Films in London today: THE MUSIC ROOM aka Jalsaghar at The Lord Palmerston (28 AUG).

SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 28.08.18

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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: Tufnell Park Film Club presents Satyajit Ray’s THE MUSIC ROOM aka Jalsaghar at The Lord Palmerston (28 AUG 20:00): “I think five or six [Satyajit Ray films] could claim to rank among the 100 best films of all time…One is PATHER PANCHALI… Another is CHARULATA… But the film I would select above both is 1958’s Jalsaghar, or THE MUSIC ROOM.” — Derek Malcolm, The Guardian.

FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: DISASTER CAPITALISM at ICA (28 AUG).
Films in London today: DISASTER CAPITALISM at ICA (28 AUG).

COLD WAR + Q&A with director Paweł Pawlikowski & lead actor Joanna Kulig at Curzon Mayfair (28 AUG 18:40 – Sold Out!):

  • Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning IDA with the stunning COLD WAR, an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Sumptuously shot in luminous black and white, it spans decades and nations to tell a love story that is as tragic as it is moving, and as transportive as it is honest.

DISASTER CAPITALISM + Skype Q&A with writer and producer Antony Loewenstein at ICA (28 AUG 20:20):

  • This documentary reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry, a complex web of interests that encompasses powerful nations, multinational corporations and village leaders. Disaster Capitalism offers unique insights into a multi-billion dollar world by investigating how aid dollars are spent.

THE MUSIC ROOM aka Jalsaghar at The Lord Palmerston (28 AUG 20:00):

  • Tufnell Park Film Club presents: Ageing Bengali landowner, Huzur Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas), invites an assortment of friends and business associates-cum-rivals to a final concert in his private music room. Living on borrowed time and far beyond his means, Huzar clings to an existence that is fast fading away.

More films in London today (A – Z):

MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB at The Prince Charles (28 AUG).
Films in London today: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB at The Prince Charles (28 AUG).

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

SUMMER IN THE CITY at Genesis Cinema (28 AUG – tickets £5!):

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

MUSEUM SHOWS 2 // FESTIVALS

We don’t think there are any festivals projecting in London today… which probably means we’ve missed something!

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GRIND SHOWS

Films in London today: THE CLEANERS at DocHouse.
Films in London today: THE CLEANERS at DocHouse.

BRAGUINO at ICA (28 AUG 19:15):

  • In this work directed by the French artist, filmmaker and photographer Clément Cogitore, two feuding families, the Braguines and the Kilines, live in adjoining but otherwise isolated compounds deep in Siberia’s boreal forest, their settlement completely unreachable by road.

THE CLEANERS at DocHouse (28 AUG 18:30):

  • This documentary confronts the dark underworld of the internet, revealing a shadow industry of ‘digital cleaning’ that controls the posts we see online. The film follows five of these digital cleaners, who are outsourced by Silicon Valley to the global headquarter for content moderation in the city of Manila in the Philippines.

ONE NOTE AT A TIME at Rio Cinema (28 AUG 16:00 & 18:30):

  • In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, music can save the soul of the city, but can the musicians save themselves? The multiple award-winning feature documentary ONE NOTE AT A TIME pays homage to the musicians who courageously returned to their hometown of New Orleans after the devastation of one of the most deadly and destructive storms in American history.

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE at Whirled Cinema (28 AUG 20:00):

  • A missing teenage girl. A brutal and tormented enforcer on a rescue mission. Corrupt power and vengeance unleash a storm of violence that may lead to his awakening.

More films in London this week (A – Z): A NORTHERN SOUL at DocHouse (24 to 30 AUG). BLACKkKLANSMAN ArtHouse Crouch End (24 to 30 AUG). BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY presented by UKJF at JW3 (26 to 30 AUG). THE BREADWINNER at The Castle Cinema 924 to 30 AUG). THE CHILDREN ACT at Lexi Cinema (24 to 26 AUG). ICEMAN at Watermans (24 to 30 AUG). MCQUEEN at ICA (25 to 30 AUG). POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD at Watermans (24 to 30 AUG).

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