Films in London today: CLOCKERS at Genesis Cinema (01 JUL).

SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 01.07.18

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Find films in London today by: SINGLE-O EXHIBITS (one-off attractions) // MUSEUM SHOWS (several exhibits under one roof – seasons & festivals) // GRIND SHOWS (regular runs).

Featured attraction: CLOCKERS + INTRO by Glyn Robbins – Justice For Grenfell Charity Screening at Genesis Cinema (01 JUL 12:30): “[Spike] Lee has said that gun control and black-on-black crime are the two great unsolved issues facing African Americans. In CLOCKERS, these are his subjects.” – Roger Ebert.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: THE OPERA HOUSE at Barbican (01 JUL).
Films in London today: THE OPERA HOUSE at Barbican (01 JUL).

CLOCKERS + INTRO by Glyn Robbins – Justice For Grenfell Charity Screening at Genesis Cinema (01 JUL 12:30):

  • Spike Lee’s 1995 film portrays the struggle for survival in urban America. As President Trump prepares to visit the UK, the film’s themes of poverty, brutality and racism have enduring power and relevance.

THE OPERA HOUSE at Barbican (01 JUL 16:00):

  • A new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke, surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera’s rich history and a time of great change for New York.
  • Also at Phoenix Cinema (01 JUL 14:00), DocHouse (01 JUL 14:30) and Picturehouse Central (01 JUL 14:45).

SUMMER 1993 + Q&A with director Carla Simón at BFI Southbank (01 JUL 15:00):

  • Ater the death of her mother, six-year old Frida (Laia Artigas) is uprooted from Barcelona to live with her mother’s brother and his family in rural Catalonia. Simón sensitively tracks her emotional journey as she works through her grief and adapts to new surroundings.
  • Also at ICA (01 JUL 20:15).

More films in London today (A – Z):

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: PINK FLOYD THE WALL at BFI.
Films in London today: PINK FLOYD: THE WALL at BFI.

AGNÈS VARDA: VISION OF AN ARTIST at BFI Southbank (JUN to JUL).

ANIMATION 2018 at BFI Southbank (2018):

CLOSE-UP ON KANETO SHINDÔ at Close-Up (01 to 28 JUL):

FACE OF ANOTHER at Close-Up (01 to 26 JUL):

LA FÊTE DU CINÉMA at Ciné Lumière (01 to 04 JUL – All tickets £5):

MARVEL STUDIOS at House Of Vans (07 JUN to 01 JUL – Free/No booking required):

PINTER ON SCREEN: POWER, SEX & POLITICS at BFI Southbank (JUL to AUG):

SATIRE AND MORALITY: THE CINEMA OF MARCO BELLOCCHIO at BFI Southbank and Ciné Lumière (22 JUN to 31 JUL):

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA at Aperture (05 JUL).
Films in London this week: RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA at Aperture (05 JUL).

Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival (29 JUN to 08 JUL):

GRIND SHOWS

Films in London this week: VAGABOND at BFI.
Films in London this week: VAGABOND at BFI.

THE ENDLESS at The Prince Charles (01 JUL 20:30):

  • Directors Benson and Moorhead play brothers, former members of a “crazy UFO death cult”, who receive a mysterious video cassette in the mail. The tape contains an eerie calling card from their past, inviting them to attend an event called the Ascension.

TARPAULINS at DocHouse (01 JUL 20:30):

  • The simple study of colourful tarpaulins reveals the destruction of modern-day urbanisation at the hands of insects. Los Angeles is losing the fight against a growing infestation of termites, and the city’s best weaponry is tarpaulins.

VAGABOND at BFI Southbank (01 JUL 14:50, 17:50 & 20:15):

  • Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Agnès Varda’s VAGABOND is a cinematic landmark that introduced one of the most intriguing, complex and uncompromising female protagonists in modern cinema.

More films in London this week (A – Z): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm at BFI IMAX (04 to 05 JUL). ARCADIA at BFI (until 05 JUL). THE CIAMBRA at Watermans (29 JUN to 05 JUL). ENTEBBE at JW3 (01 to 05 JUL). FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN, WHITE MASK at ICA (01 to 05 JUL). HEREDITARY at Institute Of Light (29 JUN to 05 JUL). MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER at The Prince Charles (29 JUN to 05 JUL). RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA at DocHouse (29 JUN to 05 JUL). SHAKEDOWN at ICA (30 JUN to 05 JUL). THE SQUARE at ICA (30 JUN to 05 JUL). STUDIO 54 at DocHouse (29 JUN to 03 JUL). TIME TRIAL at Picturehouse Central (30 JUN to o5 JUL). ZAMA at Whirled Cinema (02 to 08 JUL).

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