MAY 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.

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

And here’s your epic indie cinema roundup for May (sorry it’s a bit late…)!

I’ve tried to track as many repertory seasons as I can – there’s a lot of them. More film festivals will ping into my radar as the month unfolds, so please check back for updates (but there’s a bracing amount of diversity in what’s already listed here…).

In seasons, The Garden Cinema continues to go from strength to strength, demonstrating a combination of cinephile rigour with a comprehensive new programme dedicated to ALFRED HITCHCOCK: ACT 1 – 1927 TO 1945 and welcome attempts to mix things up more than a little bit, MUKHRIJAT: ARAB WOMEN FILMMAKERS. The latter is packed with director Q&As (and even that increasingly rare of exhibition formats, a discounted double bill!).

Elsewhere, 3+3: ÉRIC BAUDELAIRE starts at ICA and Ciné Lumière, featuring three of the director’s own works and three films he’s chosen by others, a new ARROW VIDEO CULT FILM gets underway at Everyman Screen On The Green, BEN WHEATLEY PRESENTS at Picturehouse Cinemas, and BRUCE LEE AT GOLDEN HARVEST starts at The Prince Charles.

Enfant terribles of the indie/alternative scene, Mondo Nights, begin a new weekly season of COURIER CINEMA at Biddle Bros pub celebrating bike delivery riders we have loved and lost, The Vito Project Queer Film Club continues their box office smash-hit season DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum, and Token Homo’s BAR TRASH returns with a full new summer season of killer kaiju at Genesis Cinema, MONSTER MAYHEM!.

BFI Southbank begins their new month with a number of seasons packed with special events and guest appearances, including THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS…, DARIO ARGENTO: DOORS INTO DARKNESS, FORGOTTEN TELEVISION DRAMA: REDISCOVERING THE HALF-HOUR PLAY, and MURIEL BOX: A WOMAN’S TAKE. Be warned, the Dario Argento ‘in-person’ screenings are looking fully booked, but do check for returns.

I’ve chosen BFI’s CINEMATIC SORCERESS: THE FILMS OF NINA MENKES as my Featured Attraction of the Month, simply because I love her work and can’t wait to hear her talk more about it.

See you in the darkness,

Richard // RADIANT CIRCUS

CINEMATIC SORCERESS: THE FILMS OF NINA MENKES at BFI Southbank

“For me, cinema is sorcery, a creative way to interact with the world in order to rearrange perception and expand consciousness, both my viewers’ and my own.”

– Nina Menkes

“Across a four-decade career, Menkes has established herself as one of most original voices in American independent filmmaking. Often working in collaboration with her actor sister Tinka, Menkes takes recognisable noirish plots – a soldier murders his wife, a sex worker kills her pimp – and translates them into enigmatic riddles, driven by dream logic and populated by ghosts.”

“There are echoes of Tarkovsky and Akerman in her minimal dialogue, hypnotic long takes and dense sound design, but Menkes’ point of view, firmly rooted in contemporary USA and Israeli politics, is distinctly her own. Always provocative, the most consistent theme spanning all of Menkes’ work, from her early shorts to recent documentary Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power, is an unflinching critique of the insidious male violence that underpins a patriarchal society.”

Invisible Women (Camilla Baier, Lauren Clarke and Rachel Pronger), season curators. [quoted from the BFI website / full season listings below]

• Beyond Words French Literature Festival (12 to 21 MAY).
• Cine Latino (24 APR to 07 MAY).
• ECHOES Indigenous Film Festival (19 to 21 MAY).
• In Short: Europe Awakening (12 to 13 MAY).
• Kino Short Film Festival (23 APR to 01 MAY).
• LOCO London Comedy Film Festival (11 to 14 MAY).
• London Japan Film Festival (20 to 21 MAY).
• Odyssey Film Festival (26 MAY to 30 JUN).
• Sci-Fi London (31 MAY to 06 JUN).
• SERET Israeli Film & TV Festival (18 to 25 MAY).
• Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (11 to 23 MAY).
• UK Asian Film Festival (04 to 14 MAY).

16MM SCREENINGS at The Castle Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE TRIAL 16mm d. Orson Welles, 1961 (17 MAY 19:30 / 25 MAY 19:30); CONTEMPT aka Le Mépris 16mm d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 (28 MAY 14:00).
• Presented by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club.

