MARCH 2023: 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.

By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus

THE IMAGE SPEAKS: A KAREL REISZ RETROSPECTIVE at Chiswick Cinema

“An exclusive retrospective season of pioneer Karel Reisz’s early films, shining a spotlight on an under appreciated innovator of the British New Wave cinema, to mark twenty years of his passing. Programmed in association with the Reisz family.”

Includes (check venue for full listings): WE ARE THE LAMBETH BOYS d. Karel Reisz, 1959 + Q&A with Melvyn Bragg & Matthew Reisz (05 MAR 16:00 / 06 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING d. Karel Reisz, 1960 + Q&A with John Lahr & Matthew Reisz (12 MAR 17:00 / 13 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); NIGHT MUST FALL d. Karel Reisz, 1964 + Q&A with Susan Hampshire & Phillip Bergson (19 MAR 17:00 / 20 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT d. Karel Reisz, 1966 + Q&A with Stephen Frears & Phillip Bergson (26 MAR 17:00 / 27 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A).

• BFI Flare (15 to 26 MAR).
• Busting the Bias (03 to 05 MAR).
• Cinema Made In Italy (09 to 13 MAR).
• Donne di Mafia, Having a Voice (04 to 05 MAR).
• Essay Film Festival (25 to 31 MAR).
• Glasgow Film Festival (01 to 12 MAR).
• Hong Kong Film Festival (18 to 31 MAR).
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival (16 to 26 MAR).
• Kendal Mountain Festival Tour (01 to 02 MAR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• London Mountain Film Festival (20 FEB to 05 MAR).
• RAI Film Festival (03 to 31 MAR).
• St Patrick’s Film Festival (17 to 19 MAR).
• Stardance Animation Festival (03 to 12 MAR).
• WatchAUT 2023 (23 to 26 MAR).

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE RED SHOES 16mm d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948 (16 MAR 19:30 / 23 MAR 19:30); M 16mm d. Fritz Lang, 1931 (26 MAR 14:00).
• Presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club.

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CINEMA PARADISO 35mm aka Nuovo Cinema Paradiso d. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 (03 MAR 12:00 / 05 MAR 20:45 / 06 MAR 12:00 / 07 MAR 13:00 / 08 MAR 15:00 / 09 MAR 21:00); FANTASIA 35mm d. Various, 1940 (03 MAR 14:45 / 28 MAR 17:35); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 35mm d. Edward Berger, 2022 (03 MAR 14:45 & 20:15 / 04 MAR 12:00 / 05 MAR 17:35 / 07 MAR 12:35 & 20:20 / 07 MAR 15:10 & 20:00 / 15 MAR 15:15); THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 35mm d. John Frankenheimer, 1962 (03 MAR 17:40); THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL 35mm presented in Red/Blue 3D! d. Robert Rodriguez, 2005 (03 MAR 18:00); THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (04 MAR 20:30); THE WILD BUNCH 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1969 (05 MAR 14:50 / 16 MAR 14:45); ASHES OF TIME REDUX 35mm d. Wong Kar-wai, 1994 (07 MAR 15:45); THIEF 35mm d. Michael Mann, 1981 (07 MAR 20:15); THE GODFATHER 35mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 (08 MAR 12:00); BEFORE SUNRISE 35mm d. Richard Linklater, 1995 (08 MAR 15:35); AMERICAN PSYCHO 35mm d. Mary Harron, 2000 (12 MAR 15:00); THE TERMINATOR 35mm d. James Cameron, 1984 (14 MAR 12:45); COLLATERAL 35mm d. Michael Mann, 2004 (15 MAR 18:00); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (16 MAR 18:00); THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2005 – 2012 (19 MAR 14:15); AMARCORD 35mm d. Federico Fellini, 1973 (21 MAR 15:15 / 27 MAR 18:00); STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (21 MAR 18:00 / 24 MAR 15:15 / 30 MAR 12:30); THE GODFATHER : PART II 35mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (23 MAR 12:15); BEFORE SUNSET 35mm d. Richard Linklater, 2004 (23 MAR 16:15); BRINGING OUT THE DEAD 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1999 (24 MAR 17:50 / 29 MAR 15:00); PULP FICTION 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 1994 (25 MAR 18:00); CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 35mm d. Ang Lee, 2000 (26 MAR 15:20); BATMAN 35mm d. Tim Burton, 1989 (27 MAR 15:10); THE HUNGER 35mm d. Tony Scott, 1983 (31 MAR 13:00 / 01 APR 18:35 / 04 APR 13:00 / 05 APR 18:10).

