SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [25 to 31 MAR 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! Your illicit snacks are accepted here, so let’s proceed straight to the news…

This is the week that The Garden Cinema fully opens its doors to the general public with a busy screening programme including rep season CELEBRATING MARLON BRANDO. I’ll be sad not to call them ‘the Brigadoon of new venue openings’ any more, but I’m delighted to see the team finally able to make cinematic headway. As one door opens…. Rio Cinema closes temporarily for some building works this week but you can still support them by streaming new releases on their Rio Player including DRIVE MY CAR, WHEEL OF FORTUNE & FANTASY, TITANE and BOILING POINT. No news of a reopening date yet, but hopefully soon. Of course, if being indoors isn’t your thing, Rooftop Film Club has put their first release of tickets on sale for May at their traditional Peckham and Stratford East locations. As well as their usual jukebox lineup of new releases and rep titles, the programme includes a season of Tom Cruise movies and a collection they’re referring to as Marmite, the films that divide us.

Special events start on Friday with the arrival of a new film club/strand at The Cinema Museum, Rare Cinema Europe’s presentation of “frothy French concoction” LES PERLES DE LA COURONNE aka The Pearls Of The Crown. Newham Community Cinema and WOFFF partner up for SPENCER, and 888 Film Club continues their season of subtitled screenings and Deaf Raves with Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY (all 25 MAR). Exploding Cinema takes over The Cinema Museum on Saturday (26 MAR) where you can also find French Sundae’s presentation of LA KERMESSE HÉROIQUE aka Carnival in Flanders on Sunday. Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club have a one-off engagement at The Castle with Max Ophüls’ LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, Never On A Sunday returns to Close-Up with Amir Naderi’s THE RUNNER, and ActOne Cinema presents a special fundraiser screening of Antoine Fuqua’s TRAINING DAY in tribute to Jamal Edwards MBE (all 27 MAR).

On Monday, London Migration Film Festival presents a special screening of Haider Rashid’s EUROPA at Genesis Cinema, or you can tuck into some film and tapas with JAMÓN JAMÓN c/o Spanish Marks at the India Club Lounge-Bar (both 28 MAR). Tufnell Park Film Club will entertain you with Hitchcock’s REAR WINDOW whilst Sands Films Cinema Club presents Margarethe von Trotta’s DIE GEDULD DER ROSA LUXEMBURG in-venue and online (both 29 MAR). On Wednesday, Goethe-Institut presents Visar Morina’s EXIL (which also streams for a week) and there’s a special screening of MADNESS: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT at Olympic Studios featuring director Dave Robinson and Suggs in Q&A (both 30 MAR). Doc’n Roll will bring your screen week to a fascinating conclusion with ALL I CAN SAY at The Castle Cinema, a film comprised of Hi8 video diary footage that lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, Shannon Hoon, kept shooting up until a few hours before his sudden death at the age of 28. Find out more with a recorded Q&A from the directors (31 MAR).

As this week both follows the end of BFI Flare‘s takeover of BFI Southbank and leads to the dawn of a new month, some new film seasons have started to appear. The big new hitters getting started at BFI include ANIME, LIV ULLMANN: FACE TO FACE, and NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF SCREENWRITER NIGEL KNEALE. Their Big Screen Classics strand turns to address A QUESTION OF FAITH. I’d go and watch a blank screen if anime historian/legend Helen McCarthy introduced it, so maybe start with her several engagements on the Southbank… In a moment of personal awakening, I realise I can’t get excited by the mainstream movie awards seasons anymore, but you might know this is OSCAR® WEEK, for which Barbican has partnered with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Other nominee showcase seasons are available…

I haven’t spotted any new festivals opening this week, but that allows plenty of scope to visit the online and in-venue offerings from Essay Film Festival (19 MAR to 23 APR) and Hong Kong Film Festival (19 to 27 MAR), which has been doing sterling business across town. The Banff Mountain Film Festival (14 to 25 MAR), BFI Flare (16 to 27 MAR), and Human Rights Watch Film Festival (17 to 25 MAR) all wrap this week.

