SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [11 to 17 NOV 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.
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KANAVAL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS d. Leah Gordon & Eddie Hutton Mills, 2022 + Q&A with co-director Leah Gordon hosted by Isabelle Dupuy at Picturehouse Hackney (16 NOV 20:00).
“Every facet of the annual carnival, from the extravagant masks to the dazzling costumes and magnificent street pantomimes, tells a story about the people of the southern Haitian port town of Jacmel. In Leah Gordon and Eddie Hutton Mills’ gorgeously surreal portrait of preparations for the carnival, the history of both the event and Haiti unfurls with a seductive, lyrical charm. Every brushstroke of a painted mask and stitch of an elaborate costume informs a narrative that highlights the perseverance and joie de vivre of a people.”
“Employing a rich archive, KANAVAL perfectly captures the spirit of a major cultural event that acknowledges the country’s tumultuous past and present, and that looks hopefully to its future. This celebratory spirit will remain with you long after the rhythms fade and the film’s credits have rolled.”
FRIDAY 11 NOV
- Life Moves Pretty Fast – The John Hughes Mixtapes Launch: FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF + Panel at BFI Southbank (11 NOV 20:20).
- Double-bill: THE RAVEN + DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ds. Lew Landers, 1935 + Rouben Mamoulian, 1931 presented by The Gothique Film Society at The Cinema Museum (11 NOV 19:00).
- Women In Film: An Editors Trilogy + Karen Pearlman in conversation with Professor Ian Christie at Birkbeck Cinema (11 NOV 18:00 – FREE!).
SATURDAY 12 NOV
- THE HERMIT d. James Hankins, 2022 + Q&A with the director & Richard Dawson, hosted by Adam Buxton at Rio Cinema (12 NOV 16:00).
- Premiere: MEETING WITH A JUDAS TREE d. Duval Timothy, 2022 at ICA (12 NOV 12:30 / 13 NOV 12:30).
- Secret Adventures short film programme at St Anne’s Church, Limehouse (12 NOV 19:00).
TALKS etc.
- THE BILL Reunion 7 presented by Misty Moon at The Cinema Museum (12 NOV 18:00).
SUNDAY 13 NOV
- A BUNCH OF AMATEURS d. Kim Hopkins, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Bertha DocHouse (13 NOV 15:30).
- A BUNCH OF AMATEURS d. Kim Hopkins, 2022 + Recorded Q&A with the director at Riverside Studios (13 NOV 14:00).
- ALIEN d. Ridley Scott, 1979 + Q&A with Ivor Powell, Associate Producer at Chiswick Cinema (13 NOV 16:00).
- THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE d. Luis Buñuel, 1972 at Phoenix Cinema (13 NOV 13:30).
- Premiere: MEETING WITH A JUDAS TREE d. Duval Timothy, 2022 at ICA (13 NOV 12:30).
- NIL BY MOUTH d. Gary Oldman, 1997 at Catford Mews (13 NOV 19:50 / 16 NOV 17:15).
- Queeriosities From The Archive short film programme + Intro by Isra Al Kassi, presented by Birds’ Eye View at Rio Cinema (13 NOV 15:45).
MONDAY 14 NOV
- Preview: BONES & ALL d. Luca Guadagnino, 2022 at BFI Southbank (14 NOV 20:30).
- COMPARTMENT NO. 6 aka Hytti nro 6 d. Juho Kuosmanen, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (14 NOV 20:00 / 15 NOV 20:00 / 16 NOV 20:00 / 20 NOV 17:00).
- Classic Matinée: FORBIDDEN d. Frank Capra, 1932 at Regent Street Cinema (14 NOV 13:00).
- The Short List Vol. 2: Nightmare On Arches Lane short film programme at The Cinema In The Arches (14 NOV 19:00).
- VICTORIA d. Sebastian Schipper, 2015 presented by Transmissions at Dalston Superstore (14 NOV 19:00).
- THE WOODMANS d. Scott Willis, 2011 presented by Deeper Into Movie at Farr’s Dalston (14 NOV 19:30).
TALKS etc.
- June Whitfield and ‘Women’s Lib’ at BFI Southbank (14 NOV 18:30).
- Luca Guadagnino In Conversation at BFI Southbank (14 NOV 18:30).
TUESDAY 15 NOV
- BEING THERE d. Hal Ashby, 1979 presented by Film Whitton at Whitton Library TW2 (15 NOV 19:00).
- COMPARTMENT NO. 6 aka Hytti nro 6 d. Juho Kuosmanen, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (15 NOV 20:00 / 16 NOV 20:00 / 20 NOV 17:00).
- FLUX GOURMET d. Peter Strickland, 2022 at The David Lean (15 NOV 19:30).
