MONDAY: What’s on in London today [17/01/22]
MONDAY 17 JANUARY 2022 (A–Z) // What’s on in London today across DIY, indie & alternative cinema including one-off screen events, film seasons, film festivals & our selection of new releases.
By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH 4K d. Nicolas Roeg, 1976 (17 JAN 14:30) / Part of BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank.
“Bowie’s first starring role was as Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien outfitted in human skin who’s forced to come to earth to save his dying planet. Nic Roeg found in Bowie’s eccentricity just what he was looking for: not an actor trying to play an alien, but a lost soul trying to play a human. Paradoxically, this outlandish sci-fi tale of an androgyne extra-terrestrial with superior intelligence riding thermals of fame and fortune in consumerist America before falling victim to all-too-human vices is almost a documentary portrait of Bowie at that time.” (BFI)
- LILIES OF THE FIELD: An Homage to Sidney Poitier d. Ralph Nelson, 1963 at Genesis Cinema (17 JAN 18:30).
- THE SOUVENIR PART II d. Joanna Hogg, 2021 + Q&A with the director at BFI Southbank (17 JAN 20:30).
- SUPERNOVA d. Harry Macqueen, 2020 at Whirled Cinema (17 JAN 20:00).
35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): KILLER’S KISS 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1955 (17 JAN 17:30).
ANIME at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): GHOST IN THE SHELL d. Mamoru Oshii, 1995 (14 to 25 JAN).
- See also STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER.
BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE FILMS IN TRUFFAUT’S LIFE at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES d. Howard Hawks, 1953 (17 JAN 18:20).
BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH d. Joel Coen, 2021 (17 JAN 18:00); KILLER’S KISS 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1955 (17 JAN 17:30).
BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH 4K d. Nicolas Roeg, 1976 (17 JAN 14:30).
THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (14 JAN to 10 FEB, some 35mm & 70mm).
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): The Antoine Doinel cycle: THE 400 BLOWS 4K aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (daily from 07 to 20 JAN various).
STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): WHISPER OF THE HEART d. Yoshifumi Kondô, 1995 (17 JAN 15:00).
TWO BY EDWARD YANG at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY d. Edward Yang, 1991 (17 JAN 19:15).
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 (14 to 20 JAN).
London Short Film Festival (14 to 23 JAN).
COW d. Andrea Arnold, 2021.
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Bertha DocHouse / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas
MEMORIA d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021.
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / BFI / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas (Recorded Q&A) / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas (Recorded Q&As) / The Prince Charles / Rio Cinema
SCREAM d. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, 2022.
- Various venues, inc: Chiswick Cinema / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rich Mix
- Also 14 to 20 JAN (various dates/times): ASCENSION d. Jessica Kingdon, 2022 at: Curzon Cinemas / Genesis Cinema // GHOST IN THE SHELL d. Mamoru Oshii, 1995 at: The Prince Charles // IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 at: The Prince Charles // PRESIDENT d. Camilla Nielsson, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse.
- Lost Vampires presents the UK premiere of HABIT + Q&A with Larry Fessenden at ICA (20 OCT 2022)
- Fragments Festival returns to Genesis Cinema (29 SEP to 02 OCT 2022)
- The Vito Project presents IMITATIONS OF LIFE at The Cinema Museum (18 SEP 2022 to 22 JAN 2023)
- Crap Film Club presents ONE MAN FORCE at The Old Queens Head (03 OCT 2022)
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