SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [28/01/23]

SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 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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World Wide Weird All-Dayer at The King & Queen, raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support (28 JAN 12:30+).

For fans of world horror cinema, World Wide Weird stages their fifth “all-dayer” event at The King & Queen Pub on Saturday. Their global film choices include THE BOXER’S OMEN (1983 – main featured image), THE CORRUPTION OF CHRIS MILLER (1973), BALLAD IN BLOOD (2016) and some rare 8mm/16mm shorts. As usual it’s a free event, but the organisers will be inviting donations to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED d. Laura Poitras, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Curzon Mayfair (28 JAN 17:30).
• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED d. Laura Poitras, 2022 + Q&A with the director at ICA (28 JAN 20:30).
• CLEOPATRA d. Cecil B. DeMille, 1934 + Intro, presented by Women & Cocaine at The Cinema Museum (28 JAN 19:30).
• RRR d. S. S. Rajamouli, 2022 at The Prince Charles (28 JAN 12:00 & 17:45).
• SERIOUSLY RED d. Gracie Otto, 2022 presented by London Australian Film Society for Australia Day at The Garden Cinema (28 JAN 12:30 & 20:30).
• Taste: Hong Kong Identity in Food and Film short film programme presented by Emerging Film Curators 2022 at Barbican (28 JAN 14:00).
• World Wide Weird All-Dayer at The King & Queen, raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support (28 JAN 12:30+).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL 35mm d. Robert Rodriguez, 2005 (28 JAN 13:00).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER 3D d. James Cameron, 2022 (until 02 FEB).
• AKIRA KURASWA: SEVEN SAMURAI aka Shichinin no Samurai d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954 (28 JAN 15:30 – without intermission).

AKIRA KUROSAWA at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX 

• BFI IMAX: SEVEN SAMURAI aka Shichinin no Samurai d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954 (28 JAN 15:30 – without intermission).
• Re-release: RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (until 02 FEB).

CARL MAYER MINI SEASON at Ciné Lumière & Austrian Cultural Forum

• THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI aka Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari d. Robert Wiene, 1920 + Intro by Brigitte Mayr & Michael Omasta + Live piano accompaniment by Jon Sweeney, presented in partnership with Austrian Cultural Forum at Ciné Lumière (28 JAN 18:30).

CELEBRATING JACK NICHOLSON at The Garden Cinema

• CHINATOWN d. Roman Polanski, 1974 (28 JAN 14:30).

CHAZELLE SEASON at Genesis Cinema

• BABYLON d. Damien Chazelle, 2023 (until 02 FEB).

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

• DERSU UZALA aka The Hunter d. Akira Kurosawa, 1975 (28 JAN 18:15).

DRUMROLL FOR FORTUITOUS HEROES at Ciné Lumière

• TINTIN & THE LAKE OF SHARKS d. Raymond Leblanc, 1972 (28 JAN 14:00).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• MIRROR d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974 (28 JAN 20:15).

MARK JENKIN’S THE CINEMATIC DNA OF ENYS MEN at BFI Southbank

• JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES d. Chantal Akerman, 1975 (28 JAN 16:15).
• Releases: ENYS MEN d. Mark Jenkins, 2022 (until 02 FEB).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• THE HOBBIT TRILOGY d. Peter Jackson, 2012-2014 (28 JAN 21:30).
• MICHAEL MANNATHON 5 Films, 1 Ticket (28 JAN 21:45).

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

• 67= THE GLEANERS AND I aka Les glaneurs et la glaneuse + LA JETÉE ds. Agnès Varda, 2000 + Chris Marker, 1962 (28 JAN 12:45).
• 72= MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO aka Tonari no Totoro d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1988 (28 JAN 13:40).
• 84= THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE aka El espíritu de la colmena d. Victor Erice, 1973 (28 JAN 13:50).
• 78= A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY aka Guling jie shaonian sha ren shijian d. Edward Yang, 1991 (28 JAN 16:00).
• 95= A MAN ESCAPED aka Un Condamné à mort s’est échappé d. Robert Bresson, 1956 (28 JAN 20:30).

STEFAN DANAILOV at Bulgarian Cultural Institute London

• BORIS I – THE LAST PAGAN d. Borislav Sharaliev, 1984 (28 JAN 14:00 – FREE!).
• AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD d. Ivan Nichev, 1998 (28 JAN 17:00 – FREE!).
• BAY GANYO GOES AROUND EUROPE d. Ivan Nichev, 1991 (28 JAN 19:00 – FREE!).

STEVEN SPIELBERG FROM 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 1998 (28 JAN 22:30).

WOMEN SHAPING THE WORLD at Ciné Lumière

• FILMMAKERS d. Julie Gayet & Mathieu Busson, 2019 + Q&A with co-director Julie Gayet (28 JAN 15:15).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (28 JAN 15:45 – 4K).

YASUJIRŌ OZU: NORIKO TRILOGY at Close-Up Film Centre

• EARLY SUMMER d. Yasujiro Ozu, 1951 (28 JAN 17:45).

• London Short Film Festival (20 to 29 JAN).

Also 27 JAN to 02 FEB (various dates/times):

• JANUARY d. Andrey Paounov, 2021 at: Curzon Cinemas.
• SKINAMARINK d. Kyle Edward Ball, 2022 at: The Prince Charles.

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