Films in London today: COLLISIONS at Barbican (10 to 20 APR).
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SCREEN GUIDE: Films in London this week [05 to 11 APR 2019]

RADIANT CIRCUS is your handcrafted guide to London’s DIY, indie & alternative movie nights, film events & gallery screenings. Our latest SCREEN GUIDE helps you find great films in London this week*.

FRI 05 // SAT 06 // SUN 07 // MON 08 // TUE 09 // WED 10 // THU 11

FEATURED ATTRACTION

COLLISIONS d. Lynette Wallworth at Barbican (10 to 20 APR – daily VR viewing times – limited numbers):

  • “This immersive Emmy Award-winning documentary transports you to a startling collision between cultures, the viewing experience enhanced by 360-degree vision, CGI animation and enveloping sound. Provided with headsets during a synchronised screening, audiences embark on a journey to the ancient homeland of indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, as he recounts the moment his world was turned upside down.”

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LIVES UNWRITTEN: BLACK GIRL at The Geffrye Museum (06 APR).
LIVES UNWRITTEN: BLACK GIRL at The Geffrye Museum (06 APR).
  • LIVES UNWRITTEN season continues this weekend with Ousmane Sembène’s BLACK GIRL + TALK by Miranda Armstrong at The Geffrye Museum (06 APR). RADIANT CIRCUS subscribers get a 15% discount.
  • We’ve posted our epic roundup of London’s repertory seasons & film festivals for APRIL. Our featured attraction of the month is BORN DIGITAL: RAISED BY THE INTERNET at BFI Southbank (APR).
  • Filmmaker Gerry Maguire introduces a new series of sci-fi screenings where cult classics set in 2019 have become our DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.

Find films in London this week by: SINGLE-O EXHIBITS (one-off attractions) // MUSEUM SHOWS (several exhibits under one roof – seasons & festivals) // GRIND SHOWS (a selection of regular runs).

FILMS IN LONDON THIS WEEK

SINGLE-O EXHIBITS

ONE-OFF MOVIE NIGHTS, FILM EVENTS & GALLERY SCREENINGS (by date/event)

FRI 05

Films in London this week: In Conversation with Malcolm McDowell at BFI Southbank (05 APR).
Films in London this week: In Conversation with Malcolm McDowell at BFI (05 APR).

In Conversation with Malcolm McDowell at BFI Southbank (05 APR 18:15):

  • “Few actors have played more than one iconic role in their career. Malcolm McDowell, having embodied such enduring characters as Mick in IF…. (1968) and Alex in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971), is one of those exceptions. Wickedly charismatic onscreen, his career has spanned over five decades across cinema, television, animation and video games.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

  • 3 FACES d. Jafar Panahi, 2018 at Ciné Lumière (05 APR 16:00). A STAR IS BORN d. Bradley Cooper, 2018 presented by Screen25 at Harris Academy South Norwood (05 APR 19:45). BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES d. Sophie Huber, 2018 at DocHouse (05 APR 16:20). THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 35mm d. David Frankel, 2006 at The Prince Charles (05 APR 21:00). GURUMBÉ, 2016 at Bernie Grant Arts Centre (05 APR 19:00). LORDS OF CHAOS d. Jonas Åkerlund, 2018 at The Prince Charles (05 APR 12:50). LUCKY d. John Carroll Lynch, 2017 at Ink@84 (05 APR 19:30). OUT OF BLUE d. Carol Morley, 2018 at Barbican (05 APR 15:20). SHOPLIFTERS d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018 at ICA (05 APR 13:45). UNDER THE SILVER LAKE d. David Robert Mitchell, 2018 at The Prince Charles (05 APR 12:40).

SAT 06

Films in London this week: MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, part of Film Poems at Close-Up (06 APR).
Films in London this week: MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, part of Film Poems at Close-Up (06 APR).

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 + Q&A with Malcolm McDowell at Picturehouse Central (06 APR 16:00):

  • “Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Set in a flamboyantly stylised near-future where gangs of disenfranchised teenagers indulge in narcotic cocktails and revel in acts of ‘ultraviolence’, the film centres on Alex (McDowell) and his band of droogs.”

Film Poems at Close-Up (06 APR 20:00):

  • “On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his first Film Poems touring programme, Peter Todd presents a programme framed by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid’s MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON 16mm, 1943 and Guy Sherwin’s MESSAGES 16mm, 1983. Curated and introduced by Peter Todd. Readings from Gareth Evans and MESSAGES introduced by Guy Sherwin.”

