Midnight movies timeline
Top films at the Electric Cinema
28th August 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 35 TOP FILMS AT THE ELECTRIC CINEMA ON WEDNESDAYS and Thursdays in September the..Read More
The Peace Game
14th August 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 35 The Peace Game (Electric Cinema, Portobello Road, tonight Thursday only). Peter Watkins’ controversial..Read More
Kuroneko, The Trip, Flickorna at The Electric
7th August 1970, Japanese Cannes entry, ‘Kensington Post’ page 32 Japanese Cannes entry Kuroneko Japan’s official entry at the 1968..Read More
Forgotten Film festival at The Electric
3rd July 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ pages 39 Black comedy comes first THE ELECTRIC Cinema Club, Portobello Road, starts the most..Read More
It’s them again! Cocoanuts at the The Electric
26th June 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 52 It’s them again! COCOANUTS. The Marx Brothers’ first picture, made in 1929 is..Read More
Greetings, “an overground sex protest film”
26th June 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 50 Greetings (Electric Cinema Club, tomorrow and Saturday night) has been described as “an..Read More
Black Power & The Stones
19th June 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 49 [Caption: Anne Wiazemsky ready for action in Sympathy for the Devil (MMY3)] SYMPATHY..Read More
Those sexy nudes . . who wants ’em ?
12th June 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 6 Letters SIR: I haven’t been to the local cinema for nearly a year..Read More
Popdown, Calcutta and Living at The Electric
5th June 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 43 * LOUISE MALLE’S Calcutta – The French film maker’s harrowing account of poverty..Read More
The Electric screens Robin Spry’s Prologue
29th May 1970, Kensington Post, page 37 As in Haskell Wexler’s remarkable “Medium Cool,” Robin Spry has also used the..Read More
Electric Cinema showing ‘Hearts of the World’
22nd May 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 57 ‘Watching around’ Electric Cinema showing Griffiths’ classic 1919 silent Hearts of the World..Read More
Yojimbo’s UK premiere at The Electric
24th April 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 47 REAL COUP AT THE ELECTRIC THE ELECTRIC Cinema Club has had to reluctantly..Read More
Full Houses And Cash For The Underground
20th February 1970, ‘Kensington Post’ page 47 Focus on local cinema FULL HOUSES AND CASH FOR THE ‘UNDERGROUND’ WHEN BIG..Read More
Kenneth Anger at the Electric
24th January 1969, ‘Kensington Post’ page 17 The Electric Cinema Club, which meets every weekend in the Imperial Cinema, Portobello..Read More
‘Illness Abounds in New Cinemateque Film’ – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘”Chafed Elbows” is a series of one-liners and sight gags that amount to a cinematic equivalent of Mad Magazine, and..Read More
UCLA Student Films Communicate Actual Student Experience, Concerns – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
“Here are 21 cinematic expressions from a generation raised on cinema; young people as familiar with the camera as campus..Read More
‘Maddening Crowd’s’ Pandering Saddening – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘They hand you this program brochure that proclaims “A Great Novel Becomes A Great Motion Picture …” Bullshit.’ Kiss my..Read More
‘Reflections’ A Golden Eye Sore – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘”Reflections in a Golden Eye” is […] morbid self-indulgence with isolated passages of brilliance. That is more than one can..Read More
‘The Trip’ Makes It Sexually, Cinematically – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
“Corman’s film is not fine art; more precisely, it’s not refined art. But it is possibly the purest cinematic exercise..Read More
‘Blow Up’ Slick But Trilogy Antonioni’s Gem – Gene-Youngblood – LA Free Press
“You dance better here than in London,” he said quietly. “But they dance even better in my film.” And then..Read More