This is a film still from IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE dir Rosa von Praunheim, 1971, screening at The Cinema Museum as part of BEHIND THE LENS season (09 FEB 2023).

SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [03 to 09 FEB 2023]

Our RADIANT CIRCUS guide to what’s on in London this week across DIY, indie & alternative cinema, including one-off screen events, film seasons, film festivals & new releases.

By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus

Welcome to another screen week!

Happy 6th birthday to everyone at The Castle Cinema! Their celebration screening of THE CASTLE (05 FEB) sold out pretty much straight away, but you can help them celebrate every day of the week (including their £5 Mondays).

In considerably worse news, I’ve only just spotted the demise of Kino Bermondsey. Their Twitter account says this: “Bermondsey’s local independent cinema & café bar has now permanently closed due to an unsustainable hike in rent and service charges imposed by the landlord.” How very sad.

One of the reasons this weekly Screen Guide is so late is that I’ve also published my epic roundup of February’s film seasons and film festivals today. Check it out for a host of brilliant new programmes.

There are lots of Awards Season screenings across town. I haven’t listed them because there’s limited bandwidth here for new releases… but I’m sure you’ll have no problem tracking them down!

Of course, you could always join me at BAR TRASH for some alternative programming. TRASH OR TREASURE? Resurrecting “The Worst Films of All Time” screens titles from The Golden Turkey Awards (1980)… Next up: boxing kangaroo comedy, MATILDA (08 FEB).

And finally, it’s the start of LGBT History Month, so I’ve chosen two excellent seasons at The Cinema Museum as my Featured Attractions of the Week.

See you in the darkness, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

BEHIND THE LENS: FILMS FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH at The Cinema Museum

AND…

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

FRIDAY 03 FEB

SATURDAY 04 FEB

SUNDAY 05 FEB

  • ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT d. Edward Berger, 2022 + Q&A with the director, Producer Malte Grunert, Actor Albrecht Schuch, Composer Volker Bertelmann, Editor Sven Budelmann and Sound Designer Frank Kruse at Cinema In The Power Station (05 FEB 11:40).
  • THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI d. Robert Wiene, 1920 at Picturehouse Cinemas (05 FEB various).
  • CESÁRIA ÉVORA d. Ana Sofia Fonseca, 2022 at Bertha DocHouse (05 FEB 13:50).
  • THE CRUSADE d. Louis Garrel, 2021 at Ciné Lumière (05 FEB 13:30).
  • DRIVE MY CAR d. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (05 FEB 17:00).
  • JOURNEY TO THE WEST d. Kong Dashan, 2021 at The Garden Cinema (05 FEB 14:30).
  • Non-Aligned Film Archives 02: Regards Inversés (Med Hondo) + Intro by Annabelle Aventurin at Close-Up Film Centre (05 FEB 15:00).
  • THE QUIET GIRL d. Colm Bairéad, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Curzon Bloomsbury (05 FEB 11:40).
  • RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 at at ActOne Cinema (05 FEB 14:15).
  • RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 at Phoenix Cinema (05 FEB 13:00 / 07 FEB 11:45).
  • Chinese New Year: Year of the Rabbit – WHAT ABOUT CHINA? d. Trinh Minh-ha, 2022 + Intro by Hyun Jin Cho, BFI London Film Festival Programmer at BFI Southbank (05 FEB 14:30).

MONDAY 06 FEB

  • BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN d. Pierre Földes, 2022 UK Premiere + Intro by the director at BFI Southbank (06 FEB 20:45).
  • HIGH LIFE d. Claire Denis, 2018 presented by Transmissions at Dalston Superstore (06 FEB 19:00).
  • LADIES AND GENTLEMEN – THE FABULOUS STAINS d. Lou Adler, 1982 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (06 FEB 19:30).
  • LUZZU d. Alex Camilleri, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (06 FEB 20:00 / 07 FEB 20:00 / 08 FEB 20:00 / 12 FEB 17:00).
  • MOONAGE DAYDREAM d. Brett Morgen, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Everyman King’s Cross (06 FEB 18:45).
  • Monday Classic Matinee: ROMAN HOLIDAY [4K Restoration] d. William Wyler, 1953 at Regent Street Cinema (06 FEB 13:00).
  • WALKABOUT d. Nicolas Roeg, 1971 + Q&A with with actors Jenny Agutter & Luc Roeg, in tribute to Nicolas Roeg in partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at Ciné Lumière (06 FEB 18:30).
  • YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2021 + Q&A with the director & producer Elisabeth Woodward at Frontline Club (06 FEB 19:00).

