LOOSE LINKS
Every other week we show a one-off film unconnected to The Chain. These tend to be tribute screenings to the recently deceased, a film chosen by the winners of one of our quarterly quiz's, or A.N. Other.
Here be the Loose Links thus far... (in order of screening)
True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
Shown in tribute to Tony Scott (1944 - 2012)
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jack Clayton, 1983)
A 2012 Halloween special
Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
Screened on the night of the 2012 US presidential election
When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989)
2013 Valentine's Day special
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
In tribute to Richard Griffiths (1947 - 2013)
Jamon, Jamon (Bigas Luna, 1992)
In tribute to Bigas Luna (1946 - 2013)
Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963)
In tribute to Ray Harryhausen (1920 - 2013)
Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
In tribute to Dennis Farina (1944 - 2013)
Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, 1970)
In tribute to Karen Black (1939 - 2013)
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
Part of Scalarama festival
I Know Where I'm Going! (Powell & Pressburger, 1945)
Quiz Winners' Choise
The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1994)
Christmas Treat
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974)
As part of the LOCO Festival
Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005)
In tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan, 1986)
In tribute to Bob Hoskins (1942-2014)
Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, 1987)
In tribute to Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Mr Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, 1939)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
In tribute to Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
Naked (Mike Leigh, 1993)
As part of the Scalarama Festival
After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Nosferatu, The Vampyre (Werner Herzog, 1979)
Halloween Screening
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
In tribute to Warren Clarke (1947-2014)
A Matter of Life and Death (Powell & Pressburger, 1946)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Philip Kaufman , 1978)
In tribute to Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)
MASH (Robert Altman, 1970)
Quiz Winners' Choice
The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
In tribute to Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, 1975)
Sunday Matinee Screening
This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
In tribute to Patrick Macnee (1922-2015)
12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, USA, 1957)
Quiz Winners' Choice
The Talented Mr Ripley (Anthony Minghella, USA, 1999)
Companion piece to Plein Soleil
The Hills Have Eyes (Wes Craven, 1977)
In tribute to Wes Craven (1939-2015)
Alice (Jan Svankmajer, Czechoslovakia, 1988)
As part of the Scarlarama Film Festival
Orion: The Man Who Would Be King (Jeanie Finlay, UK, 2015)
Special promotional screening w/director Q&A
The Innocents (Jack Clayton, UK, 1961)
Halloween Screening
The French Connection (William Friedkin, US, 1971)
Quiz Winners' Choice
The Chess Players (Satyajit Ray, India, 1977)
In tribute to Saeed Jaffrey (1929-2015)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (Nic Roeg, UK, 1976)
In tribute to David Bowie (1947-2016)
Les Enfants du Paradis (Marcel Carné, France, 1945)
2016 Valentine's Day Sunday Matinee
To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, US, 1962)
In tribute to Harper Lee (1926-2016)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, UK, 1949)
In tribute to Douglas Slocombe (1913-2016)
We Are The Best! (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013)
As part of the LOCO Festival
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, USA, 1967)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Stolen Kisses (Francois Truffaut, France, 1968)
As part of the LOCO Festival
Nashville (Robert Altman, USA, 1975)
Bank Holiday Monday Matinee
When We Were Kings (Leon Gast, USA, 1996)
In tribute to Muhammad Ali (1942 - 2016)
The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp (Powell & Pressburger, UK, 1943)
Pre-referendum Sunday Matinee
The Naked Civil Servant (Jack Gold, UK, 1975)
Pride Screening
An Englishman In New York (Richard Laxton, UK, 2009)
Sequel to The Naked Civil Servant
The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, USA, 1978)
In tribute to Michael Cimino (1939 - 2016)
Fight Club (David Fincher, USA, 1999)
Quiz-Winners' Choice
The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, USA, 1999)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Woman festival
Orlando (Sally Potter, UK, 1992)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Woman festival
The Producers (Mel Brooks, USA, 1968)
In tribute to Gene Wilder (1933-2016)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Mike Nichols, USA, 1966)
In tribute to Edward Albee (1928-2016)
Let The Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, Sweden, 2008)
Halloween Screening
Dont Look Back (D.A. Pennebaker, USA, 1967)
Bob Dylan Nobel Prize Appreciation Screening 2016
McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, USA, 1971)
In tribute to Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, USA, 1960)
In celebration of Kirk Douglas's 100th birthday
The Dead (John Huston, USA, 1987)
Christmas Screening
The Hustler (Robert Rossen, USA, 1961)
Quiz Winner's Choice Part 1
The Color of Money (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1986)