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNKIRK 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2017 (04 MAR 12:30); INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (06 MAR 14:45 / 09 MAR 20:25 / 12 MAR 20:00); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (18 MAR 20:15 / 22 MAR 14:45 / 29 MAR 20:15).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CREED III d. Michael B. Jordan, 2023 (until 16 MAR); AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER 3D d. James Cameron, 2022 (10 MAR 17:15 / 11 MAR 11:15 / 14 MAR 17:00); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT d. Edward Berger, 2022 (11 MAR 15:20); EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE d. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022 (13 MAR 19:45); PI: The 25th Anniversary IMAX Experience d. Darren Aronofsky, 1998 + Recorded Q&A with the director (15 MAR 18:15); SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS d. David F. Sandberg, 2023 (17 to 23 MAR); JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 d. Chad Stahelski, 2023 (23 to 30 MAR).
• COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: DUNKIRK IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2017 (12 MAR 11:30 / 16 MAR 20:00).
• SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022: 19= APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1979 (12 MAR 20:00).
• ANIME: YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 + Intro by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of Ghibliotheque podcast (19 MAR 11:45); WEATHERING WITH YOU d. Makoto Shinkai, 2019 + Intro by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of Ghibliotheque podcast (26 MAR 11:45).

A LI’L BIT OF LUIS BUÑUEL at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BELLE DE JOUR d. Luis Buñuel, 1967 (05 MAR 12:30 – 4K / 15 MAR 15:30 – 4K); TRISTANA d. Luis Buñuel, 1970 (22 MAR 18:10 / 28 MAR 12:45).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (04 MAR 18:15 / 05 MAR 13:00 / 07 MAR 18:00 / 09 MAR 12:45 / 11 MAR 14:10); PROMARE d. Hiroyuki Imaishi, 2019 + Intro by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, Ghibliotheque podcast (08 MAR 20:30); AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (10 to 16 MAR); YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 (29 MAR 17:45).

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 (05 MAR 20:05 / 06 MAR 17:35 & 20:25 / 07 MAR 15:40 & 20:45 / 08 MAR 15:00 & 17:40 / 11 MAR 18:35 / 12 MAR 19:30 / 13 MAR 17:30 / 14 MAR 20:35); BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 (06 MAR 18:00 / 08 MAR 17:55 / 11 MAR 12:40 / 14 MAR 16:00).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WIND FROM THE EAST d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1970 (04 MAR 18:10 / 12 MAR 18:00); WEEKEND d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1967 (11 MAR 20:15 / 18 MAR 18:00); FIRST NAME: CARMEN d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1983 (17 MAR 20:15 / 19 MAR 20:15); DETECTIVE d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1985 (23 MAR 20:15 / 31 MAR 20:15).

BAR TRASH: TRASH OR TREASURE? at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema 

• Includes (check venue for listings): KANSAS CITY BOMBER x FIST CLUB takeover for International Women’s Day, raising funds for WISH & in tribute To Raquel Welch (08 MAR 20:30 at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon); JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR – Sing-along d. Norman Jewison, 1973 (15 MAR at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon); EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC d. John Boorman, 1977 (22 MAR 20:45 at Genesis Cinema’s Studio 4); HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! d. Jack Arnold, 1958 (26 MAR 11:00 at Rule Zero’s Sub Zero + brunch!); PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE d. Edward D. Wood Jnr, 1957 (29 MAR 20:30 at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon).
• Presented by Token Homo.

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE WILD BUNCH 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1969 (05 MAR 14:50 / 16 MAR 14:45); STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (21 MAR 18:00 / 24 MAR 15:15 / 30 MAR 12:30).

CARL MAYER MINI SEASON at Austrian Cultural Forum & The Cinema Museum

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Double feature: THE FORTH ESTATE + WORLD OF PLENTY 1940 + 1943 at The Cinema Museum (07 MAR 19:00).

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY at BFI Southbank 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TECKMAN MYSTERY + THE STRANGER LEFT NO CARD d. Wendy Toye, 1954 + 1952 + Intro (08 MAR 14:00); On Her Shoulders: Black Women in Broadcast Journalism presented by Africa Odysseys (08 MAR 18:10); FASHION REIMAGINED d. Becky Hutner, 2022 + Q&A with the director and designer Amy Powney (08 MAR 20:40).

CELLULOID SUNDAY at ICA

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE HORSE THIEF 35mm d. Tian Zhuangzhuang, 1986 (05 MAR 18:30).

