SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [13 to 19 MAY 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! This one’s worthy of some serious celebration as London’s cluster of film clubs continues to grow… the scene is starting to feel like a choral reef that’s reviving from a recent bleaching (if you’ll pardon my gushing…).
Start your week(end) with Drunken Scorpion’s new south of the river show, bringing fighting games, hip hop beats and classic kung fu titles THE HAND OF DEATH + DREADNAUGHT to Whirled Cinema (with their late license the action can go into the early hours…). It’s also FRIDAY THE 13TH, and you can enjoy Sean S. Cunningham’s 1980 original indoors at The Prince Charles and Everyman Cinemas, and outdoors at Rooftop Film Club. Being a fan of overlooked sequels and forgotten formats, I’d make a personal priority to see part 3 from 35mm (although not in 3D) at The Prince Charles.
On Saturday, French Impressions returns to Watermans with Jon Davies giving his analysis of BENEDETTA, and there’s a special screening of WHITE RIOT at Catford Mews. Hannah Strong will be introducing one of my favourites, Gus Van Sant’s TO DIE FOR along with Sofia Coppola’s THE BLING RING, as a way of launching her new book, Sofia Coppola: Forever Young at BFI Southbank (14 MAY). On Sunday, Token Homo and Last Frame Club return with another of their Queer Horror Nights at The Castle – gay director David Freyne’s post zombie outbreak movie, THE CURED – but it’s also a day for another dose of John Davies as he introduces LE DERNIER COMBAT at The Cinema Museum, CinemaItaliaUK presents MARX CAN WAIT at Riverside Studios, and Queer Cinema Club screens THE SHINY SHRIMPS at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre. There’s something else rather special going on, but I’ll get to that in a bit…
Your working week begins with Deeper Into Movies showing FRANCIS BACON: A BRUSH WITH VIOLENCE at Farr’s Dalston and a special screening of Sergei Paradjanov’s restored SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS to raise funds for the Dovzhenko Film Centre in Kyiv at King’s College London. On Tuesday, Sands Films Cinema Club presents George Hoellering’s 1936 docu-fiction HORTOBÁGY in-venue and online, Tufnell Park Film Club gives you KILL BILL: VOL 1 , and Rebel Reel Cine Club continues a run of brilliant screenings with VALLEY OF THE DOLLS at Rio Cinema (all 17 MAY). Tuesday is also INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA & TRANSPHOBIA, so I’ve gathered as many screenings as I could spot (see Tuesday’s listings for details).
Wednesday gets busy again, with Pitshanger Pictures presenting both SHALL WE DANCE and WILD ROSE at St Barnabas Church Ealing, New East Cinema screening Ukrainian film REFLECTION at Barbican, Rio Cinema hosting a director Q&A for AIDS DIVA: THE LEGEND OF CONNIE NORMAN, and Kennington Noir projecting MYSTERY STREET at The Cinema Museum (all 18 MAY). Wrap your week with Highgate Film Society and DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES at HLSI, another fundraiser for Ukraine at Pushkin House, Labour, Creativity & Freedom: Solidarity Film Screening, and Lobotomy Room’s free presentation of SONG OF SONGS at Fontaine’s (all 19 MAY).
Rep seasons continue at their steady pace – as you’d expect in the middle of the month – with a bumper crop from the ESSENTIAL CINEMA series at Close-Up, and repeat screenings for many of the key titles in our Featured Attraction of the Month, CRUEL FLESH: FILMS OF THE NEW FRENCH EXTREMITY at BFI Southbank. The Garden Cinema has added an intro from critic and Contributing Editor at Empire Magazine, Amon Warmann, to their Sunday screening of TO SIR, WITH LOVE as part of their CELEBRATING SIDNEY POITIER season (15 MAY).