Quiz Winner's Choice Part 2
The Tufnell Park Film Club Shorter Film Festival
Inaugural all-dayer
The Elephant Man (David Lynch, USA, 1980)
In tribute to John Hurt (1940-2017)
Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, China, 1993)
Valentines Matinee
Blue Velvet (David Lynch, USA, 1986)
Quiz Winner's Choice
One False Move (Carl Franklin, USA, 1992)
In tribute to Bill Paxton (1955-2017)
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll (Taylor Hackford, USA, 1987)
In tribute to Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, USA, 1973)
In celebration of Jack Nicholson's 80th Birthday
Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, USA, 1984)
In tribute to Jonathan Demme (1944-2017)
Left, Right and Centre (Sidney Gilliat, UK, 1959)
Pre-Election Screening
Theatre of Blood (Douglas Hickox, UK, 1973)
Quiz-Winners' Choice
Live and Let Die (Guy Hamilton, UK, 1973)
In tribute to Roger Moore (1927-2017)
Save The Tiger (John G. Avildsen, USA, 1973
In tribute to John G. Avildsen (1935-2017)
Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty/Buck Henry, USA, 1978)
Quiz Winners' Choice
The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, USA, 1945)
5th Anniversary Screening
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, USA, 1989)
In tribute to Martin Landau (1928-2017)
Cutter's Way (Ivan Passer, USA, 1981)
In tribute to John Heard (1945 - 2017)
Les Amants (Louis Malle, France, 1958)
In tribute to Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1980)
Screened in tribute to Frank Vincent (1937-2017) and Jake LaMotta (1922 - 2017)
London Symphony (Alex Barrett, UK, 2017)
Special Director Q&A Screening
Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1947)
1st Screening of 2018: Runner Up of our 5th Anniversary Grand Vote Scam
Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (Craig McCall, UK, 2010)
Black Narcissus companion doc
Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, USA, 1950)
Screened in tribute to Peggy Cummins (1925-2017)
Trumbo (Jay Roach, USA, 2015)
Gun Crazy companion screening
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1964)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Barton Fink (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA, 1991)
Screened in tribute to John Mahoney (1940-2018)
Miner's Hymns (Bill Morrison, UK, 2010) / Trouble No More (Jennifer Lebeau, USA, 2017)
Easter Double-Bill
Alfie (Lewis Gilbert, UK, 1966)
Screened in tribute to Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018)
A Brief History of Time (Errol Morris, USA, 1991)
Screened in tribute to Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata, Japan, 1988)
Screened in tribute to Isao Takahata (1935-2018)
The 2nd Tufnell Park Film Club Shorter Film Festival
All Dayer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, USA, 1975)
Screened in tribute to Milos Forman (1932 - 2018)
Breaking Away (Peter Yates, USA, 1979)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Superman II (Richard Lester, USA, 1981)
Screened in tribute to Margot Kidder (1948-2018)
The Celluloid Closet (Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, USA,1995)
Pride 2018 Screening
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, USA, 1930)
Companion screening to The Celluloid Closet
Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1957)
Quiz Winners' Choice
Down By Law (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 1986)
Screened in tribute to Robby Müller (1940-2018)
Daisies (Vera Chytilová, Czechoslovakia, 1966)
Part of Directed By Women season
The Warriors (Walter Hill, USA, 1979)
Part of the Scalarama festival
The Blues Brothers (John Landis, USA, 1980)
Screened in tribute to Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)
The Odd Couple (Gene Saks, USA, 1968)
Screened in tribute to Neil Simon (1927-2018)
Seconds (John Frankenheimer, USA, 1966)
Halloween Screening
Flirting With Disaster (David O. Russell, USA, 1996)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1978)
American Thanksgiving Screening
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, USA, 1969)
Screened in tribute to William Goldman (1931-2018)
Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, UK /Italy, 1973)
Screened in tribute to Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018)
Blue Collar (Paul Schrader, USA, 1978)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Sons of the Desert ( William A. Seiter, USA, 1933) & Towed in a Hole (George Marshall, USA, 1932)
Shameless Laurel & Hardy Fever Bandwagon Jumpin’ (and why not?)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jaques Demy, France, 1964)
Screened in tribute to Michel Legrand (1932 - 2019)
Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney, UK, 1967)
Screened in tribute to Albert Finney (1936 - 2019)
The American Friend (Wim Wenders, West Germany/France, 1977)
Screened in tribute to Bruno Ganz (1941-2019)
Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, USA, 1952)
Screened in tribute to Stanley Donen (1924-2019)
Scott Walker: 30th Century Man (Stephen Kijak, UK/USA, 2006)
Screened in tribute to Scott Walker (1943-2019)
The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, France, 2001)
Screened in tribute to Agnès Varda (1928-2019)
Boyz ’n’ the Hood (John Singleton, USA, 1991)
Screened in tribute to John Singleton (1968-2018)
Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, USA, 1959)
Screened in tribute to Doris Day (1922-2018)
Star Wars (George Lucas, USA, 1977)
Screened In tribute to Peter Mayhew 1944 - 2019
Being There (Hal Ashby, USA, 1979)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Hal (Amy Scott, USA, 2018)
Being There companion screening.
Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli, UK/Italy, 1968)
Screened In tribute to Franco Zeffirelli (1923 - 2019)
The Seven-Ups (Philip D'Antoni, USA, 1973)
Tufnell Park Film Club Seventh Anniversary Screening
Brazil (Terry Gilliam, UK/USA, 1985)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Desperately Seeking Susan (Susan Seidelman, USA, 1985)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Women seasons
Portrait of Jason (Shirley Clarke, USA, 1967)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Women seasons
The Hired Hand (Peter Fonda, USA, 1971)
Screened in tribute to Peter Fonda (1940 - 2019)
Moby Dick (John Huston, USA, 1956)
Herman Melville bicentennial screening
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, USA, 1968)
Halloween Screening
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, USA, 1978)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Medium Cool (Haskell Wexler, USA, 1968)
Screened in tribute to Robert Forster (1941-2019)
Alice in Wonderland (Jonathan Miller, UK, 1966)
Screened in tribute to Jonathan Miller (1934 - 2019)
Une Femme est une Femme (Jean Luc Godard, France, 1961)
Screened in tribute to Anna Karina 1940 - 2019
A Tale of Two Sisters (Jee-woon Kim, Korea, 2003)
Screened in partnership with Pleasance Theatre’s South Asian Horror Season
Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, USA, 1964)
Screened in memory of Leslie Brent (1925 - 2019)
4th Annual Shorter Film Festival
Another All-Dayer
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, UK, 1975)
Screened in tribute to Terry Jones (1942 - 2019) & Neil Innes (1944-2019)
Targets (Peter Bogdanovich, USA, 1968)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
The Killers (Robert Siodmak, USA, 1946)
Post-Lockdown Members’ Choice
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, USA, 1952)
Screened in tribute to Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)
Midnight Run (Martin Brest, USA, 1988)
Screened in tribute to Charles Grodin (1935 - 2021) and Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021)
Devi (The Goddess) (Satyajit Ray, India, 1960)
Screened in tribute to Soumitra Chatterjee (1935 - 2020)
News from Home (Chantal Akerman, France, 1976)
Scalarama & Directed By Women screening.
Nights and Weekends (Greta Gerwig & Joe Swanberg, USA, 2008)
Scalarama & Directed By Women screening.
Breathless (Jean-Luc Goddard, France, 1960)
Screened in tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933 - 2021)
Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, Australia, 1971)
Halloween Screening
Venus (Roger Michell, UK, 2006)
Screened in tribute to Roger Michell (1956 - 2021)
Gimme Shelter (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, UK/USA, 1970)
Screened in tribute to Charlie Watts (1941 - 2021)
Blue Velvet (David Lynch, USA, 1986)
Screened in tribute to Dean Stockwell (1936-2021)
Comfort and Joy (Bill Forsyth, UK, 1984)
Burns Night (née Christmas) screening with special guest, actor Bill Paterson
Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, USA, 1973)
Screened in tribute to Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
Buck and the Preacher (Sidney Poitier, USA, 1972)
Screened in tribute to Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)
L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 1962)
Screened in tribute to Monica Vitti (1931 - 2022)
Silent Running (Douglas Trumbull, USA, 1972)
Screened in tribute to Douglas Trumball (1942 - 2022)
Broadcast News (James L. Brooks, USA, 1987)
Screened in tribute to William Hurt (1950—2022)
Godzilla (Ishirô Honda, Japan, 1954)
Screened in tribute to Akira Takarda (1934-2022)
The Player (Robert Altman, USA, 1992)
TPFC 10th Anniversary Warm Up Gig
Kill Bill: Vol 1 (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 2003)
Companion piece to Lady Snowblood
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1990)
Screened in tribute to Ray Liotta (1954 - 2022)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, USA, 1982)
Screened in tribute to Vangelis (1943 - 2022)
Secret Honor (Robert Altman, USA, 1984)
Screened in tribute to Philip Baker Hall (1931 - 2022)
Tremors (Ron Underwood, USA, 1990)
Screened in tribute to Fred Ward (1942 - 2022)
King Lear (Peter Brook, UK, 1971)
Screened in tribute to Peter Brook (1925 - 2022)
The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, USA, 1974)
Screened as part of TPFC 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, Italy, 1948)
Screened as part of TPFC 10th Anniversary Celebrations
3 Women (Robert Altman, USA, 1977)
Screened as part of TPFC 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Martin Scorsese Shorts Double Bill: Italianamerican & Life Lessons
Screened as part of TPFC 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, USA, 2001)
Screened as part of TPFC 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Five Easy Pieces (Bob Rafelson, USA, 1970)
Screened in tribute to Bob Rafelson (1933 - 2022)
