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19 Nov 2021

An island of filmmaking history in our midst

In North Acton lies a small neighbourhood that you have probably seen before, even if you have never visited it. That is because its …

1 Oct 2021

Black actors in early Ealing films

Ealing Film Studios became world famous last century, not least for its production line of movies that came to be known as Ealing Comedy. …

5 Aug 2021

Free film screenings come to Ealing Green

Marking the end of summer, Ealing’s High Streets Task Force is bringing a free pop-up outdoor cinema to Ealing Green for the August bank …

27 Apr 2020

Stuff to do #4: Win movie on our place in rock history

In the fourth of our series of stuff to do at home during the lockdown, we have three copies of a film that tells …

16 Mar 2020

Gentlemen, gangs and an Anglo-Saxon burial site

Reel Life is back after what was another bumper year in filmy world across London. And Ealing managed to get in on a fair …

3 Mar 2020

You can get in with the movies and shakers, too

You may have seen the latest Guy Ritchie film, The Gentlemen? But did you know some of it was filmed in our borough? Or …

14 Jan 2020

Win tickets to concerts as February festival returns

The Ealing Music and Film Festival is back in February for its eighth year of concerts, movie screenings and creative workshops. And, like last …

30 Jul 2019

Help film to rock all over the world

The people behind an acclaimed film about how a small club in Ealing helped shape early rock music into a global phenomenon are hoping …

11 Dec 2018

Reel Life is back: TV and film, from Gomorrah to Guy Ritchie

Hello again film buffs. I’m very sorry for the year-long hiatus. Ealing has been brimming with filming for TV and film this year, so here’s …

8 Nov 2017

Idris is back and jewel thieves were here too

Idris Elba, diamond geezer that he is, makes his second appearance in the illustrious pages of Reel Life. I doubt anyone will object to …

27 Oct 2017

Film tells how Ealing was ‘cradle of British rock’

A new movie is being premiered in November that tells the tale of how 1960s Ealing earned the label ‘the cradle of British rock …

31 Jan 2017

Novel adaptation, Idris Elba and another Catastrophe

Welcome to West London Film Office’s latest Reel Life. We begin with the news that if you are Ian McEwan, which is unlikely, you …

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