IF THE DANCER DANCES d. Maia Wechsler, 2018 + Q&A with the director & dancer Lisa Friedman at Barbican (06 APR 16:00):

  • “How can a new cast of dancers inhabit a work from another era? A dance has no script or score; it only comes alive when it’s passed from one dancer to another, body to body. It’s this intimate process we witness in this film as three former members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company teach Cunningham’s iconic 1968 RainForest to the Stephen Petronio Company.”

NEVER APOLOGIZE: A PERSONAL VISIT WITH LINDSAY ANDERSON d. Mike Kaplan, 2007 + Q&A with the director & Malcolm McDowell at BFI Southbank (06 APR 14:20):

  • “Malcolm McDowell’s funny, insightful, often hilarious and finally very moving celebration of director Lindsay Anderson and their colourful circle of colleagues is a dramatised scrapbook in which the iconoclast actor paints a multifaceted portrait of his equally iconoclast mentor.”

South Social Celebrates Japan at Moving Pictures (06 APR 18:00):

  • “South Social is pleased to partner with The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation to showcase Japanese culture with a film screening, live performance, cuisine and discussion. Central to the event will be a screening of Naoko Ogigami’s feel-good CLOSE-KNIT, 2017.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

SUN 07

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: PALAIS DE DANCE at BFI (07 APR).
Films in London this week: PALAIS DE DANCE at BFI (07 APR).

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 + Q&A with Malcolm McDowell at Curzon Mayfair (07 APR 14:30):

  • “Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Set in a flamboyantly stylised near-future where gangs of disenfranchised teenagers indulge in narcotic cocktails and revel in acts of ‘ultraviolence’, the film centres on Alex (McDowell) and his band of droogs.”

THE FACES WE LOST d. Piotr Cieplak, 2017 + Q&A with the director at DocHouse (07 APR 16:00):

  • “The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda claimed the lives of nearly one million people in just 100 days. THE FACES WE LOST explores how Rwandans now use personal photographs to commemorate the loved ones they lost.”

PALAIS DE DANCE 35mm d. Maurice Elvey, 1929 + INTRO by Lucie Dutton + LIVE SCORE by Costas Fotopoulos at BFI Southbank (07 APR 13:10):

  • “Cinderella is at the wrong kind of Ball in this romance of a night-watchman’s daughter who takes a job as ‘No.16’ in a sleazy London dance hall. Maurice Elvey is at his best in this lively drama with nice Mabel Poulton and naughty Chilli Bouchier.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

MON 08

Films in London this week: PREDATOR at The Prince Charles (08 APR).
Films in London this week: PREDATOR at The Prince Charles (08 APR).

A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE d. Jason barker, 2018 + Q&A with the director at DocHouse (08 APR 18:30):

  • Out at Clapham presents: “Made entirely from personal archive footage and home video diaries, A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSE follows director Jason Barker and his partner Tracey’s incredible story of how he came to give birth to his child, charting over 15 years of the highs and lows of their lives.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

TUE 09

Films in London this week: SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA at Royal Festival Hall (09 APR).
Films in London this week: SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA at Royal Festival Hall (09 APR).

THE GHOUL d. Gareth Tunley, 2017 + Q&A with producer Jack Guttmann at Curzon Wimbledon (09 APR 20:30):

  • Wimbledon Film Club presents: “As a detective, Chris (Tom Meeten), investigates a double murder, the case begins to indicate the best way to follow up leads is to go undercover as a patient seeking psychotherapy for depression. What follows is a sinister story where nothing and no one seems reliable and Chris begins to doubt himself.”

SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA d. Franz Osten, 1928 + LIVE SCORE by Anoushka Shankar at Royal Festival Hall (09 APR 19:30):

  • “A lavish spectacle with a cast of thousands, SHIRAZ: A ROMANCE OF INDIA was shot entirely on location in India and released in 1928. It is the tale of a great love: the fictionalised backstory behind India’s most iconic building, the Taj Mahal, the monument built by a Moghul emperor in the memory of his beloved queen.”

Shorts On Lovers short film programme at Regent Street Cinema (09 APR 19:30):

  • CinemaItaliaUK presents: “An evening of award winning short films on LGBT+ lives and loves, in collaboration with Shorts on Tap and the Lovers Film Festival Turin.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

WED 10

Films in London this week: THAT MONSTER: AN ALLEGORY at ICA (10 APR).
Films in London this week: THAT MONSTER: AN ALLEGORY at ICA (10 APR).