- FROM DUSK TILL DAWN d. Robert Rodriguez, 1996 + Q&A + ‘Masters of Make-Up Effects’ book signing with authors Howard Berger & Marshall Julius, at Picturehouse Fulham Road (15 NOV 18:30).
- Pleasure Horse: TONETTA THE DOCUMENTARY + DRESSING FOR PLEASURE + VIVE LE PUNK + Roger K.Burton & Cathi Unsworth in conversation in dedication to Jordan Mooney, at The Horse Hospital (15 NOV 19:30).
- RIDERS OF JUSTICE aka Retfærdighedens ryttere d. Anders Thomas Jensen, 2020 + Q&A with film critic Danny Leigh, presented by Wimbledon Film Club at Curzon Wimbledon (15 NOV 20:30).
- SMALL BODY d. Laura Samani, 2021 presented by Richmond Film Society at The Exchange (15 NOV 20:30).
- SYMPHONY OF NOISE d. Enrique Sánchez Lansch, 2021 at Goethe-Institut London (15 NOV 19:00).
- Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival – UK Shorts at Everyman Screen on the Green (15 NOV 18:00).
- THE VANISHING d. George Sluizer, 1988 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (15 NOV 20:00).
WEDNESDAY 16 NOV
- COMPARTMENT NO. 6 aka Hytti nro 6 d. Juho Kuosmanen, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (16 NOV 20:00 / 20 NOV 17:00).
- Pink Palace: DUKE OF BURGUNDY d. Peter Strickland, 2014 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (16 NOV 19:30).
- FATHER EARTH d. Graham Fellows, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Rio Cinema (16 NOV 20:45).
- GILDA d. Charles Vidor, 1946 presented by Kennington Noir at The Cinema Museum (16 NOV 19:30).
- KANAVAL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS d. Leah Gordon & Eddie Hutton Mills, 2022 + Q&A with co-director Leah Gordon hosted by Isabelle Dupuy at Picturehouse Hackney (16 NOV 20:00).
- Classic Matinée: THE LADYKILLERS d. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955 at ActOne Cinema (16 NOV 15:00).
- Lana Del Rey Film Screening presented by Deeper Into Movies at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (16 NOV 19:30).
- THE LAST TENDER + ZÁGON ds. Lucia Coppola, 2021 + Mateo Villanueva Brandt, 2020 at The Horse Hospital (16 NOV 19:30).
- LINGUA FRANCA d. Isabel Sandoval, 2019 + Poetry reading by Troy Cabida, presented by T A P E Collective at The Prince Charles (16 NOV 18:00).
- NIL BY MOUTH d. Gary Oldman, 1997 at Catford Mews (16 NOV 17:15).
- Classic Matinée: SEE HOW THEY RUN d. Tom George, 2022 at Rio Cinema (16 NOV 14:30).
- STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 at The Garden Cinema (16 NOV 14:00).
THURSDAY 17 NOV
- THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS & OTHER STORIES short film programme at The Ritzy (17 NOV 18:30).
- BOSS d. Stanley Nelson, 2019 + Panel about Business Start-up/Development , presented by Kush Film Boutique at Genesis Cinema (17 NOV 18:15).
- THE BURBS d. Joe Dante, 1989 + Quiz, presented by Pulp Film Club at Whirled Cinema (17 NOV 20:30).
- CLARA SOLA d. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, 2021 + Q&A with the director at ICA (17 NOV 18:45).
- THE EDGE OF HEAVEN d. presented by Highgate Film Society at HLSI (17 NOV 20:00) – followed by an online discussion (18 NOV 17:00).
- EMILY d. Frances O’Connor, 2022 at The David Lean (17 NOV 14:30 HOH & 19:30).
- FADIA’S TREE d. Sarah Beddington, 2022 + Discussion with producer Susan Simnett, presented by The Kennington – Bethlehem Link at The Cinema Museum (17 NOV 19:00).
- THE GODFATHER 16mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (17 NOV 19:30 / 20 NOV 14:45).
- THE PRICE OF FEAR d. Abner Biberman, 1956 presented by Lobotomy Room at Fontaine’s Bar (17 NOV 20:00 – FREE!).
- REBELLION d. Maia Kenworthy & Elena Sánchez Bellot, 2022 at Watermans (17 NOV 21:00).
- Keep It Cult: VIDEODROME d. David Cronenberg, 1983 at Catford Mews (17 NOV 19:00 – £5).
35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE 35mm aka Police Story 4 d. Stanley Tong, 1996 (11 NOV 13:00 – £1 Members’ Film / 17 NOV 18:10); MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 2001 (11 NOV 13:15 / 12 NOV 20:15 / 14 NOV 12:30 / 15 NOV 20:20); SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (11 NOV 18:35); THREE COLOURS: BLUE 35mm d. Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993 (13 NOV 18:00 / 17 NOV 16:00); THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (14 NOV 20:30); THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 35mm d. Jonathan Demme, 1991 (14 NOV 20:45); WOMAN IN THE DUNES 35mm d. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964 (15 NOV 15:20); A HARD DAY’S NIGHT 35mm d. Richard Lester, 1964 (16 NOV 12:00).
