JUNE 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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Token Homo’s BAR TRASH presents a summer season of MONSTER MAYHEM! at Genesis Cinema + Rule Zero – Booking Now!!

SALLY POTTER THE MUSIC OF CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

“The Garden Cinema hosts a weekend of screenings and events celebrating the films and music of one of the UK’s foremost artists: Sally Potter. This retrospective anticipates the 14 July release of Sally’s debut album, Pink Bikini, a semi-autobiographical collection of songs about growing up female in London in the 1960s, as a young rebel and activist. Sally will be live at The Garden Cinema for Q&As following ORLANDO and YES and giving a special introduction to THE PARTY. Additionally, Sally will be discussing her album, film music, and more with Miranda Sawyer on Friday 9 June.” (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): INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (07 JUN 14:45 / 11 JUN 20:00 / 12 JUN 12:15 / 21 JUN 20:15 / 26 JUN 20:10).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

3x LYNCH at ICA

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)INLAND EMPIRE 4K Restoration d. David Lynch, 2006 (03 JUN 20:00 / 06 JUN 20:10 / 08 JUN 12:30 / 11 JUN 15:00); ERASERHEAD d. David Lynch, 1977 (04 JUN 20:40 / 08 JUN 20:40).

ALFRED HITCHCOCK: ACT 1 – 1927 TO 1945 at The Garden Cinema

ALFRED HITCHCOCK: ACT 2 – 1945 TO 1954 at The Garden Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): SPELLBOUND d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1945 (30 JUN 18:10 + Intro by John Wischmeyer).

A LUKAS MOODYSSON SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

ANDREI TARKOVSKY: SCULPTING TIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): IVAN’S CHILDHOOD d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962 (10 JUN 13:00); ANDREI RUBLEV d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (24 JUN 13:35).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): SUZUME (Subtitled) d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 (03 JUN 12:45 & 21:00 / 05 JUN 12:30 / 06 JUN 18:15 / 07 JUN 15:15 / 08 JUN 21:00 / 09 to 15 JUN various). 

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

ARROW VIDEO CULT FILM at Everyman Screen On The Green

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)TOUT VA BIEN d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972 (04 JUN 18:15); STRUGGLE IN ITALY d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1971 (11 JUN 18:30); VLADIMIR AND ROSA d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1971 (17 JUN 18:15).

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

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE BLACK SCORPION d. Edward Ludwig, 1957 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (07 JUN 20:30); THE MONOLITH MONSTERS d. John Sherwood, 1957 + 1st Birthday + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (14 JUN 20:30); MOTHRA (モスラ | Mosura) d. Ishirô Honda, 1961 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Rule Zero’s Sub Zero (19 JUN 19:30); CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER d. Riccardo Freda & Mario Bava, 1959 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (21 JUN 20:30); GORGO d. Eugène Lourié, 1961 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (28 JUN 20:30).
  • Presented by Token Homo.

THE BATTLE OF CHILE TRILOGY at Bertha DocHouse

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THERE’S A PLACE… at BFI Southbank

BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE BIG BOSS: THE MANDARIN CUT d. Lo Wei & Wu Chia Hsiang, 1971 (02 JUN 15:20 / 06 JUN 20:45 / 12 JUN 15:45 / 17 JUN 18:10); FIST OF FURY d. Lo Wei, 1972 (23 JUN 12:40 / 26 JUN 20:35 ).

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema 

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): JOURNEY TO THE WEST d. Kong Dashan, 2021 (06 JUN 20:40 / 29 JUN 18:15); BALLOON d. Pema Tseden, 2019 in tribute to the director + Intro by the director (17 JUN 16:00); SO LONG, MY SON d. Wang Xiaoshuai, 2019 (18 JUN 11:45 + Q&A with screenwriter Ah Mei).

CINECITTÀ PRESENTS: ITALIAN DOCS at Bertha DocHouse

THE CINEMA OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE PRESTIGE 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2006 (03 JUN 22:30 / 07 JUN 10:30); THE DARK KNIGHT 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2008 (10 JUN 22:30 / 11 JUN 17:40 / 14 JUN 10:30 / 15 JUN 20:30); INCEPTION 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2010 (17 JUN 22:30 / 21 JUN 10:30); THE DARK KNIGHT RISES 35mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2012 (24 JUN 22:30 / 28 JUN 10:30).

