AUGUST 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, indoors & out.

By RADIANT CIRCUS // Twitter @radiantcircus / Instagram @radiantcircus

Token Homo’s cult film night Bar Trash continues with MONSTER MAYHEM! at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema. Booking Now!

Welcome to my latest epic roundup of what’s on across London’s rep seasons and film festivals, indoors and out! I hope it helps you find something wonderful to see in the darkness.

RADIANT CIRCUS will now be going dark for August whilst I undertake some essential maintenance (of me and of the website!). Regular posts will resume with a SEPTEMBER roundup. After that, weekly screen guides and daily updates will return.

Of course, you can always join me in Bar Paragon at Genesis Cinema if you fancy a weekly dose of MONSTER MAYHEM! throughout August. Remaining kaijū season highlights include KING KONG LIVES (09 AUG), a MYSTERY FILM? (16 AUG), and GODZILLA 1998 (23 AUG).

As always, thank you for all of your support (particularly my monthly subscribers at Patreon). See you in the darkness soon, and stay safe.

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023).

After an incredible return to form in 2022, with sold-out audiences across all four nights, London’s most irreverent and out-there festival returns for 2023 across four nights in two amazing London venues: The Prince Charles Cinema and The King & Queen Pub in Fitzrovia.

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

35MM PRESENTATIONS at Genesis Cinema

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MASTER 70mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012 (01 AUG 20:15); INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (08 AUG 20:20 / 18 AUG 20:15 / 26 AUG 14:45 / 03 SEP 20:05).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)OPPENHEIMER 70mm IMAX d. Christopher Nolan, 2023 (until 31 AUG).
  • MAKING MAGIC: 100 YEARS OF DISNEY: TRON: LEGACY d. Joseph Kosinski, 2010 (20 AUG 11:00).

ALEX WINTER at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE YOUTUBE EFFECT d. Alex Winter, 2022 (02 AUG 13:00).

ALFRED HITCHCOCK: ACT III: 1954 – 1963, HITCHCOCK’S MASTERPIECES at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK d. Mark Cousins, 2023 (until 02 AUG); REAR WINDOW d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 (11 AUG 20:10 + Discussion with film journalist Darren Richman / 23 AUG 18:40 / 26 AUG 20:30); TO CATCH A THIEF d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1955 (12 AUG 18:30 / 22 AUG 15:10 / 27 AUG 15:45); THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1956 (13 AUG 14:30 / 24 AUG 18:00 / 30 AUG 16:00); NORTH BY NORTHWEST d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959 (13 AUG 19:30 / 20 AUG 14:15 / 31 AUG 20:00); VERTIGO d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958 (14 AUG 15:00 / 18 AUG 18:30 / 29 AUG 18:00); PSYCHO d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960 (16 AUG 15:30 / 19 AUG 21:00 / 28 AUG 15:00); THE BIRDS d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1963 (17 AUG 20:35 / 21 AUG 15:00 / 25 AUG 18:10).

ANDREI TARKOVSKY – SCULPTING TIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): STALKER d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979 (05 AUG 20:30 / 29 AUG 14:35); MIRROR d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975 (14 AUG 15:30); NOSTALGHIA d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1983 (19 AUG 18:00).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): FILM SOCIALISME d. Jean-Luc Godard, 2010 (10 AUG 20:15 / 31 AUG 20:15).

BAR TRASH – MONSTER MAYHEM! at Genesis Cinema & Rule Zero

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER d. William R. Stromberg, 1977 + Intro, intermission & giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (02 AUG 20:30); KING KONG LIVES d. John Guillermin, 1986 + Intro, intermission & giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (09 AUG 20:30); MYSTERY FILM? + Intro, intermission & giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (16 AUG 20:30); GODZILLA d. Roland Emmerich, 1998 + Intro, intermission & giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (23 AUG 20:30).
  • Presented by: Token Homo.

