Read, Watch & Listen

Following the sad news of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen’s death on Thursday 30 April 2020, we host a Spotify playlist of his music as a tribute. 

Gali Gold, our Head of Cinema, picks five films available online that put the home – and all its complex meanings – at the forefront.

Enjoy a film selected for you by our Leytonstone Loves Film partners. They’ll also be hosting a conversation online after the film so we can get together and have a chat about the movie, just like in the cinema. Sort of.

To mark International Space Day, we asked our cinema curators to pick their favourite space-themed films with incredible music scores.

Chris Gunness heads into rehearsal with underground political theatre company, Belarus Free Theatre, to speak to Natalia Kaliada and Nikolai Khalezin to learn more about making theatre in exile and the challenges of creation in isolation.

Join conceptual documentary photographer and filmmaker Richard Mosse as he discusses his 3-channel video installation 'Incoming' with writer and academic, Anthony Downey.

Two commissions taking pilgrimage into rural Britain in search of its musical identity, celebrating the communal experience of gathering together under open skies.

Each week we share a comic from Annie from our Archive team, inspired by an object or story from the Barbican archive.

For all the kids (and parents) missing Family Film Club, here are some film recommendations to keep the little'uns entertained. Cinema curator Susie Evans picks some of her favourite films for children under 5…
 

A Family Film Club workshop, inspired by The Wizard of Oz

Curator Lotte Johnson speaks to Last Yearz Interesting Negro (Jamila Johnson-Small) about her recent commission for the Barbican, artistic collaborations and the impact of the current situation.

Another dip into the archive with this episode from May 2015 where Ben Eshmade spoke to French Film director Olivier Assayas about his consecutive films 'Personal Shopper' and 'Clouds of Sils Maria'.