TALKS etc.

TUESDAY 07 FEB

  • THE 400 BLOWS d. François Truffaut, 1959 + Intro by Jon Davies, presented by Richmond Film Society at The Exchange (07 FEB 20:00).
  • BLIND AMBITION d. Robert Coe & Warwick Ross, 2021 presented by Wimbledon Film Club at Curzon Wimbledon (07 FEB 20:30).
  • BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 + Q&A with the producer Hélène Sifre & advisor Professor Catherine Lee at Rio Cinema (07 FEB 18:30).
  • BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER d. Jamie Babbit, 1999 presented by Sticky Fingers Cinema at The Ivy House (07 FEB 19:00).
  • DEATH OF A BUREAUCRAT d. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1966 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cine Club at Sands Films Studios (07 FEB 20:00 – Donation requested).
  • ENYS MEN d. Mark Jenkin, 2022 at The David Lean (07 FEB 19:30).
  • Science On Screen: GATTACA d. Andrew Niccol, 1997 + Presentation by Magdalena Skipper at Barbican (07 FEB 18:10).
  • I GET KNOCKED DOWN d. Dunstan Bruce & Sophie Robinson, 2021 + Q&A with Dunstan Bruce at Hackney Picturehouse (07 FEB 20:00).
  • LUZZU d. Alex Camilleri, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (07 FEB 20:00 / 08 FEB 20:00 / 12 FEB 17:00).
  • NIAGARA d. Henry Hathaway, 1953 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (07 FEB 20:00).
  • RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 at Phoenix Cinema (07 FEB 11:45).

WEDNESDAY 08 FEB

  • CLOSE d. Lukas Dhont, 2022 + Q&A with the director, presented by Dazed x MUBI Cinema Club at Rio Cinema (08 FEB 18:30).
  • HUSBAND d. Devorah Baum & Josh Appignanesi, 2022 + Q&A with the directors at Curzon Soho (08 FEB 18:20).
  • Preview: JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 + Q&A with the director at BFI Southbank (08 FEB 18:00).
  • LUZZU d. Alex Camilleri, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (08 FEB 20:00 / 12 FEB 17:00).

THURSDAY 09 FEB

  • BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 + Q&A with the director, actor Rosy McEwen & producer Hélène Sifre at Picturehouse Central (09 FEB 18:30).
  • CLOSE d. Lukas Dhont, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Everyman Belsize Park (09 FEB 20:00).
  • CORSAGE d. Marie Kreutzer, 2022 at The David Lean (09 FEB 14:30 & 19:30).
  • Art In The Making: EDWARD HOPPER d. Ron Peck, 1981 + + Intro by Steven Foxon, Curator BFI National Archive (09 FEB 18:30).
  • EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE d. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022 + Q&A for LGBT+ History Month, presented by Newham Community at Stratford East Picturehouse (09 FEB 19:00 – FREE!).
  • LA CIÉNAGA aka The Swamp d. Lucrecia Martel, 2001 presented by Jellied Reels at The Castle Cinema (09 FEB 18:45 / 23 FEB 18:45).
  • NIGHT ON EARTH d. Jim Jarmusch, 1991 presented by Only True Cinema to raise funds for a new film project at Whirled Cinema (09 FEB 19:00).
  • PACKAGE d. Jamal Walker, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Rich Mix (09 FEB 20:30 / 11 FEB 18:00).
  • TO LESLIE d. Michael Morris, 2022 at Everyman Cinemas (09 FEB various).
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS d. Ruben Östlund, 2022 + Zoom Q&A with the director & actor Dolly De Leon at Curzon Bloomsbury (09 FEB 17:20).
  • YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2021 + Q&A with the director at The Garden Cinema (09 FEB 17:15).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (08 FEB 12:00 / 09 FEB 20:20).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER 3D d. James Cameron, 2022 (until 15 FEB); FIRE OF LOVE d. Sara Dosa, 2022 + Extended intro with the director & producer Shane Boris (03 FEB 18:00); ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT d. Edward Berger, 2022 + Q&A the director, co-writer Lesley Paterson, actor Albrecht Schuch, composer Volker Bertelmann, editor Sven Budelmann, supervising sound editor Frank Kruse and producer Malte Grunert (04 FEB 15:00).
  • SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022: 54= BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN aka Bronenosets Potemkin d. Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925 (04 FEB 12:40); 54= BLADE RUNNER: FINAL CUT 4K d. Ridley Scott, 1982 (05 FEB 20:40); 43= STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 (07 FEB 20:10).