In festivals, this week’s new openings include Beyond Words French Literature Festival (16 to 22 MAY), Queer East Film Festival (18 to 29 MAY), Sci-Fi London (19 to 22 MAY), and one I missed last week, SERET International Israeli Film Festival (12 to 19 MAY). There’s a bumper crop of new releases too, offering good choice across London’s indie screens. I’ve highlighted Leah Purcell’s THE DROVER’S WIFE: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON, the Daniels’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, Colm Bairéad’s THE QUIET GIRL, and Gaspar Noé’s VORTEX.
I’ve chosen SUPAKINO aka Ranjit S. Ruprai’s long-awaited return with a Bombay Mix double bill at Rio Cinema as my Featured Attraction of the Week (15 MAY). I can’t be there for his show as I’ll be wrestling with a zombie outbreak at The Castle Cinema, but I’m sure glad to see him back on the scene. If you haven’t experienced Ranjit’s encyclopaedic love of incredibly strange films, you really should take the deep dive.
See you in the darkness, and stay safe.
Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS
Bombay Mix: THE TRIP + OM DAR-B-DAR ds. Roger Corman, 1967 + Kamal Swaroop, 1988 + Intro presented by SUPAKINO at Rio Cinema (15 MAY 13:00 + 15:15).
“After more than two years, SUPAKINO aka Ranjit S. Ruprai returns with a ‘Psychedelic Marketing’ double bill of Roger Corman’s THE TRIP (1967) and Kamal Swaroop’s OM DAR-B-DAR (1988), two stories of metamorphosis and revelation in the modern world of brand names, advertising jingles, scientific progress and global popular culture. Ranjit will be exploring the connections between these cult films and will be joined by special guest Dr. Omar Ahmed, film scholar and curator, before the screenings.” (SUPAKINO)
BOMBAY MIX: Indian cinema meets the rest of the world in a mix of movies that share themes, stories and genres. Part of an on-going programme of double bills that invite audiences to explore cinema and make new connections.
FRIDAY 13 MAY
- Films from the Hidden Persuaders archive: Cigarettes, Snake Oil and Hysteria short film programme + discussion with filmmakers at Birkbeck Cinema (13 MAY 18:00 – FREE!).
- THE HAND OF DEATH + DREADNAUGHT ds. John Woo, 1976 + d. Yuen Woo-ping, 1971 + Video gaming & 80s/90s hip hop presented by Drunken Scorpion at Whirled Cinema (13 MAY 20:00+).
- Preview: SUMMER GHOST d. Loundraw, 2021 + Q&A with the director at BFI Southbank (13 MAY 18:30).
- THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE d. Andrew Dominik, 2021 at The Garden Cinema (13 MAY 20:30).
- WHO KILLED THE KLF? d. Chris Atkins, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Hackney (13 MAY 20:30).
FRIDAY THE 13TH
- FRIDAY THE 13TH d. Sean S. Cunningham, 1980 at Everyman Cinemas (13 MAY various).
- FRIDAY THE 13TH d. Sean S. Cunningham, 1980 at The Prince Charles (13 MAY 18:00).
- FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 35mm d. Steve Miner, 1982 at The Prince Charles (13 MAY 21:00).
SATURDAY 14 MAY
- French Impressions: BENEDETTA d. Paul Verhoeven, 2021 + Intro by Jon Davies at Watermans (14 MAY 13:00).
- THE GODFATHER: 50th Anniversary d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 at ActOne Cinema (14 MAY 13:30 / 15 MAY 13:30).
- JULES ET JIM d. François Truffaut, 1962 at Regent Street Cinema (14 MAY 14:45 / 16 MAY 19:15 / 18 MAY 17:10).
- SEVEN SAMURAI d. Kurosawa Akira, 1954 at Japan House London (14 MAY 14:00 – FREE!).
- WHITE RIOT d. Rubika Shah, 2020 + Q&A with the director & After Party at Catford Mews (14 MAY 20:00) / Part of WE ARE LEWISHAM.