GULYABANI + OVERTIME d. Gürcan Keltek, 2018 + 2012 + Q&A with the artist at Tate Modern (10 APR 18:30):

  • “Journey through Turkey’s natural and industrial landscapes with two short films – never before screened in the UK – exploring memory and resilience.”

MAGIC MEDICINE d. Monty Wates, 2018 + Psychotropic Herb Workshop at Harris Academy South Norwood (10 APR 19:45):

  • Screen25 presents: “Can magic mushrooms cure depression? MAGIC MEDICINE documents the first medical study of psychedelic drugs in 60 years, with results that could have the power to transform millions of lives.”

THAT MONSTER: AN ALLEGORY d. Silvia Kolbowski, 2018 + PANEL with the artist & academic Mignon Nixon at ICA (10 APR 18:45):

  • “In a body of video work produced over the past decade, Kolbowski has explored strategies of ‘re-animating’ the past to pose questions about politics in the present. In THAT MONSTER: AN ALLEGORY, she returns to the genre of silent film and Mary Shelley’s fictional tale of man-made monstrosity.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

  • A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 at Curzon Richmond (10 APR 18:00 – Other Curzons available!). A NIGHT TO REMEMBER d. Roy Baker, 1958 at Regent Street Cinema (10 APR 12:00 & 15:30). BEING FRANK: THE CHRIS SIEVEY STORY d. Steve Sullivan, 2018 at DocHouse (10 APR 14:30). BLADE RUNNER: DOUBLE FEATURE d. Ridley Scott, Denis Villeneuve, 1982 + 2017 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 18:10). BORDER d. Ali Abbasi, 2018 at Ciné Lumière (10 APR 16:00). CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? d. Marielle Heller, 2018 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 15:45). THE FAVOURITE d. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 16:10). IF BEALE ST COULD TALK d. Barry Jenkins, 2018 at Regent Street Cinema (10 APR 18:30 & 20:50). LEAVE NO TRACE d. Debra Granik, 2018 presented by Twickenham Film Club at The Exchange (10 APR 19:30). LORDS OF CHAOS d. Jonas Åkerlund, 2018 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 13:05). MUTUM d. Sandra Kogut, 2017 at Embassy Of Brazil (10 APR 18:00 – FREE!). THE PONDS d. Patrick McLennan and Samuel Smith, 2018 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 18:50). THE PONDS d. Patrick McLennan & Samuel Smith, 2019 at ArtHouse Crouch End (10 APR 19:30). RAY & LIZ d. Richard Billingham, 2018 at ICA (10 APR 13:45). RED JOAN d. Trevor Nunn, 2018 presented by UKJF at Phoenix Cinema (10 APR 20:30). SHOPLIFTERS d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018 at ICA (10 APR 14:00). SOYALISM d. Enrico Parenti & Stefano Liberti, 2018 at DocHouse (10 APR 16:45). TEDDY PENDERGRASS: IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME d. Olivia Lichtenstein, 2018 at The Lexi (10 APR 20:50). VICE d. Adam McKay, 2018 at The Prince Charles (10 APR 20:45).

THU 11

Films in London this week: WE NEED YOUR VOTE at Ciné Lumière (11 APR).
Films in London this week: WE NEED YOUR VOTE at Ciné Lumière (11 APR).

African Horror: Shades of Superstition with instructor Nuzo Onoh at The Horse Hospital (11 APR 19:00):

  • The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies presents: “While African Horror films have made great strides in recent years, thanks to the Nollywood film industry and the South African Horror Film Festival, African horror literary fiction is still to take its rightful place in the commercial horror market. We shall examine the term “African Horror”, and how it is portrayed by the popular media.”

DISOBEDIENCE d. Sebastián Lelio, 2018 + PANEL at Regent Street Cinema (11 APR 19:00):

  • Crime & Injustice presents: “This event will explore sexuality and religion and the role of education, health services, government / policies etc in supporting individuals, especially young people that are in the process of negotiating their sexuality and their religion.”

GLORIA BELL d. Sebastián Lelio, 2018 + Q&A with the director at Curzon Soho (11 APR 18:15):

  • “Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor. After meeting Arnold (John Turturro) on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating, identity and family.”

