SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [15/04/23]

SATURDAY 15 APR 2023 (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

Deadly Butterflies Double Bill: LEPTIRICA aka The Butterfly + WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH ds. Djordje Kadijevic, 1973 + Kim Ki-young, 1978 presented by World Wide Weird at The King & Queen (15 APR 17:30 – Donations requested for Macmillan Cancer Support).

LEPTIRICA aka The Butterfly d. Djordje Kadijevic, 1973: “A young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man becomes a miller in a vampire-infested local mill.”

WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH d. Kim Ki-young, 1978: “A depressed young man crosses paths with a woman who commits suicide, a book salesman obsessed with the will to live, a resurrected female corpse, and a archaeologist and his unstable artist daughter, in a fantasy tale of life and death.”

• FORAGERS + Short: SOUP OVER BETHLEHEM ds. Jumana Manna, 2023 + Larissa Sansour, 2006, presented by London Palestine Film Festival at Bertha DocHouse (15 APR 18:00 / 18 APR 16:45 / 19 APR 18:20).
• Green Screen: HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE d. Daniel Goldhaber, 2022 + Recorded Q&A with co-writer Daniel Goldhaber, co-writer/actor Ariela Barer & author Andreas Malm at Picturehouse Cinemas (15 APR various).
• Deadly Butterflies Double Bill: LEPTIRICA aka The Butterfly + WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH ds. Djordje Kadijevic, 1973 + Kim Ki-young, 1978 presented by World Wide Weird at The King & Queen (15 APR 17:30 – Donations requested for Macmillan Cancer Support).
• French Impressions: SAINT OMER d. Alice Diop, 2022 + Intro/discussion with Jon Davies at Watermans (15 APR 13:00).
• SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE [45TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING] d. Richard Donner, 1978 at Olympic Studios (15 APR 17:00).
• WEST SIDE STORY d. Steven Spielberg, 2021 with Puerto Rican food & bar, presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Hall W5 (15 APR 17:00).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• THE HUNGER 35mm d. Tony Scott, 1983 (15 APR 13:15).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES d. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, 2023 (until 20 APR).
• THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE d. Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic, 2023 (until 22 APR).
• ANIME: SUZUME [Subtitled] d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 (14 to 27 APR).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

• MASCULIN FÉMININ d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1966 (15 APR 17:45).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• LA GRANDE ILLUSION d. Jean Renoir, 1937 (15 APR 18:00).

CELEBRATING QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema 

• MOONLIGHT d. Barry Jenkins, 2017 (15 APR 13:30).

THE CINEMA OF WES ANDERSON ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2001 (15 APR 22:30).

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

• THE BIG LEBOWSKI d. Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 1998 (15 APR 18:00).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972 (15 APR 20:15).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• MANDABI d. Ousmane Sembène, 1968 (15 APR 20:50).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

• GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 35mm d. Mervyn LeRoy, 1933 (15 APR 12:30).
• PRIMROSE PATH 35mm d. Gregory La Cava, 1940 (15 APR 15:10).
• Re-release: TOP HAT d. Mark Sandrich, 1935 (07 to 20 APR).

IN FOCUS: HELENA SOLBERG at ICA

• CARMEN MIRANDA: BANANAS IS MY BUSINESS d. Helena Solberg, 1994 + Intro by the director (15 APR 16:30).

KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS 35MM at Curzon Soho

• THREE COLOURS: RED 35mm d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (15 APR 15:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• A BONG JOON-HO MARATHON (15 APR 20:00).
• REDFALL VAMPIRE MOVIE MARATHON (15 APR 21:30).

NORTHERN VOICES at BFI Southbank 

• Play for Today: COMEDIANS d. Richard Eyre, 1979 (15 APR 15:15).
• NORTHERN SOUL d. Elaine Constantine, 2014 (15 APR 20:40).

OUTSIDERS AND EXILES: THE FILMS OF JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI at BFI Southbank

• MOONLIGHTING d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1982 (15 APR 18:20).
• DIALOGUE 20-40-60 aka Dialóg 20-40-60 d. Jerzy Skolimowski, Peter Solan, Zbyneˇk Brynych, 1968 (15 APR 20:45).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (15 APR 15:40).

• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• London Independent Film Festival (14 to 23 APR).
• Queer East (18 to 30 APR).

Also 14 to 20 APR (various dates/times):

• CAIRO CONSPIRACY dir. Tarik Saleh, 2022 at: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / Rio Cinema / Riverside Studios.
• RAGING BULL dir. Martin Scorsese, 1980 at: BFI / Everyman Cinemas / The Garden Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles / Riverside Studios.

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