JANUARY 2022: 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.

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

UPDATES: CONCERT FILMS at Riverside Studios // 3+3: A PROJECT CURATED BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL at ICA.

Welcome to my first screen guide of 2022! And welcome back to some wonderful cinema…

New seasons abound with François Truffaut – and the films that inspired him – taking centre stage in a two-month long collab between Ciné Lumière and BFI. January’s offerings are split between films about Truffaut’s semi-semi-autobiographical character Antoine Doinel and “those displaying the influence of Truffaut’s beloved Renoir”. February’s programme will look at the influences of another of his heroes, Alfred Hitchcock. The BFI has also aligned their perennial BIG SCREEN CLASSICS strand to look at the important films in Truffaut’s life. There are plenty of talks and intros to get you in the mood. The season’s centrepiece is a re-release of THE 400 BLOWS, freshly restored and screening daily in Digital 4K at BFI Southbank.

Ciné Lumière will also be busy getting ready for their annual Night Of Ideas festival (27 JAN) with a short season of films that addresses their theme “rebuilding together”, BEFORE THE NIGHT (21 to 26 JAN). BFI takes a similar approach to their Truffaut programme for BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN, looking at both David Bowie’s on-screen appearances (from both TV and film) and the films that inspired him. The BFI’s other major programme this month, TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, marks the centenary of the end of the ‘heroic age’ of Antarctic exploration with the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton on 05 JAN 1922. The season is anchored by an epic screening of silent film SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC with a newly commissioned live score by Neil Brand played by Covent Garden Sinfonia at BFI IMAX (27 JAN). The remastered film also enjoys a limited engagement at BFI Southbank (without the sinfonia!).

Elsewhere, The Prince Charles embarks on a clutch of new seasons, including ones focused on the rich cinematic year of 1982,a run of BLACK & WHITE movies to accompany the release of THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, and the varied cine-careers of BRENDAN FRASER, CHER, INGMAR BERGMAN, JULIA DUCOURNAU, NORA EPHRON, MADONNA, F. GARY GRAY, STEVE MCQUEEN, GUILLERMO DEL TORO, and EDWARD YANG. We also feared the West End indie had plunged too deeply into the avant-garde with the titles of two other seasons, DENIS VILLENEUVE: IN REVERSE and FROM THE MIND OF PAUL SCHRADER, until we realised the reality was much more (but slightly disappointingly…) straightforward.

Other significant new seasons this month include JONAS MEKAS 100! and TAKE TWO: JÖRN DONNER at Close-Up Film Centre. Whilst I’m in Shoreditch, the opening screening of Ryan Ninesling’s student season HUMAN RESOURCES – Margot Benacerraf’s ARAYA – was postponed in December 2021 due a power cut on Brick Lane*. The screening now takes place on 13 JAN and is booking now. Finally, Everyman continue their season of PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON 35MM LATE NIGHTS at Everyman Screen On The Green to celebrate the release of LICORICE PIZZA.

There’s always a small field of festivals at this time of year, with the headline act going to London Short Film Festival (14 to 23 JAN). Both London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB) and Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB) feature film screenings as part of their wider cultural programmes. I’ll update this list if more festivals come to the light (as they always do…).

Finally, my Featured Attraction Of The Month goes to BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank for very personal reasons. My very dear late friend Roy would have loved this, using his obsession with cinema (he went to see PULP FICTION no less than 18 times on its initial release…) and lifelong love of Bowie to grab himself a seat at every screening. I miss you, you crazy old fucker…

See you in the darkness,

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

*Upon arriving at the dark venue full of people sat enjoying drinks in the cafe, I wasn’t sure if some catastrophe had occurred or if Close-Up had just chosen a new, rather more brutal, post-lockdown aesthetic…

• London International Mime Festival (25 JAN to 05 FEB).
• London Short Film Festival (14 to 23 JAN).
• Night Of Ideas (27 JAN).
• Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (20 JAN to 04 FEB).