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ASHES OF TIME REDUX 35mm d. Wong Kar-wai, 1994 (02 MAY 18:00); HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS 35mm d. Yi-Mou Zhang, 2004 (03 MAY 12:30); BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1974 (03 MAY 18:15); CAPE FEAR 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1991 (03 MAY 20:45 / 09 MAY 15:10); PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1973 (04 MAY 18:00); GALAXY QUEST 35mm d. Dean Parisot, 1999 (04 MAY 20:40 / 28 MAY 18:35); JURASSIC PARK 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 1993 (05 MAY 15:00 / 08 MAY 12:15 / 10 MAY 12:30); DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS 35mm d. Frank Oz, 1988 (05 MAY 15:30); BLUE VELVET + MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 1986 + 2001 (05 MAY 18:10); SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975 (06 MAY 14:20); CASINO 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1995 (06 MAY 17:00); MAGNOLIA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (06 MAY 20:15); PAPER MOON 35mm d. Peter Bogdanovich, 1973 (07 MAY 15:30 / 23 MAY 15:30); BLUE VELVET 35mm d. David Lynch, 1986 (09 MAY 13:00); BOOGIE NIGHTS 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (09 MAY 20:15 / 30 MAY 12:45); MISSISSIPPI MASALA 35mm d. Mira Nair, 1991 (10 MAY 18:00 – £1 Members Film / 16 MAY 15:15); HARD EIGHT aka Sydney 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996 (10 MAY 18:15); THE FULL MONTY 35mm d. Peter Cattaneo, 1997 + Q&A with writer & creator Simon Beaufoy (10 MAY 20:35); BLUE VALENTINE 35mm d. Derek Cianfrance, 2010 (11 MAY 13:10); SERIAL MOM 35mm d. John Waters, 1994 (11 MAY 18:00); PARIS, TEXAS 35mm d. Wim Wenders, 1984 (13 MAY 20:30 / 24 MAY 12:30); UNFORGIVEN 35mm d. Clint Eastwood, 1992 (14 MAY 12:30 / 15 MAY 20:30); A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1974 (17 MAY 12:30); MARRIED TO THE MOB 35mm d. Jonathan Demme, 1988 (17 MAY 18:15); CITIZEN KANE 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1941 (18 MAY 15:20); LOCAL HERO 35mm d. Bill Forsyth, 1983 (19 MAY 15:15 / 25 MAY 18:00 – 4K); PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (19 MAY 18:10); KOYAANISQATSI: LIFE OUT OF BALANCE 35mm d. Godfrey Reggio, 1982 (20 MAY 15:10 / 27 MAY 20:30); THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2004 (20 MAY 17:25); THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (21 MAY 20:05); OPENING NIGHT 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1977 (22 MAY 12:00); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (25 MAY 13:00); THE TERMINATOR + ROBOCOP 35mm d. James Cameron, 1984 + Paul Verhoeven, 1987 (26 MAY 19:00); THE CONVERSATION 35mm d. Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (27 MAY 17:45); AFTER HOURS 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1985 (30 MAY 18:00).

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (01 MAY 20:15); INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (08 MAY 20:15 / 15 MAY 14:25 / 19 MAY 14:15 / 20 MAY 20:15 / 28 MAY 12:00 / 31 MAY 14:20).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• Includes (check venue for full listings): GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D d. James Gunn, 2023 (until 11 MAY); FAST X d. Louis Leterrier, 2023 (19 to 25 MAY); THE LITTER MERMAID d. Rob Marshall, 2023 (26 MAY to 01 JUN).
• ANIME: SUZUME (Subtitled) d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 (01 MAY 10:30 / 02 MAY 20:30).
• COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER: BATMAN BEGINS IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2005 (14 MAY 11:30 / 18 MAY 20:00).

3+3: ÉRIC BAUDELAIRE at ICA & Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): SOUTH aka Sud d. Chantal Akerman, 1999 (05 MAY 18:30); Book Launch + ALSO KNOWN AS JIHADI d. Éric Baudelaire, 2022 + Q&A (05 MAY 20:00); UN FILM DRAMATIQUE d. Éric Baudelaire, 2019 + Intro by the director (06 MAY 18:00); HUMAIN, TROP HUMAIN d. Louis Malle, 1973 (07 MAY 14:00); A FLOWER IN THE MOUTH aka Une Fleur dans la bouche d. Éric Baudelaire, 2022 + Q&A with the director (07 MAY 20:00); THE WORLD d. Jia Zhangke, 2004 (09 MAY 20:45).

