Japan Foundation London has announced a new programme of FREE film screenings, their PRE-SUMMER EXPLORERS (26 to 30 JUN)! The lineup of comedies covers anime, time-travel, a feudal musical extravaganza & 60s noir. Here’s what’s showing.
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SCREEN DIARY: a month of alternative screens [MARCH 2019]
Each month we travel across London to see as many of our featured attractions as we can. Last month’s journeys embraced the Prince Charles, Castle and Deptford cinemas, the Cinema and Geffrye museums, the ICA, Austrian Cultural Forum, ArtHouse Crouch End and a Masonic Temple. Not all journeys ended well…
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NOW BOOKING: JOHN WATERS SELECTROSPECTIVE at The PCC
Divine’s close encounter with a rosary – & then a marauding lobster! – in MULTIPLE MANIACS (1970) kickstarts a glorious John Waters ‘selectrospective’ at The Prince Charles (04 MAR to 26 JUN 2019). Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS guide to every goddam thing.
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NEW SEASON: DEREK JARMAN at The Prince Charles (23 JAN to 16 APR 2019)
New season DEREK JARMAN SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles (23 JAN to 16 APR 2019) projects five films by the artist we lovingly refer to as our moving image godhead at RADIANT CIRCUS.
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HEAVEN’S GATE 35mm
Michael Cimino’s HEAVEN’S GATE returns to The Prince Charles screen from a rare 219 min cut 35mm print. Often regarded as one of the most controversial films of all-time – going about four times over budget, multiple production set backs, multiple re-cuts – HEAVEN’S GATE is now considered by many to be a masterpiece.
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MAQUIA: WHEN THE PROMISED FLOWER BLOOMS + Q&A
Acclaimed screenwriter Mari Okada makes her directorial debut in this animated fantasy feature.
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KING KONG 35mm
An editorial quirk at RADIANT CIRCUS means we list every giant/intelligent/amorous ape movie, of which this is the urtext. See also this week’s mainstream opening, RAMPAGE….
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PACIFICUM, RETURN TO THE OCEAN + PANEL
The UK premiere of Mariana Tschudi’s documentary about four scientists who – in the early years of the 21st century – decided to make a series of journeys along the Pacific coast by air, land and beneath the waves, in order to document Peru’s intimate relationship with the sea and the marine fauna it is home to.
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CRUISING 35mm
A psychopath is scouring New York City gay clubs & viciously slaying homosexuals. Detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is ordered to don leather attire, hang at the city’s S&M joints and keep an eye out for the killer. But as Steve becomes immersed in club hopping, he begins to identify with the subculture.
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TROLL + TROLL 2
Another double-bill of legendary proportions, TROLL (1986) and it’s sequel TROLL 2 (1990), where the two films really have precious little to do with each other. Perhaps TROLL 2 was adopted…?
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