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson + Live Podcast (04 JAN 18:00); THE QUICK AND THE DEAD 35mm d. Sam Raimi, 1995 (07 JAN 18:00); PULP FICTION 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino (07 JAN 20:30); MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 2001 (08 JAN 20:15); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 1977 (09 JAN 15:05); FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 35mm d. Amy Heckerling, 1982 (10 JAN 18:20); FRIDAY 35mm d. F. Gary Gray, 1995 (14 JAN 20:45); TWILIGHT 35mm d. Catherine Hardwicke, 2008 (15 JAN 20:45); DRUNKEN ANGEL 35mm aka Yoidore tenshi d. Akira Kurosawa, 1948 (16 JAN 18:00 / 19 JAN 15:30); KILLER’S KISS 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1955 (17 JAN 17:30); ENTER THE DRAGON 35mm [Uncut] d. Robert Clouse, 1973 (18 JAN 13:00); TAXI DRIVER 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (18 JAN 15:20 / 22 JAN 20:30); HUNGER 35mm d. Steve McQueen, 2008 (18 JAN 18:15); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 35mm d. Susan Seidelman, 1985 (18 JAN 20:35); THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL 35mm aka Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi d. Akira Kurosawa, 1952 (19 JAN 18:10); ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 2019 (19 JAN 20:00); MIMIC 35mm d. Guillermo del Toro, 1997 (30 JAN 20:30); AMERICAN GRAFFITI 35mm d. George Lucas, 1973 (31 JAN 18:00).

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 ‘unrestored version’ (14 JAN 20:15 / 25 JAN 20:10 / 30 JAN 16:40).

3+3: A PROJECT CURATED BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL at ICA

• Includes (check venue for full listings): I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE d. Jacques Tourneur, 1943 (22 JAN 13:15); MEKONG HOTEL d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012 (23 JAN 17:00); THE CONVERSATION d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (25 JAN 20:55); UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES 35mm aka Lung Boonmee Raleuk Chat d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010 (27 JAN 18:15 / 30 JAN 16:20); CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR aka Rat Ti Khon Kaen d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015 (29 JAN 19:00); PURE BLOOD aka Pura sangre d. Luis Ospina, 1982 (30 JAN 18:45).

007 SEASON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DR. NO d. Terence Young, 1962 (15 JAN 15:15 / 20 JAN 15:40); FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE d. Terence Young, 1963 (22 JAN 15:00 / 26 JAN 13:00); GOLDFINGER d. Guy Hamilton, 1964 (29 JAN 15:30 / 03 FEB 15:30).

1982 SEASON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 (09 JAN 21:00); FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 35mm d. Amy Heckerling, 1982 (10 JAN 18:20); COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN d. Robert Altman, 1982 (26 JAN 18:00).

AKIRA KUROSAWA at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DRUNKEN ANGEL 35mm aka Yoidore tenshi d. Akira Kurosawa, 1948 (16 JAN 18:00 / 19 JAN 15:30); THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL 35mm aka Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi d. Akira Kurosawa, 1952 (19 JAN 18:10).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): GHOST IN THE SHELL d. Mamoru Oshii, 1995 (14 to 25 JAN).
• See also STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER.

ANNIVERSARY SCREENINGS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WITHNAIL & I d. Bruce Robinson, 1987 (08 JAN 15:00); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 1977 (09 JAN 15:05); THE THING d. John Carpenter, 1982 (09 JAN 21:00); FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH 35mm d. Amy Heckerling, 1982 (10 JAN 18:20); CALIFORNIA MAN d. Les Mayfield, 1992 (11 JAN 18:05); DR. NO d. Terence Young, 1962 (15 JAN 15:15 / 20 JAN 15:40); THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER’S TAIL 35mm aka Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi d. Akira Kurosawa, 1952 (19 JAN 18:10); BLADE RUNNER 2049 d. Denis Villeneuve, 2017 (20 JAN 20:30 / 27 MAR 19:45); RESERVOIR DOGS d. Quentin Tarantino, 1992 (21 JAN 15:45 & 18:00); COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN d. Robert Altman, 1982 (26 JAN 18:00); MIMIC 35mm d. Guillermo del Toro, 1997 (30 JAN 20:30).

