LostReelsUK
@lostreelsuk
Bringing forgotten, lost, or unavailable films back to UK cinemas, mostly in 35mm and 16mm. Founded and operated by Geoffrey M. Badger. Also found at lostreels.co.uk and on other social media sites at @lostreelsuk
WOMEN ON THE EDGE – The LOST REELS all-day film event on Sun Sept 13th at The Cinema Museum announced and ON SALE! Presenting four films that exemplify the Lost Reels brand, WOMEN ON THE EDGE features extraordinary women living beyond the boundaries. All-day tickets: ticketlab.app/series/2806#/
ANNOUNCEMENT. The LOST REELS ALL DAY FILM EVENT is on Sunday Sept 13th at The Cinema Museum! FOUR films that exemplify the Lost Reels brand: • Missing in Action • Forgotten Classics • Special 35mm Presentations • Midnight Movies More details coming soon! HOLD THE DATE!!!
Just one of the amazing scenes in the massively underseen LIANNA (1983) – John Sayles groundbreaking examination of LGBTQ+ life in America in the 80s. Don’t miss this ultra-rare 35mm screening @princecharlescinema.com with an online Q&A with John Sayles and Maggie Renzi: tinyurl.com/33bfc63e
Had a fabulous time with director ALLISON ANDERS and producer DAN HASSID last night after enjoying a well-used but still luminous 35mm print of GAS FOOD LODGING at The ICA. Even better we get to do it all again tonight with MI VIDA LOCA! Join us tonight! tickets here: www.ica.art/films/lost-r...
Long out-of-circulation MI VIDO LOCA (1993) is back on the big screen by special permission from the last surviving UK 35mm print. A fascinating time-capsule of LA’s Echo Park in the early 90s featuring music by Los Lobos and an original score by Duran Duran's John Taylor! Buy: tinyurl.com/2n6jsxxb
LESS THAN A WEEK until GAS FOOD LODGING (1992) from 35mm + ALLISON ANDERS Q&A! Named by @indiewire.com as one of “The 30 Most Important Sundance Films of All Time” and “one of the greatest directors to emerge in the 1990s independent film scene” Tickets: ica.art/films/lost-reels-gas-food-lodging
Some B&W stills from John Sayles' LIANNA (1983) screening from 35mm @princecharlescinema.com on APR 23 together with a Q&A with JOHN SAYLES and MAGGIE RENZIE. Tickets selling FAST so don’t miss the opportunity to see this forgotten milestone of Sapphic cinema on the big screen: tinyurl.com/33bfc63e
Pioneering director ALLISON ANDERS joins us in person for a special 2-night retrospective of her seminal works GAS FOOD LODGING (1992) and MI VIDA LOCA (1994) at ICA on Mar 12 & 13! Both from rare 35mm prints and each event featuring a post-screening Q&A and audience discussion with the filmmaker!
Quick @lostreelsuk.bsky.social event round-up for Mar/Apr - three phenomenal films + filmmaker Q&As. Tickets selling fast! Links: GFL: ica.art/films/lost-reels-gas-food-lodging MVL: ica.art/films/lost-reels-mi-vida-loca Lianna: princecharlescinema.com/film/31617332/lost-reels-presents-lianna-qa/
THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE I’m @princecharlescinema.com on April 23rd for an extremely rare screening of John Sayles’ groundbreaking second feature, LIANNA (1983) from an original 35mm print together with an online Q&A with John Sayles and Maggie Renzi! On sale now, don’t miss it: tinyurl.com/33bfc63e
REMINDER…less than 4 WEEKS until an extremely rare screening of Allison Anders’ MI VIDA LOCA (MY CRAZY LIFE) (1994) from an original 35mm print together with an in-person Q&A from writer/director ALLISON ANDERS herself. Tickets on sale now from ICA: ica.art/films/lost-reels-mi-vida-loca
REMINDER….LESS THAN 4 WEEKS to GAS FOOD LODGING (1992) from 35mm at ICA London featuring an in-person Q&A from writer/director ALLISON ANDERS. Tickets going fast available here: ica.art/films/lost-r...
