Films in London today: MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS at The Horse Hospital (29 AUG).

SCREEN GUIDE DAILY: Films in London today 29.08.18

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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: MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS at The Horse Hospital (29 AUG 19:30): “A rare specimen from the more deranged end of the Grindhouse spectrum, MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS is a memorably demented tale of possession and transvestitism from director Joseph G. Prieto.” – Network.


FILMS IN LONDON TODAY

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

Films in London today: MY FAIR LADY at St Barnabas Millennium Halls (29 AUG).
Films in London today: MY FAIR LADY at St Barnabas Millennium Halls (29 AUG).

MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS + Q&A with Jake Meginsky at DocHouse (29 AUG 18:30):

  • Presented by Sheffield Doc/Fest: Milford Graves is an internationally renowned percussionist with a kaleidoscopic sound; this new documentary approaches the story behind his soulful, avant-garde music with experimental, rhythmic editing of archive footage and modern-day interviews.

MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS at The Horse Hospital (29 AUG 19:30):

  • Join Erotic Film Society for an exclusive preview of newly restored, long-lost, tale of twisted terror MISS LESLIE’S DOLLS by kind permission of Network Distributing.

MOONWALKER + AFTERPARTY at BFI Southbank (29 AUG 20:40):

  • Michael Jackson changed the game when it came to the relationship between music and the moving image. On what would have been his 60th birthday, music collective Amplified presents a special screening of Moonwalker, an anthology film made up of shorts and music videos, including ‘Man in the Mirror’ and ‘Smooth Criminal.’

SEBASTIANE + INTRO by William Fowler at BFI Southbank (29 AUG 18:10):

  • Derek Jarman’s first feature was a characteristically idiosyncratic and iconoclastic affair, imagining the martyred Sebastian as a Roman soldier so devoted to his mystical beliefs that he sets himself apart from his lustful colleagues, and so becomes the object of dangerous emotions.

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM: TAKE ONE at ICA (29 AUG 19:00):

  • Writer, director and producer William Greaves’ wildly inventive film is at once a documentary, a documentary about a documentary, and a documentary about the making of a documentary about a documentary.

More films in London today (A – Z):


MUSEUM SHOWS 1 // SEASONS

Films in London today: MAEVE at regent Street Cinema (29 AUG).
Films in London today: MAEVE at regent Street Cinema (29 AUG).

CLOSE-UP ON ÉRIC ROHMER at Close-Up Centre (15 AUG to 03 SEP):

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

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

REVOLT, SHE SAID: WOMEN AND FILM AFTER ’68 at Regent Street Cinema (01 to 29 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.

THE CLEANERS at DocHouse (29 AUG 14:00):

  • 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 (29 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 (29 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 WORDat Watermans (24 to 30 AUG).


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