BEFORE THE NIGHT at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 (21 JAN 19:15 + Q&A with the directors / 22 JAN 16:00 / 24 JAN 18:25); SECRETS & LIES d. Mike Leigh, 1996 + Q&A with the director (22 JAN 16:15); FLEE d. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021 + Free drawing workshop with artist Caroline Burraway (22 JAN 14:00); THE LIGHTHOUSE aka Mayak d. Maria Saakyan, 2006 (23 JAN 15:45); TAMING THE GARDEN d. Salomé Jashi, 2021 + Zoom Q&A (24 JAN 18:15); THE VELVET QUEEN aka La Panthère des neiges d. Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier, 2021 + Intro with writer Sylvain Tesson (25 JAN 18:15).

BEST OF 2021 at Bertha DocHouse

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS d. Michael Dweck & Gregory Kershaw, 2020 (03 JAN 13:00 / 04 JAN 20:40); SUMMER OF SOUL (… OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) d. Questlove, 2021 (03 JAN 15:00 / 06 JAN 13:15); GUNDA d. Viktor Kossakovsky, 2020 (03 JAN 17:30 / 06 JAN 16:00); THE LOST LEONARDO d. Andreas Koefoed, 2021 (03 JAN 19:40); POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ d. Paul Sng & Celeste Bell, 2021 (04 JAN 16:20 / 06 JAN 20:30); MLK / FBI d. Sam Pollard, 2020 (04 JAN 18:20); THE VELVET UNDERGROUND d. Todd Haynes, 2021 (05 JAN 15:40); WRITING WITH FIRE d. Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh, 2021 (05 JAN 18:20); THE ALPINIST d. Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen, 2021 (05 JAN 20:30 / 06 JAN 18:00 / 09 JAN 13:40 / 10 JAN 18:20 / 12 JAN 14:00).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THE FILMS IN TRUFFAUT’S LIFE at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES 35mm d. Jean-Pierre Melville, 1949 (04 JAN 18:00 / 30 JAN 15:15); ROME, OPEN CITY aka Rome, città aperta d. Roberto Rossellini, 1945 (05 JAN 17:50 / 29 JAN 13:00); LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN d. Max Ophuls, 1948 (06 JAN 20:40 / 15 JAN 15:40 / 31 JAN 20:45); CASQUE D’OR d. Jacques Becker, 1953 (07 JAN 20:45 / 23 JAN 13:10); GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES d. Howard Hawks, 1953 (08 JAN 16:00 / 13 JAN 18:10 / 17 JAN 18:20); ORDET aka The Word d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955 (09 JAN 13:20 / 18 JAN 20:30); SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT aka Sommarnattens Leende (09 JAN 16:00 / 20 JAN 20:50 / 25 JAN 18:10); BIGGER THAN LIFE d. Nicholas Ray, 1956 (10 JAN 14:30 / 26 JAN 20:50); CITIZEN KANE 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1941 (11 JAN 17:50 / 27 JAN 18:00); LA GRANDE ILLUSION aka Jean Renoir, 1937 (11 JAN 18:15 / 16 JAN 12:40); CASQUE D’OR d. Jacques Becker, 1953 + Recorded intro by film critic & historian Pamela Hutchinson (12 JAN 17:50); TWELVE ANGRY MEN d. Sidney Lumet, 1957 (14 JAN 14:40 / 24 JAN 18:20 / 28 JAN 18:20); BIGGER THAN LIFE d. Nicholas Ray, 1956 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-large (19 JAN 18:05); SHADOW OF A DOUBT d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1943 (22 JAN 12:10 / 25 JAN 14:30); ROME, OPEN CITY aka Rome, città aperta d. Roberto Rossellini, 1945 + Intro by lecturer and writer Dr Julia Wagner (26 JAN 18:00).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH d. Joel Coen, 2021 (until 13 JAN); SAFETY LAST! d. Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1923 (15 JAN 13:00); KILLER’S KISS 35mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1955 (17 JAN 17:30); ADAM’S RIB d. George Cukor, 1949 (17 JAN 18:05); CITY LIGHTS d. Charles Chaplin, 1931 (22 JAN 12:45); LA HAINE d. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995 (23 JAN 18:10); THE LIGHTHOUSE d. Robert Eggers, 2019 (29 JAN 13:00); METROPOLIS d. Fritz Lang, 1927 (29 JAN 18:05).

