SCREEN GUIDE: What’s on in London this week [28 OCT to 03 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.

By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus

Welcome to another screen week!

Just a quick note to let you know that there won’t be daily posts this week! So, brew yourself a strong cuppa and browse through this packed screen guide at your leisure. It’s horror season, and there’s a lot of scary shows across town, both big and considerably more intimate, vanilla and fetish, indoors and out…

See you in the darkness, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

Halloween Monsters Ball: NIGHTBREED d. Clive Barker, 1990 + Pre-show with Loose Willis, main screen hosting by Baby Lame & interval show from Co Kendrah presented with a costume, kink & fetish-friendly dress code by Queer Horror Nights at Rio Cinema (28 OCT 22:00+):

“The Stonewall Riot of monster movies” (Token Homo), NIGHTBREED is about the fantastical monsters of Midian, a subterranean haven where all kinds of creature shelter from their human oppressors. Aaron Boone (Craig Sheffer) is trying to resist the lure of Midian with the help of his girlfriend Lori (Anne Bobby) and a sinister shrink (David Cronenberg). Realising he’s being framed for a series of sickening murders, Boone seeks refuge amongst the NIGHTBREED before they too must rise…”

“You’re invited to ‘bring your freak’ with our costume, kink and fetish-friendly dress code (just cover your bum and bits!). Join drag king Loose Willis for our pre-show in the Rio foyer from 10pm before punk-horror host Baby Lame drags you into Midian on the main stage from 11:15pm. Drag creature Co Kendrah will provide a gory gothic interval show. There’ll be changing facilities, a ‘Carnival of the Creatures’ with prizes for best look, and a very late licence.” (Queer Horror Nights).

FRIDAY 28 OCT

• All Bodies Radiate Light artists’ film programmes at Tate Modern (28 OCT 19:00 & 20:30 – FREE!).
• A QUIET PLACE PART II d. John Krasinski, 2020 + BSL signed Q&A with Deaf actor Deepa Shastri, presented by Newham Community Cinema at Stratford Library (28 OCT 17:00).
• EVITA d. Alan Parker, 1996 presented by WLQP at Chiswick Cinema (28 OCT 21:00).
• FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 at Grove Gardens Chapel (28 OCT 20:00).
• Halloween Monsters Ball: NIGHTBREED d. Clive Barker, 1990 + Pre-show with Loose Willis, main screen hosting by Baby Lame & interval show from Co Kendrah, presented with a costume, kink & fetish-friendly dress code by Queer Horror Nights at Rio Cinema (28 OCT 22:00+).
• NOSFERATU aka Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens d. FW MURNAU, 1922 + Live organ score by Henry Tozer, presented by Pitshanger Pictures at St Barnabas Church (28 OCT 19:30).
• Musical Weekends: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE d. Brian De Palma, 1974 at The Garden Cinema (28 OCT 21:00 / 29 OCT 21:00).
• River with the Australian Chamber Orchestra at Barbican (28 OCT 19:30).
• SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON d. Mitra Farahani, 2022 at Close-Up (28 OCT 20:15).
• THE STING d. George Roy Hill, 1973 + Q&A with author Melissa Newman at The Garden Cinema (28 OCT 18:00).
• The Voices Film Programme: Queer Identity – Whiskey Chow + Q&A at Bermondsey Project Space (28 OCT 19:00).
• WHEN WE LEAVE aka Die Fremde d. Feo Aladag, 2010 + Presentation by James Brown & Daniel Monk at Birkbeck Cinema (28 OCT 18:00 – FREE!).
• YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN d. Mel Brooks, 1974 presented by Filmscope at The Yellow (28 OCT 19:30).

SATURDAY 29 OCT

• AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON d. John Landis, 1981 + Live podcast recording by Smersh Pod at Phoenix Cinema (29 OCT 20:30).
• Black Horror short film programme + creative networking event presented by Reform The Funk at The Lab E20 (29 OCT 18:00 – FREE!).
• DRACULA d. Todd Browning, 1931 at Regent Street Cinema (29 OCT 20:30).
• The genetically altered seed breaks the rhythm of an earthly music artists’ film programme at Tate Modern (29 OCT 17:30).
• GOSFORD PARK 35mm d. Robert Altman, 2001 in collaboration with The Cinema Museum at The David Lean (29 OCT 14:30).
• OUTSIDE d. Olha Zhurba, 2022 at Bertha DocHouse (29 OCT 18:00).
• Musical Weekends: PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE d. Brian De Palma, 1974 at The Garden Cinema (29 OCT 21:00).
• The Short Films of Fronza Woods + Q&A with the filmmaker at ICA (29 OCT 18:45).

