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Newham Community Cinema is part of our Curated Community Cinema programming, running free film nights, often with performances, panel discussions and refreshments for the people of Newham. Supported by Newham Council and Film London’s Spotlight programme.
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Newham Community Cinema programming we run free film nights, often with performances, panel discussions and refreshments. We offer something everyone from children’s screenings to horror film screenings. Check out our venues below:
- UCL East Cinema 
To find out more or to bring a Curated Community Cinema to your borough/town, get in touch with us.
 
            
              
            
            
          
              Upcoming newham Community Cinema Events
Curated Community Reviews
If you are someone who honestly loves cinema for its existence, we want you to join us in our sacred mission of spreading cinematic enlightenment. We want you to write for us.
If you attended a community cinema screening get in touch and share your review with us.
A group of women recollect the steps into leadership and activism they had to take, to fight against low pay, pit closures and Margaret Thatcher’s assault on the mines.
From mercury poisoning in the luscious, picturesque Amazon rainforest to gun violence in the city centre of Brasília, Yanuni tells the harrowing yet inspiring story of Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous chief, as she fights for the right to live on ancestral lands, raise children in safety, and resist the violence and demolition of the Amazon rainforest.
An older Superman returns from years in hiding to guide and fight alongside a new, younger hero rising in his shadow…
In electric, personal, and historical ways, this riveting documentary explores whether there is, or ever was, a home for Queer in the hyper-masculine…
Tornado (2025) brings the spirit of old-school samurai cinema to the West with an unusual setting in the Scottish Isles…
On the 3rd of October, I had the privilege of attending the Joker 2: Folie À Deux screening at Cineworld, Leicester Square. I arrived fifteen minutes before the gates were set to open and found quite a line outside the venue…
Megalopolis is the 40 year passion project of a controversial, lauded and ambitious director that pulls from ancient history, 21st century pop culture and everything in between…
Tim Burton’s sequel to Beetlejuice is a feast for the eyes and a delight for Burton fans. Incorporating the director's signature witty humour, dynamic characters, gory moments and unexpected musical numbers (including a memorable Soul Train sequence), the film never loses its sense of fun…
Audiences and critics alike are raving about the new horror film called ‘Smile’. The film premiered in cinemas on September 22 and is still drawing in new watchers…
Without spoiling too much of the plot, Lucky is the story of Lucky Barima Mensah, a Twitter-famous university student who lands the date of the century with the most desired girl on social media. In need of money, he teams up with his best friend and bonafide hustler to try and sell a laptop to local gangsters.
Coming 2 America was exactly how I imagined it would be which was the most disappointing part of watching this film. When I first watched the trailer my heart sank, the film looked like it had been hit full force by the formulaic system Hollywood had been working with for a few years now and I knew it would be yet another basic Hollywood comedy…
Even before One Night In Miami has a chance to start we already know to expect something great. Inspired by true events, Regina King’s directorial debut centres around an imaging of a meeting between legends Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.
 
                         
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
     
  
  
    
    
    
A grief stricken father tries to raise his sons whilst dealing with an unwanted and unpredictable house guest.