If new releases are what you’re looking for, I’ve highlighted Gillian Mosely’s THE TINDERBOX and Joachim Trier’s THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD which gets the widest of this week’s indie releases. Bertha DocHouse’s presentation of James Jones’s CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES will donate 50% of proceeds from ticket sales to support the people of Ukraine via the DEC – Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.

I’ve chosen RADICAL FILMS / RADICAL FORMS as my Featured Attraction of the Week. Curated by Saeed Taji Farouky and presented by Other Cinemas this entirely free weekend explores the art of revolutionary Arab documentary with a packed programme of screenings and expert panels including sessions on collective theatre techniques, representing trauma, film collectives and the past and future of militant cinema.

See you in the darkness, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

RADICAL FILMS / RADICAL FORMS at The Yellow

“Other Cinemas presents RADICAL FILMS / RADICAL FORMS exploring the art of revolutionary Arab documentaries. The weekender will chart the history and development of radical Arab documentaries from their birth in Palestinian refugee camps and war zones, to today’s filmmakers who are pushing the documentary form using creative storytelling techniques such as recreation, collaboration and workshops. We will be screening classics such as THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED by Heiny Srour (main featured image) as well as new works such as GHOST HUNTING by Raed Andoni, I AM THE ONE WHO BRINGS FLOWERS TO HER GRAVE by Hala Alabdalla and Ammar Al-Beik, A FEELING GREATER THAN LOVE by Mary Jirmanus Saba as well as OUT ON THE STREET by Jasmina Metwaly and Philip Rizk.” (Other Cinemas)

FRIDAY 25 MAR

• AFTER LOVE d. Aleem Khan, 2020 presented by Stow Film Lounge at Creative Works (25 MAR 19:30).
• LES PERLES DE LA COURONNE aka The Pearls Of The Crown d. Sacha Guitry, 1937 presented by Rare Cinema Europe at The Cinema Museum (25 MAR 19:30).
• THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW d. Jim Sharman, 1975 presented by West London Queer Project at Chiswick Cinema (25 MAR 21:00).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).
• SPENCER d. Pablo Larraín, 2021 + Short: SLINGSHOT d. Robin Haig presented by Newham Community Cinema & WOFFF at Stratford Library (25 MAR 17:00 – FREE!).
• WEST SIDE STORY d. Steven Spielberg, 2021 (subtitled) + Panel (signed) + Deaf Rave presented by 888 Film Club at Stratford East Picturehouse (25 MAR 18:00).
• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD aka Verdens verste menneske d. Joachim Trier, 2021 + Recorded Q&A at Chiswick Cinema (25 MAR 20:20 / 31 MAR 13:30).

SATURDAY 26 MAR

• THE BEATLES: GET BACK – THE ROOFTOP CONCERT d. Peter Jackson, 2021 at The Lexi Cinema (26 MAR 21:20).
• BELFAST d. Kenneth Branagh, 2021 at The David Lean (26 MAR 14:00).
• DUTY FREE d. Sian-Pierre Regis, 2020 at Bertha DocHouse (26 MAR 16:30).
• Exploding Cinema at The Cinema Museum (26 MAR 19:30).
• THE IPCRESS FILE d. Sidney J. Furie, 1965 at Olympic Studios (26 MAR 14:30).
• THE GODFATHER: 50th Anniversary d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 at Riverside Studios (26 MAR 14:00).
• THE GODFATHER: 50th Anniversary d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 at Olympic Studios (26 MAR 20:40).
• THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 at Genesis Cinema (26 MAR 19:00 / 27 MAR 19:00 / 30 MAR 19:30 / 31 MAR 19:30).
• ROCKS d. Sarah Gavron, 2019 + Q&A with Melissa Cummings-Quarry & Natalie A. Carter, authors of Grown: The Black Girls’ Guide to Glowing Up at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (26 MAR 12:00).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).

