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Films of Ideas: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" with Beeban Kidron
Fri 28 Nov
|Regent Street Cinema
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and starring Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey, this psychological drama explores the possibilities and pitfalls of memory erasure.
Time & Location
28 Nov 2025, 19:00 – 21:30
Regent Street Cinema, 307 Regent St., London W1B 2HW, UK
About the event
Film screening & live podcast recording.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004): Winner of the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and starring Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey, this psychological drama explores the possibilities and pitfalls of memory erasure. A prescient vision not just of the promise and danger of mind-altering technology but also of the threat posed by the companies that sell it.
Beeban Kidron: Politician and film-maker known for the Bafta-award-winning Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Beeban Kidron now campaigns against the abuse of power by big tech companies and for the rights of children online.