SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [17/06/23]

SATURDAY 17 JUNE 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.

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T.P. McKenna – As Seen on TV includes A CHILD’S VOICE d. Kieran Hickey, 1978 at The Cinema Museum (17 JUN 19:30).

“The Cinema Museum celebrates one of the greats of British TV drama, Irish actor T.P. McKenna. From cult classics of the 60s to Inspector Morse’s very last suspect, he was a master of TV inscrutables, appearing as sharp suited villains in The Avengers and The Saint; men of intrigue in Callan, The Sweeney, Holocaust and Doctor Who; and countless conniving aristocrats in more than 150 roles.”

“Stephen McKenna (in conversation with filmmaker John Walsh) is the evening’s expert guide as he leads us on a voyage around his larger than life father, recalling a stellar journey from rural bank clerk to the ‘actor’s actor’, in a host of treasured memories and archive extracts.”

“Completing the evening is a rare screening of the award-winning chiller, A Child’s Voice. First seen in 1978 as part of the BBC series of Christmastime ghost stories, T.P. McKenna stars as Ainsley Rupert Macreadie, ‘the disturbing gentleman of the wireless,’ whose late-night horror stories fill his listeners with a certain dread, until one tale takes on a disturbing life of its own. A Child’s Voiceis shown by kind permission of the Irish Film Archive.” (The Cinema Museum)

• THE CHILLS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF MARTIN PHILLIPPS d. Julia Parnell & Rob Curry, 2019 + Intro/Q&A with Matin Phillipps presented by Deeper Into Movies at Rio Cinema (17 JUN 13:00).
• DEATH BECOMES HER d. Robert Zemeckis, 1992 Interactive Screening & Live Performance by Baby Lame for Pride Month at ActOne Cinema (17 JUN 19:30).
• GREASE Sing-Along d. Randal Kleiser, 1978 at The Clapham Grand (17 JUN 18:30).
• Kip Kompin Cinema Take 7 programme of Sierra Leonean Cinema at Poplar Union (17 JUN 19:00).
• LE MEPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 at Olympic Studios (17 JUN 14:00).
• PRIDE d. Matthew Warchus, 2014 + 80s themed food, presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Hall (17 JUN 18:00).
• T.P. McKenna – As Seen on TV includes A CHILD’S VOICE d. Kieran Hickey, 1978 at The Cinema Museum (17 JUN 19:30).
• THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG d. Jacques Demy, 1964 at The Garden Cinema (17 JUN 13:00).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 2001 (17 JUN 20:45).
• AFTER HOURS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1985 (17 JUN 21:00).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• THE FLASH d. Andres Muschietti, 2023 (14 to 22 JUN).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• SUZUME (Subtitled) d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 (17 JUN 15:25).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

• VLADIMIR AND ROSA d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1971 (17 JUN 18:15).

THE BATTLE OF CHILE TRILOGY at Bertha DocHouse

• THE BATTLE OF CHILE, PART 1: THE INSURRECTION OF THE BOURGEOISIE d. Patricio Guzmàn, 1975 (17 JUN 14:00).
• THE BATTLE OF CHILE, PART 2: THE COUP D’ETAT d. Patricio Guzmàn, 1976 (17 JUN 16:15).
• THE BATTLE OF CHILE, PART 3: THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE d. Patricio Guzmàn, 1979 (17 JUN 18:30).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THERE’S A PLACE… at BFI Southbank

• THE BIG LEBOWSKI d. Joel Coen, 1998 (17 JUN 18:10).

BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST at The Prince Charles

• THE BIG BOSS: THE MANDARIN CUT d. Lo Wei & Wu Chia Hsiang, 1971 (17 JUN 18:10).

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema 

• BALLOON d. Pema Tseden, 2019 in tribute to the director + Intro by the director (17 JUN 16:00).

THE CINEMA OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• INCEPTION 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2010 (17 JUN 22:30).

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

• SHERLOCK JR. d. Buster Keaton, 1924 (17 JUN 12:00).
• A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY d. Edward Yang, 1991 (17 JUN 13:30).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• TASTE OF CHERRY d. Abbas Kiarostami, 1977 (17 JUN 20:15).