WE NEED YOUR VOTE d. Mathieu Sapin, 2018 + Q&A with the director & actor Alexandra Lamy at Ciné Lumière (11 APR 18:30):

  • “In his cinematic debut, comics illustrator Mathieu Sapin offers a chronicle on the mechanics of power through the eyes of Arnaud Jaurès (Finnegan Oldfield), a newcomer who incidentally joins the presidential candidate’s campaign team at the side of the powerful and experienced head of communication Agnès Karadzic (Alexandra Lamy) and makes his way up the ladder.”

More films in London today (A – Z):

  • 3 FACES d. Jafar Panahi, 2018 at Ciné Lumière (11 APR 21:00). A PRIVATE WAR d. Matthew Heineman, 2018 at The David Lean (11 APR 14:30 & 19:30). BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTES d. Sophie Huber, 2018 at DocHouse (11 APR 16:30). Bounce Cinema short film programme at Rich Mix (11 APR 19:00). C’EST LA VIE! d. Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache, 2017 presented by Das Kino at The Old Baths (11 APR 20:00). Feminism And The City: Social Architecture On Screen short film programme presented by Dispatch FMI at Genesis Cinema (11 APR 21:00). GIVE ME YOUR HEART d. Archie Mayo, 1936 presented by Kennington Talkies at The Cinema Museum (11 APR 19:30). HELLBOY d. Neil Marshall, 2019 at Picturehouse Hackney (11 APR 20:10 – Other Picturehouses available!). IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK d. Barry Jenkins, 2018 at The Prince Charles (11 APR 12:45). LORDS OF CHAOS d. Jonas Åkerlund, 2018 at The Prince Charles (11 APR 18:05). PROSPECT d. Christopher Caldwell & Zeek Ear, 2018 presented by Sci-Fi-London at The Prince Charles (11 APR 21:00). SHOPLIFTERS d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018 at ICA (11 APR 13:00). TWISTED PAIR d. Neil Breen, 2018 at The Prince Charles (11 APR 18:30). UNDER THE SILVER LAKE d. David Robert Mitchell, 2018 at The Prince Charles (11 APR 15:30). VICE d. Adam McKay, 2018 at The Prince Charles (11 APR 12:30).

MUSEUM SHOWS PART 1

SEASONS (by event/venue)

Films in London this week: ANGELO part of HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMAS at Austrian Cultural Forum (11 APR).
Films in London this week: ANGELO part of HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMAS at Austrian Cultural Forum (11 APR).

AKIRA KUROSAWA: SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles (until 13 APR):

  • “A selection of films from one of Japan’s most legendary filmmakers.” Includes: RAN d. Akira Kurosawa, 1985 (08 APR 20:15).

AND THE NOMINEES ARE… OSCARS 2019 at The Prince Charles (until 04 MAY):

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE MEANINGS OF LIFE at BFI Southbank (APR):

  • Includes: ARMY OF SHADOWS 35mm d. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969 (05 APR 18:05 – SOLD OUT! / 06 APR 20:10); RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1951 (06 APR 18:45 / 09 APR 21:00 / 11 APR 20:55); NOTHING BUT A MAN d. Michael Roemer, 1964 (07 APR 20:30); THE RIVER 35mm d. Jean Renoir, 1951 (08 APR 18:15 / 11 APR 20:50); ORDET d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955 (09 APR 17:50); and, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN d. Jack Arnold, 1957 + INTRO by Geoff Andrew (10 APR 18:10).

BORN DIGITAL: RAISED BY THE INTERNET at BFI Southbank (APR):

  • “As the internet turns 30, we programme a host of innovative films, inspired by and made with the web in mind.” Includes: #HORROR d. Tara Subkoff, 2015 (06 APR 17:30); I’M NOT CRAZY d. Party Like It’s 2007, 2015 (08 APR 20:25); and, TEAM HURRICANE d. Annika Berg, 2017 (09 APR 21:10).

CELEBRATING PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN at The Prince Charles (06 JAN to 15 JUL):

CLOSE-UP ON ANDREI TARKOVSKY at Close-Up (until 21 APR):

  • “Tarkovsky belongs to that handful of filmmakers who, with a small, concentrated body of work, created a universe.” Includes: SOLARIS d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972 (05 APR 19:30 / 10 APR 20:15).

