RADIANT CIRCUS SCREEN GUIDE - What's on in London this week: TOKYO FIST dir Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (26 JUL 2023).
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SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [21 to 27 JUL 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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Token Homo’s cult film night Bar Trash continues with MONSTER MAYHEM! at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema. Booking Now

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… That’s normally the time when special event listings get this thin! With BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER opening almost everywhere, I’ve focussed on detailing their special events and 30/70mm screenings wherever possible.

With August looming, Cine Lumière is heading into their summer closure and I expect DIY/alternative screenings will continue to be quiet whilst Barbenheimer sweeps through town.

As a result of all this, RADIANT CIRCUS will also be going dark for August whilst I undertake some essential maintenance (basically, I need to find a new server to house the site and transfer it without breaking too much…). The last scheduled post will therefore be the AUGUST roundup and then the first in our new home will be our SEPTEMBER roundup. After that, weekly screen guides and daily updates will resume.

Of course, you can also join me in Bar Paragon at Genesis Cinema if you fancy a weekly dose of MONSTER MAYHEM! throughout August. Remaining kaijū season highlights include THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER, KING KONG LIVES, THE BLOB 1988, and GODZILLA 1998.

As always, thank you for all of your support (particularly my monthly subscribers at Patreon). See you in the darkness soon, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

TOKYO FIST d. Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (26 JUL 20:15).

“Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto (the Tetsuo franchise, A Snake of June), Tokyo Fist follows Tsuda (played by Tsukamato) a meek insurance salesman whose drab life with his fiancee Hizuru (Kajori Fujii) is disrupted by the reappearance of Kojima (played by Tsukamoto’s brother), an old friend who is now a professional boxer. What follows is an increasingly deranged body horror spectacle, as both men’s insecurities drive them past breaking point. Meanwhile, Hizuru responds by inserting progressively large pieces of metal into her body.”

“A boxing movie only Tsukamato could have made, propelled by a pounding industrial score by Der Eisenrost, Tokyo Fist is an unhinged, gruesome deconstruction of the masculine psyche. Join us in The Garden Cinema bar before the screening for a curated playlist and a Sakura Knockout sake punch, specially designed to accompany this event.” (Cinema Rising)

FRIDAY 21 JUL

  • Musical Friday: ANNIE d. John Huston, 1982 at The Garden Cinema (21 JUL 15:30).
  • Midnight – Dolls Go Free – BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 presented by TGirls On Film at Rio Cinema (21 JUL 23:30).
  • Exploding Cinema short film programme at Iklectik (21 JUL 19:00).

SATURDAY 22 JUL

  • Preview: KOKOMO CITY d. D. Smith, 2023 at The Garden Cinema (22 JUL 18:00).
  • African Odysseys: PASSING THROUGH d. Larry Clark, 1977 + Intro/Q&A with Kevin Le Gendre & Tony Kofi at BFI Southbank (22 JUL 14:00).
  • STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED d. Peter Nicks, 2023 presented by We Are Parable at Genesis Cinema (22 JUL 17:25).
  • Susu Laroche: Tzars of Eros presented by purge.xxx at Close-Up (22 JUL 20:15).
  • African Odysseys: WATTSTAX d. Mel Stuart, 1973 + Intro by Kevin Le Gendre at BFI Southbank (22 JUL 18:10).

SUNDAY 23 JUL

  • BEAUTIFUL THING d. Hettie Macdonald, 1996 + Q&A with the director, Jonathan Harvey & cast members, presented by The London LGBT+ Forums Network & Studio Voltaire at Greenwich Picturehouse (23 JUL 14:00).
  • Carnera Is Back In Town inc: THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956) + REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962), presented by Fogolâr Furlan Great Britain at The Cinema Museum (23 JUL 15:30).
  • Jeff Buckley Live in Chicago presented by Deeper Into Movies at MOTH Club (23 JUL 19:30).
  • LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM d. Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2019 at Whirled Cinema (23 JUL 17:00).
  • Sunday Sessions: MATTER OUT OF PLACE d. Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2022 at Bertha DocHouse (23 JUL 15:30).
  • MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE d. Stephen Frears, 1985 presented by Deptford Cinema at Music Room London (23 JUL 1985).
  • RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO d. Alan Clarke, 1987 presented by Deptford Cinema at Music Room London (23 JUL 14:00).
  • SHAME aka Skammen d. Ingmar Bergman, 1968 at Babel Art House (23 JUL 20:00).
  • Celluloid Sunday: THE TERRORIZERS (恐怖分子) 35mm d. Edward Yang, 1986 at ICA (23 JUL 18:30).