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

COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER at BFI IMAX

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

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): HIDDEN d. Michael Haneke, 2005 (02 JUN 20:15 / 10 JUN 20:00); TASTE OF CHERRY d. Abbas Kiarostami, 1977 (03 JUN 18:00 / 08 JUN 20:15 / 17 JUN 20:15); 3 WOMEN d. Robert Altman, 1977 (03 JUN 20:15); THE TRIAL d. Orson Welles, 1962 (04 JUN 20:00 / 11 JUN 20:00); WANDA d. Barbara Loden, 1970 (09 JUN 20:15 / 18 JUN 20:15); GREY GARDENS d. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer, 1976 (15 JUN 20:15 / 25 JUN 15:00); ZABRISKIE POINT d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1970 (16 JUN 20:15 / 24 JUN 20:15); SOLARIS d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972 (25 JUN 17:00 / 30 JUN 20:00).

THE FILMS OF BONG JOON-HO at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

THE FILMS OF WES ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

FOUR FILMS BY CHANTAL AKERMAN at The Prince Charles

GENA & JOHN at The Prince Charles

GET REAL at Genesis Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): BRASSED OFF d. Mark Herman, 1996 + Q&A with the director (26 JUN 18:20).

GOD BLESS THE 80S at The Prince Charles

IN FOCUS: PATRICIO GUZMÁN at ICA

JOACHIM TRIER’S OSLO TRILOGY at The Prince Charles

KOREAN FILM NIGHTS: LABOURS OF LOVE at Korean Cultural Centre

LUBUNYA DISPATCHES at ICA

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings)SOME LIKE IT HOT d. Billy Wilder, 1959 (25 JUN 15:35 – 4K).

MARTIN SCORSESE: THE 90S PICTURES / THE 80S PICTURES at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings)GOODFELLAS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1990 (03 JUN 20:30 / 09 JUN 15:20 / 14 JUN 20:45 / 15 JUN 15:00); THE KING OF COMEDY d. Martin Scorsese, 1982 (08 JUN 15:25 – 4K); AFTER HOURS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1985 (12 JUN 17:45 / 13 JUN 15:30); THE COLOR OF MONEY 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1986 (20 JUN 20:30 / 30 JUN 12:00).

MICHELLE YEOH SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

MIDSUMMER’S DAY at The Prince Charles

MICHEL PICCOLI: A FEARLESS TALENT at BFI Southbank

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

PERANKH: THE JUNE GIVANNI PANAFRICAN CINEMA ARCHIVE at Raven Row Gallery

PINK PALACE at Rio Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): THE BOY FRIEND d. Ken Russell, 1971 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar (14 JUN 19:30); WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE d. Todd Solondz, 1995 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar (21 JUN 19:30); FLAMING EARS d. Ursula Puerrer, A. Hans Scheirl & Dietmar Schipek, 1992 (28 JUN 19:30).

PRIDE MONTH at The Castle Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for listings): TOMBOY d. Celine Sciamma, 2011 (12 JUN 18:50 / 24 JUN 13:45 / 27 JUN 16:30); D.E.B.S. d. Angela Robinson, 2004 (15 JUN 16:45 / 19 JUN 18:45 / 01 JUL 13:30); RAFIKI d. Wanuri Kahiu, 2018 (17 JUN 13:30 / 21 JUN 16:45 / 26 JUN 18:45).

PRIDE SEASON at Curzon Cinemas

PUSHER TRILOGY at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for listings): PUSHER d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996 (13 JUN 20:45); PUSHER II d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004 (27 JUN 18:10); PUSHER III d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2005 (12 JUL 18:15).