SUNDAY 30 OCT

• Blinking Buzzards – UK Buster Keaton Society Quarterly Meeting at The Cinema Museum (30 OCT 16:00).
• BLUE STORY d. Rapman, 2019 at Whirled Cinema (30 OCT 17:00).
• Phoenix Classics: BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA 4K Remaster d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 at Phoenix Cinema (30 OCT 15:00).
• Clare Hammond – Ghosts and Whispers at Barbican (30 OCT 19:00).
• Deconstructing Comedy short film programme at The Castle Cinema (30 OCT 11:30).
• THE JANES d. Tia Lessin & Emma Pildes, 2022 + Q&A with the directors, presented by Abortion Rights at Rio Cinema (30 OCT 12:30).
• POLTERGEIST d. Tobe Hooper, 1982 at Riverside Studios (30 OCT 20:45 / 31 OCT 12:10).
• THE RESISTANCE FIGHTER aka Kurier d. Władysław Pasikowski, 2019 + Intro by Michael Brooke at Watermans (30 OCT 13:00).
• THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW d. Jim Sharman, 1975 presented by Queer Film Club at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre (30 OCT 18:00).
• SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON d. Mitra Farahani, 2022 + Intro by Ehsan Khoshbakht at Close-Up (30 OCT 18:00).
• Never On Sunday: SZYFRY d. Wojciech Has, 1966 + Intro by Ehsan Khoshbakht at Close-Up Film Centre (30 OCT 20:15).

MONDAY 31 OCT

• AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON d. John Landis, 1981 + DJ & Short: LUCIFER RISING, presented by Rebel Reel Cine Club outdoors at Camley Street Nature Reserve, Kings Cross (31 OCT 18:30+).
• THE BALLAD OF TAM LIN d. Roddy McDowall, 1970 + Intro by Ian McShane & Q&A with Ian McShane & Stewart Lee, presented by Deeper Into Weird Walk at Rio Cinema (31 OCT 20:00).
• CATS d. Tom Hooper, 2019 presented by Deeper Into Movies at Farr’s Dalston (31 OCT 19:30).
• Woman with a Movie Camera: CETTE MAISON d. Miryam Charles, 2022 + Q&A with the director, presented by T A P E Collective at BFI Southbank (31 OCT 20:30).
• CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON d. Jack Arnold, 1954 + Live organ performance & Live podcast recording with Mike Muncer, Becky Darke, Leila Latif & Jamie Graham, presented by Evolution of Horror at Regent Street Cinema (31 OCT 18:30+).
• THE FEAST d. Lee Haven Jones, 2021 at The David Lean (31 OCT 19:30).
• HELLRAISER VHS d. Clive Barker, 1987 + Shorts, music & spooky happenings, presented by Spiral at Matchstick Piehouse SE8 (31 OCT 19:00).
• HOCUS POCUS Movie Night! at The Clapham Grand (31 OCT 18:30).
• IN BETWEEN aka Bar Bahar d. Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016 at Whirled Cinema (31 OCT 20:00 / 01 NOV 20:00 / 02 NOV 20:00 / 06 NOV 17:00).
• Joe Cash presents The Screaming Screening at The Cinema Museum (31 OCT 15:00).
• MEN d. Alex Garland, 2022 presented by Deeper Into Movies at POP Brixton (31 OCT 19:30 – FREE!).
• Oska Bright Presents…Something Twisted at Barbican (31 OCT 18:30).
• Monday Classic Matinee: NIGHT NURSE d. William A. Wellman, 1931 at Regent Street Cinema (31 OCT 13:00).
• POLTERGEIST d. Tobe Hooper, 1982 at Riverside Studios (31 OCT 12:10).
• THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS d. Jonathan Demme, 1990 at The Lexi Cinema (31 OCT 18:30 + a glass of chianti!).
• THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 at Olympic Studios (31 OCT 20:40).
• VAMPYR d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932 + Live score by Brixton Chamber Orchestra at The Ritzy (31 OCT 19:00).
• VIY d. Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov, 1967 + Tarot card readings, cocktails & prizes for best look, presented by Zodiac Film Club at The Garden Cinema (31 OCT 20:00).

