SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 15.09.18

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: If you love Edge Of Frame as much as we do, you’ll love this… PHASED RETURN at Close-Up Centre (15 SEP 21:00): “Edwin Rostron and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman present a new audiovisual performance incorporating animation, video, electronic music and long-form prose poetry.”

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: MISS ROSEWOOD at Rio Cinema (15 SEP).
Films in London today: MISS ROSEWOOD at Rio Cinema (15 SEP).

Back To School Double Bill: TO SIR WITH LOVE + WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY at St Barnabas Millennium Halls (15 SEP 19:00):

  • Pitshanger Pictures presents: TO SIR WITH LOVE, a timeless Sixties classic movie about an earnest teacher (Sidney Poitier) who takes up a position in a tough school in London’s East End. WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY, a family comedy written and directed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin (creators of OUTNUMBERED).

FLAMIN Fellowship Screenings + DISCUSSON at The Whitechapel Gallery (15 SEP 15:00):

  • New and recent work by the six artists – Graeme Arnfield, Calum Bowden, Rosie Carr, Callum Hill, Onyeka Igwe and Kristina Pulejkova – who have participated in The FLAMIN Fellowship, a major new scheme for early career artist filmmakers.

LUCKY + Q&A with screenwriter Logan Sparks at Curzon Soho (15 SEP 18:00):

  • LUCKY follows the spiritual journey of Harry Dean Stanton’s character Lucky, a cantankerous, self-reliant 90 year old atheist, and the quirky characters that inhabit the Arizona town where he lives.

MISS ROSEWOOD + Q&A with Miss Rosewood & director Helle Jensen at Rio Cinema (15 SEP 16:15):

  • A multi-award winning portrait of New York’s most outrageous, daring performance artist – Miss Rosewood, transgender terrorist on the New York hardcore performance scene – and a reminder of how intense and explicit queer art can be.

PHASED RETURN at Close-Up Centre (15 SEP 21:00):

  • Edwin Rostron and Supreme Vagabond Craftsman present a new audiovisual performance incorporating animation, video, electronic music and long-form prose poetry. This piece marks the culmination of a decade-long creative collaboration rooted in improvisation and experimentation.

PRETTY IN PINK + PARTY & LIP-SYNCING COMPETITON at Deptford Cinema (15 SEP 19:00):

  • Forever Young Film Club presents one of the most quintessential and iconic teen films of all time. Starring the original teen queen Molly Ringwald and written by John Hughes whose work served as the creative inspiration behind a whole wave of films throughout the 1980s and beyond.

More films in London today (A – Z):

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: THE DREAMED PATH at Goethe-Institut (15 SEP).
Films in London today: THE DREAMED PATH at Goethe-Institut (15 SEP).

ALWAYS SOMEWHERE ELSE – THE CINEMA OF ANGELA SCHANELEC IN DIALOGUE at Goethe-Institut (13 to 25 SEP):

BACK 2 SCHOOL at House Of Vans (06 to 23 SEP – Free!/No booking required):

BLACK AND BANNED at BFI Southbank (SEP TO OCT):

ÉRIC ROHMER’S TALES OF THE FOUR SEASONS at Close-Up (03 to 11 SEP):

FIERCE: THE UNTAMEABLE JOAN CRAWFORD at BFI Southbank (until OCT):

HARRY DEAN STANTON FOCUS at BFI Southbank (SEP to OCT):

  • LUCKY (15 SEP 16:00, 18:40 & 20:45).

LATE NIGHTS at Everyman Screen on The Green (ongoing):

THE TELEVISION WILL BE REVOLUTIONISED: Channel 4 and the 1982 Workshop Declaration at Barbican (13 to 16 SEP):

WORKING CLASS HEROES at BFI Southbank (SEP to OCT):

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Films in London today: IN TIME TO COME at Kings College London, part of Aperture (15 SEP).
Films in London today: IN TIME TO COME at Kings College London, part of Aperture (15 SEP).

Film festivals in London today include:

GRIND SHOWS

Films in London today: REINVENTING MARVIN at Ciné Lumière.
Films in London today: REINVENTING MARVIN at Ciné Lumière.

REINVENTING MARVIN at Ciné Lumière (15 SEP 18:00):

  • Marvin Bijou (Finnegan Oldfield), a young gay boy from a working-class family in a small French village, suffers constant bullying at school and home for being too sensitive and too feminine. A chance encounter with a drama teacher opens the doors to a world that offers him the chance to escape his situation.
  • Read our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup from LFF 2017.

REVERSING ROE at ICA (15 SEP 12:25):

  • In their latest documentary, Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg chronicle the history of the abortion and unpack the process by which it grew from a personal issue to a political one.

THE RIDER at Phoenix Cinema (15 SEP 16:20):

  • Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, Brady is warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, he finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete.

More films in London this week (A – Z): AMERICAN ANIMALS at Lexi Cinema (14 to 16 SEP). C’EST LA VIE! at Watermans (14 to 20 SEP). THE CLEANERS at DocHouse (14 to 20 SEP). COLD WAR at ICA (14 to 20 SEP). GENERATION WEALTH at The Montpelier (16 to 26 SEP). HEATHERS at Prince Charles (14 to 20 SEP). IN PRAISE OF NOTHING at ICA (14 to 20 SEP). I, TONYA at Whirled Cinema (17 to 23 SEP). LUCKY at ArtHouse Crouch End (14 to 20 SEP). THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST at Prince Charles (14 to 20 SEP). PARADISE presented by UKJF at JW3 (16 to 20 SEP). THE PREDATOR at Rich Mix (14 to 20 SEP ;-). UNDER THE WIRE at DocHouse (14 to 20 SEP). WEAPON OF CHOICE at DocHouse (14 to 20 SEP).

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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+.