SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [07 to 13 OCT 2022]

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!

Sensational one-off events start this weekend with Wonder Reels’s evening of live performance by Yama Warashi followed by Kaneto Shindõ’s ONIBABA from 35mm at The Cinema Museum (07 OCT). Then, CinemaItaliaUK collaborates with FILL (the Festival of Italian Literature in London) to screen and discuss Pier Paolo Pasolini’s THE CANTERBURY TALES (08 OCT) at The Garden Cinema. Oliver Hermanus’ new adaptation of Kurosawa’s IKIRU, LIVING, is previewed across town as part of BFI London Film Festival (09 OCT – see daily listings for venues).

On Monday, Cinema Rising continues their screening programme with Paul Schrader’s HARDCORE at The Garden Cinema (10 OCT). The fascinating theatrical programme continues at Sands Films Studios with Grigory Kozintsev’s adaptation of KING LEAR which can be seen in-venue and on-line on Tuesday for a donation (11 OCT). “Gender bending, punk-horror, theatre making cabaret clown” Baby Lame and company return to create chaos with SHOWGIRLS LIVE! at the Rio Cinema on Wednesday (12 OCT), and you can wrap your week with something (a little…) calmer with Rebel Reel Cine Club’s presentation of BRONCO BULLFROG at Archway Tavern (13 OCT).

As the month’s new rep seasons make progress – everywhere but the BFI, but more about them in a bit! – this week’s highlights include a weekend of ALI CHERRI at Tate Modern, and the ongoing celebration of Angela Allen’s career as a script supervisor, A LIFE ON THE FILM SET, at The Garden Cinema. LAST SUNRISE continues FRAMEBURN at Hackney Brewery, and Programme 2: (1976-78) is the next stage in the epic JOHN SMITH INTROSPECTIVE at Close-Up (both 13 OCT). HORROCTOBER continues to shine its eery light over the season at The Prince Charles.

The BFI London Film Festival continues across town this week (05 to 16 OCT), and I start my encounters there with BONES AND ALL at the weekend. One of the many innovations driven through by outgoing festival director Tricia Tuttle is the number of parallel preview screenings in venues across London and the UK (cf LIVING – see daily listings). If BFI LFF is too big for your appetites, Little Wing Film Festival continues at Everyman Cinemas across town (05 to 09 OCT), Wimbledon International Short Film Festival shines at the Polka Theatre (08 OCT), and Kick Like A Girl gets physical at Genesis (08 to 09 OCT).

In this week’s new releases, I’m really looking forward to seeing Bertrand Mandico’s next feature, AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE), following the super-saturated 16mm weirdness of THE WILD BOYS. I’ve also highlighted David O. Russell’s AMSTERDAM and Stephen Frears’ THE LOST KING as two fact-based dramas, one a whodunnit, the other more of a ‘wheredunnit’. Check this week’s GRIND SHOW listings for these details and more.

It’s that time of year when those of us with horror heads come out to play, so expect me to celebrate more genre-related screenings in my Featured Attraction of the Week slot. This week I’ve chosen the wonderful two-pronged assault on our senses from the Evolution of Horror podcast people at Genesis Cinema… Campfire Stories is an open mic story-telling event outdoors in the Yard (with free hot chocolate and marshmallows!), which is then followed by Jamie Blanks’ URBAN LEGEND in the cosy warmth of the cinema.

See you in the darkness, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

PS – I missed it last week, but after a long absence the Bernie Grant Arts Centre has resumed regular film screenings with a monthly slot entitled, appropriately enough, Cinema At The Centre.

Evolution of Horror Presents… Campfire Stories in the Yard (12 OCT 19:00) + URBAN LEGEND d. Jamie Blanks, 1998 (12 OCT 21:00) / Part of HALLOWEEN season at Genesis Cinema.

“Complete with a roaring campfire, cosy blankets and hot chocolate topped with marshmallows, join us for an evening of spooky stories in The Yard! As with our open mic nights, anyone can sign up to tell their tale but if you’d rather get spooked, just join the circle and listen!”