BOWIE: STARMAN & THE SILVER SCREEN at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 4K d. David Lynch, 1992 (04 JAN 17:50 / 10 JAN 20:20); BASQUIAT 35mm d. Julian Schnabel, 1996 (05 JAN 18:10 / 16 JAN 15:20); BUG Special: David Bowie (06 JAN 20:50 / 07 JAN 20:50); LABYRINTH 4K d. Jim Henson, 1986 (08 JAN 12:00 / 09 JAN 13:00 / 26 JAN 18:10); MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE 4K d. Nagisa Oshima, 1983 (08 JAN 18:20 / 20 JAN 20:30); THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH 4K d. Nicolas Roeg, 1976 (08 JAN 20:10 / 17 JAN 14:30 / 30 JAN 18:10); CRACKED ACTOR d. Alan Yentob, 1975 + Shorts (09 JAN 16:10); ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS d. DA Pennebaker, 1979 (09 JAN 18:10 / 24 JAN 20:30); THE HUNGER d. Tony Scott, 1983 (10 JAN 18:10 / 22 JAN 20:50); THE PRESTIGE 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2006 (11 JAN 20:30); ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS d. Julien Temple, 1986 (14 JAN 20:40 / 28 JAN 20:45); BAAL + PIERROT IN TURQUOISE d. Alan Clarke, 1982 + Brian Mahoney, 1970 + Extended intro by Adrian Wootton (19 JAN 18:00); CHRISTIANE F. aka Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo d. Uli Edel, 1981 (21 JAN 20:30); BOWIE AT GLASTONBURY 2000 d. Janet Fraser Crook, 2000 (22 JAN 18:00). Hooked to the Silver Screen: Bowie at the Movies: METROPOLIS d. Fritz Lang, 1927 (04 JAN 14:30 / 30 JAN 12:00 + Live piano accompaniment by Costas Fotopoulos); QUERELLE + UN CHANT D’AMOUR d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982 + Jean Genet, 1950 (04 JAN 20:20 / 18 JAN 18:00); TAXI DRIVER d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (07 JAN 18:00 / 16 JAN 18:20 / 27 JAN 20:45); A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 (12 JAN 20:25 / 23 JAN 15:00 / 26 JAN 20:40); THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI aka Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari + UN CHIEN ANDALOU d. Robert Wiene, 1920 + Luis Buñuel, 1929 (15 JAN 12:30 / 22 JAN 15:15); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (23 JAN 18:00 / 26 JAN 14:00 / 26 JAN 17:30).

BRENDAN FRASER at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CALIFORNIA MAN d. Les Mayfield, 1992 (11 JAN 18:05).

CHER ON SCREEN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): SILKWOOD d. Mike Nichols, 1983 (12 JAN 18:00); COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN d. Robert Altman, 1982 (26 JAN 18:00).

CHINESE NEW YEAR at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): AN AUTUMN’S TALE 4K d. Mabel Cheung, 1987 + Intro (25 JAN 20:15).