SUNDAY 27 MAR

• THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 at Riverside Studios (27 MAR 14:40).
• THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 at Genesis Cinema (27 MAR 19:00 / 30 MAR 19:30 / 31 MAR 19:30).
• Jackass TV Marathon presented by Deeper Into Movies at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road (27 MAR 13:00 – FREE!).
• LA KERMESSE HÉROIQUE aka Carnival in Flanders d. Jacques Feyder, 1935 + Intro by Jon Davies presented by French Sundae at The Cinema Museum (27 MAR 14:30).
• LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN 16mm d. Max Ophüls, 1949 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (27 MAR 14:00).
• Mothers’ Day: DIRTY DANCING d. Emilio, 1987 at Olympic Studios (27 MAR 16:10).
• Mothers’ Day: LITTLE WOMEN d. Greta Gerwig, 2019 at Everyman Cinemas (27 MAR various).
• Mothers’ Day: MAMMA MIA! d. Phyllida Lloyd, 2008 at Olympic Studios (27 MAR 13:30).
• NOSFERATU: 100TH Anniversary d. F. W. Murnau, 1922 at Curzon Bloomsbury (27 MAR 15:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 at ArtHouse Crouch End (27 MAR 18:00).
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN d. Emarald Fennell, 2020 at Whirled Cinema (27 MAR 17:00).
• Never On A Sunday: THE RUNNER d. Amir Naderi, 1984 UK premiere of the restored version + Intro by Ehsan Khoshbakht at Close-Up (27 MAR 20:15).
• Shortcuts Short Film Showcase presented by Deeper Into Movies at Moth Club (27 MAR 19:30).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Phoenix Cinema (27 MAR 15:00).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Riverside Studios (27 MAR 14:00 / 30 MAR 12:30).
• THE TINDERBOX d. Gillian Mosely, 2020 + Q&A with the director at JW3 (27 MAR 15:50);
• TRAINING DAY d. Antoine Fuqua, 2001 raising funds for JE Delve in tribute to Jamal Edwards MBE at ActOne Cinema (27 MAR 16:15).

MONDAY 28 MAR

• EUROPA d. Haider Rashid, 2021 + Panel Discussion presented by London Migration Film Festival at Genesis Cinema (28 MAR 18:25).
• THE GODFATHER: 50th Anniversary d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 at The Cinema In The Arches (28 MAR 19:00).
• JAMÓN JAMÓN d. Bigas Luna, 1992 Film & Tapas presented by Spanish Marks at India Club Lounge-Bar (28 MAR 19:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 preview at BFI Southbank (28 MAR 18:15).
• PAPRIKA d. Satoshi Kon, 2006 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (28 MAR 19:30).
• RESPECT d. Liesl Tommy, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (28 MAR 20:00 / 29 MAR 20:00 / 30 MAR 20:00 / 03 APR 17:00).
• THE REVIVAL: WOMEN & THE WORD d. Sekiya Dorsett + Zoom Q&A with the director presented by The Batty Mama at Stanley Arts (28 MAR 19:30).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).

TUESDAY 29 MAR

• THE BIG CHILL d. Lawrence Kasdan, 1983 at Olympic Studios (29 MAR 20:00).
• COME AND SEE d. Elem Klimov, 1985 at The Prince Charles (29 MAR 20:35).
• DIE GEDULD DER ROSA LUXEMBURG d. Margarethe von Trotta, 1986 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cinema Club (29 MAR 20:00).
• MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1990 at Everyman Cinemas (29 & 30 MAR various).
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021 at The David Lean (29 MAR 19:00).
• REAR WINDOW d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (29 MAR 20:00).
• RESPECT d. Liesl Tommy, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (29 MAR 20:00 / 30 MAR 20:00 / 03 APR 17:00).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).

ONLINE TALK

• Film Festivals on Japan in the UK – The Road to Pressing the Play Button – Panel Discussion (29 MAR 12:30 – FREE!).

WEDNESDAY 30 MAR

• THE AUDITION d. Ina Weisse, 2022 + Q&A with the director & actor Nina Hoss at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (30 MAR 18:15).
• EXIL d. Visar Morina, 2020 at Goethe-Institut London (30 MAR 19:00). Also available to stream online (30 MAR to 06 APR).
• THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 at Genesis Cinema (30 MAR 19:30 / 31 MAR 19:30).
• HOSTILE d. Sonita Gale, 2021 Q&A with the director at Curzon Soho (30 MAR 18:15).
• MADNESS: TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT d. Dave Robinson, 1981 + Q&A with the director & Suggs at Olympic Studios (30 MAR 20:00).
• MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1990 at Everyman Cinemas (30 MAR various).
• MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1990 at The Cinema In The Arches (30 MAR 20:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 at Chiswick Cinema (30 MAR 18:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 at Everyman Cinemas (30 MAR 18:00).
• RESPECT d. Liesl Tommy, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (30 MAR 20:00 / 03 APR 17:00).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Riverside Studios (30 MAR 12:30).
• WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY d. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021 at The David Lean (30 MAR 19:30 / 31 MAR 14:30 & 19:30).
• WRITING WITH FIRE d. Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas, 2021 presented by Southall Black Sisters at Watermans (30 MAR 19:00).