10 YEARS OF A24 at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE LIGHTHOUSE d. Robert Eggers, 2019 (02 MAY various); THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO d. Joe Talbot, 2019 (from 07 MAY various / 09 MAY 18:20); THE FLORIDA PROJECT d. Sean Baker, 2017 (12 MAY various / 14 MAY various); THE LOBSTER d. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015 (19 MAY 18:20 / 21 MAY various); THE FAREWELL d. Lulu Wang, 2019 (28 MAY various / 30 MAY 18:20).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1934 (19 MAY 18:00 + Intro by John Wischmeyer / 31 MAY 14:45 / 04 JUN 15:00); THE 39 STEPS d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1935 (20 MAY 13:30 / 29 MAY 16:00 / 02 JUN 18:30); THE LADY VANISHES d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1938 (21 MAY 17:20 / 01 JUN 18:25 / 03 JUN 14:00); REBECCA d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1940 (22 MAY 15:15 / 26 MAY 20:30 / 08 JUN 20:15); SHADOW OF A DOUBT d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1943 (24 MAY 18:00 / 28 MAY 15:00 / 05 JUN 15:45); THE LODGER d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1927 + Live score by Malvern Brume (25 MAY 21:00); THE LODGER d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1927 + Intro by John Wischmeyer (27 MAY 18:45).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE d. Luis Buñuel, 1973 (01 MAY 15:50 – £1 Members Film); THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE d. Luis Buñuel, 1977 (10 MAY 15:30).

A LUKAS MOODYSSON SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CONTAINER d. Lukas Moodysson, 2006 (09 MAY 18:00); MAMMOTH d. Lukas Moodysson, 2009 (23 MAY 18:00).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): JUNK HEAD d. Takahide Hori, 2021 (02 MAY 21:00 / 03 MAY 13:00 / 05 MAY 20:20 / 07 MAY 12:45 / 10 MAY 13:00); LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD d. Naoko Yamada, 2018 + Intro by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham, Ghibliotheque Podcast (10 MAY 20:45); ANIME ALL-NIGHTER (27 MAY 23:00 – 4K).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

• Includes (check venue for full listings): YENTL d. Barbra Streisand, 1983 (28 MAY 12:30 / 31 MAY 17:30).

ARROW VIDEO CULT FILM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• Includes (check venue for full listings): RINGU d. Hideo Nakata, 1998 (02 MAY 20:45); DONNIE DARKO d. Richard Kelly, 2001 (09 MAY 20:45); OLDBOY aka Oldeuboi d. Park Chan-wook, 2003 (16 MAY 20:45); HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER d. John McNaughton, 1986 (23 MAY 18:00); WITHNAIL AND I d. Bruce Robinson, 1987 (30 MAY 20:45).

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

• Includes (check venue for full listings): A FILM LIKE ANY OTHER d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1968 (06 MAY 18:00 / 14 MAY 18:00); BRITISH SOUNDS (See You at Mao) d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1969 (07 MAY 18:45 / 20 MAY 18:45); LETTER TO JANE: AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT A STILL d. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1972 (21 MAY 18:45 / 27 MAY 18:45).

BAR TRASH at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): XANADU d. Robert Greenwald, 1980 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks, prize giveaways & brunch at Rule Zero (28 MAY 12:00); MONSTER MAYHEM! – Season Launch + GODZILLA aka ゴジラ Gojira d. Ishirō Honda, 1954 at Genesis Cinema (31 MAY 2023).
• Presented by Token Homo.

