This is a film still from THE BIG CITY aka Mahanagar dir Satyajit Ray, 1963 screening at BFI Southbank (from 22 JULY 2022).

JULY 2022: What’s on in London this month

Explore what’s on in London this month with our regular epic roundup of repertory film seasons & festivals, indoors & out!

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#QueerHorrorNights continue with a double bill of PSYCHO II & PSYCHO III at The Cinema Museum (Sunday 24 JULY 18:30): booking now!

This is very late, so let’s cut to the chase…

SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank

“Satyajit Ray’s centenary (2021), and 75 years of Indian independence, mark a timely juncture to showcase Ray’s complete body of films.”

“A master of his craft and generous in spirit, Ray remains a classic star of world cinema. He hailed from a progressive, literary family in Bengal and his films document the journey of a nation from colonial to post-colonial, tradition to modernity, from changing generations of fathers to sons, and shifting relations in times of crisis or rupture. A polymath who scripted, designed, composed and directed, Ray offered enduring glimpses of life itself through his poetic treatment of story. He used exquisite dramatic detail, original music scores and some of the finest actors to weave small narratives that held larger worlds in their fold. He was also the ‘conscience keeper’, directing an anti-war musical and a popular detective series: if Apu became a generation’s culture symbol, detective Feluda became a cinema icon for next-gen teenage viewers.”

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

007 SEASON at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): DIE ANOTHER DAY d. Lee Tamahori, 2002 (02 JUL 15:00 – 4K / 07 JUL 15:00); CASINO ROYALE d. Martin Campbell, 2006 (09 JUL 15:00 – 4K / 14 JUL 15:00 – 4K); QUANTUM OF SOLACE d. Marc Forster, 2008 (16 JUL 15:15 / 21 JUL 15:15); SKYFALL d. Sam Mendes, 2012 (23 JUL 14:10 – 4K / 28 JUL 15:10 – 4K); SPECTRE d. Sam Mendes, 2015 (30 JUL 15:15 / 04 AUG 15:15 – 4K).

80S CINEMA ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): SPACEBALLS 35mm d. Mel Brookes, 1987 (02 JUL 23:00).

90S CINEMA ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): L.A. CONFIDENTIAL d. Curtis Hanson, 1997 (16 JUL 22:30 / 20 JUL 10:30).

1982 SEASON at The Prince Charles

AKIRA KUROSAWA at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): KAGEMUSHA d. Akira Kurosawa, 1980 (10 JUL 14:40); RAN d. Akira Kurosawa, 1985 (23 JUL 17:15).

ALFRED HITCHCOCK IN 4K at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): REAR WINDOW d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 (05 JUL 16:00 – 4K); NORTH BY NORTHWEST d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959 (08 JUL 20:45 – 4K / 13 JUL 15:00 – 4K); THE BIRDS d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 (24 JUL 18:10 – 4K / 26 JUL 15:40 – 4K).

ANDREI TARKOVSKY at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 (09 JUL 20:30); ANDREI RUBLEV 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (24 JUL 14:20).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS (not listed elsewhere!) at The Prince Charles

A TRIBUTE TO JEAN-LOUIS TRINTIGNANT at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THREE COLOURS: RED d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (03 JUL 20:15 / 10 JUL 20:15); HAPPY END d. Michael Haneke, 2017 (09 JUL 18:00 / 16 JUL 18:00); THE CONFORMIST d. Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970 (15 JUL 20:15 / 24 JUL 20:15); MY NIGHT AT MAUD’S d. Eric Rohmer, 1969 (22 JUL 20:15 / 30 JUL 18:00); AMOUR d. Michael Haneke, 2012 (23 JUL 20:15 / 30 JUL 20:15); TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS d. Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1966 (24 JUL 18:30 / 29 JUL 20:15).

BADASS B-MOVIES at The Prince Charles

BARBRA STREISAND STRAND [A STREIS-STRAND, IF YOU WILL] at The Prince Charles

BAR TRASH at Genesis Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MALATESTA’S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD d. Christopher Speeth, 1973 + Intro & Intermission (06 JUL 20:30); HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP d. Barbara Peeters, 1980 + Intro with special guest, podcaster & writer Becky Darke (13 JUL 20:30); SURPRISE FILM + Intro with special guest, box art designer Lucas Peverill (20 JUL 20:30); THE ALIEN FACTOR d. Don Dohler, 1978 + Intro by Token Homo (27 JUL 20:30).

BERNARD SHAW ON FILM at Sands Films Cinema Club

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE APPLE CART d. Cedric Messina, 1975 (05 JUL 20:00).

