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

#bestfilminlondontoday Apr 23 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. @lostreelsuk.bsky.social 35mm screening of Sayles' LIANNA (1983) @princecharlescinema.com. 'A gem, rough-hewn and polished to perfection in peerless performances' capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/04/capi...

FINAL CALL for LOST REELS ultra-rare screening of MI VIDA LOCA (1993) from 35mm - PLUS in-person Q&A with ALLISON ANDERS and producer DAN HASSID. We had a blast last night talking about GAS FOOD LODGING so I can tell you it's going to be great! Tickets here: ica.art/films/lost-reels-mi-vida-loca

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...

Tonight's the night! If anyone is still on the fence, check out the new review and Allison Anders interview from the wonderful @film-authority.bsky.social: film-authority.com/2026/03/10/g... film-authority.com/2026/03/09/i... Tickets from ica.art

I'm a cheerleader for Allison Anders, she's at London's ICA on March 11th+ 12th. This @lostreelsuk.bsky.social event has rare 35mm screenings of Mi Vida Loca and firstly, 1992's mercurial classic Gas Food Lodging at 6.30pm on Thursday. #ICA ica.art/films/lost-r... film-authority.com/2026/03/10/g...

A great Allison Anders interview by @film-authority.bsky.social and many thanks for highlighting the @lostreelsuk.bsky.social screening events at The ICA this week! See you there!

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/

‪#bestfilminlondontoday Mar 13 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to London rep cinema scene. 35mm MI VIDA LOCA (1993) ‘funny, insightful and imaginatively told’ @lostreelsuk.bsky.social at ICA Cinema capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/02/capi...

‪#bestfilminlondontoday Mar 12 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to London rep cinema scene. 35mm GAS FOOD LODGING (1992) ‘One of the quintessential American indies of the nineties’ @lostreelsuk.bsky.social at ICA Cinema capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/02/capi...

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!!

LAST CALL...see you at The ICA this evening, Dec 13 for A MIDNIGHT CLEAR + Keith Gordon Q&A, a rare screening of the Best Christmas War Film you've probably never seen. Tickets here: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a

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#/

A great article on Lost Reels courtesy of TheNeverZine! It was a real pleasure to meet and talk with them. If you want to see more, check them out and consider subscribing: zine.theneverpress.com/the-big-inte...

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#/

THE BEST FILM IN LONDON TODAY.. "Stylish, unconventional, and unlike anything else in the genre, Peter Medak’s THE KRAYS defies expectations at every opportunity." One of the best British gangster film's ever made shows FROM FILM at The Cinema Museum tonight! Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35162#/

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#/

Original front of house stills for THE KRAYS (1990), screening at The Cinema Museum from an original film print on Oct 29. Don’t miss this “art film in disguise”, part of the Lost Reels British Crime Film season! Tickets here: ticketlab.app/event/35162#/

ANNOUNCEMENT. Lost Reels returns to The ICA with the Best Christmas War Film you’ve never seen – Keith Gordon’s superlative A MIDNIGHT CLEAR (1992). Completely unavailable in the UK and followed by a Q&A with writer/director Keith Gordon. Tickets here: ica.art/films/a-midnight-clear-q-a

WANTED! BRITISH CRIME ON FILM continues…. Oct 29 - THE KRAYS (1990) from 16mm Nov 20 - I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’’M DEAD (2003) from 35mm Dec 3 - MCVICAR (1980) from 16mm All shows ON SALE, tickets from cinemamuseum.org.uk or lostreels.co.uk

WANTED! BRITISH CRIME ON FILM continues at The Cinema Museum on OCT 29 with THE KRAYS (1990) - Peter Medak’s bold art-house gangster epic featuring Gary and Martin Kemp as the infamous twins. Experience this classic as never before from a beautiful low fade 16mm print: ticketlab.app/event/35162#/

FINAL CALL! Last few tickets for SITTING TARGET (1972) on WED 24th SEP! Missing-in-action since the 80s, Oliver Reed is the unstoppable Harry Lomart hellbent on revenge in this underseen action classic, named as one of 10 great British action films of the 70s by the BFI! ticketlab.app/event/34735#/

ANNOUNCEMENT. Lost Reels adds Mike Hodges underseen neo-noir, I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD (2003) to "Wanted! British Crime on Film" at Cinema Museum on Nov 20. A retired gangster returns to London to find the reason for his brother’s suicide. Screening from 35mm. On sale: ticketlab.app/event/35335#/

Don't miss the ultra-rare screening of the British action classic SITTING TARGET (1972) at The Cinema Museum on SEPT 24! Oliver Reed embarks on a maniacal trail of vengeance and nothing can stop him! “Killing is an old fashioned word for what he had in mind” Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/34735#/

Next in WANTED! BRITISH CRIME ON FILM is the ultra-violent, SITTING TARGET (1972) starring Oliver Reed as a brutal convict who breaks out of jail for a murderous revenge on his unfaithful wife, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. See it in full force on Sept 24: ticketlab.app/event/34735#/

ANNOUNCEMENT. The new @LostReelsUK season, "BRITISH CRIME ON FILM" kicked off last night @CinemaMuseum! Four gritty, hard-bitten off-the-radar Britcrime epics ready to re-offend. On sale now and Season trailer available on the Lost Reels YouTube channel! youtu.be/dHRE4_erRzw?...

Final call! Hard-bitten gangsters and a seamy 1970s London crime scene in THE SQUEEZE (1977), screening from a rare 35mm print on Sep 3 at The Cinema Museum. Event includes more Brit Crime film screening announcements, trailers, a free tote bag raffle, and more. Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/34729#/

This rare 'style B' quad poster says it all - the hardest-boiled, grittiest, most nihilistic British crime film you'll ever point a sawn-off shotgun at... join us for THE SQUEEZE (1977) from 35mm on WED 3 SEP at The Cinema Museum. Tickets: ticketlab.app/event/34729#/

TWO WEEKS until WANTED! BRITISH CRIME ON FILM and a new teaser trailer for THE SQUEEZE (1977) on Sept 3. Uncompromisingly hard-edged, even downright nasty, it’s an appropriate kick-off to this season of very British takes on the genre. At The Cinema Museum, tickets here: ticketlab.app/event/34729#/