Babel ART House

08/05/2026

"About Dry Grasses" (2023) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
10, 17, 24 May – 7:30pm

TRAILER & REVIEW
The vigorous, masterful script."
THE IRISH TIMES ★★★★★
“Structured like a quietly grand novel, subtle and elliptical, Ceylan’s film unfolds with Chekhovian grace and a cutting understanding of character.”
THE GLOBE AND MAIL (TORONTO) ★★★★★
“Exquisitely sculpted conversations. it is also nimble, alert, and alive in ways that seem to have taken Ceylan himself by surprise."
THE NEW YORKER ★★★★★
“There’s a profound, unresolvable melancholy to “About Dry Grasses” that’s hard to shake."
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ★★★★★
“Ceylan’s absorbing drama of a teacher-pupil crisis"
THE GUARDIAN ★★★★

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/4E2KVTjRw

VENUE: DNA Café Bar 101 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB (next to the Rio Cinema)

07/04/2026

"Who's Singin' Over There?" (1980)
12 April & 19 April @ 7:30pm
VENUE: DNA Café Bar 101 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB (next to the Rio Cinema)

The movie will be introduced by Miki Foley, who is a Serbian actress. She'll talk about the impact and the importance of the film.

TRAILER & REVIEWS

“I can’t believe it took me this long to watch this movie!! My parents have told me about it for years. What a film! I loved it. Peak Yugoslav humour and a great insight into Balkan-ness and WWII-era Yugoslavia; I laughed the entire time – and the ending shattered me."
An Audience ★★★★★
“One of the best films ever.”
An Audience ★★★★★
“A work of art! The movie became an instant classic all over Yugoslavia immediately upon its release. To this day, almost three decades later, it endures as one of the most quotable movies ever to come out of the Balkans."
An Audience ★★★★★
“This brilliant flick about several people travelling to Belgrade just before the start of WW2 in Yugoslavia is probably worth an Oscar or two. It is very profound, intelligent and, above all, funny. Jokes are typically Balkanesque, which makes it even more original in global circuits..."
An Audience ★★★★★
“This is a masterpiece of the ex-Yu film! The casting can't be better and the story so unique!"
An Audience ★★★★★

10/03/2026

"The Ballad of Wallis Island" (2025)

14 March & 15 March @ 7:30pm

REVIEWS
“Alive with plenty of droll British humour and with a music-filled, picturesque finale that is sincerely earned, The Ballad of Wallis Island is the best kind of crowd-pleaser: disarming, joyful and full of compassion for its oddball characters."
VARIETY ★★★★
“The performances are spot on. And all involved have made a marvellously melancholy “feel good” movie that ticks off so many Brit film boxes — eccentric characters, quaint and soggy settings, emotions kept under wraps and a charming, wistful story.”
MOVIE NATION ★★★★
“It’s a lovely, melancholic comedy about the acceptance of failure, loss and the slow understanding that what’s gone is not coming back."
THE GUARDIAN ★★★★
“This is simple but not simplistic filmmaking: an exceedingly British comedy that steers just clear of mawkish."
SIGHT & SOUND ★★★★
“The Ballad of Wallis Island is one of the best romcoms since The Odd Couple (1968), which it closely resembles.”
THE ARTS DESK
★★★★

EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/7rC7No64I

20/02/2026

"The Marching Band" (2024) - 21st Feb & 22nd Feb at 7:30pm

TRAILER & REVIEWS

"This is the film we need right now: a story in which people learn to be their best selves that pays respect to working communities torn apart by the global economy..."
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ★★★★

"Warm and sure-footed, the film has the feel of a richly satisfying meal in an excellent neighbourhood bistro."
FINANCIAL TIMES ★★★★

"It’s a real charmer."
DAILY MAIL ★★★★

"[The Marching Band is] a beautiful and worthy film. Also predictable at times, but never using cheap formulas..."
EL PAIS (SPAIN) ★★★★

PLACE: 101 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB (next to the Rio cinema)

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27/01/2026

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" (2024)
31st (Saturday) January & 1st (Sunday) January @ 7:30pm
PLACE: DNA Café Bar: 101 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB (next to the Rio Cinema)

TRAILER & REVIEWS

"The film itself is a mesmerisingly gripping and controlled parable-thriller in which the paranoia, misogyny and rage of the Iranian state are mapped seamlessly onto an ordinary family unit.."
THE TELEGRAPH ★★★★★

"This is an extraordinary achievement."
EMPIRE ★★★★

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig is an amazing film. You can sense the peril and passion in every frame."
DECIDER ★★★★★

"Mohammad Rasoulof’s fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime."
THE GUARDIAN ★★★★

Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is ...

02/12/2025

"Four Mothers" (2024)
6th (saturday) December & 7th (Sunday) December at 7:45pm

Babel Film Club at DNA Café Bar: 101 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB (next to the Rio Cinema)

TRAILER & REVIEWS
“The writing is sharp and witty, with not a word out of place."
FILM IRELAND MAGAZINE ★★★★★
"Four Mothers is droll and gentle, but in its own way markedly progressive: films about q***r adults still negotiating their identities with their elderly parents are unusual, with or without this one’s delicacy and wit."
OBSERVER ★★★★
"When the credits rolled, I wanted to spend more time with these characters, and that’s about the highest compliment I can give."
FORBES ★★★★★
"The comedy covers everything from ageing to loneliness to Pride to caregiving to trauma and family relationships and does it all without tipping into full-blown schmaltz or resorting to emotional manipulation."
THAT SHELF ★★★★
EVENT LINK: https://fb.me/e/3wlpw3M2D

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Edward (James McArdle), a talented novelist on the cusp of literary success, is juggling his work with the responsibility of caring for his elderly mother, A...

22/02/2025

New Babel and new Instagram page.....follow us to find out all the events, gigs and many more.....stokey people need culture. Here is the link to our Instagram page

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28/01/2025

Finally, Babel Art House is opening its doors under new management. We'll have a brand new delicious menu with affordable prices.

Our art and culture program will continue, of course, as before, with gigs, film club, comedy club, open mic, and many more...

We have a mission to serve Stoke Newington.

Watch this space.

02/03/2024

The Match Factory Girl (1990)

3rd March - 7:30pm

TRAILER & REVIEWS

"The Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki fascinates me. I am never sure if he intends us to laugh or cry with his characters--both, I suppose. He often portrays unremarkable lives of unrelenting grimness, sadness, desolation. "
ROGER EBERT ★★★★

“A bleakly comic masterwork of economic storytelling from Finland’s maestro director"
A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH ★★★★

"The Match Factory Girl is a carefully curated picture with a stark and delightfully sharp edge"
CINEMATIC LOVELIES★★★★

"THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL is a wondrous antidote to the sentimentality of most mainstream films".
TV GUIDE ★★★★

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