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

SUNDAY 21 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

THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 35mm d. William Wyler, 1946 presented by The Badlands Collective at The Prince Charles (21 NOV 12:25).

• “Made shortly after the end of World War II, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES follows three servicemen as they return home from overseas and attempt to re-integrate into the new normal of a changed society, while struggling with the physical and psychological trauma of war.”

• ALL OR NOTHING 4k d. Mike Leigh, 2002 + Q&A with Q&A with the director, Lesley Manville & Marion Bailey at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 17:10).
• AN INN AT OSAKA 35mm aka Ôsaka no yado d. Heinosuke Gosho, 1954 + Recorded intro by Professor Hiroshi Kitamura at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 18:00).
• A PASSAGE TO INDIA d. David Lean, 1984 + 2-Course Lunch at The India Club (21 NOV 12:00).
• THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 35mm d. William Wyler, 1946 presented by The Badlands Collective at The Prince Charles (21 NOV 12:25).
• BLUE VELVET 4k d. David Lynch, 1986 at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 17:40).
• COLLATERAL d. Michael Mann, 2004 at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (21 NOV 20:30).
• THE CONFESSION aka L’Aveu d. Costa-Gavras, 1970 at Ciné Lumière (21 NOV 14:45).
• DR. STRANGELOVE 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1964 at The Prince Charles (21 NOV 21:05).
• EARLY SUMMER 4k aka Bakushû d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1951 at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 11:30).
• ENCANTO d. Byron Howard & Jared Bush, 2021 + + Q&A with director Jared Bush, co-director Charise Castro Smith, producer Clark Spencer & actor Stephanie Beatriz at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 11:30).
• SCARRED HEARTS d. Radu Jude, 2016 at ICA (21 NOV 20:50).
• INTIMACIES d. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, 2012 at Close-Up (21 NOV 18:00).
• JERRY MAGUIRE d. Cameron Crowe, 1996 at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (21 NOV 11:50).
• Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP, New York (1987 – 1993)UK Book Launch, film screening of UNITED IN ANGER (2012), Discussion & After Party at The Cinema Museum (21 NOV 17:00).
• THE LITTLE THINGS d. John Lee Hancock, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (21 NOV 17:00).
• LOVE LETTER 35mm aka Koibumi d. Kinuyo Tanaka, 1953 + Intro by Irene González-López, co-editor of Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 14:40).
• MAGNOLIA d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (21 NOV 14:40).
• THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE d. John Frankenheimer, 1962 at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 14:50).
• MR. TURNER d. Mike Leigh, 2014 + Q&A with the director, Marion Bailey & Dorothy Atkinson at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 13:10).
• NAKED: 4K RESTORATION d. Mike Leigh, 1993 at Riverside Studios (21 NOV 12:00).
• PICKPOCKET 35mm d. Robert Bresson, 1959 at The Prince Charles (21 NOV 19:00).
• RISKY BUSINESS d. Paul Brickman, 1983 at Picturehouse Finsbury Park (21 NOV 18:20).
• SCARRED HEARTS d. Radu Jude, 2016 at ICA (21 NOV 20:50).
• Ciné-Real 10th Anniversary: SUNSET BOULEVARD 16mm d. Billy Wilder, 1950 at The Castle Cinema (21 NOV 14:00).
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 at The Prince Charles (21 NOV 17:10).
• THRONE OF BLOOD aka Kumonosu-jô d. Akira Kurosawa, 1957 at Picturehouse Cinemas (21 NOV various).
• TOKYO STORY 4k aka Tôkyô monogatari d. Yasujirô Ozu, 1953 at BFI Southbank (21 NOV 17:20).

• EFG London Jazz Festival (12 to 21 NOV).
• Frames Of Representation (25 NOV to 04 DEC).
• French Film Festival (03 NOV to 15 DEC).
• From Venice To London (18 to 22 NOV).
• Irish Film Festival London (17 to 21 NOV).
• London Korean Film Festival (04 to 19 NOV).
• London Migration Film Festival (25 NOV to 01 DEC).
• London Palestine Film Festival (19 NOV to 03 DEC).
• Made In Prague Festival (07 NOV to 10 DEC).
• Native Spirit Festival (12 OCT to 20 NOV).
• Ocean Film Festival (16 to 24 NOV).
• Ukrainian Film Festival (22 NOV to 06 DEC).

• Also (19 to 25 NOV various dates/times): BRUISED d. Halle Berry, 2020 at: Curzon Cinemas // CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 at: The Prince Charles // THE JUMP d. Giedrė Žickytė, 2020 at: Bertha DocHouse// KING RICHARD d. Reinaldo Marcus Green, 2021 at: Chiswick Cinema / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Kino Bermondsey / The Lexi / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix // ROCKY IV: ROCKY VS DRAGO [Ultimate Director’s Cut] d. Sylvester Stallone, 1985 at: The Prince Charles. 

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