Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: CITY OF LOST SOULS at The Castle Cinema (21 NOV).
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SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 21.11.18

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: Nobody Ordered Wolves presents Rosa Von Praunheim’s CITY OF LOST SOULS + INTRO by Juliet Jacques at The Castle Cinema (21 NOV 18:45): “A rare screening of a hidden classic of queer cinema. All profits for this event for Trans Day of Remembrance will support the amazing work of Gendered Intelligence, helping trans youth.” – Nobody Ordered Wolves.

New at RADIANT CIRCUS: In our continuing series of interviews with London’s independent curators, Anna de Guia-Eriksson talks Filikino, a programme of classic and contemporary Philippine cinema, the Philippine film industry and recent audience responses to ALIPATO by Khavn De La Cruz at Genesis Cinema. Read our interview HERE.

COMING SOON: Documentary specialists Last Frame Club are hosting their first Smartphone Film Festval in Walthamstow this Friday (23 NOV 18:00). RADIANT CIRCUS chatted with co-director Vera Hems Anderson about new adventures in handheld movie making. Read our interview HERE.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London this week: ONE NOTE AT A TIME at Harris Academy South Norwood (21 NOV).
Films in London today: ONE NOTE AT A TIME at Harris Academy South Norwood (21 NOV).

BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm + INTRO by Tara Judah at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 18:10):

  • Imaginatively adapting Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Denis relocates the story of murky passion, jealous resentment and remorse to Africa, where a detachment of the Foreign Legion performs apparently pointless (but strangely balletic) exercises in the desert.

CITY OF LOST SOULS + INTRO by Juliet Jacques at The Castle Cinema (21 NOV 18:45):

  • Nobody Ordered Wolves presents: an explosively fun musical set in West Germany’s only trans-owned burger bar, presided over by the incredible Leila, played by Jayne County. With the celebratory approach to deviance you find in John Waters’ work, the wonky cabaret of Rocky Horror and the inclusive, permeable underground of Derek Jarman, this is hilarious, raunchy, low budget delightful filmmaking.

ONE NOTE AT A TIME + QA with director Renee Edwards at Harris Academy South Norwood (21 NOV 19:45):

  • Screen25 presents: A multi-award winning documentary set in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, where music stopped in 2005 when one of the most deadly and destructive hurricanes in American history struck. Many displaced musicians felt compelled to return to the chaos and bleak confusion to play again.

More films in London today (A – Z): 

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: MALPERTUIS at BFI (21 NOV).
Films in London today: MALPERTUIS at BFI (21 NOV).

CLOSE-UP ON INGMAR BERGMAN at Close-Up (02 NOV to 30 DEC):

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

  • 9 TO 5 (21 NOV 14:30, 18:30 20:45).

Sight & Sound presents FANTASTIQUE: THE DREAM WORLDS OF FRENCH CINEMA at BFI Southbank (OCT to NOV):

WORLD WAR ONE: REGENERATIONS II at BFI Southbank (NOV):

  • A look at how each generation of filmmakers has interpreted the war. Includes: REGENERATION (21 NOV 18:15).

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Film festivals in London today include:

GRIND SHOWS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: THE WORKSHOP at ICA (16 to 22 NOV).
Films in London today: THE WORKSHOP at ICA (16 to 22 NOV).

9 TO 5 at BFI (21 NOV 14:30, 18:30 20:45):

  • This gloriously feminist revenge comedy sees three put-upon office workers turn the tables on their sleazy boss. Judy (Jane Fonda), Violet (Lily Tomlin) and Doralee (Dolly Parton) bond over being mistreated by their boss: he yells at Judy on her first day, consistently takes credit for Violet’s ideas and sexually harasses Doralee. Fed up with him, and the sexist practices of their office, they dream of his removal.

SUSPIRIA (2018) at Rio Cinema (21 NOV 14:15, 17:20 & 20:15):

  • A very original re-visit to Dario Argento’s 1977 cult horror classic by the director of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME features powerful performances from Tilda Swinton (x2), Dakota Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz and Mia Goth plus a haunting score from Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke.

THE WORKSHOP at ICA (21 NOV 20:55):

  • Director Laurent Cantet’s Palme d’Or winning film THE CLASS (2008), used documentary style and improvisation by its teenage cast to trace a teacher’s interactions with his working-class high school students. Centring on a writing class comprising working-class Black, Arab and white students led by a celebrated Parisian novelist, THE WORKSHOP starts out looking similar but soon reveals its differences.

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

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