- WHO KILLED THE KLF? d. Chris Atkins, 2022 + Q&A with the director at The Ritzy (14 MAY 20:00).
- Woman with a Movie Camera: THE BLING RING d. Sofia Coppola, 2013 + Intro by Hannah Strong at BFI Southbank (14 MAY 18:00 – Joint ticket with TO DIE FOR from box office).
- Woman with a Movie Camera: TO DIE FOR d. Gus Van Sant, 1995 + Intro by Hannah Strong at BFI Southbank (14 MAY 14:50 – Join ticket with BLING RING from box office).
SUNDAY 15 MAY
- BELFAST d. Kenneth Branagh, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (15 MAY 17:00).
- Bombay Mix: THE TRIP + OM DAR-B-DAR ds. Roger Corman, 1967 + Kamal Swaroop, 1988 + Intro presented by SUPAKINO at Rio Cinema (15 MAY 13:00 + 15:15).
- CABARET d. Bob Fosse, 1972 + Recorded intro by Pamela Hutchinson at Riverside Studios (15 MAY 15:35).
- FADIA’S TREE d. Sarah Beddington, 2021 + Q&A with the director & Fadia at The Whitechapel Gallery (15 MAY 16:00).
- THE GODFATHER: 50th Anniversary d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 at ActOne Cinema (15 MAY 13:30).
- THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 + Intro by Adrian Wootton at Barbican (15 MAY 13:30).
- GOLDFINGER d. Guy Hamilton, 1964 at Olympic Studios (15 MAY 14:00).
- LE DERNIER COMBAT aka The Last Battle d. Luc Besson, 1983 + Intro by Jon Davies presented by French Sundaes at The Cinema Museum (15 MAY 14:30).
- MARX CAN WAIT d. Marco Bellocchio, 2022 presented by CinemaItaliaUK at Riverside Studios (15 MAY 15:00 + Free negroni!).
- MODERN TIMES d. Charles Chaplin, 1936 at BFI Southbank (15 MAY 15:30).
- Queer Horror Nights: THE CURED d. David Freyne, 2017 + Intro + Bar Social presented by Token Homo x Last Frame Club in partnership with Irish Film London at The Castle Cinema (15 MAY 14:00).
- THE SHINY SHRIMPS aka Les Crevettes Pailletées d. Maxime Govare & Cédric Le Gallo, 2019 presented by Queer Cinema Club at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre (15 MAY 17:00 – Donation requested).
- WHO KILLED THE KLF? d. Chris Atkins, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (15 MAY 17:00).
MONDAY 16 MAY
- ACCESS TO ARTS: BREAKING THE CLASS CEILING d. Hannah Karpel, 2022 + Panel discussion at Everyman King’s Cross (16 MAY 17:45 – FREE!).
- A THOUSAND CUTS d. Ramona S. Diaz, 2020 + Panel discussion hosted by Article-19 at Bertha DocHouse (16 MAY 18:20 – FREE!).
- FRANCIS BACON: A BRUSH WITH VIOLENCE d. Richard Curson Smith, 2017 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (16 MAY 19:30).
- THE FRENCH DISPATCH d. Wes Anderson, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (16 MAY 20:00 / 17 MAY 20:00 / 18 MAY 20:00 / 22 MAY 17:00).
- GASPAR NOÉ PRESENTS: THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE aka L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo d. Dario Argento, 1970 at Picturehouse Cinemas (16 MAY various).
- I’M SO EXCITED! aka Los amantes pasajeros d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2013 + Intro + Tapas presented by Spanish Marks at India Club Lounge-Bar (16 MAY 19:00).
- JULES ET JIM d. François Truffaut, 1962 at Regent Street Cinema (16 MAY 19:15 / 18 MAY 17:10).
- Ukraine Fundraiser: SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS d. Sergei Paradjanov, 1965 + Zoom Q&A with the film restoration expert, Daniel Bird raising funds for Dovzhenko Film Centre in Kyiv at King’s College London (16 MAY 19:00 – Donation requested).
