SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [05/02/22]
SATURDAY 05 FEBRUARY 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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HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD aka Beolsae d. Kim Bora, 2018 (05 FEB 20:20) / Part of SEEN & HEARD at BFI Southbank.
“In Seoul in 1994, 14-year-old Eun-Hee sits quietly in the background of her dysfunctional family. She has a close best friend and a secret boyfriend, yet still somehow feels like an outsider. Until she meets her new, free-spirited Chinese tutor, who seems truly to see her. Kim Bora’s semi-autobiographical directorial debut is a grand, beautiful introspective story of a summer when everything changes.” (BFI)
- African Odysseys: AFRICAN REDEMPTION: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MARCUS GARVEY d. Roy T Anderson, 2021 UK Premiere + Panel discussion at BFI Southbank (05 FEB 14:00).
- THE BIG LEBOWSKI d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1998 at The Prince Charles (05 FEB 17:45).
- MEMORIA d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021 + Book launch + Recorded interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Giovanni Marchini Camia at Close-Up (05 FEB 20:00).
- THE ROOM d. Tommy Wiseau, 2003 at The Prince Charles (05 FEB 21:00 – “NO SPOONS (of any kind) and NO SHOUTING ALLOWED!”).
- THE SOUVENIR d. Joanna Hogg, 2019 at Phoenix Cinema (05 FEB 14:45).
- THE SOUVENIR PART II d. Joanna Hogg, 2021 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Central (05 FEB 15:00).
- STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 at The Prince Charles (05 FEB 14:40).
- STREETS OF FIRE d. Walter Hill, 1984 at The Prince Charles (05 FEB 20:45).
70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm & 70mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (until 28 FEB various).
THE ABC OF ASTA NIELSEN at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): DORA BRANDES d. Magnus Stifter, 1916 + Live piano accompaniment by Costas Fotopoulos (05 FEB 15:20); THE QUEEN OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE 35mm aka Die Börsenkönigin + THE GUINEA PIG aka Das Versuchskaninchen d. Edmund Edel, 1916 + Live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney (05 FEB 18:00).
ANIME at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): BELLE aka Ryû to sobakasu no hime d. Mamoru Hosoda, 2021 (04 to 17 FEB various).
- See also STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER.
BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: LGBT HISTORY MONTH at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): RENT 35mm d. Chris Columbus, 2005 (05 FEB 12:30).
ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE RETURN d. Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003 (05 FEB 18:00).
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): The Hitchcock Truffaut: FINALLY SUNDAY! aka Vivement dimanche! d. François Truffaut, 1983 (05 FEB 17:50). The Literary Truffaut: ANNE AND MURIEL aka Les Deux Anglaises et le continent d. François Truffaut, 1971 (05 FEB 12:20); FAHRENHEIT 451 d. François Truffaut, 1966 (05 FEB 20:45). Re-release: JULES ET JIM aka Jules and Jim d. François Truffaut, 1962 (04 to 17 FEB various).
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT REVISITED at Ciné Lumière
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE 400 BLOWS aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (05 FEB 13:30); JULES ET JIM aka Jules and Jim d. François Truffaut, 1962 (04 to 11 FEB various).
HOMELAND: FILMS BY AUSTRALIAN FIRST NATIONS DIRECTORS at Barbican
- Includes (check venue for full listings): FIRESTARTER – THE STORY OF BANGARRA d. Wayne Blair & Nel Minchin, 2020 + Live video Q&A with Frances Rings, Associate Artistic Director, Bangarra Dance Theatre (05 FEB 18:00).
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON 35MM LATE NIGHTS at Everyman Screen On The Green
- Includes (check venue for listings): THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (05 FEB 22:30).
SEEN & HEARD at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD aka Beolsae d. Kim Bora, 2018 (05 FEB 20:20).
STUDIO GHIBLI at Picturehouse Cinemas
- Includes (check venue for listings): LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1986 (from 05 FEB); THE CAT RETURNS d. Hiroyuki Morita, 2002 (from 05 FEB).
STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE d. Hayao Miyazaki, 2004 (05 FEB 12:00).
WHAT LIES BENEATH: THE INTRICATE REPRESENTATIONS OF A ‘DARK MIND’ IN JAPANESE CINEMA at ICA
- Includes (check venue for listings): IWANE: SWORD OF SERENITY d. Katsuhide Motoki, 2019 (05 FEB 13:30); THE LONE UME TREE d. Kotaro Wajima, 2021 (05 FEB 16:00); BLUE d. Keisuke Yoshida, 2021 (05 FEB 17:50); COLORLESS d. Takashi Koyama, 2019 (05 FEB 20:20).
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 FEB 12:30).
- London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB).
- Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB).
BELLE aka Ryû to sobakasu no hime d. Mamoru Hosoda, 2021.
- Various venues, inc: Barbican / Catford Mews / The Cinema In The Arches / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles / Rio Cinema
- Some subbed / some dubbed – check venues for details.
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE d. Michael Showalter, 2021.
- Various venues, inc: Chiswick Cinema / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix
THE SOUVENIR PART II d. Joanna Hogg, 2021.
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / ICA / The Lexi Cinema / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios
- Also 04 to 10 FEB (various dates/times): JULES ET JIM aka Jules and Jim d. François Truffaut, 1962 at: BFI / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas // KISS ME KOSHER d. Shirel Peleg, 2020 at: JW3 (from 10 FEB) // LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS d. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2021 at: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / ICA // NIGHTMARE ALLEY: VISIONS OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021 at: Picturehouse Cinemas // THE ROSSELINIS d. Alessandro Rossellini, 2020 at: Bertha DocHouse.
- Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories at Close-Up & The Garden Cinema (19 to 26 AUG 2023)
- Lost Reels presents 16mm & 35mm screenings at The Cinema Museum & ICA (19 & 31 AUG 2023)
- The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023)
- Cinema Mentiré launches with OLHAR PERIFERICO season (AUG 2023)
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