THURSDAY 31 MAR

• THE 8TH d. Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy & Maeve O’Boyle, 2020 presented by Sydenham Film Club at The Sydenham Centre (31 MAR 19:30).
• A HARD DAYS NIGHT d. Richard Lester, 1964 at The Lexi Cinema (31 MAR 18:15).
• ALL I CAN SAY d. Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould & Colleen Hennessy, 2022 + Recorded Q&A with the directors presented by Doc’n Roll at The Castle Cinema (31 MAR 21:00).
• THE AUDITION d. Ina Weisse, 2022 + Q&A with the director & actor Nina Hoss at The Gate (31 MAR 18:30).
• THE GODFATHER PART II d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 at Genesis Cinema (31 MAR 19:30).
• MARIO PUZO’S THE GODFATHER, CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1990 at Olympic Studios (31 MAR 20:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 at Electric Cinemas (31 MAR 18:00).
• Ukraine Fundraiser: OLGA d. Elie Grappe, 2021 at Kiln Cinema (31 MAR 20:30).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 2019 at Olympic Studios (31 MAR 13:30).
• SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 at Picturehouse Cinemas (25 to 31 MAR various).
• TRUE THINGS d. Harry Wootliff, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Central (31 MAR 19:45).
• WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY d. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2021 at The David Lean (31 MAR 14:30 & 19:30).
• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD aka Verdens verste menneske d. Joachim Trier, 2021 + Recorded Q&A at Chiswick Cinema (31 MAR 13:30).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (until 04 APR various); A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 (25 MAR 14:15 / 27 MAR 17:30); RAISING ARIZONA d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1987 (25 MAR 20:45); MOTHER aka Madeo 35mm d. Bong Joon-ho, 2009 (27 MAR 12:05); CASABLANCA 35mm d. Michael Curtiz, 1942 (28 MAR 18:00); INCENDIES 35mm d. Denis Villeneuve, 2010 (30 MAR 20:45).

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MASTER 70mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012 (26 MAR 12:40 / 28 MAR 20:30).

007 SEASON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LIVE AND LET DIE 4K d. Guy Hamilton, 1973 (26 MAR 15:45 / 31 MAR 15:30).

70S CINEMA LATE NIGHTS 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ENTER THE DRAGON 35mm d. Robert Clouse, 1973 (26 MAR 22:30).

1982 SEASON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT d. Ridley Scott, 1982 (27 MAR 17:05 4K).

ALEX WINTER: LIVE ON STAGE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Alex Winter: Meet & Greet (31 MAR 17:30).

ANIME at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): SPIRITED AWAY aka Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi d. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001 (28 MAR 20:35); Early Days of Anime Shorts Programme 1917-1946 + Intro by Helen McCarthy & Live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne (29 MAR 18:00); WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE aka Omoide No Mani d. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014 (29 MAR 20:40); INU-OH d. Masaaki Yuasa, 2021 preview (30 MAR 18:15); MOMOTARO’S DIVINE SEA WARRIORS aka Momotaro: Umi no Shinpei d. Mitsuyo Seo, 1945 (30 MAR 21:00); Exploring Anime: Panel Discussion (31 MAR 18:15); BELLE aka Ryû to sobakasu no hime d. Mamoru Hosoda, 2021 (31 MAR 20:40).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BELLE aka Ryû to sobakasu no hime d. Mamoru Hosoda, 2021 (25 MAR 18:00 / 29 MAR 15:00); PAPRIKA d. Satoshi Kon, 2006 (31 MAR 18:15). 
• See also STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER.

ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS at The Prince Charles (not listed in other seasons!)

