SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [24/06/23]

SATURDAY 24 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.

By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus

ANSWERING THE SUN dir Rainer Kohlberger, 2022 + Q&A with the artist, presented by Sonic Cinema at ICA (24 JUN 16:30).

“Sonic Cinema presents Rainer Kohlberger’s ANSWERING THE SUN – a maximal, stroboscopic colour odyssey to the limits of human perception. Riffing on the optical phenomenon that occurs when staring at the sun, Kohlberger’s first feature adeptly modernises avant garde cinema’s long tradition of visual music and flicker in a 60-minute bombardment of coloured fields, op art geometry, hallucinatory passages and a wall of sound.”

“The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Rainer Kohlberger hosted by Dr. Eleni Ikoniadou and is supported by Austrian Cultural Forum London, Goethe-Institut London and Sixpackfilm, Vienna. Sonic Cinema is a research project and event series by Oliver Dickens, exploring the intersection of moving image, sound art and music practice.” (Sonic Cinema)

• African Odysseys: A CHARMED LIFE d. Patrick Vernon & Ros Gihan Williams, 2009 + Short: HANGING OUT CARIBBEAN STYLE d. Lorna Holder & Yvonne Deutschman, 2012 at BFI Southbank (24 JUN 14:00).
• ANSWERING THE SUN dir Rainer Kohlberger, 2022 + Q&A with the artist, presented by Sonic Cinema at ICA (24 JUN 16:30).
• BARREL CHILDREN: THE FAMILIES WINDRUSH LEFT BEHIND d. Nadine White, 2023 + Reception at The Ritzy (24 JUN 18:00).
• BIGGER THAN US d. Flore Vasseur, 2020 + Virtual Q&A with the director at Ciné Lumière (24 JUN 14:00).
• THE COLONEL’S STRAY DOGS d. Khalid Shamis, 2021 + Q&A at The Africa Centre (24 JUN 18:30 – Donation requested).
• HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR TRIPLE BILL PART V + Q&A, presented by Tony Hancock Appreciation Society at Riverside Studios (24 JUN 14:00).
• KEEP ROLLING d. Man Lim Chung, 2023 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Hackney (24 JUN 20:00).
• THE OLD MAN MOVIE: LACTOPALYPSE d. Oskar Lehemaa & Mikk Mägi, 2019 at The David Lean (24 JUN 14:30 / 28 JUN 19:30).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• ANDREI RUBLEV 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (24 JUN 13:35).
• BOOGIE NIGHTS 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (24 JUN 15:00).
• BLUE VELVET 35mm d. David Lynch, 1986 (24 JUN 20:35).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY All-nighter IMAX 70mm (24 JUN 22:00).

ANDREI TARKOVSKY: SCULPTING TIME at The Prince Charles

• ANDREI RUBLEV 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (24 JUN 13:35).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• SUZUME (Subtitled) d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 (24 JUN 12:15).

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

• BICYCLE THIEVES d. Vittorio de Sica, 1948 (24 JUN 12:00).
• DON’T LOOK NOW d. Nicolas Roeg, 1973 (24 JUN 16:00).
• LA HAINE d. Mathieu Kassowitz, 1995 (24 JUN 20:40).

CINECITTÀ PRESENTS: ITALIAN DOCS at Bertha DocHouse

• A STEADY JOB aka Il Postod. Mattia Colombo & Gianluca Matar, 2023 + Q&A with the directors (24 JUN 16:00).
• WAKE ME UP AT MIDNIGHT aka Svegliami a mezzanotte d. Francesco Patierno, 2022 + Q&A with the director (24 JUN 18:30).

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

• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2012 (24 JUN 22:30).

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

• THE KID d. Charles Chaplin, 1921 (24 JUN 12:00).

COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER at BFI IMAX

• THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY All-nighter IMAX 70mm (24 JUN 22:00).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 (24 JUN 17:00).
• ZABRISKIE POINT d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970 (24 JUN 20:15).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• BOOGIE NIGHTS 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (24 JUN 15:00).

FOCUS HONG KONG at The Garden Cinema

• MEMORIES TO CHOKE ON, DRINKS TO WASH THEM DOWN d. Leung Ming-kai & Kate Reilly, 2019 + Virtual Q&A with the directors (24 JUN 15:30).
• MADE IN HONG KONG d. Fruit Chan, 1997 + Intro by Yiru Liu (24 JUN 18:00).

MIDSUMMER’S DAY at The Prince Charles

• THE WICKER MAN – THE FINAL CUT d. Robin Hardy, 1973 (24 JUN 17:20 – 4K).
• MIDSOMMAR [Director’s Cut] d. Ari Aster, 2019 (24 JUN 19:40).

MICHEL PICCOLI: A FEARLESS TALENT at BFI Southbank

• UNE CHAMBRE EN VILLE aka A Room in Town d. Jacques Demy, 1982 (24 JUN 13:00).
• LA BELLE NOISEUSE d. Jacques Rivette, 1992 (24 JUN 15:20).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• JOHN WICK QUADRILOGY 2014-2023 (24 JUN 23:30 – 4K).
• MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON (24 JUN 23:45).

PRIDE MONTH at The Castle Cinema

• TOMBOY d. Celine Sciamma, 2011 (24 JUN 13:45).

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

• COSTA BRAVA d. Marta Balletbò-Coll, 1995 (24 JUN 14:00).

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

• THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD 35mm d. Christian Nyby & Howard Hawks, 1951 (24 JUN 18:30).

RIVERSIDE PRIDE at Riverside Studios

• MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOEL COWARD STORY d. Barnaby Thompson, 2023 + Recorded Q&A (24 JUN 17:30).
• BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2023 + Recorded Q&A (24 JUN 17:40).

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

• LE MÉPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 (24 JUN 11:35).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (24 JUN 18:15).

Check venues for full listings…

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

• BACK TO THE FUTURE (24 JUN 14:00).
• THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (24 JUN 17:30).
• THE LITTLE MERMAID, 2023 (24 JUN 21:20).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

• HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (24 JUN 13:45).
• NEVER BEEN KISSED (24 JUN 18:00).
• LADY BIRD (24 JUN 21:00).

• Kingston International Film Festival (23 to 25 JUN).
• London Festival of Architecture x Brixton Community Cinema (09 JUN to 02 JUL).
• London Indian Film Festival (22 to 29 JUN).
• Magnum Photos Film Festival (24 to 30 JUN).
• Odyssey Film Festival (26 MAY to 30 JUN).
• Refugee Week (19 to 25 JUN).
• SAFAR Film Festival (29 JUN to 09 JUL).
• Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (06 to 30 JUN).

Also 23 to 29 JUN (various dates/times):

• JESUS REVOLUTION d. Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle, 2023 at: Everyman Cinemas / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas.
• KEEP ROLLING (好好拍電影) d. Man Lim-chung, 2020 at: ICA.
• NIMONA d. Nick Bruno & Troy Quane, 2023 at: Curzon Cinemas.

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