CLOSE-UP ON SERGEI PARAJANOV at Close-Up (until 09 APR MAR):

  • “Parajanov studied cinema at the illustrious VGIK in Moscow under Aleksandr Dovzhenko. After he saw Tarkovsky’s IVAN’S CHILDHOOD, he disowned his earlier films and re-dedicated himself to cinema.” Includes: SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS d. Sergei Parajanov, 1964 (06 APR 17:30); and, THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES d. Sergei Parajanov, 1969 (09 APR 20:15).

THE FILMS OF JEAN-MARIE STRAUB AND DANIÈLE HUILLET Goethe-Institut & partners’ epic season continues at Birkbeck Cinema, Goethe-Institut & ICA (MAR to JUN):

FLASHBACKS at Ealing Town Hall (01 MAR to 26 APR):

  • Classic Cinema Club – Ealing presents: “Films that refuse to tell the story straight, with non-linear narratives, scenes out of sequence, and jumps in time.” Includes: THE BRIDE WORE BLACK d. Francois Truffaut, 1968 (05 APR 19:30).

HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMAS at Austrian Cultural Forum (02 APR to 30 MAY – FREE!):

  • “In 2019 our CineClub investigates the relationship of Austrian cinema and genre. We continue in the spring with a closer look at Austrian historical period dramas from the silent era to current festival highlights.” Includes: ANGELO d. Michael Schleinzer, 2018 (11 APR 19:00).

INGMAR BERGMAN SEASON at Deptford Cinema (until 02 MAY):

  • Includes: PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 (07 APR 15:00).

JOHN CARPENTER RETROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles (until 31 JUL):

  • Includes: THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 (06 APR 18:25); and, CHRISTINE d. John Carpenter, 1983 (06 APR 21:00).

JOHN WATERS SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles  (04 MAR to 26 JUN 2019):

KINOTEKA: WITOLD SOBOCIŃSKI at Close-Up (08 to 14 APR):

  • “Cinema is nothing without its cinematographers, those women and men who work at the magical intersection of art and technology. Late last year, Poland sadly lost one of its early, influential cinematographers, Witold Sobociński. In partnership with Kinoteka, we celebrate his life and legacy with a selection of screenings from some of his most iconic films.” Includes: FAMILY LIFE d. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1971 (08 APR 20:15).

KUBRICK at BFI Southbank (APR to MAY):

LIVES UNWRITTEN: WOMEN AND DOMESTIC WORK ON FILM at The Geffrye Museum of the Home (23 MAR to 27 APR):

  • “A timely exploration of the complex cultural and socioeconomic tensions of domestic labour, and its continued impact on women around the world.” Includes: BLACK GIRL aka La noire de… d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 + THE SLEEPER aka Die Schläferin d. Alex Gerbaulet, 2019 + TALK by Miranda Armstrong at The Geffrye Museum of the Home (06 APR 14:00).

OF FLESH AND BLOOD: THE CINEMA OF HIROKAZU KORE-EDA at BFI Southbank (APR to MAY):

  • “We celebrate a master of contemporary Japanese cinema with a two-month season of diverse, beautiful and human stories.” Includes:  AFTER LIFE d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 1998 (05 APR 18:20); STILL WALKING d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008 (07 APR 14:40 / 08 APR 17:50); DISTANCE d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2001 (07 APR 17:10); and, NOBODY KNOWS d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2004 (10 APR 20:20).

PLOT TWISTS at House Of Vans (06 to 28 APR – FREE!/No booking required):

POETRY IN MOTION: CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN CINEMA at Barbican (03 to 24 APR):

  • “A film season reflecting on how the tradition of storytelling, so deeply rooted in Persian culture, comes alive in cinema.” Includes: ATOMIC HEART d. Ali Ahmadzadeh, 2014 + Q&A with Dr Orkideh Behrouzan (07 APR 16:15); and, BRAVING THE WAVES d. Mina Keshavarz, 2016 + Q&A + LIVE POETRY (09 APR 18:30).
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SCENES at Deptford Cinema (17 FEB to 16 MAR):

  • “Inspired by a project by Caroline Jupp to interview local audiences about their personally significant movie scenes, this season is celebrating a selection of these films from the iconic to the obscure.” Includes: PERFORMANCE d. Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell, 1970 (05 APR 19:30).