CINEMATIC JUKEBOX / CLASSIC FILM SEASON at The Prince Charles (not listed elsewhere!)

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (04 MAR 15:00 / 26 MAR 12:00 – 4K); TAXI DRIVER d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (15 MAR 20:45 – 4K); WHO DONE IT: THE CLUE DOCUMENTARY d. Jeff C. Smith, 2022 (20 MAR 18:00); CLUE d. Jonathan Lynn, 1985 (20 MAR 20:30); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 + Live score by Hugo Max (26 MAR 18:00).

CLASSICS at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1962 (05 MAR 15:00); TOKYO STORY d. Yasujiro Ozu, 1953 (12 MAR 14:30).

COEN BROTHERS ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE BIG LEBOWSKI 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1998 (04 MAR 22:30 / 08 MAR 10:30); INTOLERABLE CRUELTY 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2003 (11 MAR 22:30 / 15 MAR 10:30); THE LADYKILLERS 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2004 (18 MAR 22:30 / 22 MAR 10:30); NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007 (25 MAR 22:30 / 29 MAR 10:30); BURN AFTER READING 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2008 (01 APR 22:30 / 05 APR 10:30); TRUE GRIT 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2010 (08 APR 22:30 / 12 APR 10:30).

COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ON FILM at BFI IMAX

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNKIRK IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2017 (12 MAR 11:30 / 16 MAR 20:00).

DISNEY MATINEES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): FANTASIA 35mm d. Various, 1940 (03 MAR 14:45); DUMBO d. Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson & Wilfred Jackson, 1941 (11 MAR 12:30); BAMBI d. James Algar & Samuel Armstrong, 1942 (25 MAR 12:30).

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE DEVIL QUEEN aka A Rainha Diaba d. Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, 1974 in partnership with Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest (12 MAR 18:00).
• Presented by The Vito Project Queer Film Club.

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 8½ d. Federico Fellini, 1963 (03 MAR 20:15 / 05 MAR 17:30 / 24 MAR 20:15); STOLEN KISSES d. François Truffaut, 1968 (04 MAR 20:15 / 12 MAR 20:15); SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT d. Joseph L. Anderson, 1967 + Intro by Peter Conheim (05 MAR 20:15 / 11 MAR 18:15); RADIO ON + DISCONTENT d. Chris Petit, 1979 + 2023, fundraiser screening (18 MAR 20:15 + Intro by the director / 25 MAR 18:15).

THE FILMS OF MICHAEL MANN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): HEAT [DIRECTOR’S DEFINITIVE EDITION] d. Michael Mann, 1995 (11 MAR 20:00); COLLATERAL 35mm d. Michael Mann, 2004 (15 MAR 18:00); MIAMI VICE d. Michael Mann, 2006 (21 MAR 20:45 / 03 APR 15:15).

THE FILMS OF TERRY GILLIAM at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE d. Terry Gilliam, 2018 + Q&A with the director (03 MAR 17:10); TIDELAND d. Terry Gilliam, 2005 (04 MAR 20:00).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BLACK GIRL d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 (05 MAR 15:30); TOUKI BOUKI d. Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1973 + Intro by Bamba Diop (09 MAR 18:00 / 20 MAR 15:00); BLACK GIRL d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 (13 MAR 15:00); ATLANTICS d. Mati Diop, 2019 (16 MAR 18:00 + Intro/discussion with Nobunye Levin / 18 MAR 20:30 / 27 MAR 16:00); THE WIND d. Souleymane Cissé, 1982 (23 MAR 18:00 + Intro/discussion with Sarah Jilani / 26 MAR 17:00 / 03 APR 16:00); YEELEN d. Souleymane Cissé, 1987 (30 MAR 18:00 + Intro/discussion with Marie Rodet / 01 APR 20:00 / 10 APR 16:00).
• Special events: Kadialy Kouyate – Live music (11 MAR 20:00).

FROM THE REQUEST BOARD… at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings: MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE d. Gary Goddard, 1987 (04 MAR 18:00).

THE IMAGE SPEAKS: A KAREL REISZ RETROSPECTIVE at Chiswick Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WE ARE THE LAMBETH BOYS d. Karel Reisz, 1959 + Q&A with Melvyn Bragg & Matthew Reisz (05 MAR 16:00 / 06 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING d. Karel Reisz, 1960 + Q&A with John Lahr & Matthew Reisz (12 MAR 17:00 / 13 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); NIGHT MUST FALL d. Karel Reisz, 1964 + Q&A with Susan Hampshire & Phillip Bergson (19 MAR 17:00 / 20 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A); MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT d. Karel Reisz, 1966 + Q&A with Stephen Frears & Phillip Bergson (26 MAR 17:00 / 27 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A).