IN FOCUS: PATRICIO GUZMÁN at ICA

• MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY d. Patricio Guzmán, 2023 (until 22 JUN).

MARTIN SCORSESE: THE 90S PICTURES / THE 80S PICTURES at The Prince Charles

• AFTER HOURS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1985 (17 JUN 21:00).

MICHEL PICCOLI: A FEARLESS TALENT at BFI Southbank

• MAUVAIS SANG 35mm aka The Night Is Young d. Leos Carax, 1986 (17 JUN 15:15).
• TEN DAY’S WONDER aka La Décade prodigeuse d. Claude Chabrol, 1971 (17 JUN 20:40).
• Re-release: LE MEPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 (02 to 21 JUN).

PRIDE MONTH at The Castle Cinema

• RAFIKI d. Wanuri Kahiu, 2018 (17 JUN 13:30).

PRIDE SEASON at Curzon Cinemas

• MAURICE d. James Ivory, 1987 (17 JUN various).

QUEER 90S: CINEMA FROM A DECADE OF RADICAL CHANGE at Barbican

• STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE d. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío, 1993 + Intro by curtaor Harry Singh (17 JUN 18:15).

RAZOR SHARP: THE FABULOUS WOMEN OF HOWARD HAWKS at BFI Southbank

• HIS GIRL FRIDAY d. Howard Hawks, 1940 (17 JUN 13:30).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at Ciné Lumière 

• LE MÉPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 (17 JUN 11:45).

TECHNOLOGY ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

• ALPHAVILLE d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1965 (17 JUN 11:30).

WES-TROSPECTIVE at Curzon Cinemas

• RUSHMORE d. Wes Anderson, 1998 (17 JUN various).
• FANTASTIC MR. FOX d. Wes Anderson, 2009 (17 JUN various).

WES-TROSPECTIVE at Picturehouse Cinemas

• THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS & MOONRISE KINGDOM d. Wes Anderson, 2001 + 2012 (17 JUN various).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (17 JUN 18:25 – 4K).

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ALL NIGHTER at Picturehouse Central

• BLOCKBUSTER ANIME (17 JUN 21:25).
• KILLER QUEENS (17 JUN 21:40).
• WONDROUS WES (17 JUN 21:45).
• CINEMA SPECULATION (17 JUN 21:50).
• POT LUCK (17 JUN 22:00).
• HARDCORE GASPAR NOÉ (17 JUN 22:15).
• THIS IS CINEMA (17 JUN 22:20).

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING at Picturehouse Cinemas

• ALL THAT JAZZ d. Bob Fosse, 1979 (17 JUN various).

Check venues for full listings…

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

• ENCANTO (17 JUN 14:30).
• BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (17 JUN 17:45).
• CLUELESS (17 JUN 20:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

• THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (17 JUN 13:15).
• SET IT OFF (17 JUN 16:30).
• PULP FICTION (17 JUN 20:00).

• London Festival of Architecture x Brixton Community Cinema (09 JUN to 02 JUL).
• London Indian Film Festival (22 to 29 JUN).
• Odyssey Film Festival (26 MAY to 30 JUN).
• Refugee Week (19 to 25 JUN).
• Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (06 to 30 JUN).

Also 16 to 22 JUN (various dates/times):

• ANGRY ANNIE aka Annie Colère d. Blandine Lenoir, 2022 at: Ciné Lumière.
• GOLIATH d. Frédéric Tellier, 2021 at: Ciné Lumière.
• HAIRSPRAY: 35th Anniversary d. John Waters, 1988 at: Ciné Lumière / ICA.
• INLAND EMPIRE 4K Restoration d. David Lynch, 2006 at: Riverside Studios (16 to 22 JUN).
• LE MEPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 at: Riverside Studios (17 to 21 JUN).
• NOVEMBER d. Cédric Jimenez, 2022 at (from 22 JUN): Ciné Lumière.
• SEVN WINTERS IN TEHRAN d. Steffi Niederzoll, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.

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