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ALADDIN d. Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992 (26 MAR 18:35).

BEST OF CÉSAR at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ALINE, THE VOICE OF LOVEd. Valérie Lemercier, 2020 (25 MAR 18:00 / 27 MAR 19:10 / 30 MAR 18:00); PARIS 13TH DISTRICT aka Les Olympiades  d. Jacques Audiard, 2021 (until 31 MAR various).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: A QUESTION OF FAITH at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LÉON MORIN, PRÊTRE 4K aka Léon Morin, Priest d. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961 (28 MAR 17:50); LOURDES 35mm d. Jessica Hausner, 2009 (29 MAR 20:50); ORDET aka The Word d. Carl Dreyer, 1955 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large (30 MAR 17:45); BLACK NARCISSUS d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947 (31 MAR 21:00).

CELEBRATING MARLON BRANDO at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE GODFATHER d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 (25 MAR 19:00 / 27 MAR 17:15); A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE d. Elia Kazan, 1951 (26 MAR 18:00); ON THE WATERFRONT d. Elia Kazan, 1954 (26 MAR 21:00); THE WILD ONE d. László Benedek, 1953 (27 MAR 21:00); JULIUS CAESAR d. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953 (28 MAR 18:30); THE MEN d. Fred Zinnemann, 1950 (30 MAR 18:30).

CHER ON SCREEN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MERMAIDS d. Richard Benjamin, 1990 (29 MAR 18:10).

CLOSE UP ON WONG KAR WAI at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): AS TEARS GO BY d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988 (25 MAR 20:15); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (26 MAR 18:30); 2046 d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 (26 MAR 20:15).

DENIS VILLENEUVE: IN REVERSE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (25 MAR 17:15 4K); BLADE RUNNER 2049 4K d. Denis Villeneuve, 2017 (27 MAR 19:45); INCENDIES 35mm d. Denis Villeneuve, 2010 (30 MAR 20:45).

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE GODFATHER 4K d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972 (28 MAR 14:15); THE GODFATHER: PART II 4K d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (31 MAR 13:00).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT REVISITED at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN aka L’Homme qui aimait les femmes d. François Truffaut, 1977 (27 MAR 14:00 / 29 MAR 18:00).

INGMAR BERGMAN SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 (27 MAR 15:00).

LIV ULLMANN: FACE TO FACE at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE WAYWARD GIRL 4K aka Ung Flukt d. Edith Carlmar, 1959 + Pre-recorded intro by Invisible Women, Archive Activists (28 MAR 18:10); PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 (29 MAR 14:30); PERSONA d. Ingmar Bergman, 1966 + Intro by Tricia Tuttle, BFI Festivals Director (30 MAR 20:50).

MARA MATTUSCHKA: DIFFERENT FACES OF AN ANTI-DIVA at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DIFFERENT FACES OF AN ANTI-DIVA d. Elisabeth M. Klocker, 2013 (27 MAR 18:30).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): STUDIO GHIBLI PYJAMA PARTY 5 Films, 1 Ticket (26 MAR 21:00); MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON 5 Mystery Films, 1 Ticket (26 MAR 21:30).

NIGHTMARES AND DAYDREAMS: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION OF SCREENWRITER NIGEL KNEALE at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN d. Val Guest, 1957 (28 MAR 20:50).

ONE AND DONE at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ROPE d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1948 (27 MAR 16:35); VICTORIA d. Sebastian Schipperm, 2015 (29 MAR 20:45); ONE CUT OF THE DEAD d. Shin’ichirô Ueda, 2017 presented & Introduced by The Evolution of Horror podcast (30 MAR 21:00).

OSCAR BEST PICTURE WINNERS at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for listings): IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT d. Norman Jewison, 1967 (27 MAR 14:00); ON THE WATERFRONT d. Elia Kazan, 1954 (29 MAR 15:00); THE KING’S SPEECH d. Tom Hooper, 2011 (31 MAR 20:30).

OSCAR NOMINEES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (25 MAR 17:15 4K); PARALLEL MOTHERS d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021 (25 to 31 MAR); LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (until 04 APR various).

