SUNDAY: What’s on in London today [26/03/23]

SUNDAY 26 MARCH 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.

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FREAKS d. Tod Browning, 1932 + Intro & raffle, presented by Women & Cocaine at The Cinema Museum (26 MAR 19:30).

“Catch Tod Brownings rarely screened, FREAKS (1932), a film The Hollywood Reporter called an “outrageous onslaught upon the feelings, the senses, the brains and the stomachs of an audience”.”

“When trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) learns that circus midget Hans (Harry Earles) has an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Hercules (Henry Victor). When Hans’ friends and fellow performers discover what is going on, they band together and carry out a brutal revenge that leaves Hercules and Cleopatra knowing what it truly means to be a ‘freak’.”

The film will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by a raffle!

• A COMPASSIONATE SPY d. Steve James, 2023 + Intro at Bertha DocHouse (26 MAR 16:00).
• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at Olympic Studios (26 MAR 13:00 / 29 MAR 13:30).
• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at Phoenix Cinema (26 MAR 13:00).
• EMILY d. Frances O’Connor, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (26 MAR 17:00).
• FREAKS d. Tod Browning, 1932 + Intro & raffle, presented by Women & Cocaine at The Cinema Museum (26 MAR 19:30).
• Kenneth Anger: Magick Lantern Cycle at Close-Up (26 MAR 17:00).
• Never On Sunday: NATIVE SON d. Pierre Chenal, 1951 + Intro by Ehsan Khoshbakht at Close-Up (26 MAR 20:15).
• PARALLEL MOTHERS aka Madres paralelas d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2021 at Babel Art House (26 MAR 19:00).
• Polish Film Talk: THEIR BODIES aka Na Twoim Miejscu d. Antonio Galdamez Munoz, 2023 + Talk by Michael Brooke at Watermans (26 MAR 15:00).
• THINGS TO COME d. William Cameron Menzies, 1936 + Live score played by London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican (26 MAR 19:00).
• The Urban Backstage short film programme presented by Theatrum Mundi at The Garden Cinema (26 MAR 16:00).

Check venues for full listings…

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

• M 16mm d. Fritz Lang, 1931 (26 MAR 14:00).
• Presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club.

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 35mm d. Ang Lee, 2000 (26 MAR 15:20).
• STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (26 MAR 20:50).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 d. Chad Stahelski, 2023 (23 to 30 MAR).
• ANIME: WEATHERING WITH YOU d. Makoto Shinkai, 2019 + Intro by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of Ghibliotheque podcast (26 MAR 11:45).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (26 MAR 15:45).

BAR TRASH: TRASH OR TREASURE? at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema 

• HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL! d. Jack Arnold, 1958 (26 MAR 11:00 at Rule Zero’s Sub Zero + brunch!).
• Presented by Token Homo.

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

• STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (26 MAR 20:50).

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema

• Shorts Programme 1 (26 MAR 13:00).

CINEMATIC JUKEBOX / CLASSIC FILM SEASON at The Prince Charles (not listed elsewhere!)

• DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (26 MAR 12:00 – 4K).
• NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 + Live score by Hugo Max (26 MAR 18:00).

CLASSICS at Genesis Cinema

• SUNSET BOULEVARD d. Billy Wilder, 1950 (26 MAR 15:15).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• THE WIND d. Souleymane Cissé, 1982 (26 MAR 17:00).

THE IMAGE SPEAKS: A KAREL REISZ RETROSPECTIVE at Chiswick Cinema

• MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT d. Karel Reisz, 1966 + Q&A with Stephen Frears & Phillip Bergson (26 MAR 17:00).

MOIS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 2023 at Ciné Lumière

• THE BEASTS aka As bestas d. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022 (23 MAR to 02 APR).
• THE FIVE DEVILS aka Les cinq diables dir. Léa Mysius, 2022 (24 MAR to 06 APR).

OBSESSIONS at Bertha DocHouse

• GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE d. Jacquelyn Mills, 2022 (26 MAR 14:00).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

• SHAUN OF THE DEAD d. Edgar Wright, 2004 (26 MAR various).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (26 MAR 20:40 – 4K). 

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON 35mm d. Ang Lee, 2000 (26 MAR 15:20).

• BFI Flare (15 to 26 MAR).
• Do More Movement Film Festival (30 MAR).
• Essay Film Festival (25 to 31 MAR).
• Hong Kong Film Festival (18 to 31 MAR).
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival (16 to 26 MAR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• RAI Film Festival (03 to 31 MAR).
• TNB Xpo 2023 (29 to 31 MAR).
• WatchAUT 2023 (23 to 26 MAR).

Also 24 to 30 MAR (various dates/times):

• 1976 dir. Manuela Martelli, 2022 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / BFI Southbank / Curzon Cinemas / ICA.
• A COMPASSIONATE SPY dir. Steve James, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• A GOOD PERSON dir. Zach Braff, 2023 at: The Castle Cinema / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas.
• THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE d. Francisca Alegría, 2022 at: The Garden Cinema.
• DANCE CRAZE dir. Joe Massot, 1981 at (limited engagements!): ArtHouse Crouch End / Chiswick Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios.

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