MONDAY 24 JUL

  • IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES aka Ai no korîda d. Nagisa Ôshima, 1976 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (24 JUL 19:30).
  • JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (24 JUL 20:00 / 25 JUL 20:00 / 26 JUL 20:00 / 30 JUL 17:00).
  • POINT BREAK d. Kathryn Bigelow, 1991 presented by Films on Tap at The Queens Head (24 JUL 19:00).
  • STORMY MONDAY d. Mike Figgis, 1988 + Q&A with the director at The Garden Cinema (24 JUL 19:30).
  • Classic Matinée: THE WIZARD OF OZ d. George Cukor & Victor Flemming, 1939 at Regent Street Cinema (24 JUL 13:00).

TUESDAY 25 JUL

  • GUANTANAMERA d. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío, 1995 presented in-venue & online by North and South London CSC at Sands Films Studios (25 JUL 20:00).
  • JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (25 JUL 20:00 / 26 JUL 20:00 / 30 JUL 17:00).
  • MOTHER AND SON d. Léonor Serraille, 2022 at The David Lean (25 JUL 19:30).
  • PRICK UP YOUR EARS d. Ears Stephen Frears, 1987 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (25 JUL 20:00).
  • Art In The Making: SICKERT’S LONDON d. Jake Auerbach, 1992 + Intro/Q&A at BFI Southbank (25 JUL 18:10).
  • SPRING BREAKERS d. Harmony Korine, 2012 presented by Transmissions at Dalston Superstore (25 JUL 19:00).

WEDNESDAY 26 JUL

  • An Evening with Ivor Cutler presented by Through The Looking Glasses & Hoorgi House at The Horse Hospital (26 JUL 19:00).
  • BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 + Q&A with the artistic team, presented by Girls On Film at Rio Cinema (26 JUL 20:45).
  • CLEO d. Erik Schmitt, 2019 at Goethe-Institut London (26 JUL 19:00).
  • JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (26 JUL 20:00 / 30 JUL 17:00).
  • MY EXTINCTION d. Josh Appignanesi, 2022 + Q&A with the director & psychoanalysts Josh Cohen and Anouchka Grose at Curzon Aldgate (26 JUL 18:30).
  • TOKYO FIST d. Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (26 JUL 20:15).

THURSDAY 27 JUL

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MASTER 70mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012 (21 JUL 20:30 / 25 JUL 14:45).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): OPPENHEIMER 70mm IMAX d. Christopher Nolan, 2023 (21 JUL to 10 AUG).

3 FILMS BY SERGEI LOZNITSA at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BLOCKADE d. Sergei Loznitsa, 2005 (23 JUL 18:30).

ALFRED HITCHCOCK at The Garden Cinema

ANDREI TARKOVSKY: SCULPTING TIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MIRROR d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975 (22 JUL 18:15); SOLARIS d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972 (27 JUL 12:15).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

BAR TRASH – MONSTER MAYHEM! at Genesis Cinema & Rule Zero

  • Includes (check venue for listings): GAMERA THE GIANT MONSTER (大怪獣ガメラ | Daikaijû Gamera) d. Noriaki Yuasa, 1965 + Intro, intermission & prize giveaways at Rule Zero’s Sub Zero (24 JUL 19:30).
  • Presented by Token Homo. 

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THERE’S A PLACE… at BFI Southbank

BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST at The Prince Charles

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

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SOCIAL NETWORK d. David Fincher, 2010 (25 JUL 18:00); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murna, 1922 + Live Score by Hugo Max (25 JUL 21:00).

CLOSE-UP ON ISTVÁN SZABÓ at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): COLONEL REDL d. István Szabó, 1984 (21 JUL 20:15); HANUSSEN d. István Szabó, 1988 (23 JUL 20:15).

DRAMA AND DESIRE: THE FILMS OF YOUSSEF CHAHINE at BFI Southbank & Ciné Lumière

EAT THE SCREEN at Barbican

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): Short Cuts short film programme (27 JUL 18:30).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): HANDS UP! d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1985 (22 JUL 18:15); FAT CITY d. John Huston, 1972 (22 JUL 20:15).

