{"title": "Madness: Take It or Leave It", "start": "2026-10-31T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/musical", "music/pop"], "description": "Dave Robinson’s gritty and hilarious feature, shot on the streets, pubs and clubs of North London with the band playing themselves, stands alongside A Hard Day’s Night and Slade in Flame as one of the great British pop movies. 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Made by David Austin and Andy Morahan, it delves into George Michael's 1988 Faith Tour, shot live at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. 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Featuring Fatboy Slim, it celebrates the city's DIY spirit and two figures who defined it: Attrix Records founder Rick Blair and The Piranhas' Bob Grover.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/punk-brighton-38169/", "official_url": "https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/WhatsOn?f=2886423", "image": "https://noky.io/images/18ffdeeffbd6b09d93f131bd55ab3d072e86918b1ab2ed8934e805d813dec1df-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Big Mad Andy's Peep Show Quiz - Brixton Jamm", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "Brixton Jamm", "address": "Brixton Road 261, SW9 6LH London", "price": "", "price_from": "12.65", "price_to": "12.65", "tickets_url": "https://www.designmynight.com/london/bars/brixton/brixton-jamm/big-mad-andys-peep-show-quiz-brixton-jamm-39?t=tickets", "category": "quiz-games", "tags": ["film/comedy", "games/quiz"], "description": "Big Mad Andy's Peep Show Quiz is a quiz night at Brixton Jamm all about the British sitcom Peep Show. It is hosted by Liam Noble, also known as Big Mad Andy, famed for his emotionally unstable yet lovable painter and decorator character, who will test your knowledge of all things Peep Show. Teams may have a maximum of eight players, and you may find yourself sharing a table with another team. 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Over seven days the two musicians write, record, produce and mix an original song, ending with a music video. It is an intimate, funny and heartfelt portrait of an unlikely friendship between artists of different generations. Directed by Joseph Bird Jr. and Raf Fellner.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/7-days-in-may-74126/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/doc-n-roll-ff-7-days-in-may-mac-demarco-and-ryan-paris", "image": "https://noky.io/images/15398a4253fcdb34d35acedd0e274b0d9036fe9661f163350ae6a29bce8dc673-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Watch Party: Vol. 1 Cinema Realité", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T21:00:00Z", "place": "Love Affair Basement", "address": "324 - 326 Hackney Road, E2 7AX, London, United Kingdom", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ticketsource.com/watch-party/watch-party-episode-1-debra-in4k/2026-11-08/18:00/t-ejqorka", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary"], "description": "Watch Party: Vol. 1 Cinema Realité is an evening of screenings with film-themed talks, set design, free popcorn and a raffle for a Criterion Collection DVD. The series is hosted by Debrain4k and celebrates cinema at the level of experience. It presents two short documentaries by Les Blank, Gap-Toothed Women (1980) and Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980), described as 'cinema realité', a style combining improvisation, close observation and almost no voice-over. The screenings are followed by three short talks from guest speakers and a social.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/watch-party-vol-1-cinema-realite-63579/", "official_url": "https://www.loveaffairbasement.co.uk/events/watch-party-vol-1-cinema-realit", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b86e967200f6b2ed2e47b20561df9740cdc0a819c4a8dd25878c053476d8dbc1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "'RAFT' & The Parlour Collective & 'The Moon Over The Alley'", "start": "2026-11-07T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "£10 standard, £15 solidarity", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://gel.now/events/1212", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/experimental", "stage/musical"], "description": "An evening triple bill of films celebrating the entanglement of bodies and place, with a special focus on London and its shelters, rafts and sanctuaries. It brings together Chiara Ambrosio’s ‘Raft - A London Story’, a screening of work by The Parlour Collective, and Joseph Despins’s 1976 feature ‘The Moon Over The Alley’, with an opening performance from Bird Radio and James Hesford. Ambrosio’s film is described as a musical haunting and contemporary fairytale about a specific place poised between appearance and disappearance, seeking new forms of sanctuary and belonging; The Parlour Collective are artists working with site-responsive performance and film, exploring the psychological and somatic experience of landscape. Despins’s dark yet tender 1976 British experimental musical, scored by Galt MacDermont, explores the problems facing the multicultural residents of a Notting Hill boarding house destined for demolition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/raft-the-parlour-collective-the-moon-over-the-alley-39366/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/raftparlourmoon", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9083b82df6e14dd0f8bdaaa6996611a9b4d27dd5850e925237bea3a84bb36982-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Film screenings with live improvised soundtrack | Darius Battiwalla", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T20:30:00Z", "place": "Christ Church Spitalfields", "address": "Commercial Street, E1 6LY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screenings-with-live-improvised-soundtrack-darius-battiwalla-tickets-1987397891593?aff=odcleoeventsincollection", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "Film screenings of Sherlock Jr. and two Charlie Chaplin shorts with live improvised soundtrack. Darius Battiwalla plays an instrument like no other in the world alongside the films.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/film-screenings-with-live-improvised-soundtrack-darius-batti-45739/", "official_url": "https://spitalfields.church/upcomingevents/pgclfjfjl96eadkr7lmmeakqklj64q-5kh8r", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91d5ad1a2e6836483ee2e9c966b9189fcfaa1cb1bff92a347e489df9458e465f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Down Terrace", "start": "2026-11-02T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Nickel Cinema", "address": "Clerkenwell Road 117-119, EC1R 5BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/crime-drama"], "description": "A launch screening of DOWN TERRACE followed by a Q&A, with a free signed fanzine for every ticket holder. Ben Wheatley's 2009 debut follows father and son Bill and Karl, who return from prison to their Brighton home convinced someone in their small criminal operation betrayed them, as suspicion, old resentments and sudden violence fill the family kitchen. The film turns the British gangster story into cramped black comedy about a family destroying itself, made for less than £10K. The evening celebrates the launch of Wheatley's fanzine film & television Thoughts & notes 5, the Low Budget issue, which unpacks the thoughts, processes and mistakes behind the film and includes an interview with Charlotte Regan about making her debut feature Scrapper.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/down-terrace-39474/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f3beb82c08fda1b316347222fa50e23f8f0ea4c777b248b0e6555783fa4e817b-2000.webp"}]}