BEST OF CÉSAR at Ciné Lumière

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: POWER! at BFI Southbank

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

CELEBRATING ANNA MAGNANI at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MAMMA ROMA d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1962 (02 JUL 15:00 / 05 JUL 18:00 / 12 JUL 20:00); ROME, OPEN CITY d. Roberto Rossellini, 1945 (03 JUL 17:00 / 04 JUL 18:00 / 13 JUL 18:00); THE ROSE TATTOO d. Daniel Mann, 1955 (09 JUL 15:00).

CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema

CELEBRATING MARLENE DIETRICH at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE BLUE ANGEL d. Josef Von Sternberg, 1930 (01 JUL 18:30 / 03 JUL 19:10 / 10 JUL 19:00 / 12 JUL 15:00 / 17 JUL 13:00 / 21 JUL 20:25 / 27 JUL 15:05 / 28 JUL 18:00); WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION d. Billy Wilder, 1957 (02 JUL 17:55 / 06 JUL 15:15 / 08 JUL 18:00 / 13 JUL 20:15); DESTRY RIDES AGAIN d. George Marshall, 1939 (03 JUL 13:00 / 06 JUL 18:00 / 14 JUL 18:00 / 25 JUL 18:15); ANGEL d. Ernst Lubitsch, 1937 (09 JUL 18:00 / 11 JUL 20:00 / 13 JUL 15:00 / 17 JUL 17:00 + Intro by Chris Cassingham / 18 JUL 20:00 / 23 JUL 20:45); MOROCCO d. Josef von Sternberg, 1930 (16 JUL 18:00 / 20 JUL 16:00 / 23 JUL 18:45); THE SCARLET EMPRESS d. Josef von Sternberg, 1934 (16 JUL 20:15 / 20 JUL 18:15 / 24 JUL 18:20).

CINEMA RESTORED at Barbican

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BAY OF ANGELS d. Jacques Demy, 1963 (03 JUL 18:30 / 17 JUL 20:15); L’AVVENTURA d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960 (10 JUL 17:15 / 16 JUL 20:00 / 31 JUL 20:00); BARRY LYNDON d. Stanley Kubrick, 1975 (17 JUL 16:45 / 23 JUL 16:45 / 31 JUL 16:45).

THE FILMS OF BOB FOSSE at The Prince Charles:

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): CABARET d. Bob Fosse, 1972 (06 JUL 20:45 / 12 JUL 13:15); LENNY 35mm d. Bob Fosse, 1974 (18 JUL 18:00).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK at The Prince Charles

FROM THE MIND OF PAUL SCHRADER at The Prince Charles 

GLENDA JACKSON at BFI Southbank

THE HEROIC MISSION: JOHNNIE TO RETROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

HONG KONG SEASON at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): REVOLUTION OF OUR TIMES d. Kiwi CHOW, 2021 (01 JUL 11:30 / 30 JUL 11:30); BLACK BAUHINIA d. Malte Philipp Kaeding, 2021 + Q&A with the director & Ray Wong (02 JUL 12:20); MAY YOU STAY FOREVER YOUNG d. Rex Ren & Lam Sum, 2022 + Q&A with the director (09 JUL 12:15); INSIDE THE RED BRICK WALL d. Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers, 2020 (16 JUL 12:30); TEN YEARS d. Kwok Zune, Wong Fei-pang, Jevons Au, Kiwi Chow & Ng Ka-leung, 2015 (23 JUL 11:15).

IN THE BLACK FANTASTIC at BFI Southbank

JOHN CARPENTER IN 4K at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THEY LIVE d. John Carpenter, 1988 (01 JUL 13:00 / 02 JUL 18:00 – 4K / 06 JUL 12:30 – 4K).

JONNY GREENWOOD RETROSPECTIVE at Genesis Cinema

JUMP ON IT at Genesis Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MAGIC MIKE XXL d. Gregory Jacobs, 2015 + Pop Quiz presented by T A P E (07 JUL 18:20); HUSTLERS d. Lorene Scafaria, 2019 + Pop Quiz presented by T A P E (14 JUL 18:20); ZOLA d. Janicza Bravo, 2020 + Pop Quiz presented by T A P E (21 JUL 18:40).

KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THREE COLOURS: BLUE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993 (01 JUL 20:15 / 08 JUL 20:15); THREE COLOURS: WHITE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (02 JUL 20:15 / 09 JUL 20:15); THREE COLOURS: RED d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (03 JUL 20:15 / 10 JUL 20:15).

