just because it's a magnificent return to form — it also gives a perfect antidote to the Valentine’s Day love-in. What: Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, USA 2013. 98mins. Certificate PG) When: 7.30pm, Thursday 13 February Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenh...

Join us for our Christmas party - there will be a warm welcome, mince pies, mulled wine and other treats. What: Female Trouble (Cert. 18. John Waters, 1976, US, 89mins) When: Thursday 19 December Where: Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road SE26 5JX Tickets: £5 on the door The incomparable Divine stars in ...

We've got two great screenings coming up at the Golden Lion in the last week of October: Tuesday 29 October, 7.00. Black History Month special: Do The Right Thing and Pass the Comb + Q&A Come along to hear from Spike Lee's official biographer and watch one of the director's best and most provoca...

After a short summer break, Sydenham Film Club returns to the Golden Lion on 26 September with a screening of Wong Kar Wai's classic understated romance In the Mood For Love, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung. We're also delighted that local artist Frankie Rocket is coming along to screen some s...

Next week, Thursday 31st May, Sydenham Film Club will be screening The Artist and we will be celebrating our birthday! It will be 1 year since we launched our film club with the screening of Funny Face that sold out to a packed audience. Next week promises to be a fun evening too, so do come along a...

Tonight at the Golden Lion we are screening La vie de Jésus - 'The Life of Jesus! Starts at 7.30pm. A social movie about life nowadays in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. They try to pass away the time by wandering around on their motorcycles and by directing their agg...

The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up film festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. This year the festival takes place in more than 30 countries and 60 cities with over 140 screenings. And the Sydenham Film Club is one of them, bringing you th...

A gob-smackingly beautiful and majestically violent samurai movie from acclaimed director Takeshi Miike (Audition, Zatoichi, Ichi the Killer). In 1840s Japan, the sadistic young Lord Matsudaira Naritsugu rapes and kills at will. As the current Shogun’s younger brother, Naritsugu is above the law, so...

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Can't sing? Who cares - nor can we, but we're going to sing anyway. This could be the best night out you'll have all year! Come along to Sing-A-Long Grease tomorrow - 17th November, at 7.30pm for a ridiculous and funny singalong to the musical Grease, with classic songs including… You’re the One Tha...

Hello film fans, The Sydenham Film Club is starting its regular monthly film screenings this month (September) at the Golden Lion. Hope you can come and join us at 7.30pm to watch Norwgian Wood - the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s hugely-loved novel. Film Synopsis Late-60s Tokyo. A world of st...

If eating a delicious curry and watching a film on a Saturday is just what you need! Then come along to the Sydenham Film Club pop-up screening of Monsoon Wedding on Saturday 16th July at Garam Masala , part of Sydenham Arts Festival. Make sure you get your ticket before it sells out. Tickets sold o...