Not Strictly Dickens...
‘Dickensian’ can still conjure up Christmas-card pictures, traditional English pubs, poor housing conditions and larger-than-life characters. Even for many who have not read any of Charles Dickens’ hefty novels, the scenes and characters he created seem familiar.
In this Dickens bicentenary year, there will be screenings of many of the great film and TV adaptations of his work. But this series at Stratford Picturehouse will take a wider look at how we have re-imagined Dickensian themes since his time, in films by a diverse range of directors who have been influenced by the greatest of modern storytellers.
Sunday 12 February, 4.00 & Wednesday 15 February, 4.00
A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Sunday 19 February 4.00 & Wednesday 22 February, 4.00
George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time inside has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld...
Sunday 26 February, 4.00 & Wednesday 29 February, 4.00
An illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.
Sunday 4 March, 4.00 & Wednesday 7 March, 4.00
The story of 'The Tolpuddle Martyrs', a group of 19th-century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Sunday 11 March, 4.00 & Wednesday 14 March, 4.00
The original, and classic, musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from a children's home and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets.
Film screenings and discussion events more...