QUEER 90S: CINEMA FROM A DECADE OF RADICAL CHANGE at Barbican

  • Includes (check venue for listings): UK Restoration Premiere: FLAMING EARS d. Ursula Puerrer, A. Hans Scheirl & Dietmar Schipek, 1992 + Q&A with Ursula Puerrer (06 JUN 18:15); I LIKE YOU, I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH 35mm d. Hiroyuki Oki, 1994 + Intro by Tony Rayns (08 JUN 18:30); MY FATHER IS COMING d. Monika Treut, 1991 UK Restoration Premiere + Zoom Q&A with the director, presented with Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest (13 JUN 18:20); STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE d. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea & Juan Carlos Tabío, 1993 + Intro by curtaor Harry Singh (17 JUN 18:15); DAKAN d. Mohamed Camara, 1997 + Intro by Tara Brown (21 JUN 18:30); COSTA BRAVA d. Marta Balletbò-Coll, 1995 (24 JUN 14:00); FIRE d. Deepa Mehta, 1996 + Intro by Bidisha Mamata (25 JUN 15:00); EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE 35mm d. Zhang Yuan, 1996 + Intro by Hayley Scanlon (29 JUN 18:30).

RAZOR SHARP: THE FABULOUS WOMEN OF HOWARD HAWKS at BFI Southbank

RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH CENTENARY at Chiswick Cinema

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE ANGRY SILENCE d. Guy Green, 1960 + Q&A Season Launch (18 JUN 18:30).

SALLY POTTER THE MUSIC OF CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

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

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): LE MÉPRIS aka Contempt d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 (02 to 08 JUN / 10 JUN 11:45 / 11 JUN 11:45 / 12 JUN 17:10 / 15 JUN 18:20); METROPOLIS d. Fritz Lang, 1927 + Live piano accompaniment by by John Sweeney (18 JUN 13:30); MODERN TIMES d. Charles Chaplin, 1936 (22 JUN 16:00).

SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

TECHNOLOGY ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

THE THREE COLOURS TRILOGY at BFI Southbank

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

TRANS-X-PLOITATION at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): SHE MAN: A STORY OF FIXATION d. Bob Clark, 1967 + Intro (20 JUN 18:30).
  • Presented by TGirlsOnFilm (Jaye Hudson) and Funeral Parade (Sarah Cleary).

UNDERSCREENED SPIELBERG at The Prince Charles

  • Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS d. Steven Spielberg, 1974 (21 JUN 20:45).

WES ANDERSON MINI-SEASON at Catford Mews

WES ANDERSON SEASON at Chiswick Cinema

WES-TROSPECTIVE at Curzon Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for listings): RUSHMORE d. Wes Anderson, 1998 (16 JUN various / 17 JUN various / 19 JUN various / 22 JUN various); THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL d. Wes Anderson, 2014 (16 JUN various); FANTASTIC MR. FOX d. Wes Anderson, 2009 (17 JUN various).

WES-TROSPECTIVE at Picturehouse Cinemas

WITNESSING HISTORY: FILMS BY SERGEI LOZNITSA at various venues 

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)STATE FUNERAL d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2019 at Ciné Lumière (02 JUN 18.30); MR. LANDSBERGIS d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2021 at Ciné Lumière (03 JUN 13.30); DONBASS d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2018 at The Garden Cinema (04 JUN 17:00); VICTORY DAY d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2018 at Ciné Lumière (07 JUN 18.30); UK Premiere: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Bertha DocHouse (08 JUN 19:00); In conversation with Sergei Loznitsa moderated by Jonathan Romney at Pushkin House (09 JUN 18:00); BABI YAR. CONTEXT d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2021 + Q&A with the director at Ciné Lumière (10 JUN 17:00); UK Premiere: THE KIEV TRIAL d. Sergey Loznitsa, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Ciné Lumière (10 JUN 20:00).
  • Presented by Pushkin House.

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ALL NIGHTER at Picturehouse Central

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING at Picturehouse Cinemas

  • Includes (check venue for full listings)TOP HAT d. Mark Sandrich, 1935 (04 JUN various); CHICAGO d. Rob Marshall, 2003 (05 JUN various); BLACK SWAN d. Darren Aronofsky, 2010 (12 JUN various); CLIMAX d. Gaspar Noé, 2018 (19 JUN various).

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 LADY VANISHES d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1938 (30 JUN 21:15).

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