KINO DREAMS: THE REVERIES OF WIM WENDERS at The Prince Charles

LONG-ASS MOVIES at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): SATANTANGO d. Bela Tarr, 1994 In 3 parts with 2 short breaks (03 JUL 10:00 – 439mins); RRR d. S. S. Rajamouli, 2022 (03 JUL 11:00 & 20:00 / 05 JUL 14:35 / 29 JUL 20:15 – 180mins); EYES WIDE SHUT 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1999 (04 JUL 20:20 – 159mins); STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 (09 JUL 20:30 – 161mins); KAGEMUSHA d. Akira Kurosawa, 1980 (10 JUL 14:40 – 160mins); THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (16 JUL 20:25 – 158mins); ROMEO & JULIET 35mm d. Franco Zeffirelli, 1968 (17 JUL 12:15 – 150mins); CASINO 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1995 (18 JUL 20:00 – 178mins); RAN d. Akira Kurosawa, 1985 (23 JUL 17:15 – 160mins); ANDREI RUBLEV 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (24 JUL 14:20 – 183mins); THE NEW WORLD [Extended Cut] d. Terrence Malick, 2005 (27 JUL 20:00 – 172mins); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (29 JUL 20:30 – 170mins).

MARTIN SCORSESE: DIRECTOR. WRITER. PRODUCER. ACTOR. at The Prince Charles

MORRICONE at Picturehouse Cinemas

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

PETER STRICKLAND RETROSPECTIVE at Riverside Studios

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS! at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THEOREM d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968 (10 JUL 18:06 / 14 JUL 12:35); SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975 (29 JUL 15:15 / 30 JUL 18:00 / 03 AUG 18:00).

PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): NIGHT NURSE d. William A. Wellman, 1931 (07 JUL 13:00); THE BLACK CAT d. Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934 (27 JUL 18:10).

RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER at The Prince Charles

RETURN OF THE OUTSIDER: THE FILMS OF MIKE HODGES at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): Re-releases: GET CARTER d. Mike Hodges, 1971 (03 JUL 12:50 / 06 JUL 20:35).

SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank

SEASCAPES: OUR OCEANS ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

STANLEY KUBRICK ON FILM at The Prince Charles

SUMMER OF SCI-FI at The Castle Cinema

THREE FILMS BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): DRIVE 35mm d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011 (16 JUL 17:50); ONLY GOD FORGIVES d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013 (28 JUL 18:15); THE NEON DEMON d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016 (05 AUG 13:15 / 10 AUG 20:45).

THE TWILIGHT SAGA at The Prince Charles Cinema

WIM WENDERS at Curzon Cinemas

WIM WENDERS: KINO DREAMS at Bertha DocHouse

WORLD CINEMA E-PASSPORT at Everyman Belsize Park

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (02 JUL 12:50 / 04 JUL 20:45 / 07 JUL 18:10 – 4K / 10 JUL 14:10 / 12 JUL 13:25 / 14 JUL 13:00); DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (03 JUL 14:45 / 05 JUL 12:20 – 4K / 11 JUL 13:15); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (04 JUL 12:45 / 06 JUL 18:10 / 14 JUL 15:30); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (08 JUL 13:15 – 4K / 10 JUL 21:00); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 4K d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (09 to 14 JUL); 2046 4K (22 JUL 15:15 / 24 JUL 20:46 / 27 JUL 14:45); WONG KAR WAI: ALL NIGHTER 4K 5 films, 1 ticket! d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988 – 2000 (30 JUL 20:30).

ADVENTURE CINEMA at Osterley Park & House, Isleworth

FLOATING FILM FESTIVAL at St Katharine Docks

THE LUNA CINEMA at Chiswick House

THE LUNA CINEMA at Clapham Common

THE LUNA CINEMA at Danson House

THE LUNA CINEMA at Kenwood

THE LUNA CINEMA at Marble Hill Park

THE LUNA CINEMA at Old Royal Naval College

THE LUNA CINEMA at Westminster Abbey

OUTDOOR CINEMA at The Cinema In The Arches

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

SUMMER SCREEN in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens

SUNSET SCREENING SESSIONS at Beckenham Place Park

  • Includes (check venue for listings): MODERN TIMES d. Charlie Chaplin, 1936 (15 JUL 21:00); ORLANDO d. Sally Potter, 1992 (16 JUL 21:00); LABYRINTH d. Jim Henson, 1986 (22 JUL 21:00); SIGHTSEERS d. Ben Wheatley, 2015 (23 JUL 21:00); NOTTING HILL d. Roger Michell, 1999 (29 JUL 21:00); THE LAST TREE d. Shola Amoo, 2019 (30 JUL 21:00).

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