THE FILMS OF GRETA GERWIG at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): 20TH CENTURY WOMEN d. Mike Mills, 2016 (21 JUL 18:10); FRANCES HA d. Noah Baumbach, 2012 (21 JUL 20:45); LADY BIRD d. Greta Gerwig, 2017 (25 JUL 18:30 / 26 JUL 20:30); LITTLE WOMEN d. Greta Gerwig, 2019 (25 JUL 20:20).
  • New releases: BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 (21 to 31 JUL).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MASTER 70mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012 (21 JUL 20:30 / 25 JUL 14:45); INHERENT VICE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014 (24 JUL 20:20).

FOUR FILMS BY CHANTAL AKERMAN at The Prince Charles 

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): NEWS FROM HOME d. Chantal Akerman, 1976 (24 JUL 13:00).

GENA & JOHN at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): OPENING NIGHT 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1977 (26 JUL 20:35).

GOD BLESS THE 80S at The Prince Charles

THE GODFATHER TRILOGY at The Garden Cinema

JONATHAN GLAZER at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BIRTH 35mm d. Jonathan Glazer, 2004 (24 JUL 18:00).

MAKING MAGIC: 100 YEARS OF DISNEY at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for listings):
  • And They All Lived Happily After: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST d. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991 (22 JUL 11:50 / 24 JUL 18:05 / 27 JUL 14:20); SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS d. David Hand, Perce Pearce, William Cottrell, Larry Morey, Wilfred Jackson, & Ben Sharpsteen, 1937 (22 JUL 17:45 / 24 JUL 14:20); TANGLED d. Nathan Greno & Byron Howard, 2010 (23 JUL 13:10); POCAHONTAS d. Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, 1995 (23 JUL 15:40); CINDERELLA 4K Restoration d. Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wilfred Jackson, 1950 (25 JUL 14:20); SLEEPING BEAUTY d. Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson & Les Clark, 1959 (26 JUL 14:20).
  • Pushing the Envelope:  TRON d. Steven Lisberger, 1982 (21 JUL 18:00);  WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT d. Robert Zemeckis, 1988 (22 JUL 20:30);  TOY STORY d. John Lasseter, 1995 (23 JUL 12:50); TOY STORY 2 d. John Lasseter, 1999 (23 JUL 15:30); DINOSAUR 35mm d. Eric Leighton & Ralph Zondag, 2001 (23 JUL 18:15); FANTASIA d. various, 1940 (27 JUL 17:50).
  • Touchstone Pictures Presents: HOCUS POCUS d. Kenny Ortega, 1993 (26 JUL 20:40).
  • Talks etc: Once Upon A Time: A Disney Day (22 JUL 12:00).

MEMBERS’ SUMMER SELECTION at The Garden Cinema

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

PINK PALACE at Rio Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): AMERICAN GIGOLO d. Paul Schrader, 1980 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar (26 JUL 19:30).

RANOWN WESTERNS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE TALL T d. Budd Boetticher, 1957 (27 JUL 16:00).

SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH: STORIES TO TELL at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): Turbans Seen On Screen: OCTOPUSSY:40th Anniversary d. John Glen, 1983 + Intro by Ranjit S. Ruprai/SUPAKINO & special guest Del Singh (21 JUL 18:15); JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 (23 JUL 16:00); Preview: THE GOLDEN WINGS OF WATERCOCKS d. Muhammad Quayum, 2022 + Intro by London Bengali Film Festival (27 JUL 20:00).

TWO BY EDWARD YANG at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 (25 JUL 12:00).

UNDERSCREENED SPIELBERG at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE COLOUR PURPLE 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 1985 (23 JUL 12:15).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

YÖRGOSBORD at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER d. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017 (23 JUL various / 26 JUL various / 27 JUL various).

THE LUNA CINEMA at Clapham Common

THE LUNA CINEMA at Westminster Abbey

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

SUNSET SCREENING SESSIONS at Beckenham Place Park

  • Includes (check venue for full listings):  SEBASTIANE d. Derek Jarman, 1976 (21 JUL 21:15); BRICK LANE d. Sarah Gavron, 2007 (22 JUL 21:15).

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK dir Mark Cousins, 2023

Various venues, inc: Bertha DocHouse / The Garden Cinema / ICA

OPPENHEIMER 35mm / 70mm dir Christopher Nolan, 2023

Various venues, inc: Barbican / BFI IMAX / Everyman Screen On The Green / Genesis Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas – 35mm / Picturehouse Cinemas – 70mm

Also 21 to 27 JUL (various dates/times):

  • IRAQ’S INVISIBLE BEAUTY d. Sahim Omar Kalifa & Jurgen Buedts, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.
  • STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED d. Peter Nicks, 2023 at: Genesis Cinema.

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