The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, USA, 1953)
Screened as part of the Scalarama and Directed by Women celebrations
Girlfriends (Claudia Weill, USA, 1978)
Screened as part of the Scalarama and Directed by Women celebrations
Jabberwocky (Terry Gilliam, UK, 1977)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Onibaba (Demon Hag) (Kaneto Shindo, Japan, 1964)
Halloween Screening
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Albert Lewin, USA, 1945)
Screened in tribute to Angela Lansbury (1925 - 2022)
Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live) (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1962)
Screened in tribute to Jean-Luc Godard (1930 - 2022)
After Hours (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1985)
Screened in celebration of Martin Scorsese’s 80th Birthday
Blast of Silence (Allen Baron, USA, 1961)
Christmas 2022 Screening
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, USA, 1941)
First Film of 2023
The French Connection (William Friedkin, USA, 1971)
Screened in tribute to Owen Roizman (1936 - 2023)
Flash Gordon (Mike Hodges, UK, 1980)
Screened in tribute to Mike Hodges (1932 - 2022)
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, USA, 1971)
Valentine’s Day Screening
Victim (Basil Dearden, UK, 1961)
Screened in tribute to Sylvia Sims (1934 - 2023)
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin, USA, 2011)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Roy George Hill, USA, 1969)
Screened in tribute to Burt Bacharach (1931 - 2018)
Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1999)
Screened in tribute to Tom Sizemore (1961-2023)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Ôshima, Japan/UK, 1983)
Screened in tribute to Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 - 2023)
The 5th Annual TPFC Shorter Film Festival
All Dayer
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1975)
Screened in tribute to Bill Butler (1921 - 2023)
Sing Your Song (Susanne Rostock, USA, 2011)
Screened in tribute to Harry Belafonte (1927 - 2023)
Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1962)
Yojimbo companion screening
Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick, UK, 1975)
Sunday Matinee Screening in tribute to Murray Melvin (1932 - 2023)
The Cockettes (Bill Weber & David Weissman, USA, 2002)
Pride Month Screening
Duel (Steven Spielberg, USA, 1971)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Tommy (Ken Russell, UK, 1975)
Screened in tribute to Tina Turner (1939 - 2023)
Mary, Queen of Scots (Charles Jarrott, UK, 1971)
Screened in tribute to Glenda Jackson (1936 - 2023)
Catch-22 (Mike Nichols, USA, 1970)
Screened in tribute to Alan Arkin (1934 - 2023)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, USA, 1973)
Screened in tribute to William Friedkin (1935 - 2023)
The Connection (Shirley Clarke, USA, 1964)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Women seasons
Sound it Out (Jeanie Finlay, UK, 2011)
Part of Scalarama / Directed by Women seasons
Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, USA, 1997)
Quiz winners’ choice
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, Italy/UK/USA, 2001)
Screened in tribute to Michael Gambon (1940 - 2023)
Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, USA, 2013)
Halloween Screening
House of Mirth (Terence Davies, UK, 2000)
Screened in tribute to Terence Davies (1945 - 2023)
Rocky (John G. Avildsen, USA, 1976)
Screened in tribute to Burt Young (1940 - 2023)
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, USA, 1973)
Companion Screening to Who’s That Knocking At My Door
Cash on Demand (Quentin Lawrence, UK, 1961)
Christmas Screening
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (Sam Peckinpah, USA, 1970)
Quiz Winners’ Choice
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy, USA, 2007)
Screened in tribute to Tom Wilkinson (1948 - 2023)
The 6th Annual Tufnell Park Film Club Shorter Film Festival
All Dayer!
Blood Simple (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA, 1984)
Screened in tribute to M. Emmet Walsh (1935 - 2024)
Miller's Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, USA, 1990)
Inaugural House / Blood Simple companion Screening
The L-Shaped Room (Bryan Forbes, UK, 1962)
Screened in tribute to Lynne Reid Banks (1929 - 2024)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola, USA, 1991)
Screened in tribute to Eleanor Coppola (1936 - 2024)
Smoke (Wayne Wang, USA, 1995)
Screened in tribute to Paul Auster (1947 - 2024)
Blue in the Face (Wayne Wang, Paul Auster, Harvey Wang, USA, 1995)
Screened in tribute to Paul Auster (1947 - 2024)
The Masque of the Red Death (Roger Corman, UK/USA, 1964)
Screened in tribute to Roger Corman (1926 - 2024)
Lola (Jacques Demy, France, 1961)
Screened in tribute to Anouk Aimée (1932 - 2024)
M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, USA, 1970)
Screened in tribute to Donald Sutherland (1935 - 2024)
The Last Detail (Hal Ashby, USA, 1973)
Screened in tribute to Robert Towne (1934 - 2024)