IVOR CUTLER AND THE ECCENTRIC MISCELLANY at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Ivor Cutler and Friends + Panel discussion (04 MAR 16:10); Vivian Stanshall + Intro by Lucian Randall, Vivian Stanshall biographer (07 MAR 18:15); Bruce Lacey, The Alberts and more + Intro by William Fowler, BFI Archive Curator (09 MAR 20:45); Margaret Rutherford and Friends + Intro by Claire Mortimer (15 MAR 18:15).

JEAN-LUC GODARD: PERSPECTIVES at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE IMAGE BOOK aka Le Livre d’image d. Jean-Luc Godard, 2018 (12 MAR 15:30 / 15 MAR 18:30).

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES d. Howard Hawks, 1953 (11 MAR 14:15).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): TOP GUN: DOUBLE FEATURE (10 MAR 18:15 – 4K); POLICE STORY TRILOGY (17 MAR 18:00 – 4K); JOHN WICK TRILOGY (18 MAR 11:30); THE PRINCESS BRIDE & LABYRINTH – Double Feature (18 MAR 12:30); THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY 35mm (19 MAR 14:15); MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON (25 MAR 21:00); A WES ANDERSON MOVIE MARATHON (25 MAR 21:30).

OBSESSIONS at Bertha DocHouse

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PROJECT PIPE DREAMS d. Manus Fraser, 2021 + Q&A with the director (18 MAR 15:00); INFINITE FOOTBALL d. Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018 (17 MAR 18:20 / 20 MAR 18:20 / 22 MAR 20:30); THE JOYCEAN SOCIETY d. Dora García, 2013 (18 MAR 18:00 / 21 MAR 18:20); RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT d. Matt Wolf, 2019 (19 MAR 18:00 / 21 MAR 20:00 / 22 MAR 16:20); GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE d. Jacquelyn Mills, 2022 (19 MAR 15:30 / 22 MAR 18:20).

SERPENTINE CINEMA: MENELAOS KARRAMAGHIOLIS at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ROM d. Menelaos Karamaghiolis, 1989 (29 MAR 20:30 / 30 MAR 20:30); Short Films (30 MAR 20:30).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 1= JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES d. Chantal Akerman, 1975 (01 MAR 18:00 / 02 MAR 18:50 / 11 MAR 18:50); 13= LA RÈGLE DU JEU aka The Rules of the Game d. Jean Ronoir, 1939 (03 MAR 14:30 / 04 MAR 13:20 / 11 MAR 18:05); 29= TAXI DRIVER d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (03 MAR 18:10 / 13 MAR 20:40); 18= PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 (03 MAR 18:30 / 09 MAR 21:05); 30= PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE aka Portrait de la jeune fille en feu d. Céline Sciamma, 2019 (03 MAR 20:30 / 08 MAR 20:30); 24= DO THE RIGHT THING d. Spike Lee, 1989 (03 MAR 20:35 / 11 MAR 18:10); 10= SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN d. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1951 (03 MAR 20:40 / 14 MAR 14:30); 9= MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA aka Chelovek s kino-apparatom d. Dziga Vertov, 1929 (04 MAR 15:30 / 09 MAR 20:50); 23= PLAYTIME d. Jacques Tati, 1967 (04 MAR 17:00 / 11 MAR 20:30); 15= THE SEARCHERS d. John Ford, 1956 (04 MAR 17:40); 20= SEVEN SAMURAI aka Shichinin no samurai d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954 (04 MAR 18:50 / 14 MAR 18:40 – 35mm); 19= APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1979 (04 MAR 19:40); 4= TOKYO STORY aka Tôkyô monogatari d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1953 (04 MAR 20:15 / 10 MAR 18:00 / 15 MAR 14:30); 27= SHOAH d. Claude Lanzmann, 1985 (05 MAR 11:00 / 12 MAR 11:00); 11= SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS d. F.W. Murnau, 1927 (05 MAR 11:45 / 13 MAR 20:35); 21= THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC aka La passion de Jeanne d’Arc d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928 (05 MAR 14:00 / 15 MAR 20:40); 3= CITIZEN KANE 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1941 (05 MAR 16:15 / 07 MAR 20:30); 14= CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1962 (05 MAR 17:45 / 08 MAR 21:00); 6= 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (05 MAR 19:00 / 09 MAR 18:00 – 70mm); 25= AU HASARD BALTHAZAR d. Robert Bresson, 1966 (06 MAR 18:30); 2= VERTIGO d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958 (06 MAR 20:30 / 09 MAR 14:30 / 15 MAR 18:10); 5= IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE aka Fa yeung nin wah d. Wong Kar-wai, 2000 (06 MAR 20:40 / 10 MAR 21:00 / 12 MAR 18:30); 21= LATE SPRING aka Banshun d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1949 (06 MAR 20:45 / 07 MAR 14:30 / 12 MAR 18:20); 25= THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER d. Charles Laughton, 1955 (07 MAR 18:00 / 11 MAR 20:45); 8= MULHOLLAND DR. d. David Lynch, 2001 (07 MAR 20:10 / 14 MAR 20:15); 7= BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1998 (08 MAR 14:30 / 10 MAR 20:45); 28= + 16= DAISIES aka Sedmikrásky + MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON d. Vera Chytilová, 1966 + Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943 + Intro (08 MAR 18:20); 10= SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN d. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1951 + Intro by Miles Eady (09 MAR 18:10); 12= THE GODFATHER d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 (10 MAR 19:00 / 12 MAR 18:15); 7= BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1998 + Intro by Catherine Wheatley (13 MAR 18:20).
• BFI IMAX: 9= MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA aka Chelovek s kino-apparatom d. Dziga Vertov, 1929 (05 MAR 10:30); 19= APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1979 (12 MAR 20:00).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at Ciné Lumière 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLESd. Chantal Akerman, 1975 (05 MAR 13:30 / 07 MAR 18:30 / 08 MAR 18:30).

