Tucked above a very posh Spar, the glorious Castle Cinema is an Art Deco dream with its stylish bar, retro sets and ornate gilded plaster work. It’s always a treat to catch a film here, and over Christmas even more so. In keeping with their ecclectoc programming, the picture palace will be showing festive favourites as well as under-the-radar classics. On Dec 2 and Dec 7 see a screening of Hitchcock’s Spellbound followed by a Q&A from a local historian and Hitchcock expert, on Dec 10 Jellied Reels presents Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club, on Dec 16 see the Sean Baker’s brilliant Tangerine and on Dec 18 and Dec 21 projection experts Cine-Real presents Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life.
On top of that, every Friday morning in December, The Castle will screen a Christmas classic with free entry for Hackney residents aged 55 and over, including: The Shop Around The Corner (Dec 5), Scrooge (1951) (Dec 12), White Christmas (Dec 19), and Bell, Book & Candle (Dec 26).
Look out for the cinema’s Christmas Art Fair (6th Dec) and its Christmas Movie Pub Quiz (Dec 18- email to book a table).