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  • Never Seen It Film Club: Glen or Glenda (1953) – 23 February 2025

    Glen or Glenda (1931) is the next film in Never Seen it Film Club’s Voyage of the Banned Season, screening Sunday 23 February 2025 at Accidental Theatre. … More Never Seen It Film Club: Glen or Glenda (1953) – 23 February 2025

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  • Tony Slattery (1959-2025)

    Tony Slattery (1959-2025)

    CinePunked’s Robert JE Simpson pays tribute to our friend and collaborator, Tony Slattery, who died on 14 January 2025, aged 65. … More Tony Slattery (1959-2025)

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  • CinePunked podcast – In Dreams: Asa Nisi Masa

    Kicking off the first in our In Dreams series of the CinePunked Podcast, a semi-regular exploration of dreams on screen is our exploration into Frederico Fellini’s 1963 surrealist classic Otto E Mezzo (aka 8 1/2). A film within a film, an exploration of creativity, mental health crisis and hedonism, an Academy Award winner, a hugely…

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  • Never Seen It Film Club: Frankenstein (1931) – 26 January 2025

    Frankenstein (1931) is the first film in Never Seen it Film Club’s Voyage of the Banned Season, screening Sunday 26 January 2025 at Accidental Theatre. … More Never Seen It Film Club: Frankenstein (1931) – 26 January 2025

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  • Voyage of the Banned – A new season of Never Seen It Film Club screenings

    CinePunked and Accidental Theatre announce details of their 2025 Never Seen It Film Club season of screenings – ‘Banned’. … More Voyage of the Banned – A new season of Never Seen It Film Club screenings

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  • Podcast – Gremlins 2: The New Batch

    CinePunked returns to the Gremlins franchise with Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Sequels are often seen as the poorer siblings, does Gremlins 2 follow that trend, or does it do something else? How did merchandising impact the film? And do we need or want a Gremlins 3? With Robert JE Simpson and Neil Sedgewick ……

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  • Podcast – Gremlins

    Podcast – Gremlins

    Its the CinePunked Christmas special, and this time we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Joe Dante’s cute-but-terrifying Gremlins. Is it a Christmas film? Is it for children? Just what is the magic that has made this a perennial classic? With Robert JE Simpson and Neil Sedgewick … More Podcast – Gremlins

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  • Podcast – Plan 9 From Outer Space

    Marking the centenary of writer/director/actor Edward D Wood Jr, CinePunked examine his reputation as the ‘worst filmmaker of all time’ via his iconic sci-fi horror Plan 9 From Outer Space. Will they survive unchanged by the experience? With Robert JE Simpson and Neil Sedgewick … More Podcast – Plan 9 From Outer Space

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  • You’ve Never Seen…?! Podcast – Beetlejuice

    CinePunked and Accidental Theatre are back with Season 5 of their Never Seen It Film Club Podcast, and this time they’re casting their eyes over the 1988 Tim Burton comedy horror classic Beetlejuice With Robert JE Simpson and Emma Bainbridge … More You’ve Never Seen…?! Podcast – Beetlejuice

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  • Director Spotlight: Who is Orson Welles?

    Welles, Welles, Welles: it’s another CinePunked favourite. Join us for a whistlestop tour through the legend that is Orson Welles. … More Director Spotlight: Who is Orson Welles?

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