- THE WALL OF SHADOWS d. Eliza Kubarska, 2020 + Q&A with producer Monika Braid presented by Adventure Club at Genesis Cinema (16 MAY 18:30).
TUESDAY 17 MAY
- Architecture on Film: Reyner Banham Double Bill + Panel discussion at Barbican (17 MAY 19:00).
- COME AND SEE d. Elem Klimov, 1985 at The Prince Charles (17 MAY 20:30).
- Film Talks Live: Malcolm Le Grice and Chris Welsby film screening + discussion with Chris Welsby at Close-Up (17 MAY 20:15).
- THE FRENCH DISPATCH d. Wes Anderson, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (17 MAY 20:00 / 18 MAY 20:00 / 22 MAY 17:00).
- HORTOBÁGY d. George Hoellering, 1936 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cinema Club at Sands Films Studios (17 MAY 20:00 – Donation requested).
- KILL BILL: VOL 1 d. Quentin Tarantino, 2003 presented by Tufnell park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (17 MAY 20:00).
- LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE d. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006 at BFI Southbank (17 MAY 18:20).
- OPERATION MINCEMEAT d. John Madden, 2021 at The David Lean (17 MAY 14:30 HOH / 19 MAY 14:30 & 19:30).
- VALLEY OF THE DOLLS d. Mark Robson, 1967 presented by Rebel Reel Cine Club at Rio Cinema (17 MAY 18:15).
INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA & TRANSPHOBIA
- FIREBIRD d. Peeter Rebane, 2021 at Regent Street Cinema (17 MAY 19:00).
- FIREBIRD d. Peeter Rebane, 2021 at Genesis Cinema (17 MAY 20:55).
- GREAT FREEDOM d. Sebastian Meise, 2021 at The David Lean (17 MAY 19:30).
- Pink Palace: BEFORE STONEWALL d. Greta Schiller, 1984 + Intro/Shorts at Rio Cinema Basement Bar (17 MAY 19:30).
WEDNESDAY 18 MAY
- AIDS DIVA: THE LEGEND OF CONNIE NORMAN d. Dante Alencastre, 2021 + Q&A with the director & Andria Mordaunt (ACT UP London) at Rio Cinema (18 MAY 18:45).
- Experimenta: Lensing the Landscape: RIVER YAR d. William Raban & Chris Welsby, 1972 + Discussion with the artists at BFI Southbank (18 MAY 18:15).
- THE FRENCH DISPATCH d. Wes Anderson, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (18 MAY 20:00 / 22 MAY 17:00).
- JULES ET JIM d. François Truffaut, 1962 at Regent Street Cinema (18 MAY 17:10).
- MYSTERY STREET d. John Sturges, 1947 presented by Kennington Noir at The Cinema Museum (18 MAY 19:30).
- REFLECTION d. Valentyn Vasyanovych, 2021 presented by New East Cinema at Barbican (18 MAY 18:10).
- SHALL WE DANCE d. Mark Sandrich, 1937 presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Church Ealing (18 MAY 15:00).
- WEST SIDE STORY d. Steven Speilberg, 2021 at Rio Cinema (18 MAY 14:30).
- WILD ROSE d. Tom Harper, 2018 presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Church Ealing (18 MAY 20:15).
THURSDAY 19 MAY
- DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES d. Terence Davies, 1988 presented by Highgate Film Society at HLSI (19 MAY 20:00) / Followed by a FREE online discussion (20 MAY 17:00).
- Ukraine Fundraiser: Labour, Creativity & Freedom: Solidarity Film Screening at Pushkin House (19 MAY 19:00) / Also available online (20 MAY 18:00 to 21 MAY 18:00).
- MEMORIA d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021 at Close-Up (19 MAY 20:00).