TUESDAY 01 NOV

• COMPARTMENT NO. 6 d. Juho Kuosmanen, 2021 presented by Richmond Film Society at The Exchange (01 NOV 20:00).
• DEEP RED d. Dario Argento, 1975 at The Garden Cinema (01 NOV 20:10).
• DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS d. Carl Franklin, 1995 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (01 NOV 20:00).
• IN BETWEEN aka Bar Bahar d. Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016 at Whirled Cinema (01 NOV 20:00 / 02 NOV 20:00 / 06 NOV 17:00).
• Preview: LIVING d. Oliver Hermanus, 2022 + Q&A with the director, writer Kazuo Ishiguro & actor Aimee Lou Wood at BFI Southbank (01 NOV 20:00).
• LYRA d. Alison Millar, 2021 + Q&A with the director, presented by Irish Film London at Bertha DocHouse (01 NOV 18:15).
• Preview: NEPTUNE FROST d. Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams, 2021 + Q&A with the directors at ICA (01 NOV 18:30).
• THE WOMAN KING d. Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2021 at The David Lean (01 NOV 19:30).
• YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 at The Prince Charles (01 NOV 20:05).

WEDNESDAY 02 NOV

• Preview: A BUNCH OF AMATEURS d. Kim Hopkins, 2022 + Q&A with the director & guests at BFI Southbank (02 NOV 18:15).
• HERO 20th Anniversary d. Zhang Yimou, 2002 at Picturehouse Fulham Road (02 NOV 19:00).
• Pink Palace: HUSTLER WHITE + Shorts d. Bruce LaBruce, Rick Castro in the Rio Cinema basement bar (02 NOV 19:30).
• IN BETWEEN aka Bar Bahar d. Maysaloun Hamoud, 2016 at Whirled Cinema (02 NOV 20:00 / 06 NOV 17:00).
• RETROGRADE d. Matthew Heineman, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Central (02 NOV 18:00).

THURSDAY 03 NOV

• Whirled Docs: BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT aka Jenseits des Sichtbaren – Hilma af Klint d. Halina Dyrschka, 2019 at Whirled Cinema (03 NOV 19:00).
• CAGED d. John Cromwell, 1950 + Discussion of screenplay by Virginia Kellogg, presented by Screenplay By at The Cinema Museum (03 NOV 19:30).
• Reclaim The Frame: CETTE MAISON d. Miryam Charles, 2022 + Q&A at The Ritzy (03 NOV 18:45).
• Joe Cash: CARNAL MONSTERS & CALLING NURSE MEOW at The Horse Hospital (03 NOV 18:30 – Donation requested).
• World Premiere: MOONBATHING IN FEBRUARY d. Niall Trask, 2021 + Q&A with the director & band members, presented by Fat White Family at Rio Cinema (03 NOV 20:30).
• PVT CHAT d. Ben Hozie, 2020 + Q&A with the director, presented by Deeper Into Movies at TT Liquor (03 NOV 19:30 – FREE!).
• SWINGERS d. Doug Liman, 1996 at Fontaine’s Bar (03 NOV 20:00 – FREE!).
• THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 at Catford Mews (03 NOV 19:10).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): RUMBLE IN THE BRONX 35mm d. Stanley Tong, 1996 (28 OCT 15:45 / 01 NOV 15:50 / 03 NOV 18:35); THE LOST BOYS 35mm d. Joel Schumacher, 1987 (29 OCT 18:00 / 31 OCT 13:00); SEVEN 35mm d. David Fincher, 1995 (29 OCT 18:10 / 02 NOV 13:10); THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (29 OCT 20:20 / 30 OCT 13:00 / 31 OCT 15:15 / 03 NOV 15:45); THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 35mm d. Tobe Hooper, 1974 (30 OCT 15:45 / 01 NOV 16:05); THE EXORCIST 35mm d. William Friedkin, 1973 (30 OCT 17:45 / 31 OCT 20:45 / 02 NOV 15:35); SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (30 OCT 20:30); ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ 35mm + INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 35mm d. Don Siegel, 1979 + Quentin Tarantino, 2009 curated by Quentin Tarantino (01 NOV 18:10); GOSSIP 35mm d. Davis Guggenheim, 2000 (02 NOV 18:30); THE TERMINATOR 35mm + TERMINATOR II: JUDGMENT DAY 35mm d. James Cameron, 1984 + 1991 (02 NOV 18:40); RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 35mm d. Dan O’Bannon, 1985 (03 NOV 12:15); ARMY OF DARKNESS 35mm d. Sam Raimi, 1992 (03 NOV 13:00); THE MONSTER SQUAD 35mm d. Fred Dekker, 1987 (03 NOV 14:30).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (01 NOV 13:45).

