SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [25/02/23]

SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY 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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French Impressions: CASQUE D’OR 4K Restoration d. Jacques Becker, 1952 + Talk/discussion with Jon Davies at Watermans (25 FEB 13:00).

“Celebrate the 70th anniversary of one of Jacques Becker’s most famous films Casque d’Or with a beautiful restoration presented in stunning 4K. Starring the great Simone Signoret (Diabolique, Room at the Top) as an unforgettable femme fatale. Casque d’or has everything a great melodrama need. A fabulous femme fatale in Simone Signoret and a gripping plot. Jon Davies our French cinephile expert, will put it into the context of French cinema in the 1950’s with clips from some stunning and often neglected classics.”

• French Impressions: CASQUE D’OR 4K Restoration d. Jacques Becker, 1952 + Talk/discussion with Jon Davies at Watermans (25 FEB 13:00).
• CREATURE d. Asif Kapadia, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Curzon Bloomsbury (25 FEB 17:50).
• CREATURE d. Asif Kapadia, 2022 + Q&A with the director at ICA (25 FEB 16:30).
• CREATURE d. Asif Kapadia, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Hackney (25 FEB 13:00).
• HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR TRIPLE BILL PART IV + Q&A presented by the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society at Riverside Studios (25 FEB 14:00).
• LGBTQ Film Day at The British Museum inc THE TEMPEST d. Derek Jarman, 1979. presented by forum+ (25 FEB 10:30 – FREE!).
• MUCH ADO d. Hillary Shakespeare & Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare, 2022 + Q&A with the directors at The Prince Charles (25 FEB 14:25).
• Our Survival: Archiving Queer History at Bermondsey Project Space (25 FEB 16:00).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• CASABLANCA 35mm d. Michael Curtiz, 1942 (25 FEB 12:00).
• SCOOBY-DOOBLE FEATURE 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 + 2004 (25 FEB 17:25).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA 3D d. Peyton Reed, 2023 (until 02 MAR).
• ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA 2D d. Peyton Reed, 2023 (17 to 23 FEB).
• AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER 3D d. James Cameron, 2022 (25 FEB 13:45).

AKIRA KUROSAWA at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX 

• Family: RHAPSODY IN AUGUST 35mm aka Hachigatsu no Kyoshikoku d. Akira Kurosawa, 1991 (25 FEB 12:40); RAN 4K d. Akira Kurosawa, 1985 (25 FEB 17:20); A.K. d. Chris Marker, 1985 (25 FEB 20:45).

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 (25 FEB to 02 MAR).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

• A WOMAN IS A WOMAN d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1961 (25 FEB 20:15).

CLOSE-UP ON DANNY LYON at Close-Up Film Centre

• Programme 3 (25 FEB 18:00).

COEN BROTHERS ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• THE HUDSUCKER PROXY 35mm d. Joel Cohen, 1994 (25 FEB 22:30).

DISNEY MATINEES at The Prince Charles

• PINOCCHIO d. Norman Ferguson, 1940 (25 FEB 12:15).

THE FILMS OF TERRY GILLIAM at The Garden Cinema

• THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE d. Terry Gilliam, 2018 + Q&A with the director (25 FEB 15:00).
• TIDELAND d. Terry Gilliam, 2005 + Intro by the director (25 FEB 19:00).
• 12 MONKEYS d. Terry Gilliam, 1995 (25 FEB 20:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• SCOOBY-DOOBLE FEATURE 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 + 2004 (25 FEB 17:25).
• MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON d. Various Mystery Directors (25 FEB 21:00).
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY – EXTENDED EDITIONS d. Peter Jackson, 2001 + 2002 + 2003 (25 FEB 21:30).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX

• 45= THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS d. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966 (25 FEB 11:50).
• 48= ORDET aka The Word d. Carl Dreyer, 1955 (25 FEB 14:30).
• 45= BARRY LYNDON d. Stanley Kubrick, 1975 (25 FEB 15:30 – 35mm).
• 60= LA DOLCE VITA 4K d. Federico Fellini, 1960 (25 FEB 19:30).

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

• AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells, 2022 (until 02 MAR).

YOU BEAUTIES: NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA at BFI Southbank

• YOU WON’T BE ALONE d. Goran Stolevski, 2022 (25 FEB 17:30).

• Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour (16 to 25 FEB).
• Glasgow Film Festival (01 to 12 MAR).
• Kendal Mountain Festival Tour (01 to 02 MAR).
• London Mountain Film Festival (20 FEB to 05 MAR).

Also 24 FEB to 02 MAR (various dates/times):

• A HOLY FAMILY d. Elvis A-Liang Lu, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse (see also CHARM CIRCLE).
• CHARM CIRCLE d. Nira Burstein, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse (see also A HOLY FAMILY).

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