Special Features Archives - RADIANT CIRCUS

SICILIAN GHOST STORY + Q&A with writer Marco Mancassola

After the movie, there will be a Q&A with writer Marco Mancassola, whose short story “Un cavaliere bianco” (A white Knight, lit.) in the book “Non saremo confusi per sempre” (We will not be puzzled forever, lit.) inspired the movie.

QUESTS

#SCREENQUEST No2: SICILIAN GHOST STORY + Q&A (27 JUL)

Every month we invite you to experience the best of London’s indie attractions with us. For our next SCREEN QUEST we are delighted to be working with CinemaItaliaUK to celebrate the last event in their current season.

BEING BLACKER + Q&A

An intimate portrait Jamaican-born reggae producer, businessman, father, son, and pillar of the Brixton community, Blacker Dread. Plus Q&A with director Molly Dineen, and part of the South Norwood Community Festival.

CHI M'HA VISTO at Genesis Cinema (17 JUN).

CHI M’HA VISTO + Q&A

After the screening, there will be a Q&A with director Alessandro Pondi followed by nibbles and drinks.

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London this week: YOUNG ONES at The Institute Of Light (21 MAY).

YOUNG ONES + TALK

Science Fiction Theatre presents: In a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource, the land has withered into something wretched, and the hardened survivors scrape and struggle.

THE WEDDING BANQUET screens at Classic Cinema Club - Ealing (11 MAY 19:30).

THE WEDDING BANQUET + DISCUSSION

Comedy clash between eastern and western cultures. Followed by Club Member’s critical appreciation to prompt audience comments and discussion.

STRICTLY BALLROOM at Classic Cinema Club - Ealing (04 MAY 2018).

STRICTLY BALLROOM + DISCUSSION

The ballroom dancing contest film that spawned television series and now a musical; followed by Club Member’s critical appreciation to prompt audience comments and discussion.

JAAP PIETERS screens at Close-Up (01 MAY).

THE LONG GAZE + Q&A

Jaap Pieters, the “eye of Amsterdam”, began shooting films in Super8 in 1985. Much of his work concentrates on urban subjects – trams, crossroads, city dwellers and drifters – to which Pieters directs his voyeuristic gaze to capture their everyday existence.

Radiant Circus Screen Guide - Films in London today: THE ILLUSIONIST at Classic Cinema Club – Ealing (27 APR).

THE ILLUSIONIST aka L’illusionniste + DISCUSSION

Film showing of this Jacques Tati inspired moving and beautiful animation followed by Club Member’s critical appreciation to prompt audience comments and discussion.

THE DARKEST HOUR + TALK: WINSTON CHURCHILL, FRANCE AND EUROPE

Historians Richard Toye and Christian Destremau examine Winston Churchill’s relationship to France and Europe, and the different narratives that have been built since. Then there’s Gary Oldman’s Academy Award winning performance as Winston Churchill.