CONCERT FILMS at Riverside Studios

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE BEATLES: A HARD DAY’S NIGHT d. Richard Lester, 1964 (13 JAN 19:00 / 20 JAN 19:00); LEONARD COHEN – I’M YOUR MAN d. Lian Lunson, 2005 (14 JAN 19:00); WOODSTOCK d. Michael Wadleigh, 1970 (15 JAN 14:00 / 22 JAN 14:00); SHINE A LIGHT d. Martin Scorsese, 2008 (15 JAN 19:00); JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY d. Bert Stern, 2021 (16 JAN 14:00); WESTERN STARS d. Bruce Springsteen, 2019 (21 JAN 19:00); LED ZEPPELIN: THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME d. Joe Massot, 1976 (22 JAN 19:00); AMAZING GRACE d. Alan Elliott & Sydney Pollack, 2018 (23 JAN 19:00).

DENIS VILLENEUVE: IN REVERSE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (04 JAN 12:30 / 08 JAN 20:30 / 09 JAN 20:00 / 11 JAN 15:00 & 20:15); BLADE RUNNER 2049 d. Denis Villeneuve, 2017 (20 JAN 20:30 / 27 MAR 19:45).

EXPERIMENTS IN FILM at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): The Cinema of Edward Owens (13 JAN 18:15).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson + Live Podcast (04 JAN 18:00).

THE FILMS OF QUENTIN TARANTINO at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PULP FICTION 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino (07 JAN 20:30); ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 35mm d. Quentin Tarantino, 2019 (19 JAN 20:00); RESERVOIR DOGS d. Quentin Tarantino, 1992 (21 JAN 15:45 & 18:00).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT: FOR THE LOVE OF FILMS at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): The Renoir Truffaut: UNE BELLE FILLE COMME MOI aka A Gorgeous Kid Like Me (04 JAN 20:40 / 22 JAN 18:10); DAY FOR NIGHT aka La Nuit américaine d. François Truffaut, 1973 (07 JAN 18:10 / 15 JAN 20:45 / 25 JAN 20:45); THE LAST METRO aka Le Dernier métro d. François Truffaut, 1980 (08 JAN 17:10 / 21 JAN 17:50 / 22 JAN 20:30 / 26 JAN 20:30); POCKET MONEY aka L’ Argent de poche d. François Truffaut, 1976 (08 JAN 20:55 / 29 JAN 18:00); THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN aka L’ Homme qui aimait les femmes d. François Truffaut, 1977 (09 JAN 18:20 / 24 JAN 20:40); L’ENFANT SAUVAGE aka The Wild Child d. François Truffaut, 1970 (10 JAN 20:40 / 24 JAN 18:10); The Antoine Doinel cycle: LOVE ON THE RUN 4K aka L’Amour en fuite d. François Truffaut, 1979 (05 JAN 20:40 / 15 JAN 15:30 / 31 JAN 20:40); THE 400 BLOWS 4K aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (daily from 07 to 20 JAN various); STOLEN KISSES 4K + ANTOINE ET COLETTE 4K + d. François Truffaut, 1962 + 1968 (11 JAN 20:35 / 15 JAN 12:10 / 23 JAN 15:30); BED AND BOARD 4K aka Domicile Conjugal d. François Truffaut, 1970 (13 JAN 20:45 / 19 JAN 14:30); Talks and events: For the Love of People… The Films of François Truffaut (10 JAN 18:20); François Truffaut’s Cinematic and Literary Influences (29 JAN 12:00); Relaxed screening: L’ENFANT SAUVAGE aka The Wild Child d. François Truffaut, 1970 + Intro & discussion (31 JAN 18:10 – NFT3 + Blue Room).