BEN WHEATLEY PRESENTS at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for listings): A FIELD IN ENGLAND d. Ben Wheatley, 2013 (01 MAY various / 03 MAY various); SIGHTSEERS d. Ben Wheatley, 2012 (01 MAY 20:15 – Picturehouse Central / 08 MAY various / 10 MAY various); A FIELD IN ENGLAND d. Ben Wheatley, 2013 + Q&A with the director at Picturehouse Central (08 MAY 16:45); IN THE EARTH d. Ben Wheatley, 2021 (15 MAY various / 17 MAY 20:15 – Fulham Road / 25 MAY 20:45 – Picturehouse Central); KILL LIST d. Ben Wheatley, 2011 (22 MAY various / 24 MAY various).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for listings): L’ARGENT aka Money d. Robert Bresson, 1983 (01 MAY 13:30 / 06 MAY 15:40 / 27 MAY 20:40 / 30 MAY 18:10); THE SEVENTH SEAL aka Det sjunde inseglet d. Ingmar Bergman, 1957 (02 MAY 20:40 / 06 MAY 12:30 / 22 MAY 20:45 / 25 MAY 14:30); RAGING BULL d. Martin Scorsese, 1980 (03 MAY 14:30 & 20:20); THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1942 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large (03 MAY 18:10); THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE aka Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie d. Luis Buñuel, 1973 (04 MAY 20:55 / 16 MAY 20:40); THE RIVER 35mm d. Jean Renoir, 1951 (05 MAY 20:45 / 08 MAY 13:20 / 13 MAY 18:10); THE WILD BUNCH d. Sam Peckinpah, 1969 (06 MAY 20:10 / 14 MAY 18:00 / 29 MAY 18:00); GREED 35mm d. Erich Von Stroheim, 1925 + Live piano accompaniment by Costas Fotopoulos & John Sweeney (07 MAY 12:50 / 14 MAY 15:00); LE JOUR SE LÈVE 4K aka Daybreak d. Marcel Carné, 1945 (09 MAY 20:50 / 11 MAY 18:30 / 13 MAY 20:30); PERSEPOLIS d. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud, 2007 + Intro (10 MAY 18:15); THE BIG CITY aka Mahanagar d. Satyajit Ray, 1963 (12 MAY 20:30 / 20 MAY 15:00 / 28 MAY 12:50); THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1942 (15 MAY 20:40); DANCE, GIRL, DANCE 35mm d. Dorothy Arzner, 1940 (16 MAY 18:20 / 27 MAY 16:00); SCARFACE d. Howard Hawks, 1932 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large (17 MAY 18:20); STILL WALKING aka Aruitemo Aruitemo d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2008 (18 MAY 18:10 / 21 MAY 15:40 / 26 MAY 20:30); SCARFACE d. Howard Hawks, 1932 (19 MAY 20:30 / 29 MAY 13:40); THE LIFE & DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP d. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943 (20 MAY 19:50 / 29 MAY 13:00); PERSEPOLIS d. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud, 2007 (23 MAY 18:20 / 27 MAY 18:10); LE JOUR SE LÈVE 4K aka Daybreak d. Marcel Carné, 1945 + Intro (24 MAY 18:15); THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE aka Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie d. Luis Buñuel, 1973 + Intro (31 MAY 18:10).

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1974 (03 MAY 18:15 / 24 MAY 18:15); PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1973 (04 MAY 18:00).

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 (31 MAY 20:30 – 4K).

CELEBRATING QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): 120 BPM d. Robin Campillo, 2017 (02 MAY 17:30); THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY d. Peter Strickland, 2014 (03 MAY 15:30); MOONLIGHT d. Barry Jenkins, 2017 (04 MAY 20:15); THE BLUE CAFTAN d. Maryam Touzani, 2022 + Q&A with the director (05 MAY 16:30); THE BLUE CAFTAN d. Maryam Touzani, 2022 (05 to 11 MAY); THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT d. Stephan Elliott, 1994 (12 MAY 20:45).

CHINESE CINEMA PROJECT at The Garden Cinema 

• Includes (check venue for full listings): JOURNEY TO THE WEST d. Kong Dashan, 2021 (01 MAY 20:30); SO LONG, MY SON d. Wang Xiaoshuai, 2019 + Q&A with the director (07 MAY 12:00); Shorts Programme 2 (14 MAY 13:40).

CHISWICK PICKS at Chiswick Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): RAGING BULL d. Martin Scorsese, 1980 (02 MAY 19:30); BOTTLE ROCKET d. Wes Anderson, 1996 (10 MAY 20:00).

