Looking for Mr. Goodbar, dir. Richard Brooks, 1977. 135 min.
Book tickets
A special screening of Looking for Mr. Goodbar with France-Lise McGurn, presented by MARFA journal.
Set in the sexual frontiers of 1970s New York, Looking for Mr Goodbar features the late Diane Keaton as a well-ordered teacher by day and a restless thrillseeker by night, who looks for excitement through tempestuous hook-ups at singles bars to enrich her ordinary life and meets a brash Richard Gere along the way.
The latest edition of MARFA pays a visit to artist France-Lise McGurn’s East London studio, featuring McGurn's collection of novelty furniture, magazine clippings, and large canvases propped up by tins of paint – one titled Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
This event will continue with drinks at the ICA Bar.
Set in the sexual frontiers of 1970s New York, Looking for Mr Goodbar features the late Diane Keaton as a well-ordered teacher by day and a restless thrillseeker by night, who looks for excitement through tempestuous hook-ups at singles bars to enrich her ordinary life and meets a brash Richard Gere along the way.
The latest edition of MARFA pays a visit to artist France-Lise McGurn’s East London studio, featuring McGurn's collection of novelty furniture, magazine clippings, and large canvases propped up by tins of paint – one titled Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
This event will continue with drinks at the ICA Bar.
Bios
MARFA is as much a biannual magazine as it is an intimate take on the current state of culture. The publication pairs together contemporary art, fashion, and whatever else takes their fancy into an eccentric visual and editorial experience. Spanning across twenty-five issues and many books over more than ten years, all is elevated but unexpected. Nothing is as it should be. MARFA collaborates with the VIPs of the creative world and partners pop with niche, old with new, the cerebral with the relaxed - all to create their inimitable aesthetic.
Book tickets
Fri, 31 Jul 2026
Cinema 1
06:30 pm
£13 full price, with concessions
£5 Under 25
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MARFA #26
France-Lise McGurn in Studio
France-Lise McGurn