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT REVISITED at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE 400 BLOWS aka Les Quatre cents coups d. François Truffaut, 1959 (daily 07 to 13 JAN various / 19 JAN 16:00 / 20 JAN 18:15); ANTOINE ET COLETTE + STOLEN KISSES d. François Truffaut, 1962 + 1968 (09 JAN 14:00 / 11 JAN 20:20); BED AND BOARD aka Domicile Conjugal d. François Truffaut, 1970 (16 JAN 14:00 / 18 JAN 18:20); LOVE ON THE RUN aka L’Amour en fuite d. François Truffaut, 1979 (23 JAN 14:00 / 25 JAN 18:25); DAY FOR NIGHT aka La Nuit américaine d. François Truffaut, 1973 (30 JAN 14:00 + Extended intro by film curator Sonali Joshi / 02 FEB 15:50); L’ENFANT SAUVAGE aka The Wild Child d. François Truffaut, 1970 (30 JAN 17:20 + Intro by curator Sonali Joshi / 01 FEB 18:20); JULES & JIM aka Jules and Jim d. François Truffaut, 1961 (daily 04 to 10 FEB various).

FROM THE MIND OF PAUL SCHRADER at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE YAKUZA d. Sydney Pollack, 1974 (10 JAN 20:35); TAXI DRIVER 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1976 (18 JAN 15:20 / 22 JAN 20:30).

HUMAN RESOURCES at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for listings): ARAYA d. Margot Benacerraf, 1959 (13 JAN 20:15 – rearranged from 03 DEC 2021).
• Curated by Ryan Ninesling. Presented in partnership with the National Film & Television School.

INGMAR BERGMAN SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): A LESSON IN LOVE d. Ingmar Bergman, 1954 (30 JAN 14:25).

JONAS MEKAS 100! at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for listings): THE BRIG / AWARD PRESENTATION TO ANDY WARHOL d. Jonas Mekas, 1964 (08 JAN 18:45 & 20:15); WALDEN d. Jonas Mekas, 1969 (09 JAN 16:00 & 19:15); REMINISCENCES OF A JOURNEY TO LITHUANIA d. Jonas Mekas, 1972 (15 JAN 18:30 & 20:15); LOST LOST LOST d. Jonas Mekas, 1976 (16 JAN 18:00 / 22 JAN 17:00); ZEFIRO TORNA + HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN + THIS SIDE OF PARADISE d. Jonas Mekas, 1992, 1996 + 1999 (22 JAN 20:15 / 23 JAN 18:30); JONAS + MEANWHILE A BUTTERFLY FLIES d. Gideon Bachmann, 1968 + Julius Ziz, 2002 (23 JAN 20:15); HE STANDS IN A DESERT COUNTING THE SECONDS OF HIS LIFE d. Jonas Mekas, 1969/85 (29 JAN 19:30 / 30 JAN 17:30).

JULIA DUCOURNAU at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): TITANE d. Julia Ducournau, 2021 (until 13 JAN); RAW d. Julia Ducournau, 2016 (13 JAN 18:00).

LETTERBOXD HIGH RISERS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): TWILIGHT 35mm d. Catherine Hardwicke, 2008 (15 JAN 20:45).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): ALIEN [Theatrical Version] + ALIENS [Director’s Cut] d. Ridley Scott + James Cameron, 1979 + 1986 (21 JAN 18:15); ROCKY MARATHON 6 Rocky Films, 1 Ticket (29 JAN 21:15); MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON 5 Mystery Films, 1 Ticket (29 JAN 21:30).

NORA EPHRON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): SILKWOOD d. Mike Nichols, 1983 (12 JAN 18:00); HEARTBURN d. Mike Nichols, 1986 (24 JAN 18:10).

ON SCREEN WITH MADONNA at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN 35mm d. Susan Seidelman, 1985 (18 JAN 20:35); DICK TRACY d. Warren Beatty, 1990 (31 JAN 20:30).

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON 35MM LATE NIGHTS at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for listings): BOOGIE NIGHTS 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (08 JAN 22:30); MAGNOLIA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (15 JAN 22:30); PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (29 JAN 22:30); THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (05 FEB 22:30); THE MASTER 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012 (12 FEB 22:30); INHERENT VICE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014 (19 FEB 22:30); PHANTOM THREAD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017 (26 FEB 22:00).

