Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: ALTERED STATES at Deptford Cinema (26 MAY).

SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 26.05.18

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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 (regular runs).


Featured attraction: KEN RUSSELL DAY at Deptford Cinema (26 MAY 13:00).


FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: DEREK JARMAN NOW at The Whitechapel Gallery (26 MAY).
Films in London today: DEREK JARMAN NOW at The Whitechapel Gallery (26 MAY).

DEREK JARMAN NOW at The Whitechapel Gallery (26 MAY 13:00):

  • To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Film London Jarman Award, a special day of screenings by this “singular, inspired and constantly relevant artist, writer and cultural activist”. The event focuses on Jarman’s final film works and includes producer Tariq Ali in conversation.

GEORGIA 100: FILM/FEST/FEAST at Close-Up (26 MAY 18:00 & 20:30):

  • Marking the centenary of the founding of the first Georgian Republic and the centenary of the death of the outsider artist Niko Pirosmani, Life Through Cinema and cARTveli foundation present a programme of young Georgian filmmakers, video-artists and curators.

KEN RUSSELL DAY at Deptford Cinema (26 MAY 13:00):

  • A celebration of one of the UK’s most visionary and maverick directors. Includes two of Russell’s most daring, drug fuelled and hallucinatory films: the mind-bending cult sci-fi classic ALTERED STATES (1980) and the nightmarish take on the origins of Frankenstein, GOTHIC (1986).

LA LA LAND + Skype SCREENTALK with Justin Hurwitz + GUY & MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH + INTRO at Barbican (26 MAY 15:30 & 18:40):

  • A double bill with a rare opportunity to hear composer Justin Hurwitz talk about his Academy Award winning score for Damien Chazelle’s LA LA LAND. Followed by a recorded introduction from Hurwitz to GUY & MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH, his first collab with Damien Chazelle.
  • There’s a discount for doing the double.

More films in London today (A – Z): 8 BORDERS, 8 DAYS + Q&A at ArtHouse Crouch End (26 MAY 16:00). BLACK DYNAMITE 35mm at The Prince Charles (26 MAY 21:00). CASABLANCA 35mm at The Prince Charles (26 MAY 14:45). DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE + Recorded Q&A to celebrate the announcement of Oz Film Festival at Regent Street (26 MAY 18:00). EXPLODING CINEMA at The Horse Hospital (26 MAY 19:00). THE RECKLESS MOMENT 35mm + TALK + BOOK LAUNCH at Birkbeck Cinema (26 MAY 13:00 – Free!). SCARFACE (1932) at BFI (26 MAY 17:20). SPIRITED AWAY at BFI (26 MAY 12:30). THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm at The Prince Charles (26 MAY 17:00).


MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: RUNNING ON EMPTY at BFI (26 MAY).
Films in London today: RUNNING ON EMPTY at BFI (26 MAY).

LOST IN AMERICA: THE OTHER SIDE OF REAGAN’S 80s at BFI Southbank (MAY):

LUCRECIA MARTEL RETROSPECTIVE at ICA & BFI Southbank (20 to 27 MAY):


MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? at CIné Lumière (26 MAY).
Films in London today: WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? at Ciné Lumière (26 MAY).

Herne Hill Free Film Festival (01 MAY to 01 JUN)

  • Next screening: INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE: STREET PIANO + LIVE MUSIC outdoors (27 MAY 19:00, Station Square – Free!).

Everyman Music Film Festival (07 to 31 MAY)

Offbeat Jazz & Cinema Festival (24 to 26 MAY)

Romford Film Festival (24 to 28 MAY)


GRIND SHOWS

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: ONCE THERE WAS BRASILIA at ICA (25 MAY).
Films in London today: ONCE THERE WAS BRASILIA at ICA (26 MAY).

Latin America Monthly: ONCE THERE WAS BRASILIA at ICA (26 MAY 16:15):

  • This politically charged, Afrofuturist sci-fi begins in 1959 and travels through time to present day Brasil, parodying the shortcomings of Brazilian politics while throwing a sharp jab at the country’s entrenched structural racism.

LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE at DocHouse (26 MAY 14:00 & 20:00):

  • 80-year-old Spanish matriarch Julieta Salmerón had her three childhood wishes granted: she had lots of kids, she owned a monkey and she lived in a castle. Her life was as she had always dreamed – and then the financial crash hit.

ZAMA at ICA (26 MAY 16:00 & 18:15):

  • Nine years after the critically acclaimed THE HEADLESS WOMAN, director Lucrecia Martel returns with ZAMA, a colonial-era satire based on the 1956 existential novel by Argentinian writer Antonio Di Benedetto.

More films in London this week (A – Z): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm at Picturehouse Central (until 31 MAY). AMANT DOUBLE at Ciné Lumière (29 MAY to 14 JUN). THE BREADWINNER at Rich Mix (25 to 31 MAY). THE OUTSIDER at DocHouse (25 to 31 MAY). THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR at ArtHouse Crouch End (25 to 31 MAY). REVENGE at Ciné Lumière (until 31 MAY). SWEET COUNTRY at Whirled Cinema (28 MAY to 03 JUN). THIS IS CONGO at ICA (25 to 31 MAY). THE WILD BOYS at ICA (until 30 MAY).


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