NEWS: Battleship Potemkin docks in The Light cinemas on Sun 26th Oct + more silent film screening news!

NEWS: Battleship Potemkin docks in The Light cinemas on Sun 26th Oct + more silent film screening news!

And our host Ally Pitts is introducing the screening in Banbury! Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 masterpiece finishes its centenary run in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Sunday 26th October 2025 with screenings at The Light cinemas. Those The Light locations are in: Addlestone, Bolton, Bradford, Cambridge, Huddersfield, New Brighton, Redhill, Sheffield, Sittingbourne, Stockport, Thetford, Walsall, and Wisbech. The film is screening as part of The Light's Iconic strand. Ally also mentions the musician Hugo Max's current UK tour accompanying the silent films Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Nosferatu, Häxan, and Der Golem for the spooky season. Links:

https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/

https://thelight.co.uk/ https://banbury.thelight.co.uk/iconic https://hugomax.co.uk/halloween-with-hugo-uk-tour-2025https://hugomax.co.uk/scoring-silent-cinema https://hugomax.co.uk/upcoming-performances

https://letterboxd.com/ally_pitts/list/silent-films-with-scores-by-juliet-merchant/

https://www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-releases/battleship-potemkin

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