Posts Tagged ‘Hackney Picturehouse’
‘Impossible not to be curious’: Photographer challenges stereotype of nomadic Mongolians with exhibition on yurt-dwelling commuters
Despite being warned off, Cath Forrest documented the community of professionals who live in tents and work in the city
Read More‘Each one contributed to Hackney’: Plaque honouring late African-Caribbean musicians to be unveiled on Mare Street
Twenty-four artists will feature on the memorial outside the former Ocean venue, which is now the Hackney Picturehouse
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced
Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017
Read MorePicturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members
Screen giant claims an email sent from a union address ‘instructed employees to encourage attacks’ on its website in support of long-running strike action
Read MoreUnion boss slams Picturehouse following employee’s suspension
Gerry Morrissey accuses film chain of ‘intimidating’ staff, some of whom have been striking over its refusal to pay a voluntary living wage
Read MoreSummer loving: the East End Film Festival returns on 2 June – read our full preview
Read on for details of a nuclear double-bill, Brexit and Tupac profiled, a Caribbean take on Shakespeare, an Eastenders alumnus’ directorial debut and much more…
Read MoreLondon Short Film Festival: Hackney cinemas to play leading role as programme announced for 2017
Next month’s festival includes a special focus on the LGBTQ community
Read MoreCouncil under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme
‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay
Read MoreHackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage
Cinema workers to ramp up pressure on Picturehouse to pay staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour with third walk out in a month
Read MoreWes Anderson puppeteer spooks Hackney Wick with Halloween ‘pumpkin bridge’
Whilst most of Hackney woke up engulfed in an eerie fog, Hackney Wickers were treated to a spooky pumpkin extravaganza
Read MoreDiscovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney
A former programmer at the Rio and now Head of Cinema at the Barbican looks back at the surprisingly rich history of Hackney’s cinemas
Read MoreAction! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage
Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London
Read MoreFringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced
East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties
Read MoreBlue Pen, film preview: Breaking the silence
Inspired by the tragic story of war reporter Dorothy Lawrence, Blue Pen looks at the lives of women journalists whose voices have been silenced
Read MoreHelping hoarders to make room
Charity event at Hackney Picturehouse to offer advice and support to declutter the lives of people with hoarding conditions
Read MoreLondon Short Film Festival: what's on out East
Shorts offering a snapshot of modern Britain are on at Hackney Picturehouse, the Ace Hotel and the Round Chapel in Lower Clapton
Read MoreUrban montage: Charlotte Ginsborg’s Melior Street
New documentary by Charlotte Ginsborg explores the soul of a changing street
Read MoreJem Cohen: 'By some standards I'm kind of invisible'
Veteran New York filmmaker Jem Cohen talks about the meaningless of the word ‘indie’, the resilience of cities and having a poor sense of direction
Read MoreRussell Brand gets angry about inequality at Hackney film screening
Comedian and activist defends his stance not to vote at Hackney Picturehouse screening of his film The Emperor’s New Clothes
Read MoreLondon Short Film Festival gets underway this weekend
Billed as a snapshot of 21st century Britain, this year’s festival received a record number of submissions
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