World première and 'outdoor gala screening: 'Blackmail '
(1929/2012 Restoration Version)

One of the best British films of the 1920s, Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail is a true masterpiece of the silent era.

A young girl engaged to a stuffy policeman is enticed up to an artist's studio, laying herself open to the blackmail of the title.

Presented by the BFI outdoors at the British Museum – the location of the film's thrilling chase sequence – with a specially arranged score by composer Neil Brand and live orchestral accompaniment, this is a once in a lifetime film experience.

Part of the London 2012 Festival.

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/july_2012/the_genius_of_hitchcock.aspx

You should also have a look at the British Museum's Fridays Late programme:  from Death in Ancient Egypt, to Short guided tours spotlighting part of the Museum's collection, to Shakespeare's London, to a film screening of Julius Caesar starring John Gielgud, Marlon Brando and James Mason, and more...

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/friday_lates_programme.aspx