SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 02.06.18

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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: ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS: Second Wave Feminist Filmmakers weekender at Barbican (02 to 03 JUN). Featured image from BETTY TELLS HER STORY (1972, Dir. Liane Brandon) which is part of DESIRE, BEAUTY & THE GAZE + PANEL (02 JUN 16:00).

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: OUT & BAD at BFI African Odysseys (02 JUN).
Films in London today: OUT & BAD at BFI African Odysseys (02 JUN).

African Odysseys Presents: NEW WAVE at BFI Southbank (02 JUN 12:00):

  • Investigating how a generation of queer people of colour (QTPOC) are represented on and off screen, and what challenges they might face. Chaired by Chardine Taylor-Stone, in conversation with Kartel Brown, director of OUT & BAD, and Seye Isikalu, director of YELOW IN BLUE.

Double Bill: FILMWORKER + BARRY LYNDON at Regent Street Cinema (02 JUN 14:00/19:30 + 16:00):

  • It’s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else’s creative vision. Yet, that’s exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as ‘Lord Bullingdon” in Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON. There’s a discount for doing the double with the doc and the film that got it all started. Repeats 03 JUN.

THE LIVE GHOST TENT – QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE LAUREL & HARDY SOCIETY at The Cinema Museum (02 JUN 15:00):

  • The films are THAT’S MY WIFE (1929), short directed by Lloyd French; OUR WIFE (1931), short directed by James W. Horne; TWICE TWO (1933), short directed by James Parrott; and WAY OUT WEST (1937), directed by James W. Horne.

More films in London today (A – Z): THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN at Deptford Cinema (02 JUN 15:00). BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II at Rooftop Film Club, Stratford (02 JUN 21:00). GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) at Backyard Cinema (02 JUN 16:30). NAMATJIRA PROJECT at DocHouse (02 JUNE 20:30). PRECIOUS presented by Fruitvale Film Club at Birkbeck Cinema (02 Jun 14:00 – Free!). SIREN OF THE TROPICS aka La Sirène des Tropiques at BFI (02 JUN 18:15). Take Two: 3 WOMEN + [PERSONA 07 JUN] at Close-Up (02 JUN 20:15 & 07 JUN 20:30). THELMA & LOUISE at Rooftop Film Club, Peckham (02 JUN 21:00).

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT at BFI (02 JUN).
Films in London today: THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT at BFI (02 JUN).

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

ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS: Second Wave Feminist Filmmakers at Barbican (02 to 03 JUN):

AS IF… A SEASON OF TEEN MOVIES at The Prince Charles (02 JUN to 11 AUG):

CLOSE UP: AVA DUVERNAY at BFI Southbank (JUN):

CREATURE FEATURES at The Prince Charles (until 23 JUL):

IDA LUPINO: ACTOR, DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER, STAR at BFI Southbank (JUN):

JOAN JONAS: MYSTIC KNOTS + INTROs/Q&As with Joan Jonas at Tate Modern (02 to 03 JUN):

TONY RICHARDSON: THE LONELINESS OF THE BRITISH NEW WAVE at Close-Up (02 to 30 JUN):

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: SKATE KITCHEN at Sundance Film Festival (02 JUN).
Films in London today: SKATE KITCHEN at Sundance Film Festival (02 JUN).

Sundance Film Festival London (until 03 JUN – tickets available for the following screens at the time of posting):

GRIND SHOWS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: ISMAEL'S GHOSTS at Ciné Lumière.
Films in London this week: ISMAEL’S GHOSTS at Ciné Lumière.

CONCEALED at The Castle Cinema (02 JUN 19:00):

  • A thriller like no other. Set in the underbelly of Sydney’s inner city suburbs where Max (Simon Lyndon) and his mate Richard (Paul Tassone) are desperately trying to find Sallie, Max’s partner who’s disappeared. Their search takes them deep into the criminal heartland of the city and even deeper inside the secrets and lies of family.

ISMAEL’S GHOSTS at Ciné Lumière (02 JUN 20:40):

  • Film director Ismaël Vuillard (Mathieu Amalric) still mourns the death of his wife Carlotta, twenty years earlier, even though he has started his life over again with Sylvia (Charlotte Gainsbourg). When Carlotta (Marion Cotillard) returns from the dead, their whole world is turned upside-down.

PANDORA’S BOX at Barbican (02 JUN 15:40):

  • G.W. Pabst’s tragic portrait of sexual obsession, following the rise and fall of Lulu (Louise Brooks), a femme fatale who unleashes uncontrollable desires in the men and women she encounters.
  • Also showing at BFI Southbank where the screening on 04 JUN 18:00 has a live accompaniment by Cyrus Gabrysch.

More films in London this week (A – Z: click for dates/times): ENTEBBE at JW3 (01 JUN to 05 JUL). FILMWORKER at Watermans (01 to 07 JUN). MCKELLEN: PLAYING THE PART at Genesis (01 to 05 JUN). MARY & THE WITCH’S FLOWER at The Prince Charles (01 to 07 JUN). MY FRIEND DAHMER at The Institute Of Light (01 to 07 JUN). WESTERN at Whirled Cinema (04 to 10 JUN). ZAMA at ICA (01 to 07 JUN).

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*THE SMALL PRINT: As accurate as we could make it. Apologies for any errors. Apologies if we have missed your event. Updates & corrections will be made to the online version. Event dates/times are subject to change by the venue/organiser. We check box office each morning for films in London today and try to only list events you can book for at the time of posting: some events may still be sold out. Please click quickly! We don’t filter by age/certification: all readers & subscribers should be 18+.