“Once we’re all substantially creeped out, we’ll head inside for a special screening of the solid 90s slasher URBAN LEGEND and maybe grab a themed cocktail from the bar to calm the nerves. Tickets are available to both events separately but enjoy a discounted rate when booked together. Hot chocolate, tea and marshmallows are on us!” (Genesis Cinema)

FRIDAY 07 OCT

• BROKEN TIES d. Andrey Loshak, presented by TVOR – Russians Against the War in partnership with the Russian Democratic Society in-venue & online at Sands Films Studios (07 OCT 19:00).
• ONIBABA 35mm d. Kaneto Shindõ, 1964 + Live performance by Yama Warashi, presented by Wonder Reels at The Cinema Museum (07 OCT 19:30).
• Musical Weekends: STORMY WEATHER d. Andrew L. Stone, 1943 at The Garden Cinema (07 OCT 21:00 / 08 OCT 18:00).
• Trouble in the Archive: Screening and Conversation with Miranda Pennell at Birkbeck Cinema (07 OCT 18:00 – FREE!).
• THE WOMAN KING d. Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022 + Pre-film drink, presented by Black Ink Cinema at Genesis Cinema (07 OCT 20:30).

SATURDAY 08 OCT

• THE CANTERBURY TALES d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1972 + Conversation on Pier Paolo Pasolini, presented by CinemaItaliaUK at The Garden Cinema (08 OCT 17:00).
• THE DUKE d. Roger Michell, 2020 + Q&A with screenwriter Clive Coleman, presented by Talkies Community Cinema at Waterhouse Hall Theatre (08 OCT 19:30).
• MEAN GIRLS Quote-Along d. Mark Waters, 2004 at The Clapham Grand (08 OCT 18:30).
• MONSOON d. Hong Khaou, 2019 + Director’s Q&A at King’s College London (08 OCT 14:00).
• Musical Weekends: STORMY WEATHER d. Andrew L. Stone, 1943 at The Garden Cinema (08 OCT 18:00).
• THIS STAINED DAWN d. Anam Abbas, 2021 to raise funds for Pakistan’s trans community at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre (08 OCT 18:00).
• THE WOMAN KING d. Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022 + Intro by Serlina Boyd, presented by Dark Matter at The Ritzy (08 OCT 20:00).

EVENTS

• *FOR DANIÈLE! at Goethe-Institut London (08 OCT 14:00).

SUNDAY 09 OCT

• HIGH NOON d. Fred Zinnemann, 1952 at Riverside Studios (09 OCT 14:00 / 10 OCT 12:10).
• JACKIE BROWN d. Quentin Tarantino, 1997 at Electric Cinemas (09 OCT various).
• LFF Preview – LIVING d. Oliver Hermanus, 2022 at various venues, inc: ActOne Cinema (09 OCT 18:15); ArtHouse Crouch End (09 OCT 18:00); Barbican (09 OCT 18:00); Genesis Cinema (09 OCT 18:00); Olympic Studios (09 OCT 19:30); Peckhamplex (09 OCT 20:20); Riverside Studios (09 OCT 18:10).
• PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT aka Les Olympiades, Paris 13e d. Jacques Audiard, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (09 OCT 17:00).
• YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 at The Prince Charles (09 OCT 14:55).

MONDAY 10 OCT

• Elliott Smith Live 1999 – Concert Screening presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (10 OCT 19:30).
• HARDCORE d. Paul Schrader, 1979 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (10 OCT 20:00).
• HIGH NOON d. Fred Zinnemann, 1952 at Riverside Studios (10 OCT 12:10).
• THE LOST KING d. Stephen Frears, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Olympic Studios (10 OCT 18:50).
• Monday Classic Matinée: RED DUST d. Victor Fleming, 1932 at Regent Street Cinema (10 OCT 13:00).