70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (13 NOV 20:20).
IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX
- Includes (check venue for full listings): BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 3D d. Ryan Coogler, 2022 (11 to 24 NOV); BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 2D d. Ryan Coogler, 2022 (11 to 24 NOV).
’00s 35MM SEASON at Everyman Screen on the Green
- Includes (check venue for full listings): BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 35mm d. Ang Lee, 2015 (12 NOV 23:00 / 16 NOV 10:30).
ANIME at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (15 NOV 16:10).
AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for full listings): PIERROT LE FOU d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1965 (11 NOV 20:15); BREATHLESS d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1959 (12 NOV 20:15); THE IMAGE BOOK d. Jean-Luc Godard, 2018 (13 NOV 20:15).
BFI’S 100 BBC TV GAMECHANGERS at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): Play for Today: LICKING HITLER d. David Hare, 1978 + Panel Q&A with writer/director David Hare & actor Bill Paterson (12 NOV 15:00); I, CLAUDIUS (Episode 4: POISON IS QUEEN) + Q&A with cast members Sir Derek Jacobi & Dame Siân Phillips (13 NOV 15:15).
BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): WOMAN IN THE DUNES 35mm d. Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1964 (15 NOV 15:20); A HARD DAY’S NIGHT 35mm d. Richard Lester, 1964 (16 NOV 12:00).
CLOSE-UP: RYAN COOGLER at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): BLACK PANTHER d. Ryan Coogler, 2018 (12 NOV 20:20); CREED d. Ryan Coogler, 2015 (13 NOV 18:00); FRUITVALE STATION d. Ryan Coogler, 2013 (14 NOV 20:50).
- See also IMAX PRESENTATIONS.
COMMUNAL QUEER CINEMA at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE WORLD TO COME d. Mona Fastvold, 2020 + Short: THE SMELL OF CUT GRASS (15 NOV 18:15).
- Curated by Levi Eddie Aluede.
DARDENNES at Picturehouse Cinemas
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE UNKNOWN GIRL aka La fille inconnue d. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2016 (from 13 NOV).
THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 2001 (11 NOV 13:15 / 12 NOV 20:15 / 14 NOV 12:30 / 15 NOV 20:20).
THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): TRUE ROMANCE [Unrated Directors Cut] d. Tony Scott, 1993 (16 NOV 21:00).
FRAMES OF MIND: THE FILMS OF PETER GREENAWAY at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): A ZED & TWO NOUGHTS d. Peter Greenaway, 1985 (12 NOV 17:40); THE BABY OF MÂCON 35mm d. Peter Greenaway, 1993 (16 NOV 20:30).
- Short film programmes: A TV DANTE: CANTOS 1-8 (15 NOV 18:20); Experimental Sound and Vision: Found Sounds, Lyrical Loops and Landscapes + Intro by author and musician David Toop (17 NOV 18:15).
- Re-releases: THE GREENAWAY ALPHABET d. Saskia Boddeke, 2017 (11 NOV 20:50 / 12 NOV 12:40 / 13 NOV 16:00 / 17 NOV 20:55); THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT d. Peter Greenaway, 1982 Remastered (11 to 24 NOV); THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT d. Peter Greenaway, 1982 + Intro by Kieron Webb, Head of Conservation, BFI National Archive (11 NOV 17:50); THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT d. Peter Greenaway, 1982 + Intro by Film Editor John Wilson ACE (17 NOV 18:20).
FROM THE REQUEST BOARD… at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (11 NOV 18:35); LOST IN TRANSLATION d. Sofia Coppola, 2003 (12 NOV 15:20); DREDD 2D d. Pete Travis, 2012 (14 NOV 18:00).
GARY OLDMAN at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): DARKEST HOUR d. Joe Wright, 2017 (12 NOV 12:20); PRICK UP YOUR EARS d. Stephen Frears, 1987 (13 NOV 18:20); THE CONTENDER d. Rod Lurie, 2000 (14 NOV 18:00).
- Re-release: NIL BY MOUTH d. Gary Oldman, 1997 (until 17 NOV).
HORROCTOBER – A MONTH OF THRILLS, CHILLS & SPILLS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (11 NOV 18:35); THE THING 4K d. John Carpenter, 1982 (11 NOV 20:45); THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (14 NOV 20:30); THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 35mm d. Jonathan Demme, 1991 (14 NOV 20:45); PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (15 NOV 16:10).
IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings):
- Ghost: THE ENTITY d. Sidney J Furie, 1982 (11 NOV 17:55 / 15 NOV 20:30); CANDYMAN d. Bernard Rose, 1992 + Intro (17 NOV 20:50).
- Beast: NIGHTBREED [Director’s Cut] d. Clive Barker, 1990 (12 NOV 20:35).
- Vampire: NOSFERATU aka Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens d. FW Murnau, 1922 with recorded score by Hans Erdmann + Intro by Silent Film Curator Bryony Dixon (13 NOV 15:50); DEF BY TEMPTATION 35mm d. James Bond III, 1990 + Intro (16 NOV 18:10).
- Witch: THE SKELETON KEY d. Iain Softley, 2005 + Intro by the director (14 NOV 20:45).
THE INFERNAL AFFAIRS TRILOGY at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): INFERNAL AFFAIRS d. Andrew Lau Wai-keung & Alan Mak, 2002 (12 NOV 13:00 – 4K); INFERNAL AFFAIRS II d. Alan Mak & Andrew Lau, 2003 (16 NOV 14:15 – 4K).
(IN)VISIBLE CITIES at Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for full listings): INNOCENCE OF MEMORIES d. Grant Gee, 2015 (12 NOV 18:00); HIWA + MOLECOLE d. Jacqueline Lentzou, 2017 + Andrea Segre, 2020 (13 NOV 18:00).
- Curated by Massimo Iannetti in partnership with NFTS.
JOHN SMITH: INTROSPECTIVE (1972–2022) 50 FILMS FROM 50 YEARS at ICA & Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for full listings): Programme 7: (2001-07) at Close-Up (17 NOV 20:15).
KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS TRILOGY at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THREE COLOURS: BLUE 35mm d. Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993 (13 NOV 18:00 / 17 NOV 16:00).
MEL BROOKS SELECTROSPECTIVE (IN REVERSE) at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS d. Mel Brooks, 1993 (13 NOV 15:45).
NEW GERMAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema
- Includes (check venue for listings): THE TIN DRUM d. Volker Schlöndorff, 1979 (15 NOV 15:00).
SEASON OF CHAN at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): JACKIE CHAN’S FIRST STRIKE 35mm aka Police Story 4 d. Stanley Tong, 1996 (11 NOV 13:00 – £1 Members’ Film / 17 NOV 18:10).
THROWBACK at Everyman Cinemas
- Includes (check venue for listings): GOODFELLAS d. Martin Scorsese, 1990 (13 NOV various).
WORKING CLASS HEROES at Biddle Bros Pub
- Includes (check venue for listings): THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN aka La classe operaia va in paradiso d. Elio Petri, 1971 (15 NOV 20:00).
- Presented by Mondo Nights / Raising funds for the IWGB
THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (12 NOV 20:45); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (13 NOV 18:20).
- Doc’n Roll Festival (27 OCT to 13 NOV).
- Dreamer Of Dreams Film Festival (10 to 13 NOV).
- Earls Court International Film Festival (11 to 18 NOV).
- EFG London Jazz Festival: Jazz On Screen (12 to 20 NOV).
- French Film Festival (02 NOV to 15 DEC).
- Irish Film Festival London (16 to 20 NOV).
- London Australian Film Festival (05 to 13 NOV).
- London Korean Film Festival (03 to 17 NOV).
- London Palestine Film Festival (11 to 24 NOV).
- Made In Prague (07 to 29 NOV).
- Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival (28 OCT to 12 NOV).
- QISAH International Film Festival (09 to 12 NOV).
- Short Com Film Festival (11 to 12 NOV).
- Soho Horror Film Festival (11 to 17 NOV / 17 to 20 NOV online).
- Taste of Anatolia – Films from Turkey (05 to 11 NOV).
- UK Green Film Festival (02 to 13 NOV).
- UK Jewish Film Festival (10 to 20 NOV / online 21 to 27 NOV).
A BUNCH OF AMATEURS dir Kim Hopkins, 2022
- Various venues, inc: Bertha DocHouse / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios
KANAVAL: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF HAITI IN SIX CHAPTERS dir Leah Gordon & Eddie Hutton Mills, 2022
- Various venues, inc: Bertha DocHouse / ICA
NO BEARS aka Khers Nist dir Jafar Panahi, 2022
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / BFI / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema
- Also 11 to 17 NOV (various dates/times): THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT d. Peter Greenaway, 1982 at: BFI / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas // THE DRIVER 4K Restoration d. Walter Hill, 1978 at: The Prince Charles // IN HER HANDS d. Tamana Ayazi & Marcel Mettelsiefen, 2022: Curzon Cinemas // PINK FLAMINGOS d. John Waters, 1972 at: The Prince Charles // THE SWIMMERS d. Sally El Hosaini, 2022 at: Curzon Cinemas.
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