Films in London today: CHAMISSO'S SHADOW at Regent Street Cinema (20, 21 & 22 JUL).

SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 22.07.18

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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 (a selection of regular runs).

Featured attraction: Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image presents Ulrike Ottinger’s epic CHAMISSO’S SHADOW at Regent Street Cinema (20, 21 & 22 JUL – various times): “Deliriously sumptuous and transgressive, Ulrike Ottinger’s world can hardly be confused with humdrum reality. Watching her films is like traveling through an undiscovered country of marvels, a journey alternately dazzling, infuriating, hilarious, and rewarding.” – Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN'T at JW3 (22 JUL).
Films in London today: ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T at JW3 (22 JUL).

BROWNLOW ON HOLLYWOOD + INTRO by Kevin Brownlow at BFI Southbank (22 JUL 13:30):

  • Brownlow and David Gill’s Hollywood series, narrated by James Mason, created a generational shift in the public’s consciousness of the history of Hollywood and their appreciation of silent film – helping spawn the vibrant silent cinema scene we know today. Includes bonus footage.

CHAMISSO’S SHADOW (cont.) at Regent Street Cinema (20, 21 & 22 JUL – various times):

  • Presented by Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image: Ulrike Ottinger’s epic shows in three chapters over one weekend. The film was inspired by the writings of Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 – 1838), who in 1815 joined the Russian ship Rurikfor in the Romanzow research expedition to the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Ottinger uses the diaries of Chamisso, as well as those of Georg Wilhelm Steller and Captain James Cook to follow their journeys to ethnic groups living in the coastal areas of the Bering Sea.
  • Part 1 (20 JUL 19:00). Part 2.1 (21 JUL 14:15). Part 2.2 (21 JUL 19:00). Part 3 (22 JUL 14:00). Tickets are £7 for each part.

ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T + DISCUSSION with Dr Julia Wagner at JW3 (22 JUL 14:30):

  • Charting the personal and political (and fashion) changes in two French women’s lives from the early 1960s to the mid-70s, Agnès Varda’s folk-pop abortion musical ONE SINGS… is a joyous feminist anthem for the right to choose in all things, embroidered smocks included.

Womanhood While Black: Subversive Subjects, Sublime Possibilities at ICA (22 JUL 16:00):

  • Victoria Nambi selects a programme of short films exploring the subversive, sensual and sublime possibilities for Black womanhood. In their own distinctive and indelible way, each short ennobles the interiority and persistent humanity of their subjects.

More films in London today (A – Z):

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: LES VISITEURS DU SOIR at Ciné Lumière (22 JUL).
Films in London today: LES VISITEURS DU SOIR at Ciné Lumière (22 JUL).

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

ANIMATION 2018 at BFI Southbank (2018):

JACQUES RANCIÈRE: PHILOSOPHY & CINEMA at Close-Up (04 to 28 JUL):

PINTER ON SCREEN: POWER, SEX & POLITICS at BFI Southbank (JUL to AUG):

REBEL WITH A CAUSE at Bertha DocHouse (12 JUL to 12 AUG):

SATIRE AND MORALITY: THE CINEMA OF MARCO BELLOCCHIO at BFI Southbank and Ciné Lumière (until 31 JUL):

SPAGHETTI WESTERNS at Deptford Cinema (17 JUL to 14 AUG):

STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles (01 JUL to 06 JAN 2019):

SUMMER FILMS at House of Vans (07 to 29 JUL – Free! / No booking required):

TRIBUTE TO MARCEL CARNÉ at Ciné Lumière (03 JUN to 22 JUL):

WIM WENDERS at The Prince Charles (until 30 AUG):

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Film festivals projecting today include:

GRIND SHOWS

Films in London today: A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN at Ciné Lumière.
Films in London today: A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN at Ciné Lumière.

EXTINCTION at ICA (22 JUL 18:45):

  • Hypnotic and multi-layered, EXTINCTION aka Extinção, meditates on the troubled borders of Eastern Europe with melancholic lyricism. Shot in black and white, Salomé Lamas’s filmic essay follows Kolya, a young man loyal to Transnistria, the Communist state that broke away from the former Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, which is unrecognized by the international community today.

A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN at Ciné Lumière (22 JUL 16:15).

  • Based on the memoir by Billy Moore, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s film recounts the visceral journey through hell of a British drug-dealer who is arrested in Bangkok and sentenced to three years in one of Thailand’s most notorious prisons.

THE RECEPTIONIST at Barbican (22 JUL 20:45):

  • Inspired by true events, Jenny Lu’s award-winning debut follows the lives of the employees and clients of an illegal massage parlour in London.
  • Also enjoys a grind show run at the ICA (20 to 26).

More films in London this week (A – Z): EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY at ICA (until 26 JUL). GENERATION WEALTH at Barbican (20 to 25 JUL). THE GOALIE’S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK at ICA (20 to 26 JUL). JEUNE FEMME at Whirled Cinema (23 to 29 JUL). KEEP THE CHANGE at JW3 (until 26 JUL). LEAN ON PETE at Whirled Cinema (until 22 JUL). MADAME at Ciné Lumière (20 to 26 JUL). MARIO at Hackney Picturehouse (20 to 24 JUL). MCQUEEN at Rich Mix (20 to 24 JUL). NAILA AND THE UPRISING at DocHouse (until 25 JUL). ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS at ICA (20 to 24 JUL). RACER & THE JAILBIRD at Ciné Lumière (until 25 JUL). RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA at ICA (until 25 JUL). SUMMER 1993 at Lexi Cinema (22 to 26 JUL). VERTIGO at BFI Southbank (until 26 JUL).

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