TUESDAY 11 OCT

• JABBERWOCKY d. Terry Gilliam, 1977 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (11 OCT 20:00).
• KING LEAR d. Grigory Kozintsev, 1971 presented in-venue & on-line by Sands Films Cinema Club at Sands Film Studios (11 OCT 19:30).
• THE MIGRATION BLANKET – CLIMATE SOLIDARITY d. Salma Zulfiqar, 2022 + Q&A at Rich Mix (11 OCT 14:00).
• MO’ BETTER BLUES d. Spike Lee, 1990 presented by Fourth Wall at The Lab E20 (11 OCT 19:30 – FREE!).
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM d. Brett Morgan, 2022 at The David Lean (11 OCT 19:30).
• Pink Palace: NO SKIN OFF MY ASS + Shorts d. Bruce LaBruce, 1991 + Intro/Discussion in the Basement Bar at Rio Cinema (11 OCT 19:30).
• PARALLEL MOTHERS d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021 presented by Wimbledon Film Club at Curzon Wimbledon (11 OCT 20:30).
• The Voices Film Programme – Queer Identity: Collected Stories short film programme at Bermondsey Project Space (11 OCT 19:00).
• THE WICK presented by Left Culture Club & Reclaim the Wick at The Old Baths (11 OCT 20:00 – FREE!).

WEDNESDAY 12 OCT

• Baby Lame presents SHOWGIRLS LIVE! d. Paul Verhoeven, 1995 Film screening + live shows at Rio Cinema (12 OCT 20:45).
• DOSED 2: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME d. Tyler Chandler & Nicholas Meyers, 2022 + Panel at Genesis Cinema (12 OCT 18:30).
• GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS d. Alli Haapasalo, 2022 + Recorded intro by film critic, Violet Lucca at Riverside Studios (12 OCT 18:00).
• Lana Del Rey Concert Screening presented by Deeper Into Movies at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (12 OCT 19:30).
• The Second Floor Screenings short film programme at The Lady Hamilton (12 OCT 19:00).

TALKS

• Robin Askwith – Still Hanging On! presented by Misty Moon at The Cinema Museum (12 OCT 19:30).

THURSDAY 13 OCT

• BRONCO BULLFROG d. Barney Platts-Mills, 1969 + Pre-film DJ Jeffrey Munday + Short: STROLLS d. Amir Bech, presented by Rebel Reel Cine Club at Archway Tavern N19 (13 OCT 19:00).
• THE FORGIVEN d. John Michael McDonagh, 2021 at The David Lean (13 OCT 14:30 HOH & 19:30).
• GOOD OLD CZECHS d. Tomáš Bojar, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Czech Centre at the Czech Embassy Cinema (13 OCT 19:00).
• TV Preview: SHANTARAM d. Eric Warren Singer & Steve Lightfoot, 2022 at Everyman Cinemas (13 OCT various).
• STUDIO 17: THE LOST REGGAE TAPES d. Mark James, 2019 + Q&A with the director & producer Wael Kabbani at The Ritzy (13 OCT 18:30).

TALKS

• An Evening with David Harewood at Rio Cinema (13 OCT 18:30).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (07 OCT 13:00); BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA 35mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (07 OCT 20:30 / 12 OCT 15:20); SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (08 OCT 12:30 & 16:35); HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER 35mm d. Steve Miner, 1998 (08 OCT 20:45); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 35mm d. Tom Savini, 1990 (11 OCT 16:00 – £1 Members Film);VALENTINE d. Jamie Blanks, 2001 (11 OCT 18:30); AUDITION 35mm d. Takashi Miike, 1999 (12 OCT 20:55); WILD AT HEART 35mm d. David Lynch, 1990 (12 OCT 13:15); SCREAM 35mm d. Wes Craven, 1996 (13 OCT 15:30).

ALI CHERRI at Tate Modern

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CHIBAYISH + AT THE TIME OF THE EBB d. Alia Farid, 2022 + 2019 + Intro by the artist (07 OCT 18:30); A Geography of Violence featuring Intro by the artist & THE DISQUIET + THE DIGGER + THE DAM 2013-2022 at Tate Modern (08 OCT 16:00).

