SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [07/11/21]

SUNDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2021 (A–Z) // What’s on in London today across DIY, indie & alternative cinema including one-off screen events, film seasons, film festivals & our selection of new releases.

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

NIGHTCLEANERS d. Berwick Street Collective, 1975 + COUNCIL HOUSING IN BETHNAL GREEN d. Joan Littlewood, 1963 presented by Habibi Collective at The Castle Cinema (07 NOV 16:30) / Part of FILM COLLECTIVES & POLITICAL LIBERATION IN THE UK (1963–2020).

  • NIGHTCLEANERS: “A documentary made by members of the Berwick Street Collective (Marc Karlin, Mary Kelly, James Scott and Humphry Trevelyan), about the campaign to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and who were being victimized and underpaid. Intending at the outset to make a campaign film, the Collective was forced to turn to new forms in order to represent the forces at work between the cleaners, the Cleaner’s Action Group and the unions – and the complex nature of the campaign itself.”
  • COUNCIL HOUSING IN BETHNAL GREEN: “Scenes from Keeling House, a council block in Bethnal Green, filmed in 1963 for Joan Littlewood’s film about London past-times.”
  • 12 ANGRY MEN 35mm d. Sidney Lumet, 1957 at The Prince Charles (07 NOV 13:15).
  • A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY d. Edward Yang, 1991 at Close-Up (07 NOV 15:00).
  • BACK TO THE FUTURE d. Robert Zemeckis, 1985 at The Prince Charles (07 NOV 12:45). 
  • THE CRUCIBLE aka Les Sorcières de Salem d. Raymond Rouleau, 1957 at Ciné Lumière (07 NOV 13:20).
  • Doctor Who: GALAXY 4 (animated) at BFI Southbank (07 NOV 12:00).
  • EARLY SUMMER aka Bakushû d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1951 at Picturehouse Cinemas (07 NOV various).
  • GODZILLA aka Gojira d. Ishirô Honda, 1954 at BFI (07 NOV 15:50).
  • HAIRSPRAY d. Adam Shankman, 2007 presented by Musical Sunday at The Cinema Museum (07 NOV 13:00+).
  • HIGHWAY ONE d. Jaclyn Bethany, 2021 + Q&A with the director at Genesis Cinema (07 NOV 20:30).
  • THE LIFE OF MATSU THE UNTAMED (The Rickshaw Man) aka Muhomatsu no issho d. Hiroshi Inagaki, 1943 at BFI (07 NOV 11:40).
  • MARITAL RELATIONS 35mm d. Shirô Toyoda, 1955 + Recorded intro by Professor Hideaki Fujiki at BFI (07 NOV 18:20).
  • MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS d. Sidney Lumet, 1974 at BFI (07 NOV 18:10).
  • NIGHTCLEANERS d. Berwick Street Collective, 1975 + COUNCIL HOUSING IN BETHNAL GREEN d. Joan Littlewood, 1963 presented by Habibi Collective at The Castle Cinema (07 NOV 16:30).
  • THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER d. Charles Laughton, 1955 at The Prince Charles (07 NOV 15:40).
  • NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 35mm d. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2007 at The Prince Charles (07 NOV 18:00).
  • NOMADLAND d. Chloé Zhao, 2020 at Whirled Cinema (07 NOV 17:00).
  • OSS 117: FROM AFRICA WITH LOVE aka OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire d. Nicolas Bedos, 2021 at Ciné Lumière (07 NOV 20:20).
  • SEVEN SAMURAI aka Shichinin no Samurai d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954 + Recorded intro by Jasper Sharpe + Interval at Riverside Studios (07 NOV 13:00 – Free sake!).
  • SEVEN SAMURAI aka Shichinin no Samurai d. Akira Kurosawa, 1954 + Interval at BFI (until 11 NOV various).
  • Short films by Radu Jude at ICA (07 NOV 19:00).
  • TOKYO STORY 4k aka Tôkyô monogatari d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1953 at BFI (07 NOV 12:45).
  • THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS aka L’Albero degli zoccoli d. Ermanno Olmi, 1978 at BFI (07 NOV 13:50).
  • YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 at Close-Up (07 NOV 19:15).

7 PRISONERS aka 7 Prisioneiros d. Alexandre Moratto, 2021.

AS TEARS GO BY d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988.

SPENCER d. Pablo Larraín, 2021.

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