Cinema Year Zero

Orla Smith finds kinship between Ken Russell and the films of Caveh Zahedi. On 23rd July, join us at The Cinema Museum for a rare screening of Crimes of Passion on 16mm, where print copies of the issue will be exclusively available. Tickets are now on sale via our website.

Carmen Paddock on the composer as superhero – and supervillain. On 23rd July, join us at The Cinema Museum for a rare screening of Crimes of Passion on 16mm, where print copies of the issue will be exclusively available. Tickets are now on sale via our website.

Cinema Year Zero is excited to announce Volume 20: Ken Russell’s History of the World, a 7-essay retrospective of the untamable British director. On 23rd July, join us at The Cinema Museum for a rare screening of Crimes of Passion on 16mm, where print copies of the issue will be exclusively available. Tickets are now on sale here [http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2025/cinema-year-zero-x-siren-screen-present-crimes-of-passion-1984/]. The event is presented in collaboration with film club and contributor Siren Screen, who have chosen a feature and short film both exploring the Madonna-Whore myth and the surreal world of bedroom fantasies. But first, please enjoy the issue intro, penned by Cinema Year Zero Associate Editor, Kirsty Asher.

Christmas, again.

Earlier this autumn, long before the pitch call for this Christmas edition of CYZ landed in my inbox, while absentmindedly scrolling through TikTok I came across a video by user @livgrace_x with the caption “If you live in liverpool.. wait for the end …”.