Posted by: Iain Fisher
« on: July 04, 2026, 01:34:44 PM »Ken Russell's Salome's Last Dance will be shown as part of a Salome season by Cinema MentirĂ© "featuring breathtaking and hypnotising queer film adaptations of biblical icon Salome from Brazil, Mexico and the UK". Russell's Salome will be on 5 July 2026 at the Rio Cinema, London.
"London, 5th November 1892, Bonfire Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxurious brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.
This screening will be introduced by Loose Willis and Cinema Mentiré".
For the Cinema Mentiré website click here
https://www.cinemamentire.co.uk/
and for the Rio Cinema website click here
https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Home
For more on Salome's Last Dance click here
https://iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-film-salomes-last-dance.html
"London, 5th November 1892, Bonfire Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxurious brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.
This screening will be introduced by Loose Willis and Cinema Mentiré".
For the Cinema Mentiré website click here
https://www.cinemamentire.co.uk/
and for the Rio Cinema website click here
https://riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Home
For more on Salome's Last Dance click here
https://iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-film-salomes-last-dance.html