This is a film still from TIMBUKTU dir Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014.

APRIL 2023: What’s on in London this month

Explore what’s on in London this month with our regular epic roundup of repertory film seasons & festivals.

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FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

“In partnership with Film Africa, King’s College London and Screen Worlds, featuring expert introductions and post film discussion groups, this major new season at The Garden Cinema invites audiences to experience nine masterpieces arising from postcolonial and contemporary Francophone West Africa.”

“Audiences will be encouraged to consider these films in relation to each other, as responses, echoes, or significant breaks away from European film movements, and other global cinemas. Does Francophone West African cinema construct a unique cinematic language or is such a notion impossible, given the colonial history of both the region and the art and technology of film itself? Can the immediate postcolonial responses of Sembène and Mambéty be compared to the more recent work by Sissako and Diop? We will question whether the categories of ‘African film’, or even ‘Francophone West African cinema’, are sufficient to contain the stories of such a vast and complex landscape.” (The Garden Cinema)

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (01 APR 12:00 / 02 APR 20:00 / 04 APR 12:00 / 11 APR 15:00 / 25 APR 20:15 / 28 APR 15:50 / 01 MAY 20:15).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

10 YEARS OF A24 at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MOONLIGHT d. Barry Jenkins, 2016 (02 APR various / 04 APR various); MIDSOMMAR d. Ari Aster, 2019 (03 APR various / 06 APR various); EIGHTH GRADE d. Bo Burnham, 2018 (09 APR various / 11 APR various); ZOLA d. Janicza Bravo, 2020 (16 APR various / 18 APR various); AMERICAN HONEY d. Andrea Arnold, 2016 (23 APR various / 25 APR various); THE LIGHTHOUSE d. Robert Eggers, 2019 (30 APR various / 02 MAY various).

A LI’L BIT OF LUIS BUÑUEL at The Prince Charles

A LUKAS MOODYSSON SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

ANIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 (01 APR 16:00 DUB / 02 APR 17:35 SUB); AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (02 APR 12:25 / 05 APR 20:45 / 06 APR 13:00 / 10 APR 20:45); THE END OF EVANGELION d. Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1997 + Intro by Ghibliotheque (04 APR 20:30); WEATHERING WITH YOU aka Tenki no ko d. Makoto Shinkai, 2019 (05 APR 18:00 – SUB / 07 APR 15:25 – SUB / 08 APR 13:00 – DUB / 09 APR 18:00 – SUB); THE END OF EVANGELION d. Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1997 (07 to 13 APR various); JUNK HEAD d. Takahide Hori, 2021 (24 APR 18:15 / 29 APR 13:00 / 30 APR 18:30).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): L’ARGENT d. Robert Bresson, 1983 (02 APR 12:45 / 05 APR 18:00); THE RED SHOES d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1948 (09 APR 12:30 / 12 APR 17:45); SUPERMAN: 45TH ANNIVERSARY d. Richard Donner, 1978 (16 APR various).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

BAR TRASH at Rule Zero 

  • Includes (check venue for listings): ZONE TROOPERS d. Danny Bilson, 1985 + Intro, intermission, prize giveaways & brunch! at Rule Zero’s Sub Zero (30 APR 12:00).
  • Presented by Token Homo.

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

CELEBRATING QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema 

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): QUEERAMA d. Daisy Asquith, 2018 (06 APR 20:20 + Recorded intro by the director & Networking with the Queer Filmmakers Network / 24 APR 18:00); PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE d. Céline Sciamma, 2019 (08 APR 20:00 / 27 APR 20:10 + Intro by Dr Alice Pember for Lesbian Visibility week); BEAU TRAVAIL d. Claire Denis, 1999 (09 APR 17:15 + Intro by Professor Rosalind Galt / 22 APR 20:50 / 30 APR 16:20); THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY d. Peter Strickland, 2014 (12 APR 15:45 / 16 APR 18:30 / 03 MAY 15:30); TANGERINE d. Sean Baker, 2015 (13 APR 20:05 + Panel discussion in partnership with oestrogeneration / 29 APR 16:20); MOONLIGHT d. Barry Jenkins, 2017 (15 APR 13:30 / 18 APR 20:00 + Panel discussion in partnership with BLKOUT_UK / 04 MAY 20:15); REBEL DYKES d. Harri Shanahan & Siana Williams, 2021 (19 APR 20:00 + Recorded Q&A with the directors / 26 APR 18:00 + Recorded Q&A with the directors); MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE d. Stephen Frears, 1987 (21 APR 18:00 / 26 APR 15:00); CABARET d. Bob Fosse, 1972 + Live performance by Señorita Scarlett (21 APR 20:00); 120 BPM d. Robin Campillo, 2017 (23 APR 15:00 + Fundraiser by The People’s Film Club for Positive East / 02 MAY 17:30); ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER d. Pedro Almodóvar, 1999 (25 APR 18:00).