AKIRA KUROSAWA at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX 

A LI’L BIT OF LUIS BUÑUEL at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO aka La fièvre monte à El Pao d. Luis Buñuel, 1959 (08 FEB 18:20).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (04 FEB 18:40); ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND d. Kenji Iwaisawa, 2019 + Intro by Ghibliotheque (08 FEB 20:30).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS at The Prince Charles (Not listed elsewhere!)

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MADE IN USA d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1966 (04 FEB 20:15 / 09 FEB 20:15); LA CHINOISE d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1967 (05 FEB 18:00).

BAR TRASH: TRASH OR TREASURE? at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema 

  • Includes (check venue for listings): MATILDA d. Daniel Mann, 1978 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (08 FEB 20:30).
  • Presented by Token Homo.

BEHIND THE LENS: FILMS FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH at The Cinema Museum

CELEBRATING JACK NICHOLSON at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): CHINATOWN d. Roman Polanski, 1974 (04 FEB 13:00 / 08 FEB 20:15); FIVE EASY PIECES d. Bob Rafelson, 1970 (04 FEB 15:40 / 07 FEB 17:00); EASY RIDER d. Dennis Hopper, 1969 (04 FEB 20:45 / 05 FEB 17:15); THE PASSENGER d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975 (06 FEB 20:20).

CINEMATIC JUKEBOX / CLASSIC FILM SEASON at The Prince Charles (not listed elsewhere!)

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): DERSU UZALA d. Akira Kurosawa, 1975 (02 FEB 20:35); DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (05 FEB 15:00 – 4K); WITHNAIL & I d. Bruce Robinson, 1987 (05 FEB 20:45); EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE d. Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022 (07 FEB 17:45 – 4K); THE FUNERAL d. Jûzô Itami, 1984 (09 FEB 12:30); TAMPOPO d. Jûzô Itami, 1985 (09 FEB 15:15 – 4K).

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE EXILES dir Kent Mackenzie, 1961 (03 FEB 20:15); EROS + MASSACRE d. Kiju Yoshida, 1969 (04 FEB 16:15); HEROIC PURGATORY dir Yoshishige Yoshida, 1970 (05 FEB 20:00).

FROM THE REQUEST BOARD… at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings: WHIPLASH d. Damien Chazelle, 2014 (06 FEB 12:45); KABOOM 35mm d. Gregg Araki, 2010 (07 FEB 18:00).

JAPAN FOUNDATION TOURING FILM PROGRAMME at ICA

JEAN-LUC GODARD: PERSPECTIVES at Ciné Lumière

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): ALL ABOUT EVE d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950 (05 FEB 12:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BLADE RUNNER: DOUBLE FEATURE ds. Ridley Scott & Denis Villeneuve, 1982 + 2017 (03 FEB 18:00 – 4K).

NICOLAS ROEG: HAUNTING MEMORIES at Riverside Studios

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells, 2022 (05 FEB 20:35 / 06 FEB 18:15); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (07 FEB 12:15); YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE d. Lynne Ramsay, 2017 (08 FEB 18:10 – £1 Members Film); VALLEY GIRL d. Martha Coolidge, 1983 (09 FEB 20:45).

STEVEN SPIELBERG FROM 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MINORITY REPORT 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 2002 (04 FEB 22:30 / 08 FEB 10:30).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

TRINTIGNANT: THE NON-CONFORMIST at Ciné Lumière

TONY PALEY’S GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME at Close-Up Film Centre

VALENTINE’S at The Prince Charles 

WOMEN SHAPING THE WORLD at Ciné Lumière

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (03 FEB 15:40 – 4K / 05 FEB 18:20 – 4K / 06 FEB 15:15 – 4K / 09 FEB 18:00 – 4K); CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (06 FEB 20:45).

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): A TOUCH OF ZEN d. King Hu, 1969 (07 FEB 20:10).

YOU BEAUTIES: NEW AUSTRALIAN CINEMA at BFI Southbank

EO dir Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022

KNOCK AT THE CABIN dir M. Night Shyamalan, 2022

SAINT OMER dir Alice Diop, 2022

THE WHALE dir Darren Aronofsky, 2022

Also 03 to 09 FEB (various dates/times):

  • BONEY PILES aka Terykony d. Taras Tomenko, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
  • ROMAN HOLIDAY [4K Restoration] d. William Wyler, 1953 at: ICA.
  • YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2023 at: Curzon Cinemas.

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