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March 2024

A major figure in French art music, Georges Auric (1899-1983) was the presiding genius of French film composition from the 1930s until the coming of La Nouvelle Vague.

In this retrospective, Ciné Lumière looks at a cross section of Auric’s film work noting his leftist inspiration, rebellion against the music establishment and expansion into genres and expressionism. From  Passport to Pimlico to Lola Montès, this season will also feature a live concert with Dame Felicity Lott following the screening of Auric’s first film work, The Blood of a Poet.

This season is co-curated with Academy Awards nominated British composer, Gary Yershon, as part of the Entente Cordiale Celebrations.

March 2024

Tues 12th March 2024 18:00
Institut français du Royaume-Uni
17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT

Followed by a discussion with Academy Award nominated actress Leslie Caron and composer Gary Yershon

January 2024

Thursday February 22nd 20:20
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5E
020 3369 5000

Our screening on 22 February is the latest in our discussion series, In the Works, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Gary’s guest is Tristan Oliver (BSC), an internationally renowned cinematographer known for his work on animated films, including Chicken Run, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Isle of Dogs, Loving Vincent, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

book here

January 2024

Thursday 4th January, 19:45
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5E
020 3369 5000

Peter Greenaway’s culinary tale of passion and revenge.

Gary’s Q&A guest is John Wilson, BAFTA and Emmy nominee, one of the UK’s most distinguished editors. His early career was notable for his collaborations with Peter Greenaway, including superb work on this film.

October 2023

Special IMAX screening + q&a with Tim Yip, hosted by Gary Yershon at BFI IMAX

Tuesday 17th October 2023, 8:30 pm

Director: Wuershan

Art Director & Costume Designer: Tim Yip

October 2023

Wednesday 11th October, 19:45
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5E
020 3369 5000

This screening will be followed by the first in a series of discussions hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Gary’s guest will be the Oscar winning composer of Atonement Dario Marianelli.

April 2023

Saturday 20th May, 19:30
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker St, London WC2B 5E

Toby Jones will be in conversation with Gary Yershon following this screening.

 

April 2023

At Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho, Dominic Delargy talks to Gary Yershon and Tom Smith about Basil Dearden’s All Night Long (1962)

Soho Bites: Episode 40

December 2022

Sunday December 18th at 1:30pm Scrooge (1935) Before Michael Caine, before Bill Murray, even before Alastair Sim – there was Seymour Hicks who starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in this first talkie version of  Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Screenwriter,Ming Ho is the guest for the final Q&A of the season, followed by a festive Christmas-carol-singsong led […].../ ➝

October 2022
Thu 08 Sep — Sun 30 Oct 2022

The Garden Cinema presents Mike Leigh in Conversation, a curated retrospective in two parts. All screenings will be followed by an in-depth discussion about themes and content of the films. Mike Leigh himself will be our guide, joined by friend and collaborator Gary Yershon.

October 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA and LONDON, U.K. – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with Mercury Studios, today announced Peter Edwards and Oleta Haffner as the participants selected for the Jonas Gwangwa Music Composition Initiative, a one-year career development program for Black British musicians interested in composing music for film.

The Academy and Mercury Studios hosted an event celebrating Edwards and Haffner at Abbey Road Studios in London yesterday evening (October 6). Academy members Gary Yershon and Nainita Desai (Music Branch), who spearheaded the creation of the program with Misan Sagay (Writers Branch), then joined composers Segun Akinola and Bankey Ojo, along with Natasha Baldwin, Executive Vice President, Classics and Screen at Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), for a panel discussion on the challenges of the industry, and how the program can help to pave new paths for participants.

full press release here

September 2022

28th September 16:00 – 17:00

Film Composer Talk with Rachel Portman hosted by Gary Yershon

NZZ – Festival Lounge

May 2022

Weds 8th June 6.30pm

Ciné Lumière
17 Queensberry Pl
South Kensington
London
SW7 2DT

May 2022

Say It With Flowers (1934)

Sunday May 8th 2022 at 1:30 pm

Kino Cinema, 10 Bermondsey Square, London SE1 3UN
Phone: 020 7357 6845

Kind-hearted market traders stage a fundraising concert featuring some of the most famous music hall artists of the day. A fascinating glimpse of these long gone performers, some of whom began their careers in the 1870s. We’re joined by Oscar nominated film & theatre composer Gary Yershon for the Q&A.

Running time: 71 mins

December 2021

An American in Paris + Q&A

Ciné Lumiere, 9th December 2021, 7pm

Now digitally restored 60 years after it swept the Oscars, Minnelli’s Gershwin-based musical remains one of the creative pinnacles of the form. Gene Kelly is at his dazzling best as Jerry Mulligan, a former GI whose dreams of becoming a successful artist have led him to the city of light, love and the Impressionists. Much admired by wealthy patron Miro, he risks her displeasure when he falls for shopgirl Lise, herself betrothed to Henri. This romantic roundelay is, in the end, simply the framework for some of the finest musical sequences ever filmed.

Special 70th anniversary screening, followed by a discussion with Leslie Caron moderated by Gary Yershon

November 2021

Ciné Lumiere, Nov 27th 2021 7pm

Newly remastered by the BFI National Archive, Mike Leigh’s portrait of male angst and social dislocation is a masterly and totally unforgettable exploration of a morally adrift society in the aftermath of Thatcher’s Britain.

The screening will be followed by a discussion between Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon

November 2021
September 2021

Opening Gala 16th Sept 2021: Brighton (2019)

July 2021

Stephan Eicke interviews Gary Yershon for the MSH blog

read the interview 

May 2021

Dominic Cooke’s 2011 production starring Lenny Henry, Michelle Terry and Lucien Msamati

May 2021

ONLINE WORKSHOP WITH GARY YERSHON

April 24/25, May 1/2 2021

April 2021

Dominic Delargy talks to Gary Yershon about A Touch of Class (1973)

September 2020

written & directed by Paul Morrison
starring Alison Steadman and Dave Johns
music by Gary Yershon

UK release: 25th September 2020

June 2020

Philharmonia Orchestra