SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [21/08/22]

SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2022 (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

SIGNATURE MOVE d. Jennifer Reeder, 2017 presented by Bohemia Media at The Apple Tree Pop-Up (21 AUG 16:00 – FREE!).

“Zaynab, a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, lesbian in Chicago takes care of her sweet and TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma.”

The Apple Tree on The Green presents Cinema Sunday! Come along and see movies from Bohemia Media in our lovely upstairs bar, with free entry and free popcorn!

• Goddesses short film programme presented by Queer Film Club at London LGBTQ+ Community Centre (21 AUG 17:30 – Donation requested).
• KINGS OF THE ROAD d. Wim Wenders, 1975 at Riverside Studios (21 AUG 14:00 / 22 AUG 12:10).
• ON THE WATERFRONT 16mm d. Elia Kazan, 2013 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (21 AUG 14:00).
• SIGNATURE MOVE d. Jennifer Reeder, 2017 presented by Bohemia Media at The Apple Tree Pop-Up (21 AUG 16:00 – FREE!).
• TITANE d. Julia Ducournau, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (21 AUG 17:00).
• WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE d. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014 at The Garden Cinema (21 AUG 13:00).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

•  RESERVOIR DOGS 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 1992 (21 AUG 20:30).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: POWER! at BFI Southbank

• NOTORIOUS d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1946 (21 AUG 12:20).

BRAD REPUTATION ON 35MM at Picturehouse Cinemas

• ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 2019 (21 AUG 15:00 – at Picturehouse Central).
• SE7EN 35mm d. David Fincher, 1995 (21 AUG 20:00 – at The Ritzy).

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF TUFNELL PARK FILM CLUB at The Lord Palmerston 

• The return of the TPFC Summer quiz! (21 AUG 19:00).

CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema

• NIGHT AND THE CITY d. Jules Dassin, 1950 (21 AUG 16:10).

CELEBRATING PENÉLOPE CRUZ at The Garden Cinema

• VOLVER d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2006 (21 AUG 15:45).

CLOSE-UP ON WIM WENDERS at Close-Up

• WINGS OF DESIRE d. Wim Wenders, 1987 (21 AUG 17:40).
• PARIS, TEXAS d. Wim Wenders, 1984 (21 AUG 20:00).

THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO at The Prince Charles

• RESERVOIR DOGS 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 1992 (21 AUG 20:30).

FROM JAMAICA TO THE WORLD: REGGAE ON FILM at BFI Southbank

• Re-release: BURNING AN ILLUSION Digital Restoration d. Menelik Shabazz, 1981 (19 to 25 AUG).

JUDY GARLAND SEASON at Chiswick Cinema

• MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS d. Vincente Minnelli, 1944 (21 AUG 14:00).

KINUYO TANAKA: A LIFE IN FILM at BFI Southbank

• FOREVER A WOMAN 4K (aka The Eternal Breasts) aka Chibusa yo eien nare d. Kinuyo Tanaka, 1955 (21 AUG 14:45).
• THE WANDERING PRINCESS 4K aka Ruten no ohi d. Kinuyo Tanaka, 1960 (21 AUG 18:10).

LONG-ASS MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• RRR d. S. S. Rajamouli, 2022 (21 AUG 14:20 – 180mins).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY – EXTENDED EDITIONS 4K (21 AUG 10:00).

SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank

• The woman question: THE HOME AND THE WORLD 35mm aka Ghare Baire d. Satyajit Ray, 1984 (21 AUG 17:50).
• Re-release: THE BIG CITY aka Mahanagar d. Satyajit Ray, 1963 (21 AUG 12:40).

WORLD CINEMA E-PASSPORT at Everyman Belsize Park

• THE HARDER THEY COME d. Perry Henzell (21 AUG 14:00).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (21 AUG 18:10).

• FrightFest 2022 (25 to 29 AUG).

OUTDOOR CINEMA at The Cinema In The Arches

• ENCANTO (21 AUG 14:00).
• DIRTY DANCING (21 AUG 17:00).
• BACK TO THE FUTURE (21 AUG 19:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

• AMELIE (21 AUG 20:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

• HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (21 AUG 20:15).

• Also 19 to 25 AUG (various dates/times): ANAÏS IN LOVE d. Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, 2021 at: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / The Garden Cinema / ICA // FEAST d. Lee Haven Jones, 2021 at: Barbican / BFI / Curzon Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas // GIRLS CAN’T SURF d. Christopher Nelius, 2020 at: ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema // THE HARDER THEY COME d. Perry Henzell, 1972 at: Watermans // HER WAY aka Une Femme du monde d. Cécile Ducrocq, 2021 at: Ciné Lumière (from 24 AUG) // I CAME BY d. Babak Anvari, 2022 at: Everyman Cinemas / Peckhamplex / Regent Street Cinema // MY OLD SCHOOL d. Jono McLeod, 2022 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Bertha DocHouse / BFI / Curzon Cinemas / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas // PARIS TEXAS d. Wim Wenders, 1984 at: Rio Cinema.

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