CELLULOID SUNDAY at ICA

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema

CHISWICK PICKS at Chiswick Cinema

THE CINEMA OF WES ANDERSON ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

CINEMA RESTORED at Barbican

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): LOSING GROUND 35mm d. Kathleen Collins, 1982 + Intro by Dr. Terri Francis (17 APR 18:35).

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

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT d. Robert Zemeckis, 1988 (08 APR 12:45 – 4K); SATANTANGO d. Bela Tarr, 1994 + 2 intermissions (10 APR 10:00); NOSFERATU d. F.W. Murnau, 1922 + Live score by Hugo Max (16 APR 21:00); VERTIGO d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958 (23 APR 20:45 – 4K); ALIEN [THEATRICAL CUT] d. Ridley Scott, 1979 (26 APR 12:00); SAFETY LAST! d. Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923 (29 APR 15:40); SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN d. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952 (29 APR 17:30); CLUE d. Jonathan Lynn, 1985 (30 APR 18:15).

COEN BROTHERS ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BURN AFTER READING 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2008 (01 APR 22:30 / 05 APR 10:30); TRUE GRIT 35mm d. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2010 (08 APR 22:30 / 12 APR 10:30).

DISNEY MATINEES at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): CINDERELLA d. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske, 1950 (09 APR 13:15); LADY AND THE TRAMP 35mm d. Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson, 1955 (22 APR 15:30).

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

THE FILMS OF MICHAEL MANN at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MIAMI VICE d. Michael Mann, 2006 (03 APR 15:15).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): YEELEN d. Souleymane Cissé, 1987 (01 APR 20:00 / 10 APR 16:00); THE WIND d. Souleymane Cissé, 1982 (03 APR 16:00); HYENAS d. Djibril Diop Mambéty, 1992 + Intro/discussion with Anthony Badu (06 APR 18:00 / 07 APR 20:40 / 17 APR 16:00); MANDABI d. Ousmane Sembène, 1968 (13 APR 18:00 + Intro & discussion with Ana Camila Esteves / 15 APR 20:50 / 24 APR 16:00); BAMAKO d. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006 (20 APRIL 18:00 + Intro & discussion with Keith Shiri / 22 APR 18:20 / 01 MAY 15:00); TIMBUKTU d. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014 (27 APR 18:00 + Intro & discussion with Keith Shiri / 30 APR 15:00 / 08 MAY 15:00).

FROM THE REQUEST BOARD… at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings: LA GRANDE BOUFFE d. Marco Ferreri, 1973 (17 APR 20:45 – £1 Members Screening); YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN d. Mel Brooks, 1974 (23 APR 18:10).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

IN FOCUS: ALBERT SERRA at Ciné Lumière & ICA

IN FOCUS: HELENA SOLBERG at ICA

KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS at Close-Up 

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THREE COLOURS: BLUE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993 (02 APR 20:15 / 23 APR 20:15); THREE COLOURS: WHITE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (09 APR 20:15 / 22 APR 18:15); THREE COLOURS: RED d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 (16 APR 20:15 / 29 APR 18:00).

KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLOURS 35MM at Curzon Soho

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

NORTHERN VOICES at BFI Southbank 

OUTSIDERS AND EXILES: THE FILMS OF JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI at BFI Southbank

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at Ciné Lumière 

SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

TECHNOLOGY ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (31 MAR 13:15 / 02 APR 15:00 – 4K / 05 APR 15:40 / 11 APR 12:30 – 4K / 16 APR 18:10 – 4K); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (01 APR 21:00 / 08 APR 20:30 / 12 APR 13:00 – 4K / 15 APR 15:40 / 22 APR 17:30 – 4K); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (02 APR 17:30 – 4K / 13 APR 18:30 – 4K); 2046 d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 (04 APR 18:15); DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (06 APR 18:15); THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI 4K (10 APR 21:00).

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

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