OSCAR® WEEK at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BELFAST d. Kenneth Branagh, 2021 (25 MAR 18:20); LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (25 MAR 20:35); RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON d. Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Paul Briggs & John Ripa, 2021 (26 MAR 13:30); LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM d. Pawo Choyning Dorji, 2019 (26 MAR 15:45); DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (26 MAR 17:15); NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo Del Toro, 2021 (26 MAR 20:20); ENCANTO d. Jared Bush & Byron Howard, 2021 (27 MAR 11:15); WEST SIDE STORY d. Steven Spielberg, 2021 (27 MAR 16:00); DRIVE MY CAR d. Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021 (27 MAR 19:10); THE HAND OF GOD d. Paolo Sorrentino, 2021 (28 MAR 17:50); DON’T LOOK UP d. Adam McKay, 2021 (28 MAR 20:30); Best Live Action Shorts (29 MAR 18:10); CODA d. Siân Heder, 2021 (29 MAR 20:40); FLEE d. Jonas Poher Ramussen, 2021 (30 MAR 18:15); THE POWER OF THE DOG d. Jane Campion, 2021 (30 MAR 20:20); Best Animated Shorts (31 MAR 18:15); Delphine Lievens Presents…Diversity, Inclusion and the Oscars (31 MAR 18:30); KING RICHARD d. Reinaldo Marcus Green, 2022 (31 MAR 20:20).

OTHER MODERNISMS, OTHER FUTURES: GLOBAL ART CINEMA 1960-80 at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): FAD’JAL d. Safi Faye, 1979 (27 MAR 15:00); DE CIERTA MANERA d. Sara Gómez, 1974 (31 MAR 18:30).

RADICAL FILMS / RADICAL FORMS at The Yellow

• Includes (check venue for listings): I AM THE ONE WHO BRINGS FLOWERS TO HER GRAVE d. Hala Alabdalla & Ammar Al Beik, 2006 + Performance (25 MAR 18:00 – FREE!); OUT ON THE STREET d. Jasmina Metwaly & Philip Rizk, 2015 + Q&A with the director (26 MAR 13:30 – FREE!); Workshop on Collective Theatre Techniques in Documentary (26 MAR 16:00 – FREE!); GHOST HUNTING d. Raed Andoni, 2017 + Panel (26 MAR 19:00 – FREE!); Film Collectives Panel (27 MAR 11:00 – FREE!); A FEELING GREATER THAN LOVE d. Mary Jirmanus Saba, 2017 (27 MAR 12:30 – FREE!); Union & Direct Action Workshop (27 MAR 14:45 – FREE!); THE HOUR OF LIBERATION HAS ARRIVED d. Heiny Srour, 1974 (27 MAR 17:45 – FREE!); Panel – The Past and Future of Militant Cinema (27 MAR 19:00 – FREE!).

STUDIO GHIBLI at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for listings): SPIRITED AWAY d. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001 (from 26 MAR).

STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): STUDIO GHIBLI PYJAMA PARTY 5 Films, 1 Ticket (26 MAR 21:00).

THREE BY F. GARY GRAY at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): SET IT OFF d. F. Gary Gray, 1996 (28 MAR 18:15 – £1 Members’ Screening).

THREE BY SATYAJIT RAY at The Prince Charles 

• Includes (check venue for listings): PATHER PANCHALI d. Satyajit Ray, 1955 (30 MAR 18:00).

• The Banff Mountain Film Festival (14 to 25 MAR).
• BFI Flare (16 to 27 MAR).
• Essay Film Festival (19 MAR to 23 APR).
• Hong Kong Film Festival (19 to 27 MAR).
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival (17 to 25 MAR).
• Kinoteka Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 03 APR).

• Also 25 to 31 MAR (various dates/times): CHOPPER: 20th Anniversary d. Andrew Dominik, 2000 at: Genesis Cinemas / Prince Charles Cinema // ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU d. Seung-wan Ryu, 2021: Curzon Cinemas // SIN LA HABANA d. Kaveh Nabatian, 2021 at: JW3 // VALLEY OF SOULS aka Tantas almas d. Nicolás Rincón Gille, 2019 at: ICA // XUETA ISLAND d. Ofer Laszewicki, Dani Rotstein & Felipe Wolokita, 2021 at: JW3 (from 29 MAR).

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