BE GAY DO CRIME at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BOUND 35mm d. Lily Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, 1996 + Recorded intro by film critic Xuanlin Tham (01 AUG 20:35); DOG DAY AFTERNOON d. Sidney Lumet, 1975 (02 AUG 20:30 / 17 AUG 18:00 / 27 AUG 18:15); CHOCOLATE BABIES d. Stephen Winter, 1996 + Intro by season programmer Grace Barber-Plentie (03 AUG 20:30); FEMALE TROUBLE d. John Waters, 1974 (05 AUG 18:15 / 25 AUG 20:45); THE DEVIL QUEEN A Rainha Diaba d. Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, 1974 (07 AUG 20:40 / 18 AUG 18:10); BY HOOK OR BY CROOK d. Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001 (08 AUG 20:50); FEMALE TROUBLE d. John Waters, 1974 + Intro by Justin Johnson, Lead Programmer (10 AUG 18:15); MADAME SATÃ 35mm d. Karim Aïnouz, 2002 (10 AUG 20:40 / 20 AUG 12:30); BOUND 35mm d. Lily Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, 1996 (11 AUG 20:30 / 31 AUG 18:10); FRESH KILL d. Shu Lea Cheang, 1994 (14 AUG 20:40 / 27 AUG 13:20); BY HOOK OR BY CROOK d. Silas Howard & Harry Dodge, 2001 + Intro by Zorian Clayton, BFI Flare Programmer (15 AUG 18:20); THE BLOODETTES Les Saignantes d. Jean-Pierre Bekolo, 2005 (15 AUG 20:30 / 21 AUG 20:30); MY BROTHER THE DEVIL d. Sally El Hosaini, 2012 (16 AUG 20:40 / 24 AUG 17:50); ON GUARD d. Susan Lambert, 1984 (17 AUG 20:45 / 21 AUG 18:30); CHOCOLATE BABIES d. Stephen Winter, 1996 (19 AUG 20:50); THE LIVING END d. Gregg Araki, 1992 (22 AUG 20:40 / 28 AUG 14:30).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FRIENDSHIP, CHARACTER, ETHICS... at BFI Southbank

BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): ENTER THE DRAGON [Uncut] d. Robert Clouse, 1973 (11 AUG 15:30 / 12 AUG 18:00 / 15 AUG 15:35 / 21 AUG 18:00 / 26 AUG 18:30).

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema 

THE CINEMA OF MARTIN SCORSESE at Everyman Screen On The Green

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

CLOSE-UP ON LARS VON TRIER at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): ANTICHRIST d. Lars von Trier, 2009 (11 AUG 20:15 / 17 AUG 20:15); BREAKING THE WAVES d. Lars von Trier, 1996 (12 AUG 17:15 / 19 AUG 20:15); DOGVILLE d. Lars von Trier, 2003 (13 AUG 20:15 / 20 AUG 20:15); THE IDIOTS d. Lars von Trier, 1998 (18 AUG 20:15 / 24 AUG 20:15); MELANCHOLIA d. Lars von Trier, 2011 (25 AUG 20:15 / 26 AUG 20:15).

DEBUTANTE at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 (06 AUG various / 09 AUG various); AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells, 2022 (11 AUG various / 13 AUG various / 16 AUG various); RYE LANE d. Raine Allen Miller, 2023 (18 AUG various / 20 AUG various / 23 AUG various).

DOWN & DIRTY: AMERICAN D.I.Y. RESTORED at ICA

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): KAMIKAZE HEARTS d. Juliette Bashore, 1986 (03 AUG 18:40 / 05 AUG 18:45 / 06 AUG 20:00 / 09 AUG 20:30 / 11 AUG 20:30 / 15 AUG 15:00 / 16 AUG 20:40); SALVATION! d. Beth B, 1987 (04 AUG 19:00 / 05 AUG 20:30 / 06 AUG 16:30 / 10 AUG 20:45 / 12 AUG 20:00 / 15 AUG 16:45 / 17 AUG 18:30); VARIETY d. Bette Gordon, 1983 (11 AUG 18:45 / 12 AUG 18:45 / 13 AUG 14:00 & 20:00 / 15 AUG 20:30 / 16 AUG 18:30 / 17 AUG 21:00).

EAT THE SCREEN at Barbican

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE GLEANERS AND I d. Agnes Varda, 2000 + Intro by Phil Holtam (09 AUG 18:45); ALCARRÀS d. Carla Simon, 2022 (16 AUG 18:25); THE VILLAINS d. Daniele De Michele, 2018 + Q&A with the director (19 AUG 18:40); MEAT d. Frederick Wiseman, 1976 + Intro by Rob Percival, Head of Food Policy at the Soil Association (24 AUG 20:35).

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MUSIC ROOM d. Satyajit Ray, 1958 (04 AUG 20:15 / 26 AUG 18:00); YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 (05 AUG 20:15 / 12 AUG 20:15); HARLAN COUNTY USA d. Barbara Kopple, 1976 (06 AUG 18:00 / 19 AUG 18:00); MAMMA ROMA d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1962 (06 AUG 20:15 / 13 AUG 18:00); DERSU UZALA d. Akira Kurosawa, 1975 (20 AUG 17:30 / 27 AUG 17:30).