A LIFE ON THE FILM SET at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN d. Albert Lewin, 1951 + Q&A with Angela Allen (07 OCT 18:00); THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING d. John Huston, 1975 + Q&A with Angela Allen (09 OCT 19:00).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): INU-OH d. Masaaki Yuasa, 2022 (11 OCT 13:50 / 13 OCT 13:40).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DR. NO d. Terrence Young, 1962 (08 OCT 18:00).

BAR TRASH / TRASH PLANET at Genesis Cinema & Rule Zero

• Includes (check venue for full listings): OCTAMAN dir Harry Essex, 1971 + Intro, film chat, prize giveaways & themed drinks at Genesis Cinema (11 OCT 20:30).

BLACK HISTORY MONTH at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PLAYING AWAY d. Horace Ové, 1987 (08 OCT 20:00); BURNING AN ILLUSION d. Menelik Shabazz, 1981 (11 OCT 15:00); THE STUART HALL PROJECT d. John Akomfrah, 2013 (12 OCT 16:30); DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST d. Julie Dash, 1991 (12 OCT 20:10).

BLACK PARIS: FACT & FICTION at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PARIS NOIR – AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE CITY OF LIGHT d. Joanne Burke, 2017 + Intro by series curator Karen Alexander & author/social entrepreneur Eric D. Collins (07 OCT 18:15); PARIS BLUES d. Martin Ritt, 1961 (09 OCT 20:05).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DRACULA d. Tod Browning & Karl Fruend, 1931 (08 OCT 14:35); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD d. George A. Romero, 1968 (11 OCT 13:40); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 (13 OCT 13:15).

BOWIE: SOUND AND VISION at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE d. Nagisa Ôshima, 1983 (08 OCT various / 12 OCT various).

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT at Chiswick Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM d. Michael Curtiz, 1933 (12 OCT 19:00).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): EL SUR d. Víctor Erice, 1983 (08 OCT 18:25); PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 (08 OCT 20:15); JULES AND JIM d. François Truffaut, 1962 (09 OCT 18:15); THE 400 BLOWS d. François Truffaut, 1959 (09 OCT 20:15).

THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH at The Prince Charles 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WILD AT HEART 35mm d. David Lynch, 1990 (12 OCT 13:15).

FRAMEBURN at Hackney Brewery & High Hill Taproom

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LAST SUNRISE d. Wen Ren, 2019 + Edible Insect Tasting (13 OCT 19:00).

HALLOWEEN at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE EXORCIST [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. William Friedkin, 1973 (08 OCT 23:00 / 12 OCT 10:30).

HALLOWEEN at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BAR TRASH presents OCTAMAN dir Harry Essex, 1971 + Intro, film chat, prize giveaways & themed drinks (11 OCT 20:30); Evolution of Horror Presents… Campfire Stories in the Yard (12 OCT 19:00) + URBAN LEGEND d. Jamie Blanks, 1998 (12 OCT 21:00); HATCHING d. Hanna Bergholm, 2022 (13 OCT 21:00).

HALLOWEEN at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): GANJA & HESS d. Bill Gunn, 1973 (from 08 OCT various); THE FEAST d. Lee Haven Jones, 2021 (11 OCT various).