- MicroActs 11: An Evening of International Artist Film at VFDalston (19 MAY 18:00 – FREE!).
- OPERATION MINCEMEAT d. John Madden, 2021 at The David Lean (19 MAY 14:30 & 19:30).
- THE ROOM d. Tommy Wiseau, 2003 at The Prince Charles (19 MAY 21:00).
- SONG OF SONGS d. Rouben Mamoulian, 1933 presented by Lobotomy Room at Fontaine’s Bar (19 MAY 20:00 – FREE!).
35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 35mm d. Steve Miner, 1982 (13 MAY 21:00); THE BAD SLEEP WELL 35mm aka Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru d. Akira Kurosawa, 1960 (15 MAY 14:35); ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER 35mm aka Todo sobre mi madre d. Pedro Almodóvar, 1999 (15 MAY 18:25 / 16 MAY 15:40); GOODFELLAS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1990 (15 MAY 20:30); ENTER THE DRAGON [Uncut] 35mm d. Robert Clouse, 1973 (16 MAY 18:10); PREDATOR 35mm d. John McTiernan, 1987 (16 MAY 20:45 / 18 MAY 15:30); A ROOM WITH A VIEW 35mm d. James Ivory, 1986 (17 MAY 18:00).
70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – New ‘Unrestored’ Version 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (14 MAY 20:25).
007 SEASON at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): A VIEW TO A KILL d. John Glen, 1985 (14 MAY 15:10 – 4K / 19 MAY 15:30 – 4K).
1982 SEASON at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): TRON d. Steven Lisberger, 1982 (13 MAY 15:45 / 15 MAY 12:15 / 17 MAY 15:45); FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3 35mm d. Steve Miner, 1982 (13 MAY 21:00); DINER d. Barry Levinson, 1982 (18 MAY 20:35 – £1 Members Film).
AKIRA KUROSAWA at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE BAD SLEEP WELL 35mm aka Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru d. Akira Kurosawa, 1960 (15 MAY 14:35).
ANIME at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): MEMORIES aka Memorîzud. Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura & Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1995 (15 MAY 12:00).
- Contemporary Anime Auteurs: PAPRIKA aka Papurika d. Satoshi Kon, 2006 (13 MAY 20:40); WOLF CHILDREN aka Ôkami kodomo no Ame to Yukid. Mamoru Hosoda, 2012 (14 MAY 17:40); PERFECT BLUE aka Pâfekuto Burû d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (14 MAY 20:45).
- Studio Ghibli: CASTLE IN THE SKY aka Tenku no shnilo Rapyuta d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1986 (14 MAY 11:30 / 16 MAY 20:30); PRINCESS MONONOKE aka Mononke-hime d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1997 (15 MAY 17:45); GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES aka Hotaru no Haka d. Isao Takahata, 1988 + Intro by Alex Dudok de Wit, author of BFI Film Classics: Grave of the Fireflies (19 MAY 18:00).
BEST OF CÉSAR at Ciné Lumière
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE VELVET QUEEN aka La Panthère des neiges d. Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier, 2021 (until 23 MAY); HAPPENING aka L’événement d. Audrey Diwan, 2021 (14 MAY 20:40); LOST ILLUSIONS aka Les Illusions perdues d. Xavier Giannoli, 2021 (16 MAY 20:00).
BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: A QUESTION OF FAITH at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG aka Les Parapluies de Cherbourg d. Jacques Demy, 1964 (13 MAY 20:45 / 17 MAY 20:50); CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1961 (14 MAY 14:45); THE RIVER 35mm d. Jean Renoir, 1951 (15 MAY 15:10); EL SUR aka The South d. Víctor Erice, 1983 (16 MAY 18:10); A FAREWELL TO ARMS d. Frank Borzage, 1932 (16 MAY 18:15); THE MIRACLE WORKER d. Arthur Penn, 1962 (17 MAY 14:30); CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1961 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large (18 MAY 18:10); THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN d. Jack Arnold, 1957 (19 MAY 14:30); JOURNEY TO ITALY aka Viaggio in Italia d. Roberto Rossellini, 1954 (19 MAY 18:10).
BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE LADY EVE d. Preston Sturgess, 1941 (14 MAY 12:45).
CATALAN CINEMA NOW! INTERSECTIONS at ICA
- Includes (check venue for full listings): LIBERTAD d. Clara Roquet, 2021 (14 MAY 18:15); COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON d. Mounia Akl, 2021 (15 MAY 18:15).
CELEBRATING MARLON BRANDO at The Garden Cinema
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE WILD ONE d. László Benedek, 1953 (14 MAY 18:40).
CELEBRATING SIDNEY POITIER at The Garden Cinema
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE DEFIANT ONES d. Stanley Kramer, 1958 (13 MAY 18:30); LILIES OF THE FIELD d. Ralph Nelson, 1963 (14 MAY 20:45); BLACKBOARD JUNGLE d. Richard Brooks, 1955 (15 MAY 17:30); TO SIR, WITH LOVE d. James Clavell, 1967 + Intro by Amon Warmann (15 MAY 19:50).
CRUEL FLESH: FILMS OF THE NEW FRENCH EXTREMITY at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): CRIMINAL LOVERS 35mm aka Les Amants criminels d. François Ozon, 1999 (14 MAY 12:00); INSIDE aka À l’intérieur d. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, 2007 (14 MAY 20:50); THEM 35mm aka Ils d. David Moreau & Xavier Palud, 2006 (16 MAY 20:50); ROMANCE aka Romance X d. Catherine Breillat, 1999 (17 MAY 20:45); IN MY SKIN 35mm aka Dans ma peau d. Marina de Van, 2000 (19 MAY 20:40).
- Talks etc: Horror à la Française recorded panel discussion (online 11 to 31 MAY).
- Releases: VORTEX d. Gaspar Noé, 2021 (13 to 26 MAY).
CULTITUDE at Catford Mews
- Includes (check venue for full listings): HOUSE PARTY dir Reginald Hudlin, 1990 (13 MAY 21:00 / 18 MAY 21:00).
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): A ROOM WITH A VIEW 35mm d. James Ivory, 1986 (17 MAY 18:00).
ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for full listings): TOKYO STORY aka Tokyo Monogatari d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1953 (13 MAY 20:00); LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD d. Alain Resnais, 1961 (14 MAY 18:30); THEOREM d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968 (14 MAY 20:15); BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1999 (15 MAY 18:30); LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD d. Louis Malle, 1958 (15 MAY 20:15).
FROM THE MIND OF PAUL SCHRADER at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS d. Paul Schrader, 1985 (18 MAY 18:00).
GASPAR NOÉ at Genesis Cinema
- Includes (check venue for full listings): LOVE d. Gaspar Noé, 2015 (16 MAY 20:50); ENTER THE VOID d. Gaspar Noé, 2009 (19 MAY 20:55).
THE GOLDEN AGE OF FRENCH CINEMA at The Garden Cinema
- Includes (check venue for full listings): LA RÈGLE DU JEU d. Jean Renoir, 1939 (15 MAY 15:10).
MARTIN SCORSESE: DIRECTOR. WRITER. PRODUCER. ACTOR. at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): GOODFELLAS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1990 (15 MAY 20:30).
NICHOLAS CAGE 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green
- Includes (check venue for listings): FACE/OFF 35mm d. John Woo, 1997 (14 MAY 23:00 / 18 MAY 10:30).