SECRETS, MYSTERY, ABSURDITY: THE WORLD OF DAVID LYNCH at Genesis Cinema (02 to 25 APR):

SECURE THE BAG WEEKENDER at Rio Cinema (05 to 07 APR):

  • We Are Parable presents: SET IT OFF d. F. Gary Gray, 1996 (05 APR 23:30); Double Bill DEAD PRESIDENTS d. Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes, 1995 + INSIDE MAN d. Spike Lee, 2006 (07 APR 15:15).

SMART ROBOTS, MORTAL ENGINES: STANISLAW LEM ON FILM at Barbican (11 to 16 APR):

  • “Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, nanotechnology, trans-humanism: Polish author Stanislaw Lem was thinking and writing about today’s hot topics many decades ago.” Part of Life Rewired. Includes: Lem Shorts Programme + PANEL (11 APR 18:45).

TSAI MING-LIANG: THE DESERTED at Tate Modern (05 to 07 APR):

MUSEUM SHOWS PART 2

FILM FESTIVALS (by date/duration)

Films in London this week: MASKA at Barbican, part of LEM SHORTS PROGRAMME at Kinoteka (11 APR 18:45).
Films in London this week: MASKA at Barbican, part of LEM SHORTS PROGRAMME at Kinoteka (11 APR 18:45).

Film festivals in London this week include:

GRIND SHOWS

REGULAR RUNS & MAINSTREAM MARVELS (by title)

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE at Peckhamplex (05 to 11 APR).
Films in London this week: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE at Peckhamplex (05 to 11 APR).

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 at Peckhamplex (05 to 11 APR):

  • “Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’s decline-of-civilisation novel remains a chilling, thrilling and unsettling cinematic vision of nihilistic violence and social control. Set in a flamboyantly stylised near-future where gangs of disenfranchised teenagers indulge in narcotic cocktails and revel in acts of ‘ultraviolence’, the film centres on Alex (McDowell) and his band of droogs.”

COLLISIONS d. Lynette Wallworth at Barbican (10 to 20 APR – daily VR viewing times – limited numbers):

  • “This immersive Emmy Award-winning documentary transports you to a startling collision between cultures, the viewing experience enhanced by 360-degree vision, CGI animation and enveloping sound. Provided with headsets during a synchronised screening, audiences embark on a journey to the ancient homeland of indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, as he recounts the moment his world was turned upside down.”

THE REST I MAKE UP d. Michelle Memran, 2018 at ICA (05 to 11 APR):

  • “An affecting documentary portrait born out of an almost two-decade-long friendship between filmmaker Michelle Memran and Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés.”

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

  • 3 FACES d. Jafar Panahi, 2018 at Watermans (05 to 10 APR). ALIEN d. Ridley Scott, 1979 at The Prince Charles (05 to 10 APR). AT ETERNITY’S GATE d. Julian Schnabel, 2018 at Rio Cinema (until 11 APR). BLADE RUNNER : THE FINAL CUT d. Ridley Scott, 1982 at The Prince Charles (05 to 11 APR). BORDER d. Ali Abassi, 2018 at ICA (05 to 10 APR). BURNING d. Chang-dong Lee, 2018 at Whirled Cinema (08 to 14 APR). CHILDREN OF THE SNOW LAND d. Zara Balfour & Marcus Stephenson, 2018 at DocHouse (06 to 10 APR). EATEN BY LIONS d. Jason Wingard, 2018 at Peckhamplex (05 to 11 APR). FREE SOLO d. Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018 at The Prince Charles (05 to 11 APR). GIRL d. Lukas Dhont, 2018 at Watermans (06 to 10 APR). HAPPY AS LAZZARO d. Alice Rohrwacher, 2018 at ArtHouse Crouch End (05 to 11 APR). HOLY LANDS d. Amanda Sthers, 2018 presented by UKJF at JW3 (07 to 18 APR). THE IMAGE YOU MISSED d. Dónal Foreman, 2018 at ICA (05 to 09 APR). LAST BREATH d. Alex Parkinson & Richard da Costa, 2019 at DocHouse (05 to 11 APR). MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS d. Josie Rourke, 2018 at JW3 (05 to 10 APR). THE PANAMA PAPERS d. Alex Winters, 2018 at DocHouse (until 11 APR). THE SISTERS BROTHERS d. Jacques Audiard, 2018 at The Castle Cinema (05 to 11 APR). US d. Jordan Peele, 2019 at Rich Mix (until 10 APR). THE WHITE CROW d. Ralph Fiennes, 2018 at ArtHouse Crouch End (until 11 APR).

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