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SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 07.12.19

RADIANT CIRCUS is your handcrafted guide to London’s DIY, indie & alternative movie nights, film events & gallery screenings. Our DAILY UPDATE helps you find great films in London today*.

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

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CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY d. Matt Tyrnauer, 2017 + Intro at The Green Nunhead (07 DEC 19:00 – FREE!/Food bank donation requested):

  • Films for Food present: “Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, helped change the way we look at urban living. The recent documentary CITIZEN JANE focuses on Jacobs’ most consequential battle in the 1960s: when she went up against New York City’s ruthless power broker, Robert Moses–and won. FREE screening but please bring a donation for Southwark Food Bank.”

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Films in London this month: WEST INDIES: THE FUGITIVE SLAVES OF LIBERTY 35mm, part of MED HONDO: AFRICA FROM THE SEINE at BFI (05 DEC).

We’ve posted our epic monthly roundup of London’s rep seasons & film festivals for DECEMBER to help you plan ahead.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London this week: MA COSA CI DICE IL CERVELLO aka Don't Stop Me Now at Genesis Cinema (07 DEC).
Films in London today: MA COSA CI DICE IL CERVELLO aka Don’t Stop Me Now at Genesis Cinema (07 DEC).

The Live Ghost Tent – Quarterly Meeting Of The Laurel & Hardy Society at The Cinema Museum (07 DEC 15:00):

  • “The films we intend to show are: BIG BUSINESS (1929), short directed by James W. Horne and Leo McCarey; BELOW ZERO (1930), short directed by James Parrott; THE FIXER UPPERS (1935), short directed by Charles Rogers; and BABES IN TOYLAND (1934), directed by Gus Meins and Charles Rogers.”

MA COSA CI DICE IL CERVELLO aka Don’t Stop Me Now d. Riccardo Milan, 2019 + Q&A with the director & actor Paola Cortellesi at Genesis Cinema (07 DEC 18:00):

  • CinemaItaliaUK presents: “Giovanna is a low-profile woman with a boring life, split between her accounting job, her daughter Martina and the teases of her exuberant mother. But behind this dull façade, Giovanna is actually a secret agent, engaged in extremely dangerous and thrilling international missions. During a reunion with her former high school classmates, Giovanna listens to her friends’ stories realizing that all of them, just like her, are forced to suffer daily absurd vexations. She can’t stand it any longer!”

More films in London today (A – Z):

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MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: SARRAOUNIA, part of MED HONDO: AFRICA FROM THE SEINE at BFI Southbank (07 DEC).
Films in London today: SARRAOUNIA, part of MED HONDO: AFRICA FROM THE SEINE at BFI Southbank (07 DEC).

A WORM’S TAIL VIEW IS OFTEN THE TRUE ONE: FILMS BY PERE PORTABELLA at ICA, Whitechapel Gallery, Close-Up, Cafe Oto & Brixton Prison (26 NOV 2019 to 15 FEB 2020):

BAFTA SCREENWRITERS LECTURE SERIES at Curzon Cinemas (30 NOV to 12 DEC):

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: GETTING TOGETHER at BFI Southbank (DEC):

  • TOKYO STORY aka Tokyo Monogatari d. Yasujiro Ozu, 1953 (07 DEC 20:20).

CHRISTMAS AT THE PCC at The Prince Charles (NOV to DEC):

  • Grind shows: THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL d. Brian Henson, 1992 (01 to 24 DEC – various formats/check venue); IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 35mm d. Frank Capra, 1946 (01 to 24 DEC – some digital/check venue); and, ELF d. Jon Favreau, 2003 (04 to 24 DEC – various formats/check venue).
  • The Naughty List: GREMLINS 35mm d. Joe Dante, 1984 (06 to 12 DEC – check venue).

IN FOCUS: TOMITA KATSUYA at ICA (06 to 15 DEC):

  • BANGKOK NIGHTS d. Tomita Katsuya, 2016 + Intro by the director (07 DEC 20:00).

MAURICE PIALET AND THE NEW FRENCH REALISM at BFI Southbank (OCT to DEC):

MED HONDO: AFRICA FROM THE SEINE at BFI Southbank (DEC):

MIDNIGHT EXCESS at Rio Cinema (12 OCT to 14 DEC):

MUSICALS! THE GREATEST SHOW ON SCREEN at BFI Southbank (OCT to DEC):

UKRAINIAN FILM DAYS at Ciné Lumière & Curzon Soho (05 to 08 DEC):

  • THE WILD FIELDS d. Iaroslav Lodygin, 2018 + Q&A with the director (07 DEC 17:30 – Curzon Soho).

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Films in London today: I'M OK by Lizzy Hobbs, part of Brushwork - London International Animation Festival at Close-Up (07 DEC).
Films in London today: I’M OK by Lizzy Hobbs, part of Brushwork – The Painted Animation, London International Animation Festival at Close-Up (07 DEC).

Film festivals in London today include:

GRIND SHOWS

Films in London this week: BUDDIES at ICA (07 to 12 DEC).
Films in London today: BUDDIES at ICA (07 to 12 DEC).

BUDDIES d. Arthur J. Bressan Jr, 1985 at ICA (07 DEC 21:15):

  • “Written, produced and directed by the late filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan Jr., BUDDIES (1985) was the first narrative feature film about the AIDS epidemic. Recently restored in 2k from its original 16 mm negative, this landmark film is now screening widely for the first time following its brief theatrical release in 1985.”

HONEY BOY d. Alma Har’el, 2019 at Genesis Cinema (07 DEC 21:10):

  • “From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalising his childhood’s ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, LaBeouf takes on the therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon.”

SO LONG, MY SON d. Wang Xiaoshuai, 2018 at ArtHouse Crouch End (07 DEC 17:15):

  • “Packing a powerful emotional punch, SO LONG, MY SON traces the lives of two families over three decades of social, political and human upheaval in China. Following the loss of a child in a tragic accident,paths separate, destinies ebb and flow, and fortunes are transformed under the impact of a country’s changing face. Yet even as their lives diverge, a common search for truth and reconciliation around the tragedy remains. But sometimes it can take a lifetime to say farewell…”

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG aka Les Parapluies de Cherbourg d. Jacques Demy, 1964 at Ciné Lumière (07 JAN 18:15):

  • “Guy, an auto mechanic, has fallen in love with Geneviève, who works in her mother’s chic umbrella shop. Before Guy is to leave for a tour of combat, the two share a passionate night. Winner of the Palme d’Or in Cannes 1964, Jacques Demy’s visually intoxicating ‘film in song’ pays homage to the Hollywood musical and is a major influence on directors including Damien Chazelle and Wes Anderson.”

More films in London this week (A – Z):

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