This is a film still from THE LAST OF SHEILA dir Herbert Ross, 1973, screening at Olympic Studios (12 MAR 2023).
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SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [10 to 16 MAR 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.

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Welcome to another screen week!

As you’ll have noticed, this screen guide is very late… apologies for that. Due to pressures of time, there won’t be any daily posts this week, but I hope you find something here you love. Also late… I’ve just posted my (not quite so…) epic monthly roundup which contains even more treasures for the rest of the month.

I’ve chosen 1970s murder-mystery THE LAST OF SHEILA at Olympic Studios as my Featured Attraction of the Week for the very simple reason of this credit: Screenplay by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins.

See you in the darkness, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

THE LAST OF SHEILA d. Herbert Ross, 1973 at Olympic Studios (12 MAR 13:30).

“A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly. Screenplay by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins.” (Olympic Studios)

FRIDAY 10 MAR

  • MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM dir Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern, 2022 + Q&A with the directors, presented by Deeper Into Movies at Rio Cinema (10 MAR 20:45).
  • THE MIDDLE MAN d. Bent Hamer, 2021 + Q&A with the director & actors, Pål Sverre Hagen & Nina Andresen-Borud at Picturehouse Fulham Road (10 MAR 20:00).
  • Musical Fridays: MOULIN ROUGE! d. Baz Luhrmann, 2001 at The Garden Cinema (10 MAR 20:45).
  • OBEDIENCE d. Stanley Milgram, 1965 + Intro by Peter Conheim, presented by Never On Sunday at Close-Up (10 MAR 20:15).
  • OFF THE RAILS d. Peter Day, 2022 + Q&A at ArtHouse Crouch End (10 MAR 18:15).

SATURDAY 11 MAR

  • MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM d. Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern, 2022 + Q&A with co-director Will Lovelace at Curzon Soho (11 MAR 17:30).
  • MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM dir Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern, 2022 + Q&A with the directors, presented by Deeper Into Movies at Rio Cinema (11 MAR 18:15).
  • NAKED LUNCH 4K d. David Cronenberg, 1991 at ICA (11 MAR 21:15 / 12 MAR 20:40 / 16 MAR 20:45).
  • PICASSO’S SMILE d. Jaafar Muraad, 2023 at Phoenix Cinema (11 MAR 18:00).
  • WOMEN OF ABNEY + Q&A with the cast & crew at Rio Cinema (11 MAR 13:00).

SUNDAY 12 MAR

  • ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND d. Michel Gondry, 2004 at The Prince Charles (12 MAR 17:25).
  • THE LAST OF SHEILA d. Herbert Ross, 1973 at Olympic Studios (12 MAR 13:30).
  • THE MIDDLE MAN d. Bent Hamer, 2021 + Q&A with the director & actors, Pål Sverre Hagen & Nina Andresen-Borud at The Garden Cinema (12 MAR 19:15).
  • NAKED LUNCH 4K d. David Cronenberg, 1991 at ICA (12 MAR 20:40 / 16 MAR 20:45).
  • ORLANDO d. Sally Potter, 1992 + Recorded Q&A with the director & Tilda Swinton at Picturehouse Cinemas (12 MAR various).
  • WATCHER d. Chloe Okuno, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (12 MAR 17:00).

MONDAY 13 MAR

  • Art In The Making: ART WE DESERVE? + MARKETING THE ARTS d. Jeremy Marre, 1979 + Bob Carson, 1988 + Intro at BFI Southbank (13 MAR 18:15).
  • FINITE d. Rich Felgate, 2002 + Panel discussion with the director at Bertha DocHouse (13 MAR 18:20).
  • Fragments Picks: THE INSPECTION d. Elegance Bratton, 2022 at Genesis Cinema (13 MAR 21:00).
  • NAKED LUNCH d. David Cronenberg, 1992 at The Prince Charles (13 MAR 12:55 / 14 MAR 20:45 – 4K / 16 MAR 12:10 – 4K).
  • Preview: RYE LANE d. Raine Allen-Miller, 2022 + Q&A with the director & actor Vivian Oparah at BFI Southbank (13 MAR 20:45).
  • TO LESLIE d. Michael Morris, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (13 MAR 20:00 / 14 MAR 20:00 / 15 MAR 20:00 / 19 MAR 17:00).
  • Monday Classic Matinée: TWO FOR THE ROAD d. Stanley Donen, 1967 at Regent Street Cinema (13 MAR 13:00).
  • REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG d. Nancy D. Kates, 2014 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (13 MAR 19:30).
  • THE WATER RATS d. Jillian Edelstein & Greig Coetzee, 2022 at The Lexi Cinema (13 MAR 18:20 + Q&A with the directors & 20:45 + Intro by Jillian Edelstein).

TALKS etc.

