SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [23/01/22]

SUNDAY 23 JANUARY 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.

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MEKONG HOTEL d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012 (23 JAN 17:00) / Part of 3+3: A PROJECT CURATED BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL at ICA.

“Chosen by director Apichatpong Weerasethakul for his specially curated 3+3 season at the ICA, MEKONG HOTEL is a typically unique creation – a confluence of fiction and documentary that seeks to capture the essence of a rural riverside hotel in north-east Thailand.

The hotel at the centre of this rarely-seen film sits on the Mekong River, which marks the border between Thailand and Laos, and is where Apichatpong had previously rehearsed with his crew for a movie called ECSTASY GARDEN he had written years earlier. Shuffling between different realms as it expresses the bonds between a vampire-like mother and her daughter, and between the young lovers and the river, MEKONG HOTEL was shot at the time of the heavy flooding in Thailand – and also weaves politics, destruction and a drifting dream of the future into its compellingly elusive narrative.” (ICA)

• THE 400 BLOWS 4K Restoration aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 at Riverside Studios (23 JAN 14:00 / 26 JAN 14:40).
• THE 400 BLOWS 4K Restoration aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 at Olympic Studios (23 JAN 14:20 / 25 JAN 18:30 / 27 JAN 13:00).
• Sidney Poitier Double Bill: GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER + IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT d. Stanley Kramer, 1967 + Norman Jewison, 1967 at Kino Bermondsey (23 JAN 15:30).
• GYPSY d. Mervyn LeRoy, 1962 presented by Musical Sunday at The Cinema Museum (23 JAN 14:00).
• HOSTILE d. Sonita Gale, 2021 + Q&A with the director at Rio Cinema (23 JAN 17:45).
• JAWS d. Steven Sielberg, 1975 + Q&A with Ian Shaw, writer of The Shark Is Broken & son of Robert Shaw (Quint) at Picturehouse Central (23 JAN 17:30).
• THE KING OF LAUGHTER d. Mario Martone, 2021 presented by CinemaItaliaUK at Riverside Studios (23 JAN 15:00).
• NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021 immersive cinema experience at Everyman Screen On The Green (23 JAN 19:00).
• PAPER MOON 16mm d. Peter Bogdanovich, 1973 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (23 JAN 13:00 – socially distanced / 26 JAN 19:30 / 30 JAN 14:00).
• PARALLEL MOTHERS aka Madres paralelas d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021 preview at ICA (23 JAN 18:30).
• SUPERNOVA d. Harry Macqueen, 2020 at Whirled Cinema (23 JAN 17:00).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (21 JAN to 10 FEB); SUPERMAN 35mm d. Richard Donner, 1978 (23 JAN 15:00); INCEPTION 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2010 (23 JAN 20:30).

3+3: A PROJECT CURATED BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL at ICA

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MEKONG HOTEL d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012 (23 JAN 17:00).

BEFORE THE NIGHT at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE LIGHTHOUSE aka Mayak d. Maria Saakyan, 2006 (23 JAN 15:45).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE FILMS IN TRUFFAUT’S LIFE at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CASQUE D’OR d. Jacques Becker, 1953 (23 JAN 13:10).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LA HAINE d. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995 (23 JAN 18:10).

BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Hooked to the Silver Screen: Bowie at the Movies: A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 (23 JAN 15:00); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (23 JAN 18:00).

CONCERT FILMS at Riverside Studios

• Includes (check venue for full listings): AMAZING GRACE d. Alan Elliott & Sydney Pollack, 2018 (23 JAN 19:00).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LICORICE PIZZA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2021 (21 JAN to 10 FEB).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): The Antoine Doinel cycle: THE 400 BLOWS 4K aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (23 JAN 13:00); STOLEN KISSES 4K + ANTOINE ET COLETTE 4K + d. François Truffaut, 1962 + 1968 (23 JAN 15:30).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT REVISITED at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LOVE ON THE RUN aka L’Amour en fuite d. François Truffaut, 1979 (23 JAN 14:00).

JONAS MEKAS 100! at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE SIXTIES QUARTET d. Jonas Mekas, 1990, 1992, 1996 + 1999 (23 JAN 18:30); JONAS + MEANWHILE A BUTTERFLY FLIES d. Gideon Bachmann, 1968 + Julius Ziz, 2002 (23 JAN 20:15).

STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1986 (23 JAN 12:15).

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE d. Herbert G Ponting, 1924 + Recorded score by Simon Fisher Turner (23 JAN 12:10); THE FIGHT FOR THE MATTERHORN aka Der Kampf ums Matterhorn d. Mario Bonnard & Nunzio Malasomma, 1928 (23 JAN 15:20); TOUCHING THE VOID d. Kevin Macdonald, 2003 (23 JAN 18:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): 2046 4K d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 (21 to 27 JAN various); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (23 JAN 18:25).

• London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB).
• London Short Film Festival (14 to 23 JAN).
• Night Of Ideas (27 JAN).
• Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB).

• Also 21 to 27 JAN (various dates/times): 2046 4K d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 at: The Prince Charles // A JOURNAL FOR JORDAN d. Denzel Washington, 2021 at: Picturehouse Cinemas // MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 at: Curzon Cinemas / ICA // RADIOGRAPH OF A FAMILY d. Firouzeh Khosrovani, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse // BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD d. Brent Wilson, 2021 at: Olympic Studios // THE SOUVENIR d. Joanna Hogg, 2019 at: Picturehouse Cinemas (various) // TORN d. Max Lowe, 2021 at: Bertha DocHouse / Picturehouse Cinemas.

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*THE SMALL PRINT: Opinions author’s own. // As accurate as we could make it. Apologies for any errors. Updates & corrections will be made to the online version only. // Event dates/times/formats are subject to change by the venue/organiser. Events may already be sold out at the time of posting, so please click quickly. // We try to list as many original format screenings as we can (8 to 70MM), but sometimes formats change due to age of the print, availability, logistics etc, so please check ahead with your venue if the format is your thing. // All images are used in the spirit of fair use for reporting & review – no ownership is implied or intended / unless otherwise credited to RADIANT CIRCUS as the original rights holder. We will remove any images immediately upon request – just get in touch. // We don’t filter our listings by age/certification: all readers & subscribers should therefore be 18+. // Finally, we always try to follow The Carny Code by “not screwing up anyone else’s game”, but everyone can make mistakes… If something does go wrong, we will always do our best to put it right. //.