THE FILMS OF BONG JOON-HO at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF CAMILLE BILLOPS & JAMES HATCH at Barbican

THE FILMS OF EDGAR WRIGHT at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF GRETA GERWIG at BFI Southbank

  • New releases: BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 (until 10 AUG).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF PETER WEIR at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE LAST WAVE 35mm d. Peter Weir, 1977 + Intro (15 AUG 18:10); THE PLUMBER d. Peter Weir, 1979 (23 AUG 18:20 + Intro / 21 SEP 16:30).

THE FILMS OF WES ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): ASTEROID CITY d. Wes Anderson, 2023 (until 13 AUG).

FOUR FILMS BY CHANTAL AKERMAN at The Prince Charles 

GENA & JOHN at The Prince Charles

GOD BLESS THE 80S at The Prince Charles

JANE BIRKIN: 5 FILMS at ICA

  • Includes (check venue for listings)JE T’AIME MOI NON PLUS d. Serge Gainsbourg, 1976 (01 AUG 14:30 / 02 AUG 20:30 / 10 AUG 14:00); DEATH ON THE NILE d. John Guillermin, 1978 (01 AUG 15:45 / 03 AUG 13:15); JANE BY CHARLOTTE d. Charlotte Gainsbourg, 2021 (01 AUG 18:40 / 02 AUG 16:15 / 03 AUG 20:30); EVIL UNDER THE SUN d. Guy Hamilton, 1982 (01 AUG 20:40 / 03 AUG 16:00); BLOW-UP d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966 (02 AUG 18:15 / 03 AUG 16:20 / 06 AUG 12:05 / 08 AUG 16:30).

JONATHAN GLAZER at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings)UNDER THE SKIN d. Jonathan Glazer, 2013 (03 AUG 15:30 / 11 AUG 18:00); BIRTH 35mm d. Jonathan Glazer, 2004 (09 AUG 12:40).

LARS VON TRIER: ENDURING PROVOCATIONS at Curzon Cinemas

LARS VON TRIER: ENDURING PROVOCATIONS at ICA

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BREAKING THE WAVES d. Lars von Trier, 1996 (04 AUG 15:40 / 05 AUG 15:55 / 06 AUG 15:50 / 08 AUG 18:00 / 09 AUG 20:15 / 10 AUG 15:40); NYMPHOMANIAC VOL. 1 d. Lars von Trier, 2013 (11 AUG 20:50); DOGVILLE d. Lars von Trier, 2003 (12 AUG 15:30); NYMPHOMANIAC VOL. 2 d. Lars von Trier, 2013 (12 AUG 20:50); THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT d. Lars von Trier, 2018 (13 AUG 12:15); ANTICHRIST 35mm d. Lars von Trier, 2009 (16 AUG 20:30); THE IDIOTS d. Lars von Trier, 1998 (18 AUG 20:40 / 19 AUG 18:15 / 20 AUG 18:15 / 22 AUG 18:20 / 23 AUG 20:45 / 24 AUG 18:20); MELANCHOLIA d. Lars von Trier, 2011 (01 SEP 20:45).

LARS VON TRIER: ENDURING PROVOCATIONS at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings)BREAKING THE WAVES d. Lars von Trier, 1996 (14 AUG 12:10 – 4K / 21 AUG 20:20 – 4K); DOGVILLE d. Lars von Trier, 2003 (27 AUG 14:15 / 31 AUG 12:00 – 4K).