My first ANNOUNCEMENT of 2026 and it’s a big one! I’m delighted to be collaborating with The ICA to host filmmaker ALLISON ANDERS for two special event 35mm screenings + in-person Q&As in March! Now on sale here: ica.art/films/lost-reels-gas-food-lodging ica.art/films/lost-reels-mi-vida-loca
IT’S A WRAP for 2025 and it’s been my biggest year yet! 14 films, 9 venues, and 20 events! A HUGE THANK-YOU to everyone who supported Lost Reels and these screenings and I'll be back in 2026!!
TEASER Trailer for A MIDNIGHT CLEAR playing at The ICA on Sat 13 Dec. A depleted army intelligence unit repeatedly sent on suicidal missions is confronted by a group of Germans who seem willing to surrender on the front lines during Christmas 1944. Tickets: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a
Cult Filmmaker KEITH GORDON joins me on Sat Dec 13 after a screening of his World War II drama, A MIDNIGHT CLEAR. In this unforgettable anti-war film an army unit is trapped in a situation beyond their control during Christmas 1944. Don't miss it! Tickets: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a
A week until A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (1992) + Keith Gordon Q&A at ICA. Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise and John C. McGinley star in this harrowing psychological drama set during Christmas 1944 in the final throes of World War II. An anti-war film like no other, tickets here: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a
FINAL CALL...bust out of jail with MCVICAR (1980) at this rare screening of the 80s British Crime classic! See you at The Cinema Museum tonight! Tickets here: ticketlab.app/event/35178#/
Short Teaser Trailer for MCVICAR (1980), playing at The Cinema Museum on Wed Dec 3 at 7:30pm. Don't miss the chance to see this forgotten British Crime Film Classic in a special 45th anniversary screening! Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35178#/
Front/back covers plus sleeve insert for the MCVICAR soundtrack album - a solo effort for Daltrey and 45-years later still his best-selling solo record! See the film from a vintage print at The Cinema Museum on Wed Dec 3 -the grand finale to WANTED! BRITISH CRIME ON FILM: ticketlab.app/event/35178#/
Images from the original 1980 pressbook for MCVICAR – playing from a vintage 16mm print at The Cinema Museum on Wednesday Dec 3. Out-of-circulation for decades MCVICAR celebrates its 45th Anniversary this year. Join us for the resounding finale to BRITISH CRIME ON FILM: ticketlab.app/event/35178#/
REMINDER! The Lost Reels Christmas event is just around the corner. THE BEST CHRISTMAS WAR MOVIE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN. A depleted US intelligence unit encounters a group of Germans on the snowy front lines of WWII + Q&A with writer/director KEITH GORDON. Buy now: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a
LAST CALL - tonight's the night. Crime film or Film Noir? Get Darker. I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD from 35mm at The Cinema Museum. Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35335#/
TEASER TRAILER for I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (2003), Mike Hodges brilliant and underrated swan song playing from a rare 35mm print at The Cinema Museum on 20 November. Get your tickets now! ticketlab.app/event/35335#/
BRITISH CRIME ON FILM has its grand finale at The Cinema Museum on Dec 3rd with an ultra-rare 45th anniversary screening of MCVICAR (1980) from 16mm starring Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith and Steven Berkhoff! On sale now! Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35178#/
MIKE HODGES started and finished his filmography with stone cold British gangster classics. Similar in set-up they’re two sides of the same coin and perfect bookends. See the rarely screened I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD (2003) from 35mm at Cinema Museum on Nov 20th. Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35335#/
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS to I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD (2003) from 35mm at The Cinema Museum! “...turns a conventional genre setup into a sleek, dreamy, jet-black treatise on the immutability of man’s vicious nature” - SLANT magazine Buy now: ticketlab.app/event/35335#/
"A tight, well-made, evocative piece of filmmaking FOR TRUE CONNOISSEURS OF GANGSTER MOVIES" British Crime on Film continues on Nov 20 with a rare 35mm screening of I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD (2003), dir. MIKE HODGES final statement in the genre he helped define. Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35335#/
LAST CHANCE to secure your ticket for one of the finest British gangster films ever made - THE KRAYS (1990) screens on Wed 29 Oct at The Cinema Museum from a gorgeous low fade 16mm film print. Tickets here: ticketlab.app/event/35162#/
Less than a week to THE KRAYS (1990) - a stylised, retelling of the Krays legend which met with critical acclaim and box office success 35 years ago! Watch one of the best British gangster films ever made on Wed 29 Oct at The Cinema Museum from an original film print: ticketlab.app/event/35162#/