CINEMATIC SORCERESS: THE FILMS OF NINA MENKES at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MAGDALENA VIRAGA d. Nina Menkes, 1986 (06 MAY 13:20 / 31 MAY 20:30); THE GREAT SADNESS OF ZOHARA d. Nina Menkes, 1983 (07 MAY 16:10 / 29 MAY 16:20); QUEEN OF DIAMONDS 4K Restoration d. Nina Menkes, 1991 + Q&A with the director (09 MAY 18:20); DISSOLUTION aka Hitparkut d. Nina Menkes, 2010 + Q&A with the director (09 MAY 20:30); THE BLOODY CHILD 4K Restoration d. Nina Menkes, 1996 (11 MAY 20:30 / 27 MAY 13:40); PHANTOM LOVE 35mm d. Nina Menkes, 2007 (14 MAY 18:15 / 22 MAY 20:40); DISSOLUTION aka Hitparkut d. Nina Menkes, 2010 (20 MAY 18:20); QUEEN OF DIAMONDS 4K Restoration d. Nina Menkes, 1991 (24 MAY 20:30).
• Talks & events: BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER d. Nina Menkes, 2022 + Nina Menkes in Conversation (10 MAY 18:00).
• New release: BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER d. Nina Menkes, 2022 (12 to 25 MAY).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE DARJEELING LIMITED 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2007 (29 APR 22:30 / 03 MAY 10:30); FANTASTIC MR. FOX 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2009 (06 MAY 22:30 / 10 MAY 10:30); MOONRISE KINGDOM 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2012 (13 MAY 22:30 / 17 MAY 10:30); THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2014 (20 MAY 22:30 / 24 MAY 10:30).

CINEMA RESTORED at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): UNKNOWN SURINAME aka Dja Dja Srnaam by Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms & LOSON presented by Non-Aligned Film Archives (03 MAY 18:15); ONE HAND DON’T CLAP d. Kavery Kaul, 1988 + Q&A with the director (17 MAY 18:15).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): LA HAINE d. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995 (04 MAY 15:35 – 4K / 13 MAY 18:00 – 4K); BULLITT d. Peter Yates, 1968 (14 MAY 15:25); BLACK GIRL aka La noire de… d. Ousmane Sembène, 1966 (16 MAY 18:00); MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS d. Paul Schrader, 1985 (23 MAY 20:45).

THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS… at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): The Comic Strip Presents: A 41st Anniversary Celebration + Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer, Gary Beadle & Julie T. Wallace (19 MAY 18:20); The Comic Strip Presents: THE STRIKE and GLC: THE CARNAGE CONTINUES… + Q&A with Peter Richardson, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders (21 MAY 16:00); The Comic Strip Presents: BAD NEWS TOUR & CHURCHILL: THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS [The Director’s Savage Cut] + Q&A with Peter Richardson and Nigel Planer (21 MAY 18:30).

COUNTDOWN TO OPPENHEIMER at BFI IMAX

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BATMAN BEGINS IMAX 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2005 (14 MAY 11:30 / 18 MAY 20:00).

COURIER CINEMA at Biddle Bros

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Double-bill: EMPIRE + PEDAL ds. Chris Thormann & Luke Stiles, 2010 + Peter Sutherland, 2001 (09 MAY 20:00); QUICKSILVER d. Thomas Michael Donnelly, 1986 (16 MAY 20:00); BIKES VS CARS d. Fredrik Gertten, 2015 (23 MAY 20:00); CRIMSON GOLD aka Talaye sorkh d. Jafar Panahi, 2003 (30 MAY 20:00).
• Presented by Mondo Nights.