HORROCTOBER – A MONTH OF THRILLS, CHILLS & SPILLS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (07 OCT 13:00); BASKET CASE d. Frank Henenlotter, 1982 (07 OCT 18:15); BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA 35mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (07 OCT 20:30 / 12 OCT15:20); SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (08 OCT 12:30 & 16:35); DRACULA d. Tod Browning & Karl Fruend, 1931 (08 OCT 14:35); MAD GOD d. Phil Tippett, 2021 (08 OCT 18:40); HALLOWEEN H20: 20 YEARS LATER 35mm d. Steve Miner, 1998 (08 OCT 20:45); THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS d. Henry Selick, 1993 (09 OCT 13:00); HELLRAISER d. Clive Barker, 1987 (09 OCT 18:30); TUSK d. Kevin Smith, 2014 (09 OCT 20:55); THE OMEN d. Richard Donner, 1976 (10 OCT 13:00); SUSPIRIA 4K d. Dario Argento, 1977 (10 OCT 15:40 / 12 OCT 13:00); GANJA & HESS d. Bill Gunn, 1973 (10 OCT 18:15); GINGER SNAPS d. John Fawcett, 2000 (10 OCT 21:00); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD d. George A. Romero, 1968 (11 OCT 13:40); NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 35mm d. Tom Savini, 1990 (11 OCT 16:00 – £1 Members Film); VALENTINE d. Jamie Blanks, 2001 (11 OCT 18:30); RE-ANIMATORd. Stuart Gordon, 1985 (12 OCT 18:35); AUDITION 35mm d. Takashi Miike, 1999 (12 OCT 20:55); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 (13 OCT 13:15); SCREAM 35mm d. Wes Craven, 1996 (13 OCT 15:30); SHIVA BABY d. Emma Seligman, 2020 (13 OCT 18:30); QUEEN OF EARTH d. Alex Ross Perry, 2015 (13 OCT 20:30).

JOHN SMITH: INTROSPECTIVE (1972–2022) 50 FILMS FROM 50 YEARS at ICA & Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Programme 2: (1976-78) + John Smith & Erika Balsom in conversation at Close-Up (13 OCT 20:15).

NEW GERMAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER d. Werner Herzog, 1974 (09 OCT 15:30); THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972 (10 OCT 15:00);  KINGS OF THE ROAD d. Wim Wenders, 1976 (13 OCT 19:05 + Intro by Joanne Leal).

PATRICIO GUZMÁN CHILE TRILOGYat Bertha DocHouse

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS d. Patricio Guzman, 2022 (07 OCT 18:30).

SEASON OF CHAN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): WHO AM I? d. Jackie Chan & Benny Chan, 1998 (07 OCT 15:45 / 11 OCT 21:00).

SPOTLIGHT ON ISABELLE HUPPERT at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for listings): MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS d. Anthony Fabian, 2021 (30 SEP to 18 OCT); THE PIANO TEACHER 35mm aka La Pianiste d. Michael Haneke, 2001 (09 OCT 14:00 / 12 OCT 18:00); THINGS TO COME aka L’Avenir d. Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016 (13 OCT 18:30).

TNB BHM 2022 at Stratford East Picturehouse

• Includes (check venue for listings): QUEEN OF GLORY d. Nana Mensah, 2021 + Panel + Performance (13 OCT 19:00 – FREE!).

UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS at The Prince Charles 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DRACULA d. Tod Browning & Karl Fruend, 1931 (08 OCT 14:35).

WORLD CINEMA E-PASSPORT at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for listings): 81/2 d. Federico Fellini, 1963 (09 OCT 14:00 / 10 OCT 20:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): AS TEARS GO BY d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988 (07 OCT 12:45 – 4K); DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (10 OCT 16:00); CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (11 OCT 16:10); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (12 OCT 16:10).

• BFI London Film Festival (05 to 16 OCT).
• Fête du Cinéma d’Animation (02 to 28 OCT).
• Kick Like A Girl (08 to 09 OCT).
• Little Wing Film Festival (05 to 09 OCT).
• Wimbledon International Short Film Festival (08 OCT).

• Also 07 to 13 OCT (various dates/times): BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 at: The Garden Cinema // THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS aka La Cordillera de los sueños d. Patricio Guzmán, 2019 at: Bertha DocHouse / Ciné Lumière / ICA // NOTHING COMPARES d. Kathryn Ferguson, 2002 at: Bertha DocHouse / Picturehouse Cinemas // VENGEANCE d. B.J. Novak, 2022 at: Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas.

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