RETURN OF THE OUTSIDER: THE FILMS OF MIKE HODGES at BFI Southbank
- Includes (check venue for full listings): A PRAYER FOR THE DYING d. Mike Hodges, 1987 (15 MAY 18:10); THE TERMINAL MAN [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Mike Hodges, 1974 (16 MAY 20:40); TEMPO d. Mike Hodges, 1966/67 (17 MAY 18:00); MORONS FROM OUTER SPACE d. Mike Hodges, 1985 (18 MAY 20:50); MURBER BY NUMBERS + THE HITCHHIKER: W.G.O.D. d. Mike Hodges, 2004 + 1985 (19 MAY 18:30); FLASH GORDON d. Mike Hodges, 1980 (19 MAY 20:20).
- Re-releases: CROUPIER d. Mike Hodges, 1998 (15 MAY 16:00 / 16 MAY 18:05).
SCI-FI MOVIES at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): TRON d. Steven Lisberger, 1982 (13 MAY 15:45 / 15 MAY 12:15 / 17 MAY 15:45); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – New ‘Unrestored’ Version 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (14 MAY 20:25); PREDATOR 35mm d. John McTiernan, 1987 (16 MAY 20:45 / 18 MAY 15:30).
SCREWBALL COMEDY at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for full listings): THE LADY EVE d. Preston Sturgess, 1941 (14 MAY 12:45).
SEASCAPES: OUR OCEANS ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière
- Includes (check venue for listings): MURINA d. Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, 2021 (13 MAY 11:00 P&B); FINDING NEMO d. Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003 (14 MAY 14:00 in French with English subs); NEVER ON SUNDAY 35mm aka Pote Tin Kyriaki d. Jules Dassin, 1960 (15 MAY 14:00).
STANLEY KUBRICK ON FILM at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – New ‘Unrestored’ Version 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (14 MAY 20:25).
THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles
- Includes (check venue for listings): DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (14 MAY 18:10 – 4K / 17 MAY 18:10 – 4K / 19 MAY 12:15).
- Beyond Words French Literature Festival (16 to 22 MAY).
- Focus Hong Kong (12 to 13 MAY).
- Odyssey: A Chinese Cinema Season (10 MAY to 10 JUNE).
- Queer East Film Festival (18 to 29 MAY).
- Sci-Fi London (19 to 22 MAY).
- SERET International Israeli Film Festival (12 to 19 MAY).
- UK Asian Film Festival (04 to 15 MAY 2022).
- Village Screen Film Week (10 to 15 MAY).
ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham
- Includes (check venue for listings): FRIDAY THE 13th 1980 (13 MAY 20:45); THE BATMAN (14 MAY 20:45 / 18 MAY 20:45); SCREAM 2022 (15 MAY 20:45); CLUELESS open captions (17 MAY 20:45); FOREST GUMP (19 MAY 21:00).
ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford
- Includes (check venue for listings): ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (13 MAY 20:45); THE NOTEBOOK (14 MAY 20:45); ENCANTO (15 MAY 20:45); 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (17 MAY 20:45); BELFAST (18 MAY 20:45); LOVE & BASKETBALL (19 MAY 21:00).
THE DROVER’S WIFE: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY JOHNSON dir. Leah Purcell, 2021:
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / The Lexi Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rio Cinema
- Check venues for Birds’ Eye View #ReclaimTheFrame screenings with recorded intro by the director.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE dir. Daniels, 2022:
- Various venues, inc: Barbican / The Castle Cinema / Chiswick Cinema / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles / Rich Mix
THE QUIET GIRL aka An Cailín Ciúin dir. Colm Bairéad, 2021:
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / The Castle Cinema / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / ICA / Peckhamplex / Phoenix Cinema / Riverside Studios (+ Recorded intro by the director)
VORTEX dir. Gaspar Noé, 2021:
- Various venues, inc: Barbican / BFI / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas
- Also 13 to 19 MAY (various dates/times): FIRESTARTER d. Keith Thomas, 2022 at: Catford Mews / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas // THE WALL OF SHADOWS d. Eliza Kubarska, 2020 at: Bertha DocHouse // WHO KILLED THE KLF? d. Chris Atkins, 2022 at: Picturehouse Cinemas.
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