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells, 2022 (04 MAR 20:15 / 06 MAR 18:00 / 09 MAR 13:00 / 10 MAR 16:00 / 14 MAR 21:00 / 16 MAR 16:00); SAINT MAUD d. Rose Glass, 2019 (06 MAR 18:15 – £1 Members’ Film); AMERICAN PSYCHO 35mm d. Mary Harron, 2000 (12 MAR 15:00); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (16 MAR 18:00).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for listings): ERIN BROCKOVICH d. Steven Soderbergh, 2000 (05 MAR various); SCARFACE d. Brian De Palma, 1983 (12 MAR various); THE MUMMY d. Stephen Sommers, 1999 (19 MAR various); SHAUN OF THE DEAD d. Edgar Wright, 2004 (26 MAR various).

TONY PALEY’S GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME at Close-Up Film Centre

• Includes (check venue for listings): SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT d. Joseph L. Anderson, 1967 + Intro by Peter Conheim (05 MAR 20:15 / 11 MAR 18:15).
• Presented by Tony Paley at Capital Celluloid.

WEIMAR CINEMA at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for listings): MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM d. Leontine Sagan & Carl Froelich, 1931 (05 MAR various); M d. Fritz Lang, 1931 (04 MAR various); THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI d. Conrad Veidt, 1920 (09 MAR various); METROPOLIS d. Fritz Lang, 1927 (12 MAR various).

WORLD CINEMA PASSPORT SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for listings): LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE d. Jean Cocteau & René Clément, 1946 (05 MAR 12:45 / 08 MAR 18:00); CINEMA PARADISO d. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 (12 MAR 13:00 / 15 MAR 17:45); RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (19 MAR 12:45 / 22 MAR 18:00).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (05 MAR 15:10 / 07 MAR 21:00 – 4K / 13 MAR 21:00 / 15 MAR 13:00 / 18 MAR 21:00 / 22 MAR 12:25 – 4K / 30 MAR 18:15 – 4K); CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (05 MAR 21:00 – 4K / 07 MAR 12:45 – 4K / 13 MAR 12:45 – 4K / 27 MAR 20:45 – 4K / 31 MAR 13:15); DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (06 MAR 15:40 / 11 MAR 12:00 – 4K / 24 MAR 16:15 / 26 MAR 20:40 – 4K / 29 MAR 12:45 – 4K); ASHES OF TIME REDUX 35mm d. Wong Kar-wai, 1994 (07 MAR 15:45); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (08 MAR 12:30 / 19 MAR 12:00 – 4K); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (14 MAR 15:30 / 28 MAR 15:00); AS TEARS GO BY d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988 (17 MAR 12:40 – 4K / 21 MAR 21:00).

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 35mm d. Ang Lee, 2000 (26 MAR 15:20).

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