A half-dozen shorts care of distributor Soda's New British Cinema programme, all diverting, two outstanding.
By 1955, Shaffer had concluded that the money was inadequate, so he switched to advertising copywriting with the company that dominated the cinema programme intervals in the 1950s, Pearl & Dean.
His famous film, The Blood of a Poet, will also be screened as part of the A Touch of Madness: The 20s cinema programme (until 31 May) that showcases films made in the 1920s (such as Cocteau's) or modern films set in France during that same period, including the Hong Kong premiere of Therese Desqueyroux (released 2012), the last film from noted director Claude Miller.
The documentary was screened in August 2006 at The Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of the Camcorder Guerilla cinema programme.
"It was exciting to see so much interest in Visible Cinema, our new film programme for deaf and hard of hearing audiences," she said.
Partnered with the Irish Film Institute, Christchurch generally inherits the Dublin cinema's programme some weeks later, regularly offering Corkonian patrons their only opportunity to experience acclaimed arthouse hits such as The Turin Horse, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Amour and others.
She also contributed film reviews to BBC Radio 2's Cinema 2 programme.
It's much easier for cinemas to programme a live event on a Thursday, hardly the most popular day for film viewing, than on a Saturday, traditionally the busiest day.
Their books reveal interests, and inside their books are clues: tickets for a train taken every day; cinema stubs; theatre programmes; letters.
Maybe you saw it in a revival at a repertory cinema, where the programme notes insisted on its landmark status.
£2-£3, 26a Long Row, 07961 021019, On Facebook Housed in a Victorian school building, this artist-run studio complex hosts exhibitions (open to public, Fri/Sat) and, according to Steve Mapp, boss at Broadway arts cinema, an "engaging programme of events where artists share, experiment and learn with the public about visual art".
