THE BALLY #172: What to see in London this week [23 to 29 SEP 2022]
Welcome to THE BALLY where we help you find what to see in London this week across DIY, indie & alternative cinema events, online, outdoors & in venues.
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MACHINES IN FLAMES d. Andrew Culp & Thomas Dekeyser, 2022 + Short: THE LUDDITES + Q&A with Thomas Dekeyser, presented by Mondo Nights at Biddle Bros (27 SEP 20:00).
“Sabotage is a chef pouring salt in the soup, an engineer pouring sand in the petrol tank, and a programmer writing bugs into the code. Our new season looks at the secret history of rebellion from the Luddites, to hackers to androids turning on themselves.”
“We start our new SABOTAGE SEASON with a screening of a new documentary from the DESTRUCTIONIST INTERNATIONAL about the French militants from a cell called ‘CLODO’ who saw the foreboding emergence of a new cybernetic society and took fire to it – before vanishing, never to be caught. We also plan to screen THE LUDDITES, a docudrama about the Yorkshire workers who took hammers to new technology which threatened their livelihoods, the OG sabotage movement.”
SABOTAGE SEASON… Desperate Measures for Desperate Times. Buy a one-off ticket or consider a season ticket for the whole 5 screenings for a saving. HACKERS (04 OCT), THE FIFTH POWER (11 OCT), NIGHT MOVES (18 OCT), 964 PINOCCHIO (25 OCT).
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FRIDAY
POWERLANDS d. Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, 2022 at Birkbeck Cinema (23 SEP 17:00 – FREE!).
SATURDAY
Films for Food: THE STREET d. Zed Nelson, 2019 presented by Nunhead Community Cinema at The Green Community Centre SE15 (24 SEP 18:30 – FREE/Food donation for Southwark Foodbank requested).
SUNDAY
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928 + Live electronic soundtrack by Sam Enthoven & Arkadiusz Potyka at ArtHouse Crouch End (25 SEP 15:00).
MONDAY
WATER MAKES US WET: AN ECOSEXUAL ADVENTURE d. Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens + Q&A with the filmmakers at The Horse Hospital (26 SEP 19:30).
TUESDAY
BENT 35mm 25th Anniversary d. Sean Mathias, 1997 + Q&A with the director, writer Martin Sherman & actor Ian McKellen at BFI Southbank (27 SEP 18:10).
WEDNESDAY
THIN ICE 35mm aka Bergenstoget plyndret i natt d. Uwe Jens Krafft, 1928 + MÉNILMONTANT 16mm d. Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1925 + Live piano accompaniment by Colin Sell & John Sweeney, presented by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum (28 SEP 19:30).
THURSDAY
LE JOUR SE LÈVE 16mm d. Marcel Carne, 1939 presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club at The Castle Cinema (29 SEP 19:30).
Full daily listings in this week’s SCREEN GUIDE.
TSUCHIMOTO NORIAKI: FILM IS A WORK OF LIVING BEINGS at Close-Up
- Includes (check venue for listings): TOKYO METROPOLIS + EXCHANGE STUDENT CHUA SWEE-LIN d. Tsuchimoto Noriaki, 1962 + 1965 UK Premieres (24 SEP 16:15); PRE-HISTORY OF THE PARTISANS d. Tsuchimoto Noriaki, 1969 UK Premiere (24 SEP 18:00); UMITORI – THE STOLEN SEA AT THE SHIMOKITA PENINSULA 16mm d. Tsuchimoto Noriaki, 1984 (25 SEP 18:00).
More rep seasons listed in this week’s SCREEN GUIDE.
- A Look Into Film Festival (24 SEP).
- Alyssa Film Festival (16 to 24 SEP).
- EFN Short Film Festival (19 to 23 SEP).
- Everyman Music Film Festival (01 to 30 SEP).
- Fragments Festival (29 SEP to 02 OCT).
- Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest (20 to 25 SEP).
- The Island Triangle Film Festival (24 SEP).
- London Kurdish Film Festival (23 to 30 SEP).
- London Spanish Film Festival (22 to 29 SEP).
- New Renaissance Film Festival (22 to 24 SEP).
- Short Cuts: Deeper Into Movies Short Film Festival (25 SEP).
- Ukraine Defiant: Ukrainian Film Festival (22 to 25 SEP).
ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham
- BODIES BODIES BODIES d. Halina Reijn, 2022 (28 SEP 19:15).
DON’T WORRY DARLING dir. Olivia Wilde, 2022:
- Various venues, inc: ActOne Cinema / Barbican / The Castle Cinema / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Electric Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema / Rich Mix / Rio Cinema
IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE aka Dangsin-eolgul-apeseo dir. Hong Sangsoo, 2021:
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / BFI / Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / ICA
IT IS IN US ALL dir. Antonia Campbell Hughes, 2022:
- Various venues, inc: Curzon Cinemas / Rio Cinema
SILENT LAND aka Cicha Ziemia dir. Aga Woszczyńska, 2022
- Various venues, inc: Ciné Lumière / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios / Watermans
More new releases in this week’s SCREEN GUIDE.
- Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories at Close-Up & The Garden Cinema (19 to 26 AUG 2023)
- Lost Reels presents 16mm & 35mm screenings at The Cinema Museum & ICA (19 & 31 AUG 2023)
- The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023)
- Cinema Mentiré launches with OLHAR PERIFERICO season (AUG 2023)
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