SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [01/08/21]
SUNDAY 01 AUGUST 2021 (A–Z) // What’s on in London today including one-off events, limited runs, film clubs, repertory seasons, film festivals, outdoor events, & our selection of new releases.
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Double Bill: DEATH IN VENICE d. Luchino Visconti, 1971 + THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD d. Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri, 2021 at Rio Cinema (01 AUG 14:00 & 16:30 – discount applies at checkout!).
- DEATH IN VENICE // “After 50 years, Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of a Thomas Mann novel still arouses both passion and praise. Is it one of cinema’s most exalted literary adaptations, as sensually rich as it is allegorically resonant or, a corrupted and distorted gay reading of Mann’s original novella?”
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD // “In 1971 at the world premiere of DEATH IN VENICE in London, its director, Luchino Visconti proclaimed Björn Andrésen, the teenage star of his latest film, “The most beautiful boy in the world.” Now 50 years later, Andrésen, once a dazzling international icon and even a Japanese pop star and Manga prototype, looks back on a life that went down many a dark road in what could be a last attempt to finally get his life back on track.”

- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70MM d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 ‘unrestored print’ at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 14:00).
- African Odysseys present: A WARM DECEMBER 35MM d. Sidney Poitier, 1973 + Intro by actor Esther Anderson at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 17:30).
- AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 20:45 – SUB).
- APOCALYPSE NOW [Theatrical Edition] 35MM at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 20:15).
- BABYLON d. Franco Ross, 1980 at ICA (01 AUG 14:00).
- THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS aka La battaglia di Algeri d. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966 at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 15:10).
- BRAZIL 16MM d. Terry Gilliam, 1985 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (01 AUG 13:45).
- Celebrating Britain’s First Black Screen Star talk + panel discussion at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 14:00).
- DJANGO UNCHAINED 35MM d. Quentin Tarantino, 2012 at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 17:20).
- Double Bill: DEATH IN VENICE d. Luchino Visconti, 1971 + THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLDd. Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri, 2021 at Rio Cinema (01 AUG 14:00 & 16:30 – discount applies at checkout).
- FALLEN ANGELS 4K aka Do lok tin si d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 at ICA (01 AUG 20:40).
- GIRLFRIENDS d. Claudia Weill, 1978 at ICA (01 AUG 18:35).
- IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 4K aka Fa yeung nin wah d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 13:00).
- JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET d. Karen Thorsen, 1989 + Long Table Session presented by The Batty Mama at Stanley Arts (01 AUG 14:00 & 19:30 + Q&A).
- MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2000 at ICA (01 AUG 14:20).
- OF HUMAN BONDAGE d. John Cromwell, 1934 at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 12:40).
- QUO VADIS, AIDA? at Electric Cinemas Portobello (01 AUG 14:00).
- THE SEA OF ITAMI JUN d. Jung Da-woon, 2019 at Bertha DocHouse (01 AUG 18:00).
- STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 at Close-Up (01 AUG 19:15).
- THELMA & LOUISE d. Ridley Scott, 1991 at BFI Southbank (01 AUG 18:00).
- THE WARRIORS 35MM d. Walter Hill, 1979 at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 18:00).
- WHISPER OF THE HEART d. Yoshifumi Kondô, 1995 at The Prince Charles (01 AUG 11:30 – SUB).
- THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT d. Julien Faraut, 2021 at ICA (01 AUG 16:20).
- ZOLA d. Janicza Bravo, 2020 + Recorded Q&A: Barbican (01 AUG 20:15); Genesis Cinema (01 AUG 20:10); Phoenix Cinema (01 AUG 20:00); Picturehouse Cinemas (01 AUG various) / Part of Sundance London Tour.
- Includes (check venue for full listings): CENSOR d. Prano Bailey-Bond, 2021 (01 AUG 12:00); THE BLAZING WORLD d. Carlson Young, 2021 (01 AUG 12:30); SHORT FILM TOUR (01 AUG 12:30); WRITING WITH FIRE d. Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh, 2021 (01 AUG 13:00); THE NEST d. Sean Durkin, 2021 (01 AUG 13:15 & 13:35); IN THE SAME BREATH d. Nanfu Wang, 2021 (01 AUG 15:45); SURPRISE FILM d. ??, ?? (01 AUG 16:00); HUMAN FACTORS d. Ronny Trocker, 2021 (01 AUG 16:15); MISHA AND THE WOLVESd. Sam Hobkinson, 2021 + Q&A (01 AUG 16:30 & 16:50); PLEASURE d. Ninja Thyberg, 2021 (01 AUG 18:15); ZOLA d. Janicza Bravo, 2021 (01 AUG 18:30 & 18:50); LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH 35MM d. John D. Hancock, 1971 (01 AUG 18:45); TOGETHER TOGETHER d. Nikole Beckwith, 2021 (01 AUG 19:00).

- CASABLANCA d. Michael Curtiz, 1942 at Rooftop Film Club, Peckham (01 AUG 21:00).
- THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL d. Wes Anderson, 2014 at Archlight Cinema (01 AUG 20:30).
- KNIVES OUT d. Rian Johnson, 2019 at The Luna Cinema at Wimbledon Park (01 AUG 21:00);
- THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU d. Wes Anderson, 2004 at Archlight Cinema (01 AUG 17:30).
- MOULIN ROUGE! d. Baz Luhrmann, 2001 at Bar Elba SE1 (01 AUG 21:00).
- NOTTING HILL d. Roger Michell, 1999 at The Luna Cinema at Westminster Abbey (01 AUG 21:00).
- NOTTING HILL d. Roger Michell, 1999 at The Luna Cinema (01 AUG 20:50).

- Sundance Film Festival (29 JUL to 01 AUG).


LIMBO d. Ben Sharrock, 2020
- Daily, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / BFI / The Castle Cinema / Catford Mews / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rio Cinema / Riverside Studios.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD d. Kristina Lindström & Kristian Petri, 2021
- Daily, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Bertha DocHouse / Curzon Cinemas / ICA / Rio Cinema

THE SPARKS BROTHERS d. Edgar Wright, 2021
- Daily, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Bertha DocHouse / The Castle Cinema / Catford Mews / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / The Lexi Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema / Riverside Studios.
- Also (30 JUL to 05 AUG various): HIGHLANDER d. Russell Mulcahy, 1986 at The Prince Charles // I WAS AT HOME, BUT… d. Angela Schanelec, 2019 at ICA (until 04 AUG).

- Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories at Close-Up & The Garden Cinema (19 to 26 AUG 2023)
- Lost Reels presents 16mm & 35mm screenings at The Cinema Museum & ICA (19 & 31 AUG 2023)
- The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023)
- Cinema Mentiré launches with OLHAR PERIFERICO season (AUG 2023)

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