BFI’S 100 BBC TV GAMECHANGERSat BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MONITOR: ELGAR + OMNIBUS: DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS d. Ken Russell, 1962 + 1970 + Intro (03 NOV 18:15).

BLACK HISTORY MONTH at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): GANJA & HESS d. Bill Gunn, 1976 (29 OCT 18:15).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON d. Jack Arnold, 1954 (29 OCT 13:30); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 (31 OCT 16:00).

CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN FILM SERIES at Barbican 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Interrogating the Image + Introduction by Kenneth White (28 OCT 18:45).

CLOSE-UP: RYAN COOGLER at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): FRUITVALE STATION d. Ryan Coogler, 2013 (29 OCT 16:15).

COME AS YOU ARE at The Ritzy

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WOODSTOCK d. Michael Wadleigh, 1970 + Intro by Sam Elder (30 OCT 13:00).
• Presented by the NFTS.

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CRÍA CUERVOS d. Carlos Saura, 1976 (29 OCT 18:00); THEOREM d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968 ( 29 OCT 20:15).

EXPERIMENTS IN FILM at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): TAKING THE HORSE TO EAT JALEBIS aka Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon d. Anamika Haksar, 2018 (03 NOV 18:15).

THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ 35mm + INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 35mm d. Don Siegel, 1979 + Quentin Tarantino, 2009 curated by Quentin Tarantino (01 NOV 18:10).

FRAMES OF MIND: THE FILMS OF PETER GREENAWAY at BFI Southbank 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PROSPERO’S BOOKS 35mm d. Peter Greenaway, 1991 (01 NOV 17:40).

GARY OLDMAN at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MEANTIME d. Mike Leigh, 1983 (28 OCT 17:50); BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA 4K d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (29 OCT 20:30); THE FIRM [Director’s Cut] d. Alan Clarke, 1989 (02 NOV 21:00).

(G)ROUND UP! LA CLEF REVIVAL IN FOUR ACTS at ICA

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Act I: Food&Film: Our Sexuality Is a Battlefield (28 OCT 18:30); Act II: Symposium & Roundtable – Activated, Evicted, Expanded: Film Exhibition as Collective Action (29 OCT 15:30); Act III: Militant Cinema – Taking Back the Legislature + Conversation (30 OCT 16:30); Act IV: Filmmakers in Support – Françoise Romand & Mario Valero (30 OCT 18:30).

GUY MADDIN at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN’S DIARY 35mm d. Guy Maddin, 2002 (29 OCT 11:50).

HALLOWEEN at Chiswick Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE THING 40th Anniversary d. John Carpenter, 1982 (31 OCT 20:00).

HALLOWEEN at Electric Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Double-Bill: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET + SCREAM at Electric Cinemas Portobello (29 OCT 21:00); Double-Bill: FRANKENSTEIN + BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 + 1935 at Electric Cinemas White City (30 OCT 13:30); DRACULA d. Todd Browning, 1931 at Electric Cinemas Portobello (30 OCT 14:00).

HALLOWEEN at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for full listings): GHOSTBUSTERS d. Ivan Reitman, 1984 (28 OCT 11:00 / 29 OCT 12:20 / 30 OCT 15:10 / 31 OCT 15:30); THE EXORCIST [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. William Friedkin, 1973 (28 OCT 13:30 / 29 OCT 17:30 / 30 OCT 20:50 / 31 OCT 12:15); HOCUS POCUS d. Kenny Ortega, 1993 (28 OCT 16:30 / 30 OCT 10:00 / 31 OCT 10:00); AMERICAN PSYCHO 35mm d. Mary Harron, 2000 (28 OCT 19:00 / 31 OCT 18:00); DEATH BECOMES HER DRAG-A-LONG EDITION d. Robert Zemeckis, 1992 (28 OCT 22:00); DEATH BECOMES HER d. Robert Zemeckis, 1992 (29 OCT 14:50 / 30 OCT 12:30); THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY (29 OCT 21:00); THE SHINING 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (30 OCT 17:45 / 31 OCT 20:50).

