SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [01/10/22]

SATURDAY 01 OCTOBER 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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Strangers Within: Documentary As Encounter at Whitechapel Gallery (01 OCT from 13:30).

“Join us for a day of screenings, performances and talks on the occasion of the book launch of Strangers Within (ed. Therese Henningsen and Juliette Joffé) an interdisciplinary anthology published by Prototype Publishing.”

“Strangers Within explores the idea of ‘documentary as encounter’; through essays, stories, and other responses by filmmakers, artists, and writers. The texts engage with the risks of encounters, unsettling assumptions about the distinctions between host and guest; stranger and friend; self and other; documentarian and protagonist. Opening up a series of questions about the mystery of another person, whose difference and unknowability are already a part of one’s self, the anthology offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the convergences between encounter, hospitality and autobiography.”

“The participating filmmakers, artists and writers in the event are Khalik Allah, Oliver Bancroft, Adam Christensen, Jane Fawcett, Xiaolu Guo, Umama Hamido, Therese Henningsen, Marc Isaacs, and Juliette Joffé.” (Whitechapel Gallery)

• Exploding Cinema short film programme at The Cinema Museum (01 OCT 19:30).
• Fieldnotes: The Dominant Animal artist film programme at The Horse Hospital (01 OCT 17:30).
• HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR TRIPLE BILL PART III + Q&A presented by the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society at Riverside Studios (01 OCT 14:00).
• NORTH SEA, TEXAS aka Noordzee, Texas d. Bavo Defurne, 2011 presented by Queer Film Club at London LGBTQ+ Community (01 OCT 18:00 – Donation requested!).
• Musical Weekends: ONE FROM THE HEART d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1982 (01 OCT 18:00).
• STORM DAMAGE d. Cellan Jones, 2000 + Q&A with Clive Nwonka & Danny Leigh at Barbican (01 OCT 20:15).

EVENTS

• Strangers Within: Documentary As Encounter at The Whitechapel Gallery (01 OCT from 13:30)

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• WILD AT HEART 35mm d. David Lynch, 1990 (01 OCT 18:05).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• AVATAR 3D d. James Cameron, 2009 (until 01 OCT).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FATEFUL MOMENTS IN TIME! at BFI Southbank

• CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 aka Cléo de 5 à 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1962 (01 OCT 12:30).
• FARGO d. Joel and Ethan Coen, 1996 (01 OCT 18:00 – 4K).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 (01 OCT 16:30).

BOWIE: SOUND AND VISION at Picturehouse Cinemas

• THE HUNGER d. Tony Scott, 1983 (01 OCT various).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up

• THE 400 BLOWS d. François Truffaut, 1959 (01 OCT 18:20).
• JULES AND JIM d. François Truffaut, 1962 (01 OCT 20:15).

THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH at The Prince Charles 

• WILD AT HEART 35mm d. David Lynch, 1990 (01 OCT 18:05).

HORROCTOBER – A MONTH OF THRILLS, CHILLS & SPILLS at The Prince Charles

• FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 (01 OCT 16:30).
• SCREAM MARATHON (01 OCT 21:00).
• A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET MARATHON (01 OCT 21:15).

JAMES BOND AT 60 at BFI IMAX & Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 
• Talks etc: James Bond Behind The Scenes: Stunts and SFX (01 OCT 14:45); The Sound of 007: Q&A with director Mat Whitecross, lyricist Don Black and composer David Arnold (01 OCT 17:00). 
• BFI Southbank: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME 4K d. Lewis Gilbert, 1977 (01 OCT 11:30); THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS 4K d. John Glen, 1987 (01 OCT 20:15).

JOHN SMITH: INTROSPECTIVE (1972–2022) 50 FILMS FROM 50 YEARS at ICA & Close-Up

• Opening Night + Q&A at ICA (01 OCT 18:30).

KINUYO TANAKA: A LIFE IN FILM at BFI Southbank

• BROTHEL NO. 8 35mm aka Sandakan No. 8 d. Kei Kumai, 1974 (01 OCT 14:40).

MAD MAX ON 35MM at Everyman Screen on the Green

• MAD MAX: FURY ROAD 35mm d. George Miller, 2015 (01 OCT 23:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• SCREAM MARATHON (01 OCT 21:00).
• A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET MARATHON (01 OCT 21:15).

PAM GRIER: FOXY, FIERCE & FEARLESS at BFI Southbank 

• Re-release: JACKIE BROWN d. Quentin Tarantino, 1997 (01 OCT 14:50).

SOUND AND VISION at BFI IMAX & Southbank

• THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH 4K d. Nicolas Roeg, 1976 (01 OCT 20:20).

SPOTLIGHT ON ISABELLE HUPPERT at Ciné Lumière

• MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS d. Anthony Fabian, 2021 (30 SEP to 18 OCT).

UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS at The Prince Charles 

• FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 (01 OCT 16:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (01 OCT 18:25).

• BFI London Film Festival (05 to 16 OCT).
• Chiswick In Film Festival (30 SEP to 02 OCT).
• Everyman Music Film Festival (01 to 30 SEP).
• Fragments Festival (29 SEP to 02 OCT).
• London Georgian Film Festival (30 SEP to 05 OCT).
• London Kurdish Film Festival (23 to 30 SEP).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

• BODIES BODIES BODIES (01 OCT 19:15).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

• GOODFELLAS (01 OCT 19:15).

• Also 30 SEP to 06 OCT (various dates/times): A BIRD FLEW IN d. Kirsty Bell, 2021 at: Everyman Cinemas // FAR FAR AWAY d. Amos Why, 2022 at: Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles // GIRLS GIRLS GIRLSd. Alli Haapasalo, 2022 at: Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema // GOING HOME d. Mashroor Parvez, 2022 at: Genesis Cinema // THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER d. Peter Farrelly, 2022 at: Genesis Cinema // INVSIBLE DEMONS d. Rahul Jain, 2021 at: ICA // LOVE AROUND THE WORLD d. Andela Rostuhar & Davor Rostuhar, 2021 at: Rio Cinema // LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE d. Mike Barker, 2022 at: Curzon Cinemas // MIDWIVES d. Hnin Ei Hlaing, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse / ICA // MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS d. Anthony Fabian, 2021 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Kino Bermondsey / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Riverside Studios // MUTZENBACHER d. Ruth Beckermann, 2022 at: ICA.

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