MONDAY: What's on in London today [31/01/22] • RADIANT CIRCUS

MONDAY 31 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.

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LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN d. Max Ophuls, 1948 (31 JAN 20:45) / Part of BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE FILMS IN TRUFFAUT’S LIFE at BFI Southbank.

“Truffaut greatly admired Ophuls and called this ‘an incredibly beautiful adaptation’ of Stefan Zweig’s story about a concert pianist (Jourdan) who receives a letter relating how the author developed a crush on him as a teenager, only to become – briefly – one of his seemingly countless sexual conquests some years later. Poignant, cruel and intriguingly ambivalent about who’s controlling whom, it’s a film of enormous subtlety.”

THE 400 BLOWS 4K Restoration aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 at Watermans (31 JAN 16:00 / 02 FEB 16:00).
Film & Tapas: ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER aka Todo sobre mi madred. Pedro Almodóvar, 1999 presented by Spanish Marks at India Club Lounge-Bar (31 JAN 19:00).
AMERICAN MOVIE d. Chris Smith, 1999 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Moth Club (31 JAN 19:30).
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO d. Edgar Wright, 2021 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (31 JAN 19:30).
THE WHITE CROW d. Ralph Fiennes, 2018 at Whirled Cinema (31 JAN 20:00 / 01 FEB 20:00 / 02 FEB 20:00 / 06 FEB 17:00).

4K PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE 4K d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (31 JAN 14:45).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (until 03 MAR); AMERICAN GRAFFITI 35mm d. George Lucas, 1973 (31 JAN 18:00 – £1 Members’ Film).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE FILMS IN TRUFFAUT’S LIFE at BFI Southbank

Includes (check venue for full listings): LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN d. Max Ophuls, 1948 (31 JAN 20:45).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH d. Joel Coen, 2021 (until 09 FEB).

BRENDAN FRASER at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): AIRHEADS d. Michael Lehmann, 1994 (31 JAN 18:15).

DENIS VILLENEUVE: IN REVERSE at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE 4K d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (31 JAN 14:45).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (until 03 MAR).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank

Includes (check venue for full listings): The Antoine Doinel cycle: LOVE ON THE RUN 4K aka L’Amour en fuite d. François Truffaut, 1979 (31 JAN 20:40); Relaxed screening: L’ENFANT SAUVAGE aka The Wild Child d. François Truffaut, 1970 + Intro & discussion (31 JAN 18:10 – NFT3 + Blue Room).

ON SCREEN WITH MADONNA at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): DICK TRACY d. Warren Beatty, 1990 (31 JAN 20:30).

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH at BFI Southbank

Includes (check venue for full listings): SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 (daily from 28 JAN to 10 FEB various).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for listings): CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (31 JAN 13:15); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (31 JAN 15:45).

London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB).
Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB).

PARALLEL MOTHERS aka Madres paralelas d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021.

Various venues, inc: ActOne Cinema / ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / BFI / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / ICA / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix / Rio Cinema / Riverside Studios

SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919.

Various venues, inc: BFI / Picturehouse Cinemas

TAMING THE GARDEN d. Salomé Jashi, 2021.

Various venues, inc: Bertha DocHouse / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / ICA

Also 28 JAN to 03 FEB (various dates/times): AMULET d. Romola Garai, 2020 at: Curzon Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema // FLAG DAY d. Sean Penn, 2021 at: Curzon Cinemas // GIEREK d. Michał Węgrzyn, 2021 at: Watermans // LITTLE PALESTINE: DIARY OF A SIEGE d. Abdallah Al-Khatib, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse // SHALOM TAIWAN d. Walter Tejblum, 2019 at: JW3 (from 01 FEB).

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