HALLOWEEN at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BARBARIAN d. Zach Cregger, 2022 (from 28 OCT to 03 NOV); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Marnau, 1922 + Live score by Grok (30 OCT 15:00); TERRIFIER 2 d. Damien Leone, 2022 (30 OCT 20:45 / 31 OCT 20:45); SMILE d. Parker Finn, 2022 (31 OCT 18:20); THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 (31 OCT 21:00).
• Raindance Backyard Cinema: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT d. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez, 1999 + Party (29 OCT 19:00).

HALLOWEEN at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SHINING [US Extended Cut] d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (30 OCT various); PARANORMAN d. Chris Butler & Sam Fell, 2012 (from 31 OCT); BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992 (from 31 OCT).

HORROCTOBER – A MONTH OF THRILLS, CHILLS & SPILLS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): SUSPIRIA d. Dario Argento, 1977 (28 OCT 15:30 / 29 OCT 15:45 / 31 OCT 18:00 – 4K); THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 (28 OCT 13:00 – 4K / 29 OCT 15:20 – 4K / 30 OCT 20:45 – 4K / 31 OCT 18:10 / 02 NOV 16:00 – 4K); HOUSE aka Hausu d. Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977 (28 OCT 13:20 / 02 NOV 20:35); THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY (28 OCT 18:00); SCREAM + I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER = SCARY MOVIE (28 OCT 18:15); BEETLEJUICE d. Tim Burton, 1988 (29 OCT 13:05); CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON d. Jack Arnold, 1954 (29 OCT 13:30); THE LOST BOYS 35mm d. Joel Schumacher, 1987 (29 OCT 18:00 / 31 OCT 13:00); SEVEN 35mm d. David Fincher, 1995 (29 OCT 18:10 / 02 NOV 13:10); THE SHINING [UK Version] 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1980 (29 OCT 20:20 / 30 OCT 13:00 / 31 OCT 15:15 / 03 NOV 15:45); FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON (29 OCT 21:00); CLASSIC HORROR MARATHON (22 OCT 23:30); RETURN TO OZ d. Walter Murch, 1985 (30 OCT 13:15); GHOSTBUSTERS d. Ivan Reitman, 1984 (30 OCT 15:35 / 03 NOV 20:30); THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE 35mm d. Tobe Hooper, 1974 (30 OCT 15:45 / 01 NOV 16:05); THE EXORCIST 35mm d. William Friedkin, 1973 (30 OCT 17:45 / 31 OCT 20:45 / 02 NOV 15:35); TRICK ‘R TREAT d. Michael Dougherty, 2007 (30 OCT 18:00); SCOOBY-DOO 35mm d. Raja Gosnell, 2002 (30 OCT 20:30); POLTERGEIST d. Tobe Hooper, 1982 (31 OCT 13:15); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 (31 OCT 16:00); PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (01 NOV 13:45); THE EVIL DEAD d. Sam Raimi, 1981 (01 NOV 13:55); MAD GOD d. Phil Tippett, 2021 (01 NOV 18:00); EVIL DEAD II d. Sam Raimi, 1987 (02 NOV 13:25); RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 35mm d. Dan O’Bannon, 1985 (03 NOV 12:15); ARMY OF DARKNESS 35mm d. Sam Raimi, 1992 (03 NOV 13:00); THE MONSTER SQUAD 35mm d. Fred Dekker, 1987 (03 NOV 14:30).

IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS at BFI Southbank 

• Includes (check venue for full listings):
• Beast: FRANKENSTEIN d. James Whale, 1931 (28 OCT 18:20); CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 3D d. Jack Arnold, 1954 (29 OCT 11:40 / 01 NOV 20:50); NIGHTBREED [Director’s Cut]d. Clive Barker, 1990 + Intro (30 OCT 15:10); KURONEKO aka Yabu no naka no kuroneko d. Kaneto Shindo, 1968 (31 OCT 21:00).
• Witch: VIY d. Konstantin Yershov & Georgi Kropachyov, 1967 (28 OCT 20:45); THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE d. André Øvredal, 2016 (02 NOV 18:10).
• Ghost: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET d. Wes Craven, 1984 (29 OCT 18:30 / 30 NOV 20:50); CANDYMAN d. Bernard Rose, 1992 (29 OCT 20:45).
• Zombie: I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 35mm d. Jacques Tourneur, 1943 (01 NOV 18:10); 28 DAYS LATER d. Danny Boyle, 2002 + Q&A with director Danny Boyle (31 OCT 18:00); US d. Jordan Peele, 2019 (01 NOV 20:40).
• Vampire: LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH 35mm d. John Hancock, 1971 (02 NOV 20:45); BLACULA 35mm d. William Crain, 1972 (03 NOV 20:55);
• Re-releases: THE OTHERS d. Alejandro Amenábar, 2001 (30 OCT 18:40); POLTERGEIST d. Tobe Hooper, 1982 (27 OCT 17:45 & 20:45 / 31 OCT 20:40).
• Special Events: GHOSTWATCH d. Lesley Manning, 1992 immersive screening + Q&A with the director & writer Stephen Volk, presented by Celluloid Screams and Live Cinema UK (28 OCT 20:20); HELLRAISER 35th Anniversary d. Clive Barker, 1987 + Intro by actors Nicholas Vince & Simon Bamford, with Phil Stokes, BFI Governor/Curator of the Clive Barker Archive (30 OCT 18:30). 

JOHN SMITH: INTROSPECTIVE (1972–2022) 50 FILMS FROM 50 YEARS at ICA & Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Programme 5 (1993-96) at Close-Up (03 NOV 20:15).

MIKE LEIGH IN CONVERSATION at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): PETERLOO d. Mike Leigh, 2018 + Mike Leigh in conversation (30 OCT 18:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY (28 OCT 18:00); SCREAM + I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER = SCARY MOVIE (28 OCT 18:15); FRIDAY THE 13TH MARATHON (29 OCT 21:00); CLASSIC HORROR MARATHON (29 OCT 23:30); ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ 35mm + INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 35mm d. Don Siegel, 1979 + Quentin Tarantino, 2009 curated by Quentin Tarantino (01 NOV 18:10); THE TERMINATOR 35mm + TERMINATOR II: JUDGMENT DAY 35mm d. James Cameron, 1984 + 1991 (02 NOV 18:40).

NEW GERMAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE LOST HONOUR OF KATHARINA BLUM d. Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta, 1975 (30 OCT 15:30); AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD d. Werner Herzog, 1972 (31 OCT 15:00); THE TIN DRUM d. Volker Schlöndorff, 1979 (02 NOV 19:00).

SEASON OF CHAN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): RUMBLE IN THE BRONX 35mm d. Stanley Tong, 1996 (28 OCT 15:45 / 01 NOV 15:50 / 03 NOV 18:00).

SPOTLIGHT ON ISABELLE HUPPERT at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for listings): HAPPY END d. Michael Haneke, 2017 (30 OCT 14:00 / 01 NOV 20:35); WHITE MATERIAL d. Claire Denis, 2008 (01 NOV 18:20).

TNB BHM 2022 at Stratford East Picturehouse

• Includes (check venue for listings): FRANTZ FANON: BLACK SKIN WHITE MASK d. Issac Julien, 1995 + Q&A at Idea Store E1 (01 NOV 18:00); THE WOMAN KING d. Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022 + Panel + Performance (03 NOV 19:00).

UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS at The Prince Charles 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON d. Jack Arnold, 1954 (29 OCT 13:30).

WORLD CINEMA E-PASSPORT at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for listings): M d. Fritz Lang, 1931 (30 OCT 14:00 / 31 OCT 20:30).

• Doc’n Roll Festival (27 OCT to 13 NOV).
• Fête du Cinéma d’Animation (02 to 28 OCT).
• Film Africa (28 OCT to 06 NOV).
• French Film Festival (02 NOV to 15 DEC).
• FrightFest Halloween (29 OCT).
• London Baltic Film Festival (28 to 30 OCT).
• London East Asian Film Festival (19 to 30 OCT).
• London Korean Film Festival (03 to 17 NOV).
• Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival (28 OCT to 12 NOV).
• Raindance Film Festival (26 OCT to 05 NOV).
• Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival (30 OCT to 05 NOV).

• Also 28 OCT to 03 NOV (various dates/times): A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS d. Simon Lereng Wilmont, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse // BROS d. Nicholas Stoller, 2022 at: Catford Mews / Electric Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas.

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