TUESDAY 14 MAR

  • BORN IN FLAMES d. Lizzie Borden, 1983 at Genesis Cinema (14 MAR 18:50).
  • Projecting the Archive: THE CLAIRVOYANT 35mm d. Maurice Elvey, 1935 + intro by Dr. Lucie Bea Dutton at BFI Southbank (14 MAR 18:10).
  • CREATURE d. Asif Kapadia, 2022 at The David Lean (14 MAR 19:30).
  • HANDS OVER THE CITY aka Le mani sulla città d. Francesco Rosi, 1963 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cinema Club at Sands Films Studios (14 MAR 20:00 – Donation requested!).
  • LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS d. Frank Oz, 1986 curated by Nat Funni, presented by Transmissions at Dalston Superstore (14 MAR 19:00).
  • MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE d. Sean Durkin, 2011 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (14 MAR 20:00).
  • NAKED LUNCH d. David Cronenberg, 1992 at The Prince Charles (14 MAR 20:45 – 4K / 16 MAR 12:10 – 4K).
  • THE QUIET GIRL aka An Cailín Ciúin d. Colm Bairéad, 2022 presented by Wimbledon Film Club at Curzon Wimbledon (14 MAR 20:30).
  • RAW d. Julia Ducournau, 2016 presented by Fleshed Out Cinema Club at SET Social (14 MAR 19:00).

WEDNESDAY 15 MAR

  • FINITE d. Rich Felgate, 2002 + Q&A with the director & Harley Brewer of Just Stop Oil at Chiswick Cinema (15 MAR 19:00).
  • Pink Palace: GO FISH d. Rose Troche, 1994 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (15 MAR 20:00).
  • I GET KNOCKED DOWN d. Sophie Robinson & Dunstan Bruce, 2022 + Q&A with Dunstan Bruce at Genesis Cinema (15 MAR 18:20).
  • JANUARY d. Andrey Paounov, 2021 + Q&A with screenwriter Alex Barrett at The Cinema Museum (15 MAR 19:30).
  • LA NOUBA DES FEMMES DU MONT CHENOUA + ASSIA DJEBAR d. Assia Djebar, 1977 + Sarah Maldoror, 1987 presented by The Machine That Kills Bad People at ICA (15 MAR 18:45).
  • Classic Matinée: REBECCA d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1940 at ActOne Cinema (15 MAR 14:30)
  • RYE LANE d. Raine Allen Miller, 2023 + Q&A with the director & actor Vivian Oparah at Picturehouse Ritzy (15 MAR 20:00).
  • TILL d. Chinonye Chukwu, 2022 at The David Lean (15 MAR 19:30).

THURSDAY 16 MAR

  • NAKED LUNCH d. David Cronenberg, 1992 at The Prince Charles (16 MAR 12:10 – 4K).
  • NAKED LUNCH 4K d. David Cronenberg, 1991 at ICA (16 MAR 20:45).
  • WOMEN TALKING d. Sarah Polley, 2022 at The David Lean (16 MAR 14:30 HOH & 19:30).

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

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

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

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

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BELLE DE JOUR d. Luis Buñuel, 1967 (15 MAR 15:30 – 4K).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (11 MAR 14:10); AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (10 to 16 MAR).

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 (11 MAR 18:35 / 12 MAR 19:30 / 13 MAR 17:30 / 14 MAR 20:35); BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 (11 MAR 12:40 / 14 MAR 16:00).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): WEEKEND d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1967 (11 MAR 20:15);  WIND FROM THE EAST d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1970 (12 MAR 18:00).

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

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE WILD BUNCH 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1969 (16 MAR 14:45).

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

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): TAXI DRIVER d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (15 MAR 20:45 – 4K).

CLASSICS at Genesis Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings); TOKYO STORY d. Yasujiro Ozu, 1953 (12 MAR 14:30).

COEN BROTHERS ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for listings): INTOLERABLE CRUELTY 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2003 (11 MAR 22:30 / 15 MAR 10:30).

COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ON FILM at BFI IMAX

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNKIRK IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2017 (12 MAR 11:30 / 16 MAR 20:00).

DISNEY MATINEES at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): DUMBO d. Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson & Wilfred Jackson, 1941 (11 MAR 12:30).

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): SPRING NIGHT, SUMMER NIGHT d. Joseph L. Anderson, 1967 + Intro by Peter Conheim (11 MAR 18:15); STOLEN KISSES d. François Truffaut, 1968 (12 MAR 20:15).

THE FILMS OF MICHAEL MANN at The Prince Charles

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BLACK GIRL d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 (13 MAR 15:00); ATLANTICS d. Mati Diop, 2019 (16 MAR 18:00 + Intro/discussion with Nobunye Levin).
  • Special events: Kadialy Kouyate – Live music (11 MAR 20:00).

THE IMAGE SPEAKS: A KAREL REISZ RETROSPECTIVE at Chiswick Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING d. Karel Reisz, 1960 + Q&A with John Lahr & Matthew Reisz (12 MAR 17:00 / 13 MAR 20:00 – No Q&A).

IVOR CUTLER AND THE ECCENTRIC MISCELLANY at BFI Southbank

JEAN-LUC GODARD: PERSPECTIVES at Ciné Lumière

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

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 (10 MAR 16:00 / 14 MAR 21:00 / 16 MAR 16:00); AMERICAN PSYCHO 35mm d. Mary Harron, 2000 (12 MAR 15:00); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (16 MAR 18:00).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for listings): SCARFACE d. Brian De Palma, 1983 (12 MAR various).

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

WEIMAR CINEMA at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for listings): METROPOLIS d. Fritz Lang, 1927 (12 MAR various).

WORLD CINEMA PASSPORT SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

  • Includes (check venue for listings): CINEMA PARADISO d. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 (12 MAR 13:00 / 15 MAR 17:45).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM dir Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2022

MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM dir Will Lovelace & Dylan Southern, 2022

SCREAM VI dir Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, 2023

Also 10 to 16 MAR (various dates/times):

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