Now in its 21st year, Widescreen Weekend is one of the highlights of our calendar—every October we welcome hundreds of film fans to the museum to experience widescreen delights both old and new.
We’re based in Bradford, the first ever UNESCO City of Film, so naturally we’re passionate about cinema. Cinema screenings, film festivals, and cinematography in our collection: read more about everything to do with film at the museum.
The National Science and Media Museum is home to Pictureville Cinema, which includes the world’s only public Cinerama screen.
This year we celebrated our 20th edition of Widescreen Weekend—and it was truly one to remember.
Aardman Animations and plasticine go together like Wallace and Gromit—but the famous studio is increasingly making creative use of CGI, too.
As Ghostbusters hits our IMAX screen, we turn to our archives to explore the spooky ‘spirit’ photography of William Hope.
Among the more disturbing objects to be found in our collection stores is this pair of distinctive animatronic gorilla heads…
Our much-loved festival celebrating large-format film, Widescreen Weekend, is back for 2016!
Samira Ahmed writes about the many different versions of Jane Eyre and how audiences through the years have interpreted Charlotte Brontë’s classic.
Musician, film star, showman: Frank Sinatra was the perfect entertainer.
If you didn’t manage to get along to Widescreen Weekend, here’s just a small taste of the shots we got during the festival.
The world première of A Holiday in Spain in the all new Smell-O-Vision is coming to Bradford for Widescreen Weekend.
Roger Highfield, our Director of External Affairs, spoke to director Baltasar Kormákur about his epic IMAX adventure Everest.