THE BALLY #96: What to see from London this week (29 JAN 2021+)
Welcome to THE BALLY where we update you on the latest news from across London’s alternative cinema scene.
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SCREEN NEWS
Some news about what’s happening at radiantcircus.com.
A belated welcome to 2021! It’s already been quite a year…
Over Christmas I was able – as promised! – to completely rebuild radiantcircus.com. Having seen its underpinning technologies wither on the vine of progress, the site was long overdue some care and attention. It has now been rebuilt from scratch using the latest and best free tech WordPress has to offer. When cinema screenings start again, I am raring to go. One key improvement is that it’s now easier to search and scroll back through the archive of all old posts. So, if you want to re-read my old screen diaries or just reminisce about what you might have been seeing back in the w/c 26 January 2018*, feel free to fill your boots.
I have now resumed posting as regularly as I can about what’s streaming from London’s indie cinema scene. Whilst the New Year is always a quieter time for independent exhibition, the unstructured nature of news about online events means they can be tricky to track down… I will be reaching out to exhibitors to ask them to make direct submissions. This means I can then post and share in response to their news.
In these circumstances, regular weekly listings and monthly roundups will be almost impossible to configure, but I will try my hardest to resume a reliable flow of what’s on, where. Until things get going again, I want to thank all of my subscribers and readers for your support and loyalty throughout the past years of building RADIANT CIRCUS and into the (currently) uncertain future. Let me know if I can be of any more help finding you things to see in the darkness.
Stay safe & strong,
Richard
Barker-In-Chief // RADIANT CIRCUS.
Main featured image: LITTLE MISS PERIOD (2019) screening in the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme.
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STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS
What to see from London’s indie exhibitors.
- Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories at Close-Up & The Garden Cinema (19 to 26 AUG 2023)
Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories, an on-going series that explores the representation of historical trauma in East & Southeast Asia. - Lost Reels presents 16mm & 35mm screenings at The Cinema Museum & ICA (19 & 31 AUG 2023)
Lost Reels continues their outstanding run of rarely screened films from rare 16mm & 35mm source materials at The Cinema Museum (19 AUG) & ICA (31 AUG). - The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023)
DUKEFEST: London’s most irreverent and out-there festival returns for 2023 across four nights in two amazing venues. - Cinema Mentiré launches with OLHAR PERIFERICO season (AUG 2023)
New film club for rare & unique Latin American film, Cinema Mentiré, launches this August with a summer season: OLHAR PERIFERICO. - Token Homo’s BAR TRASH presents MONSTER MAYHEM! at Genesis Cinema & Rule Zero (31 MAY to 13 SEP 2023).
Token Homo unleashes another menagerie of monster mayhem in a brand new Bar Trash season that’s all about cinema’s biggest beasts. - South Asian Heritage Month – ‘Stories To Tell’ at The Garden Cinema (18 JUL to 17 AUG 2023)
The Garden Cinema presents ‘Stories To Tell’, an array of screenings and special events around South Asian Heritage Month 2023.
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