DARIO ARGENTO: DOORS INTO DARKNESS at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE CAT O’ NINE TAILS aka Il gatto a nove code 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1971 (01 MAY 18:20 / 13 MAY 11:20 / 18 MAY 20:45); THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE aka L’uccello dalle piume di cristallo 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1970 (02 MAY 18:10 / 13 MAY 20:45 / 16 MAY 21:00); THE FIVE DAYS aka Le cinque giornate 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento 1973 (02 MAY 20:35 / 19 MAY 18:15); FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET aka 4 mosche di velluto grigio 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1971 (03 MAY 20:30 / 06 MAY 17:40); TWO EVIL EYES (segment: The Black Cat) aka Due occhi diabolici (episodio: Il gatto nero) 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1990 (04 MAY 21:00 / 22 MAY 20:55); THE STENDHAL SYNDROME 4K Restoration aka La sindrome di Stendhal d. Dario Argento, 1996 (05 MAY 18:05 / 07 MAY 18:20); DEEP RED aka Profondo rosso 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1975 (05 MAY 20:40 / 23 MAY 18:10); DO YOU LIKE HITCHCOCK? aka Ti piace Hitchcock? 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 2005 (06 MAY 20:40 / 30 MAY 20:40); TRAUMA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1993 (08 MAY 15:50 / 28 MAY 15:40); OPERA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1987 + Intro by Michael Blyth, season curator (08 MAY 18:30); DARK GLASSES aka Occhiali neri d. Dario Argento, 2022 (10 MAY 21:00 / 31 MAY 20:40); SUSPIRIA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1977 + Intro by the director (12 MAY 20:40); DEEP RED aka Profondo rosso 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1975 + Q&A with the director (13 MAY 15:00); TENEBRAE 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1982 + Intro by the director (13 MAY 18:20); INFERNO d. Dario Argento, 1980 (15 MAY 20:45 / 20 MAY 20:45); TENEBRAE 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1982 (17 MAY 20:45 / 23 MAY 20:50); PHENOMENA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1985 (19 MAY 20:45 / 29 MAY 15:50); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 4K Restoration aka Il fantasma dell’opera d. Dario Argento, 1998 (20 MAY 15:50 / 26 MAY 20:40); SUSPIRIA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1977 (20 MAY 18:10); SLEEPLESS aka Non ho sonno 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 2001 (21 MAY 18:10 / 27 MAY 17:45); MOTHER OF TEARS – THE THIRD MOTHER aka La terza madre 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 2007 (24 MAY 20:40 / 29 MAY 18:40); THE CARD PLAYER aka Il cartaio 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 2003 (25 MAY 20:30 / 28 MAY 18:20); OPERA 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1987 (27 MAY 20:45).
• Special events: Dario Argento in Conversation with Prano Bailey-Bond (12 MAY 18:20); Strange Phenomena: Argento season introduction (online presentation).

DISLOCATION BLUES at Tate Modern

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Jane Jin Kaisen (25 MAY 18:30); Tate Late (26 MAY 18:30); Saodat Ismailova (27 MAY 11:00).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Short: UN CHANT D’AMOUR + THE STRANGE ONE ds. Jean Genet, 1950 + Jack Garfein, 1957 (14 MAY 17:30).
• Presented by The Vito Project Queer Film Club

ESSENTIAL CINEMA at Close-Up Film Centre

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WILD AT HEART d. David Lynch, 1990 (05 MAY 20:15 / 12 MAY 20:15); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (06 MAY 20:00 / 13 MAY 20:00 / 28 MAY 17:15); BADLANDS d. Terrence Malick, 1973 (07 MAY 20:15 / 21 MAY 20:15); 3 WOMEN d. Robert Altman, 1977 (19 MAY 20:15 / 26 MAY 20:15); MULHOLLAND DR. d. David Lynch, 2001 (20 MAY 20:15 / 27 MAY 20:15).

EXPERIMENTS IN FILM at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): JE RESTE PHOTOGRAPHE d. Ananias Léki Dago, 2023 + Q&A with the director (04 MAY 18:30); THE GIFT d. Jasmina Cibic, 2021 + Panel with the director, Owen Hatherley & Lucy Reynolds (11 MAY 18:30).

THE FILMS OF MICHAEL MANN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): HEAT: DIRECTOR’S DEFINITIVE EDITION d. Michael Mann, 1995 (02 MAY 20:15 – 4K).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MAGNOLIA 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (06 MAY 20:15); BOOGIE NIGHTS 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (09 MAY 20:15 / 30 MAY 12:45); HARD EIGHT aka Sydney 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996 (10 MAY 18:15);  PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (19 MAY 18:10); THERE WILL BE BLOOD 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007 (21 MAY 20:05).

THE FILMS OF WES ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS d. Wes Anderson, 2001 (07 MAY 18:00 / 31 MAY 18:00); RUSHMORE d. Wes Anderson, 1998 (15 MAY 12:00); THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU 35mm d. Wes Anderson, 2004 (20 MAY 17:25).

FROM THE REQUEST BOARD… at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings: BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM d. Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm, 1993 (06 MAY 18:15 / 19 MAY 12:15); THE PRINCESS BRIDE d. Rob Reiner, 1987 (07 MAY 13:00).

FORGOTTEN TELEVISION DRAMA: REDISCOVERING THE HALF-HOUR PLAY at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): Novice Directors + Discussion/Q&A (03 MAY 18:15); Early Work by Well-Known Writers + Q&A with actor Elizabeth Shepherd (07 MAY 16:00); Women Writers (14 MAY 13:40); From the Regions (20 MAY 13:20); Experimental Half-Hours (27 MAY 15:45); Mystery and Suspense (31 MAY 18:20).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BAMAKO d. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006 (01 MAY 15:00); TIMBUKTU d. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014 (08 MAY 15:00).

