Part of our job at RADIANT CIRCUS is to survey & celebrate the full range & diversity of London’s DIY, indie & alternative cinema scene. With that in mind, you’ll know if this one is for you… (01 to 02 OCT at Conway Hall).
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NOW BOOKING: LUNCHTIME FILM SOCIETY at the Bridewell Theatre
LUNCHTIME FILM SOCIETY launches this autumn at the Bridewell Theatre, EC4Y 8EQ (22 OCT to 01 NOV 2019). This brand new popup cinema screens daily programmes of bitesize films for busy City workers. Here’s everything you need to know!
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NOW BOOKING: Tarantino x Almodóvar seasons at Genesis Cinema
London’s favourite, Genesis Cinema (not our words, but those of the recent Time Out 25 Best Cinemas where they polled first!) celebrates two modern auteurs with mini seasons wrapped around their latest releases (AUG 2019). Here’s everything you need to know.
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NOW BOOKING: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST at Regent Street Cinema
Following a screening of BLADE RUNNER earlier in the year, Gerry Maguire’s DAYS OF FUTURE PAST continues with two more sci-fi cult classics: THE RUNNING MAN (24 JUL) + THE ANIMATRIX (08 AUG) at Regent Street Cinema.
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NOW BOOKING: Japan Foundation presents SUMMER EXPLORERS 2019
Japan Foundation London returns with their annual series of summer film screenings. This year the programme projects a weekend of live action Japanese films based on manga at The British Library (27 to 28 JUL 2019).
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NOW BOOKING: TAIPEI STORIES at Close-Up (01 to 30 JUN).
Our friends at Close-Up have announced a new programme of thirteen films, by three masters of Taiwanese New Cinema, set in & around Taipei throughout the 20th & 21st Century. Here’s our handy guide (& news of an exclusive season discount).
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SCREEN GUIDE: This week’s FREE film nights in London [24 to 30 MAY]
Every week we do our bit to make cinema going in London that little more affordable by finding & flagging as many FREE! film nights as we can. Here’s our guide to highly affordable cinema screens this week.
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NOW BOOKING: CZECH NEW WAVE + SCOTT WALKER at Close-Up
Even if you’re new to world cinema histories you’ll probably know that every country seems to have had its New Wave… We caught up with Close-Up Film Centre programmer Oliver Dickens to talk about their continuing season of Czechoslovak cinema.
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NOW BOOKING: Spring / Summer Season at Screen25
[UPDATED: 03 SEP]: We are delighted to be partnering with Screen25 to celebrate their new Spring/Summer Season. All RADIANT CIRCUS subscribers, friends & followers get a juicy discount when booking for this exciting lineup. Here’s all you need to know.
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NOW BOOKING: Chinese Visual Festival (02 to 09 MAY)
Chinese Visual Festival opens this week at BFI Southbank & King’s College London (02 to 09 MAY). Projecting “the very best in the cinema of the Chinese language speaking world” the programme combines special guests, rare screenings & plenty of Q&A. Here’s our guide to what’s on.
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NOW BOOKING: Lexi Film School (29 APR to 24 JUN)
Getting a film education needn’t be expensive… particularly when your local indie venue delivers one on your doorstep! Lexi Film School starts again on 29 APR & runs until 24 JUN. Here’s your new timetable.
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SCREEN GUIDE: Regular late night movies, double bills, cults & (not so…) classics
RADIANT CIRCUS is celebrating our first year of subscriber support by sharing some of our favourite discoveries. Our journeys across London’s independent film scene often take us way past midnight and into the realms of the city’s cult screenings, late night movies & (not so…) classic attractions.
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NOW BOOKING: THE NASHVILLE SESSIONS at ArtHouse Crouch End
We love a mini-season. Like a mini-fillet – all the taste, none of the excess (with some tickets at £5, this one’s also very affordable!). Throw on your cowboy boots, stonewash jeans and “git awn down” to ArtHouse Crouch End for some real-life country music film fun!
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NOW BOOKING: Frames Of Representation at ICA (12 to 20 APR)
Hot on the heels of the Essay Film Festival (22 MAR to 04 APR) comes ICA’s own Frames Of Representation (12 to 20 APR), an annual event dedicated to groundbreaking “cinema of the real” in all its possible forms. Here’s our quick RADIANT CIRCUS guide to what’s on.
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NOW BOOKING: HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMAS at Austrian Cultural Forum London
The yearlong investigation of genre cinema continues at Austrian Cultural Forum London, shifting focus from HORROR to HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMAS (02 APR to 30 MAY). With a varied programme of films in FREE regular screenings, this really is one not to miss.
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NOW BOOKING: LIVES UNWRITTEN at The Geffrye Museum
Home is deeply personal for everyone. For many, however, it is also a place of work. New season LIVES UNWRITTEN: WOMEN AND DOMESTIC WORK ON FILM at The Geffrye Museum explores female relationships with the labour of the home (23 MAR to 27 APR). Exclusive discounts for RADIANT CIRCUS subscribers.
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NOW BOOKING: SECRETS, MYSTERY, ABSURDITY: THE WORLD OF DAVID LYNCH at Genesis Cinema
Genesis Cinema has announced a new David Lynch season called, appropriately enough, SECRETS, MYSTERY, ABSURDITY: THE WORLD OF DAVID LYNCH. As well as some great films, there’s a transcendental collab with the David Lynch Foundation. Here’s all you need to know.
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NOW BOOKING: The Essay Film Festival (22 MAR to 04 APR)
Now approaching its fifth edition, The Essay Film Festival is an essential element in London’s indie film calendar, offering fresh, surprising and often beguiling takes on documentary and experimental filmmaking. Here’s our guide to what’s on (& what’s still booking!).
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