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

SATURDAY 22 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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LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT d. Howard Bretherton & William Keighley, 1933 presented by Women & Cocaine at The Cinema Museum (22 JAN 19:30).

“Start the new year with Women & Cocaine as we immerse you in the pre code era and celebrate the greatest natural actress of our time, Miss Barbara Stanwyck with her gritty crime drama, LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (1933). One of cinemas first ‘women in prison’ films. ‘When she was good, she was very, very good. And when she was bad, she was terrific!‘ Richard Corliss, Film Critic on Barbara Stanwyck.“

African Odysseys presents: A BRUDDAH’S MIND d. Déo Cardoso, 2020 + Q&A with the director at BFI Southbank (22 JAN 14:00).
BREAKING THE SILENCE: MUSIC IN AFGHANISTAN d. Simon Broughton, 2002 + Intro by the director & Katherine Schofield at Barbican (22 JAN 16:45 – After the screening, there is a concert, Songs of Hope: A Benefit Concert for Afghanistan, in the Hall).
FLEE d. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021 + Drawing workshop with artist Caroline Burraway at Ciné Lumière (22 JAN 14:00).
LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT d. Howard Bretherton & William Keighley, 1933 presented by Women & Cocaine at The Cinema Museum (22 JAN 19:30).
MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 + Q&A with the directors at Curzon Bloomsbury (22 JAN 15:00).
NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021 immersive cinema experience at Everyman Screen On The Green (22 JAN 19:00 / 23 JAN 19:00).
Nolly Nights – Screening + Party presented by T A P E Collective at Peckham Levels (22 JAN 19:00).

ONLINE

French Impressions: LOLA AND THE SEA aka Lola vers la mer d. Laurent Micheli, 2019 online discussion of the film with Jon Davies from Watermans (22 JAN 14:30 – Watch film in advance).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (21 JAN to 10 FEB); TAXI DRIVER 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (22 JAN 20:30).

3+3: A PROJECT CURATED BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL at ICA

Includes (check venue for full listings): I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE d. Jacques Tourneur, 1943 (22 JAN 13:15).

007 SEASON at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE d. Terence Young, 1963 (22 JAN 15:00).

BEFORE THE NIGHT at Ciné Lumière

Includes (check venue for full listings): MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 (22 JAN 16:00); SECRETS & LIES d. Mike Leigh, 1996 + Q&A with the director (22 JAN 16:15); FLEE d. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021 + Free drawing workshop with artist Caroline Burraway (22 JAN 14:00).

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

Includes (check venue for full listings): SHADOW OF A DOUBT d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1943 (22 JAN 12:10).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH d. Joel Coen, 2021 (22 JAN 12:00); CITY LIGHTS d. Charles Chaplin, 1931 (22 JAN 12:45).

BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank

Includes (check venue for full listings): BOWIE AT GLASTONBURY 2000 d. Janet Fraser Crook, 2000 (22 JAN 18:00); THE HUNGER d. Tony Scott, 1983 (22 JAN 20:50).
Hooked to the Silver Screen: Bowie at the Movies: THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI aka Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari + UN CHIEN ANDALOU d. Robert Wiene, 1920 + Luis Buñuel, 1929 (22 JAN 15:15).

CONCERT FILMS at Riverside Studios

Includes (check venue for full listings): WOODSTOCK d. Michael Wadleigh, 1970 (22 JAN 14:00); LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME d. Joe Massot, 1976 (22 JAN 19:00).

DENIS VILLENEUVE: IN REVERSE at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (22 JAN 17:25).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank

Includes (check venue for full listings): The Renoir Truffaut: UNE BELLE FILLE COMME MOI aka A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (22 JAN 18:10); THE LAST METRO aka Le Dernier métro d. François Truffaut, 1980 (22 JAN 20:30). The Antoine Doinel cycle: THE 400 BLOWS 4K aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (22 JAN 20:35).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT REVISITED at Ciné Lumière

Includes (check venue for full listings): THE 400 BLOWS aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (22 JAN 20:45).

FROM THE MIND OF PAUL SCHRADERat The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for full listings): TAXI DRIVER 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (22 JAN 20:30).

JONAS MEKAS 100! at Close-Up

Includes (check venue for listings): LOST LOST LOST d. Jonas Mekas, 1976 (22 JAN 17:00); THE SIXTIES QUARTET d. Jonas Mekas, 1990, 1992, 1996 + 1999 (22 JAN 20:15).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

Includes (check venue for listings): 2046 4K d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 (21 to 27 JAN various).

London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB).
London Short Film Festival (14 to 23 JAN).
Night Of Ideas (27 JAN).
Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB).

BELFAST d. Kenneth Branagh, 2021.

Various venues, inc: ActOne Cinema / ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / The Castle Cinema / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / The Lexi Cinema / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix / Riverside Studios + Recorded intro by Kenneth Branagh

CICADA d. Matthew Fifer & Kieran Mulcare, 2020.

Various venues, inc: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / ICA

NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021.

Various venues, inc: Barbican / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Kino Bermondsey / The Lexi Cinema / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix / Rio Cinema / Riverside Studios

Also 21 to 27 JAN (various dates/times): 2046 4K d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 at: The Prince Charles // A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN d. Denzel Washington, 2021 at: Picturehouse Cinemas // MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 at: Curzon Cinemas / ICA // RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY d. Firouzeh Khosrovani, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse // BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD d. Brent Wilson, 2021 at: Olympic Studios // THE SOUVENIR d. Joanna Hogg, 2019 at: Picturehouse Cinemas (various) // TORN d. Max Lowe, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse / Picturehouse Cinemas.

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