GENA & JOHN at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): FACES 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1968 (04 MAY 12:40 / 24 MAY 20:45); MINNIE AND MOSKOWITZ d. John Cassavetes, 1971 (08 MAY 15:25); A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1974 (17 MAY 12:30); OPENING NIGHT 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1977 (22 MAY 12:00).

GENESIS 24TH BIRTHDAY at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): PETITE MAMAN d. Céline Sciamma, 2021 (02 MAY 18:45); 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (02 MAY 20:30); THE HUNT d. Thomas Vinterberg, 2012 (03 MAY 18:15); LOST HIGHWAY d. David Lynch, 1997 (03 MAY 20:55); SAINT MAUD d. Rose Glass, 2019 (04 MAY 18:50); UNDER THE SKIN d. Jonathan Glazer, 2013 (04 MAY 21:00); THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW d. Jim Sharman, 1975 (05 MAY 18:30); BLOW-UP d. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966 (07 MAY 17:30); PLAYTIME d. Jacques Tati, 1967 (08 MAY 18:10); AFTERSUN d. Charlotte Wells, 2022 (08 MAY 21:00); BOYZ N THE HOOD 35mm d. John Singleton, 1991 (09 MAY 18:20); VIDEODROME d. David Cronenberg, 1983 (09 MAY 21:00); DEATH BECOMES HER d. Robert Zemeckis, 1992 (10 MAY 18:30); KING FU HUSTLE 35mm d. Stephen Chow, 2004 (10 MAY 21:00); SPACE JAM! 35mm d. Joe Pytka, 1996 (11 MAY 18:50); AIRPLANE! d. Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker & David Zucker, 1980 (11 MAY 21:00); BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER d. Jamie Babbit, 1999 (12 MAY 18:50); THE HOST d. Bong Joon-ho, 2006 (12 MAY 21:00); 12 ANGRY MEN 35mm d. Sidney Lumet, 1957 (14 MAY 17:30); DAISIES d. Vera Chytilova, 1967 (15 MAY 19:00); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar-Wai, 1997 (16 MAY 18:45); GUMMO 35mm d. Harmony Korine, 1997 (16 MAY 21:00); TWILIGHT d. Catherine Hardwicke, 2008 (17 MAY 18:15); PAPRIKA d. Satoshi Kon, 2006 (17 MAY 21:00); A CLOCKWORK ORANGE d. Stanley Kubrick, 1971 + Intro/salon with Nick Walker, presented by Cult Classic Collective (18 MAY 18:05); OLDBOY d. Chan-wook Park, 2003 (18 MAY 21:00).

GET REAL at Genesis Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE d. Stephen Frears, 1985 + Q&A with the director (22 MAY 18:30).

JOACHIM TRIER’S OSLO TRILOGY at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): REPRISE d. Joachim Trier, 2006 (04 MAY 18:15); OSLO, AUGUST 31ST d. Joachim Trier, 2011 (12 MAY 15:45 / 18 MAY 18:00); THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD d. Joachim Trier, 2022 (24 MAY 18:00 / 26 MAY 16:10).

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): SOME LIKE IT HOT d. Billy Wilder, 1959 (13 MAY 15:15).

MARTIN SCORSESE: THE 90S PICTURES at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): CAPE FEAR 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1991 (03 MAY 20:45 / 09 MAY 15:10); CASINO 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1995 (06 MAY 17:00).

MICHELLE YEOH SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): YES, MADAM! d. Corey Yuen, 1985 (02 MAY 13:15 / 12 MAY 18:10); ROYAL WARRIORS d. David Chung, 1986 (24 MAY 16:00).

MOVIE MARATHONS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): THREE COLOURS TRILOGY (01 MAY 12:00 – 4K); JOHN WICK QUADRILOGY (01 MAY 12:30); BLUE VELVET + MULHOLLAND DR. 35mm d. David Lynch, 1986 + 2001 (05 MAY 18:10); THE TERMINATOR + ROBOCOP 35mm d. James Cameron, 1984 + Paul Verhoeven, 1987 (26 MAY 19:00); ANIME ALL-NIGHTER (27 MAY 23:00 – 4K); MYSTERY MOVIE MARATHON (27 MAY 23:30); THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY – EXTENDED EDITIONS 4K (29 MAY 10:15).

