Films in London today: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU at Rio Cinema (13 DEC).
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SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 11.12.18

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).

Featured attraction: The People’s Film Club and Skin Deep present SORRY TO BOTHER YOU + PANEL at Genesis Cinema (11 DEC 18:30): “No fence-sitting here, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU wallops its targets. Drenched in self-awareness, it is fantastically refreshing, defiantly announcing Riley as a radical new voice.” – Alex Godfrey, Empire Magazine.

New at RADIANT CIRCUS: RaMell Ross’ documentary HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (2018) previewed at ICA last week followed by a conversation between the filmmaker & ICA Assistant Curator, Ifeanyi Awachie (04 DEC 2018). Read our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup > HERE.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: CLEAN AND SOBER at Regent Street Cinema (11 DEC).
Films in London today: CLEAN & SOBER at Regent Street Cinema (11 DEC).

ASHORE + Q&A with director Leonor Teles at ICA (11 DEC 18:45):

  • Ashore portrays a year in the life of fisherman Albertino Lobo, whose days are divided between the quiet solitude of the Tagus, where he laboriously harvests shrimp and clams, and the family that anchors him.

CLEAN & SOBER 35mm + INTRO by Rebecca Nicole Williams at Regent Street Cinema (11 DEC 19:30):

  • The Celluloid Sorceress presents: A powerful drama about drug addiction and rehabilitation, Glenn Gordon Caron’s film – starring Michael Keaton, Morgan Freeman, M. Emmet Walsh & Kathy Baker – contains some of its impressive cast’s finest work. There’s a selection of vintage 35mm trailers before the main feature.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU + PANEL at Genesis Cinema (11 DEC 18:30):

  • The People’s Film Club & Skin Deep magazine present a screening of Boot Riley’s uniquely anti-capitalist satire followed by a panel discussion. Part of the proceeds from this screening will go towards Skin Deep, however, if you’d like to show a bit more appreciation, you can buy a Solidarity Ticket at £8.50.

More films in London today (A – Z):

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: PERFORMANCE at The Horse Hospital, part of A CINEMA OF FORKING PATHS (11 DEC).
Films in London today: PERFORMANCE at The Horse Hospital, part of A CINEMA OF FORKING PATHS (11 DEC).

A CINEMA OF FORKING PATHS – FILMS INSPIRED BY BORGES! at The Horse Hospital & Curzon Bloomsbury (05 to 11 DEC):

CHRISTMAS AT THE PCC at The Prince Charles (30 NOV to 24 DEC):

THE CHRISTMAS LABYRINTH at Backyard Cinema (until 22 DEC):

COMEDY GENIUS at BFI Southbank (OCT 2018 to JAN 2019):

#WOMENINFILM2018 at Genesis Cinema (2018):

  • FREE SOLO + Satellite Q&A with Alex Honnold & directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin (11 DEC 18:15 – Sold Out?).

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: VAZANTE at Rich Mix, part of Cinema of Brazil (11 DEC).
Films in London today: VAZANTE at Rich Mix, part of Cinema of Brazil (11 DEC).

Film festivals in London today include:

GRIND SHOWS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: THEATRE OF WAR at DocHouse (07 to 13 DEC).
Films in London this week: THEATRE OF WAR at DocHouse (07 to 13 DEC).

METEORS at ICA (11 DEC 17:00):

  • At night, in a Kurdish town in eastern Turkey, meteors start to fall. Stepping out of their homes to look, the city’s inhabitants encounter fragments of the past and remember those who have been lost.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU at Rio Cinema (11 DEC 15:30 & 20:45):

  • In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, California, Cassius “Cash” Green lives with his girlfriend Detroit in his Uncle’s garage. A job as a telemarketer introduces him to the key to professional success – using his “white voice”. But success as a Power Caller also opens the door to a macabre universe…

THEATRE OF WAR at DocHouse (11 DEC 21:00):

  • A mix of Argentinian and British veterans are brought together to re-enact their experiences during the Falklands War. Through a handful of staged sequences, they revisit the visions that haunt them and discuss the muddy politics.

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

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