MAKING MAGIC: 100 YEARS OF DISNEY at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for listings)
  • Animal Tales: FINDING NEMO d. d. Andrew Stanton, 2003 (01 AUG 14:20 / 13 AUG 18:30 / 27 AUG 13:30); ZOOTROPOLIS aka Zootopia d. Byron Howard & Rich Moore, 2016 (06 AUG 13:10 / 25 AUG 18:00); BAMBI d. David Hand, 1942 (13 AUG 15:50 / 16 AUG 14:20 / 26 AUG 12:20 / 28 AUG 16:20); THE RESCUERS d. John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman & Art Stevens, 1977 (14 AUG 18:30 / 19 AUG 15:50); THE LION KING d. Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994 (26 AUG 20:30 / 31 AUG 14:20).
  • Unseen On The Big Screen: LUCA d. Enrico Casarosa, 2021 (02 AUG 14:20 / 14 AUG 20:30 / 27 AUG 13:15); TURNING RED d. Domee She, 2018 (02 AUG 20:20 / 08 AUG 14:20 / 26 AUG 15:30); SOUL d. Pete Docter, 2020 (12 AUG 20:30 / 19 AUG 13:00 / 24 AUG 14:20).
  • Once Upon A Time: THE JUNGLE BOOK d. Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967 (03 AUG 14:20 / 06 AUG 13:00 / 16 AUG 20:45 / 30 AUG 14:20); BEACHES 35mm d. Garry Marshall, 1988 (03 AUG 18:00 / 19 AUG 17:30); 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA d. Richard Fleischer, 1954 (04 AUG 18:00 / 13 AUG 18:10 / 22 AUG 14:20 / 23 AUG 20:20); 101 DALMATIONS d. Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske & Wolfgang Reitherman, 1961 (05 AUG 13:20 / 10 AUG 14:20 / 19 AUG 15:30 / 29 AUG 14:20); BEADKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS d. Robert Stevenson, 1971 (05 AUG 15:40 / 17 AUG 14:20 / 27 AUG 18:20); THE PARENT TRAP d. David Swift, 1961 (07 AUG 18:00 / 20 AUG 15:10); PINOCCHIO d. Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen, 1940 (09 AUG 14:20 / 14 AUG 14:20 / 20 AUG 19:00); MARY POPPINS d. Robert Stevenson, 1964 (09 AUG 17:50 / 21 AUG 14:20 / 28 AUG 13:00); THE LOVE BUG d. Robert Stevenson, 1968 (11 AUG 20:30 / 12 AUG 11:50 / 20 AUG 13:30); PINOCCHIO d. Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen, 1940 + Extended intro (12 AUG 11:30); TARZAN d. Chris Buck & Kevin Lima, 1999 (12 AUG 18:00 / 26 AUG 12:00); THE LITTLE MERMAID d. Ron Clements & John Musker, 1989 (27 AUG 16:00 / 28 AUG 16:40).
  • And Finally…: SISTER ACT d. Emile Ardolino, 1992 (05 AUG 20:40 / 18 AUG 18:20); Silent Cinema: Disney’s Silent Shorts + Intro & Live piano accompaniment by Costas Fotopoulos (06 AUG 15:30); UP d. Pete Docter, 2009 (09 AUG 20:30 / 28 AUG 12:30); DICK TRACEY 35mm d. Warren Beatty, 1990 (25 AUG 20:40); DICK TRACEY 35mm d. Warren Beatty, 1990 + Intro by Ben Roberts, BFI CEO (29 AUG 18:10).
  • IMAX: TRON: LEGACY d. Joseph Kosinski, 2010 (20 AUG 11:00).
  • Talks etc: The Fiendishly Difficult Disney Quiz (13 AUG 15:30).

MEMBERS’ SUMMER SELECTION at The Garden Cinema

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

OUT ON TUESDAY at ICA

  • Includes (check venue for listings): Opening Night: TARNEIT + LONESOME ds. John Sheedy, 2022 + Craig Boreham, 2022 + Q&A (01 AUG 18:30); STILL WE THRIVE + STUD LIFE d. Campbell X, 2022 + 2012 Q&A with the director & actor T’Nia Miller (15 AUG 18:30).

PINK PALACE at Rio Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE BOY FRIEND d. Ken Russell, 1971 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (02 AUG 20:00); WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN d. Pedro Almodovar, 1988 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (08 AUG 19:30).

OLHAR PERIFERICO at The Cinema Museum & Hackney Baths

RANOWN WESTERNS at The Prince Charles

REBEL CINEMA: OUSMANE SEMBÈNE AT 100 at BFI Southbank

  • Includes (check venue for listings): BLACK GIRL La Noire de… + NIAYE 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 + 1964 + Recorded intro by season programmer Chrystel Oloukoï (01 AUG 18:10); MANDABI + TAUW d. Ousmane Sembène, 1968 + 1970 (04 AUG 18:10 / 19 AUG 20:30 / 23 AUG 18:05); EMITAÏ d. Ousmane Sembène, 1971 (04 AUG 20:40); African Odysseys: SEMBÈNE! d. Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman, 2015 + Panel discussion (05 AUG 14:00); CEDDO d. Ousmane Sembène, 1977 + Intro by filmmaker and writer Imruh Bakari (05 AUG 18:00); CAMP DE THIAROYE 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène & Thierno Faty Sow, 1988 (06 AUG 15:00 / 20 AUG 15:50); GUELWAAR 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 1992 (07 AUG 20:35 / 17 AUG 18:10); BLACK GIRL La Noire de… + NIAYE 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 + 1964 (08 AUG 18:10); XALA + BOROM SARRET d. Ousmane Sembène, 1975 + 1963 (09 AUG 20:10 / 26 AUG 17:30); FAAT KINÉ 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 2001 (23 AUG 20:35 / 30 AUG 18:00); EMITAÏ d. Ousmane Sembène, 1971 + Recorded intro by season programmer Chrystel Oloukoï (26 AUG 14:20); CEDDO d. Ousmane Sembène, 1977 (26 AUG 20:40); MOOLAADÉ 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 2004 (28 AUG 18:20); MOOLAADÉ 35mm d. Ousmane Sembène, 2004 + Intro (30 AUG 20:30).

SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH: STORIES TO TELL at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE CLAY BIRD aka Matir Moina d. Tareque Masud, 2002 + Intro by Dr Priyanka Basu, King’s College London (01 AUG 18:15); BAATO d. Kate Stryker & Lucas Millard, 2020 + Virtual Q&A with co-director Lucas Millard (02 AUG 18:00); PATHER PANCHALI d. Satyajit Ray, 1955 (02 AUG 20:00 – Members / 09 AUG 18:00); JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 (03 AUG 18:00 / 17 AUG 18:00); BLINDED BY THE LIGHT d. Gurinder Chadha, 2019 (11 AUG 18:10); AROUND INDIA WITH A MOVIE CAMERA d. Sandhya Suri, 2018 + Intro by Amish Tripathi for India Independence Day (15 AUG 18:30); APARAJITO d. Satyajit Ray, 1956 (19 AUG 18:50); THE WORLD OF APU d. Satyajit Ray, 1959 (26 AUG 18:15).

SUMMER OF SPORT at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): FREEDOM’S FURY d. Colin Keith Gray & Megan Raney Aarons, 2006 (05 AUG 14:00); SENNA d. Asif Kapadia, 2011 (05 AUG 19:00 + Q&A with the director / 30 AUG 15:45 / 31 AUG 18:15); FIRE IN BABYLON d. Stevan Riley, 2010 (06 AUG 17:00 / 23 AUG 16:00 + Q&A with author Simon Lister); POWER MERI d. Joanna Lester, 2018 (09 AUG 16:00 + Discussion with Sam Bytheway / 30 AUG 20:45); HOOP DREAMS d. Steve James, 1994 (10 AUG 19:45 / 20 AUG 14:00); THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS d. Seth Gordon, 2007 (11 AUG 21:00); A SUNDAY IN HELL d. Jørgen Leth, 1977 (13 AUG 19:15 / 27 AUG 17:00); MURDERBALL d. Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro, 2005 (15 AUG 18:00); PUMPING IRON d. George Butler & Robert Fiore, 1977 (16 AUG 20:30 / 26 AUG 20:45); THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT d. Julien Faraut, 2021 (19 AUG + Xoom Q&A with the director / 28 AUG 18:00); FREE SOLO d. Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018 (21 AUG 20:30); FREEDOM FIELDS d. Naziha Arebi, 2018 (22 AUG 19:00 + Q&A with the director / 25 AUG 17:45 + Discussion).

THREE COLOURS TRILOGY at The Garden Cinema

TRANS-X-PLOITATION at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)SEX CHANGE: SHOCK! HORROR! PROBE! d. Kristiene Clark, 1989 + Q&A with Kristiene Clark and Adele Anderson (01 AUG 18:20).
  • Presented by: TGirlsOnFilm (Jaye Hudson) and Funeral Parade (Sarah Cleary).

TWO BY EDWARD YANG at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 (08 AUG 12:15).

THE WORLD OF WAKALIWOOD at The Prince Charles

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (04 AUG 18:15 – 4K / 13 AUG 20:45 – 4K / 26 AUG 12:15 – 4K); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (07 AUG 13:30); CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (10 AUG 20:30 – 4K / 27 AUG 14:35 – 4K).

YÖRGOSBORD at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE FAVOURITE d. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018 (02 AUG various / 03 AUG various).

YVONNE RAINER: A RETROSPECTIVE at ICA

EVERYMAN SCREEN ON THE CANAL at King’s Cross

THE LUNA CINEMA at Kensington Palace

THE LUNA CINEMA at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): ELVIS (20 AUG 20:15).

OUTDOOR CINEMA at Barbican

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

SUNSET SCREENING SESSIONS at Beckenham Place Park

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE CRYING GAME d. Neil Jordan, 1992 (11 AUG 20:45); THE FULL MONTY d. Peter Cattaneo, 1997 (12 AUG 20:45); BRICK LANE d. Sarah Gavron, 2007 (13 AUG 20:45).

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