This is a film still from TEOREMA dir Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968, screening at The Cinema Museum (28 MAY 2022).

SATURDAY: What’s on in London today [28/05/22]

SATURDAY 28 MAY 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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#QueerHorrorNights continue with David Cronenberg’s THE FLY (1986) at The Castle Cinema (Friday 24 JUNE 19:00): booking now!

TEOREMA 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968 + Live music by Marta Salogni presented by Wonder Reels at The Cinema Museum (28 MAY 19:30).

“Wonder Reels return to the Cinema Museum with their unique events featuring live performances from outstanding London musicians followed by a 35mm screening of a full feature film chosen with the artist in mind.”

“The event will start with a performance by artist Marta Salogni who duets with tape machines, using them as instruments to weave intricate mazes of tape loops and echoes through the manipulation of both live and recorded sounds.”

“The concert will be followed by a 35mm projection of Pasolini’s 1968 masterpiece TEOREMA, in which a beautiful stranger destroys the bourgeois world of a Milanese family. This is an original print, so as was the practice at the time, this is an English language dubbed version.”

#QueerHorrorNights continue with a double bill of PSYCHO II & PSYCHO III at The Cinema Museum (Sunday 24 JULY 18:30): booking now!
  • DRACULA d. Terence Fisher, 1958 presented by Habitats & Heritage at Grove Gardens Chapel TW10 (28 MAY 20:00).
  • IN A SILENT WAY d. Gwenaël Breës, 2021 + Recorded Q&A presented by Doc’N Roll at The Castle Cinema (28 MAY 16:15).
  • LUZZU dir Alex Camilleri, 2021 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Cinemas (28 MAY various).
  • RESISTANCES: WORDS AND ART FOR FIGHTING POLITICAL DEFAMATION + Debate with Jean Wyllys, Marcia Tiburi, Wagner Schwartz & Debora Diniz, moderated by Victor Fraga from DMovies at Rich Mix (28 MAY 15:00).
  • TEOREMA 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968 + Live music by Marta Salogni presented by Wonder Reels at The Cinema Museum (28 MAY 19:30).
  • VAMPYR d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932 at ICA (28 MAY 14:45 / 29 MAY 14:45 / 31 MAY 17:00 / 01 JUN 16:45).

Check venues for full listings…

007 SEASON at The Prince Charles

  • LICENCE TO KILL d. John Glen, 1989 (28 MAY 15:05 – 4K + Q&A with Stunt Coordinator Paul Weston for the Really 007 podcast).

ANIME at BFI Southbank

BEST OF CÉSAR at Ciné Lumière

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: A QUESTION OF FAITH at BFI Southbank

CATALAN CINEMA NOW! IDENTITIES at ICA

CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema

CELEBRATING SIDNEY POITIER at The Garden Cinema 

CRUEL FLESH: FILMS OF THE NEW FRENCH EXTREMITY at BFI Southbank

#EXPLOREFRANCE – CÔTE D’AZUR at Ciné Lumière

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up

  • SALESMAN d. David Maysles, Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin, 1969 (28 MAY 18:30).
  • BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1999 (28 MAY 20:15).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

NICHOLAS CAGE 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD at The Prince Charles 

RETURN OF THE OUTSIDER: THE FILMS OF MIKE HODGES at BFI Southbank

  • Re-releases: GET CARTER 4K Restoration d. Mike Hodges, 1971 (until 09 JUN).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

GET CARTER dir. Mike Hodges, 1971:

LUZZU dir. Alex Camilleri, 2021:

PSYCHO dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960:

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