For episode eight we met up with Julian Rodriguez, to talk about the exhibition he co-curated at the Photographers Gallery, Shot in Soho.
Julian is a photographer and, among several academic posts, is Head of Film and Photography at Kingston University.
We have been given permission to show two pictures from the exhibition. You can find them HERE
You can buy the book of the exhibition here
The Regent Street Cinema decided to screen a Soho film to accompany the show. Of the several that Julian and his co-curator, Karen McQuaid, suggested, the one the cinema chose was the brilliant Piccadillyfrom 1929.
The screening took place on January 30th and had live musical accompaniment by Ben Comeauwho has recently joinedLucky Dog Picturehouse.
Clip of Piccadilly produced by the BFI
Many thanks to Michael Schaub, Deputy Director of the Regent Street Cinema, for enabling us to record the intro to the film.
Afterwards, we sat down to talk about the film with members of the London Silent Film Group, including Peter Bromley, a documentary film maker and founder of the1968 Film Group, and Michelle Facey, who programmes silent films for Kennington Bioscopeat theCinema Museum.
Buy Piccadilly on DVD here
Stream it online here
If you’d like to join the London Silent Film Group you can do that here
And you can find out about all of the Kennington Bioscope silent film screenings