STUDIO GHIBLI FOREVER at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE d. Hayao Miyazaki, 2004 (13 JAN 13:00); WHISPER OF THE HEART d. Yoshifumi Kondô, 1995 (17 JAN 15:00); LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY d. Hayao Miyazaki, 1986 (23 JAN 12:15); SPIRITED AWAY d. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001 (27 JAN 18:00); GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES d. Isao Takahata, 1988 (30 JAN 12:15).

TAKE TWO: JÖRN DONNER at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for listings): BLACK ON WHITE 35mm d. Jörn Donner, 1968 (07 JAN 20:15); SIXTYNINE 35mm d. Jörn Donner, 1969 (14 JAN 20:15).

THREE BY F. GARY GRAY at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): FRIDAY 35mm d. F. Gary Gray, 1995 (14 JAN 20:45).

THREE FROM STEVE MCQUEEN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): HUNGER 35mm d. Steve McQueen, 2008 (18 JAN 18:15).

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): TOUCHING THE VOID d. Kevin Macdonald, 2003 (05 JAN 20:30 / 23 JAN 18:30); THE FIGHT FOR THE MATTERHORN aka Der Kampf ums Matterhorn d. Mario Bonnard & Nunzio Malasomma, 1928 + Intro by BFI curator Bryony Dixon + Live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne (06 JAN 18:00); THE RED TENT aka Krasnaya palatka d. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1969 + intro by BFI curator Simon McCallum (11 JAN 18:00); YES & NO Salon: Exploration Now panel discussion (12 JAN 18:30); THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST d. Thomas Stobart, 1953 + Intro by explorer Mark Wood (12 JAN 20:40); ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD 35mm d. Werner Herzog, 2007 + A SHORT FILM ABOUT ICE d. Adam Laity, 2020 (15 JAN 15:00 / 25 JAN 20:30); Silent Cinema: Intrepid Women + Live piano accompaniment by Meg Morley (16 JAN 15:30); TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THE TRANSGLOBE EXPEDITION d. William Kronick, 1983 + Q&A with Ranulph Fiennes (18 JAN 17:45); THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE d. Herbert G Ponting, 1924 + Recorded score by Simon Fisher Turner (23 JAN 12:10); THE FIGHT FOR THE MATTERHORN aka Der Kampf ums Matterhorn d. Mario Bonnard & Nunzio Malasomma, 1928 (23 JAN 15:20); SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Charles Frend, 1948 (24 JAN 18:00); Antarctic Crossings: Postwar shorts + Intro by BFI curator Patrick Russell (25 JAN 18:00); Silent Cinema presents SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 + Live score performed by the Covent Garden Sinfonia (27 JAN 19:00 – BFI IMAX); SOUTH: SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON’S GLORIOUS EPIC OF THE ANTARCTIC d. Frank Hurley, 1919 (daily from 28 to 31 JAN various); THE EPIC OF EVEREST d. JBL Noel, 1924 + Live score by Simon Fisher Turner (29 JAN 19:00); THE RED TENT aka Krasnaya palatka d. Mikhail Kalatozov, 1969 (30 JAN 18:00).

THE TWISTED TALES OF GUILLERMO DEL TORO at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): MIMIC 35mm d. Guillermo del Toro, 1997 (30 JAN 20:30).

TWO BY EDWARD YANG at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY d. Edward Yang, 1991 (17 JAN 19:15); YI YI d. Edward Yang, 2000 (15 FEB 20:10).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (05 JAN 17:40); CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (06 JAN 13:15 / 07 JAN 21:00); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (07 to 13 JAN); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (14 to 20 JAN); 2046 d. Wong Kar Wai, 2004 (21 to 27 JAN).

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