SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [09/04/23]

SUNDAY 09 APRIL 2023 (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

MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979:

• Various venues, inc: Chiswick Cinema (09 APR 13:30 / 10 APR 19:30); The Cinema In The Arches (09 APR 15:30 / 10 APR 17:10); Curzon Cinemas (07 to 10 APR various); Everyman Cinemas (09 APR various); Olympic Studios (09 APR 19:50 / 10 APR 15:30); Phoenix Cinema (09 APR 17:00); The Prince Charles (08 APR 15:30 / 12 APR 15:45). 

“Monty Python delivers the group’s sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood’s epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe them. At it’s centre is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken for the promised messiah, providing ample opportunity for the entire ensemble (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin) to shine in multiple roles as they question everyone and everything from ex-lepers, Pontius Pilate and haggling to revolutionaries, crazy prophets, religious fanaticism, Roman centurions and crucifixion, forever changing our biblical view.”

• EASTER PARADE d. Charles Walters, 1948 at The Garden Cinema (09 APR 15:00).
• LIFE AND A DAY aka Abad va yek rooz d. Saeed Roustayi, 2016 at Babel Art House (09 APR 19:30).
• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979 at: Chiswick Cinema (09 APR 13:30 / 10 APR 19:30); The Cinema In The Arches (09 APR 15:30 / 10 APR 17:10); Curzon Cinemas (07 to 10 APR various); Everyman Cinemas (09 APR various); Olympic Studios (09 APR 19:50 / 10 APR 15:30); Phoenix Cinema (09 APR 17:00); The Prince Charles (08 APR 15:30 / 12 APR 15:45). 

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• HERO aka Ying xiong 35mm d. Yimou Zhang, 2002 (09 APR 15:30).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES d. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, 2023 (31 MAR to 13 APR).
• THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE d. Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic, 2023 (05 to 13 APR).
• COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: INTERSTELLAR IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (09 APR 11:30).

10 YEARS OF A24 at Picturehouse Cinemas

• EIGHTH GRADE d. Bo Burnham, 2018 (09 APR various).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• THE END OF EVANGELION d. Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1997 (07 to 13 APR various).
• WEATHERING WITH YOU aka Tenki no ko d. Makoto Shinkai, 2019 (09 APR 18:00 – SUB).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

• THE RED SHOES d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948 (09 APR 12:30).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• RIO BRAVO d. Howard Hawks, 1959 (09 APR 12:50).
• TOUCH OF EVIL d. Orson Welles, 1958 (09 APR 18:30).

CELEBRATING QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema 

• BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1999 (09 APR 17:15 + Intro by Professor Rosalind Galt).

CHISWICK PICKS at Chiswick Cinema

• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979 (09 APR 13:30).

DISNEY MATINEES at The Prince Charles

• CINDERELLA d. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske, 1950 (09 APR 13:15).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978 (09 APR 17:45).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

• Re-release: TOP HAT d. Mark Sandrich, 1935 (07 to 20 APR).

KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS at Close-Up 

• THREE COLOURS: WHITE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (09 APR 20:15).

OUTSIDERS AND EXILES: THE FILMS OF JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI at BFI Southbank

• MOONLIGHTING d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1982 (09 APR 13:00).
• IDENTIFICATION MARKS: NONE aka Rysopis d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1964 (09 APR 18:40).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at Ciné Lumière 

• 70 – THE GLEANERS & I aka Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse d. Agnès Varda, 2000 (09 APR 14:00).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979 (09 APR various).

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• HERO aka Ying xiong 35mm d. Yimou Zhang, 2002 (09 APR 15:30).

• Clermont-Ferrand in London (04 to 08 APR).
• Kendal Mountain Film Festival UK Tour (13 APR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• Sunday Shorts Film Festival (09 APR).

Also 07 to 13 APR (various dates/times):

• BLUE BAG LIFE d. Lisa Selby & Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse / Curzon Cinemas / ICA.
• DELIKADO d. Karl Malakunas, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• FRAGMENTS FROM HEAVEN d. Adnane Baraka, 2022 at: ICA.
• IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING d. Toby Amies, 2022 at (some limited engagements): Bertha DocHouse / Everyman Cinemas / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema.
• LOLA d. Andrew Legge, 2022 at: ICA / Riverside Studios.
• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979 at: Chiswick Cinema (09 APR 13:30 / 10 APR 19:30); The Cinema In The Arches (09 APR 15:30 / 10 APR 17:10); Curzon Cinemas (07 to 10 APR various); Everyman Cinemas (09 APR various); Olympic Studios (09 APR 19:50 / 10 APR 15:30); Phoenix Cinema (09 APR 17:00); The Prince Charles (08 APR 15:30 / 12 APR 15:45). 
• THE OUTWATERS d. Robbie Banfitch, 2023 at: Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles.
• THREE COLOURS: WHITE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 at (some limited engagements): ArtHouse Crouch End / Close-Up / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas.

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