MUKHRIJAT: ARAB WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Garden Cinema

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE BLUE CAFTAN d. Maryam Touzani, 2022 (05 to 11 MAY); THE BLUE CAFTAN d. Maryam Touzani, 2022 + Q&A with the director (05 MAY 16:30); CAPERNAUM d. Nadine Labaki, 2018 (05 MAY 19:45 + Live podcast recording with Leila Latif & Mydylarama / 11 MAY 20:30); MEMORY BOX d. Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, 2021 (06 MAY 20:30 HOH / 10 MAY 18:00); SOUD d. Ayten Amin, 2021 (07 MAY 19:00 / 10 MAY 15:15); UNDER THE FIG TREES d. Erige Sehiri, 2021 (12 MAY 19:30 + Q&A with the director / 19 MAY 17:45 / 19 to 25 MAY various); WAJIB d. Annemarie Jacir, 2017 (13 MAY 17:30 + Q&A with the director / 17 MAY 18:00); Double-bill: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH d. Najwa Najjar, 2019 (14 MAY 16:15 + Q&A with the director / 18 MAY 20:45) + FADIA’S TREE d. Sarah Beddington, 2022 (14 MAY 18:30).

MURIEL BOX: A WOMAN’S TAKE at BFI Southbank

• Includes (check venue for full listings): THE SEVENTH VEIL 35mm d. Compton Bennett, 1945 + Short: THE ENGLISH INN d. Muriel Box, 1941 (01 MAY 13:00); GOOD-TIME GIRL 35mm d. David MacDonald, 1947 (01 MAY 15:40); THE PASSIONATE STRANGER aka A Novel Affair 4K Restoration d. Muriel Box, 1956 + Intro by filmmaker Carol Morley (02 MAY 20:30); EASY MONEY 35mm d. Bernard Knowles, 1947 (03 MAY 18:20 / 08 MAY 16:00); HOLIDAY CAMP 35mm d. Ken Annakin, 1947 (06 MAY 15:30 / 17 MAY 20:30); THE LOST PEOPLE 35mm aka Cockpit d. Bernard Knowles & Muriel Box, 1949 (06 MAY 18:30); THE HAPPY FAMILY 35mm aka Mr Lord Says No/ Live and Let Live d. Muriel Box, 1952 (07 MAY 18:10 / 20 MAY 15:15); SWEET CORNER 35mm aka Both Sides of the Law/ Gentle Arm/The Policewoman d. Muriel Box, 1953 (08 MAY 13:30); SIMON AND LAURA 35mm d. Muriel Box, 1955 (08 MAY 18:10 / 28 MAY 16:00); THE SEVENTH VEIL 35mm d. Compton Bennett, 1945 + Short: THE ENGLISH INN d. Muriel Box, 1941 + Intro by Lucy Bolton, Reader in Film Studies at Queen Mary (11 MAY 18:10); GOOD-TIME GIRL 35mm d. David MacDonald, 1947 + Intro by Television Producer and Director, Rebecca Towers (12 MAY 18:10); RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN 4K Restoration d. Muriel Box, 1964 (17 MAY 18:10 / 23 MAY 20:30); THE PASSIONATE STRANGER aka A Novel Affair 4K Restoration d. Muriel Box, 1956 (18 MAY 18:20 / 30 MAY 20:30); THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN 4K Restoration d. Muriel Box, 1958 (18 MAY 20:40 / 28 MAY 18:10); EYEWITNESS aka Point of Crisis d. Muriel Box, 1956 (21 MAY 18:20 / 26 MAY 18:10); 29, ACACIA AVENUE 35mm d. Henry Cass, 1945 + Intro by BFI curator Josephine Botting (23 MAY 18:15); THIS OTHER EDEN d. Muriel Box, 1959 (25 MAY 18:20 / 27 MAY 13:45).
• Talks etc: Muriel Box: The Odd Woman Out (02 MAY 18:15); Philosophical Screens: THE SEVENTH VEIL panel discussion (11 MAY 20:15).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): BUUD YAM d. Gaston Kaboré, 1997 + Intro (06 MAY 18:30 – FREE!); SAMBIZANGA d. Sarah Maldoror, 1972 + Intro (13 MAY 18:30 – FREE!); CAMP DE THIAROYE aka The Camp at Thiaroye d. Ousumane Sembène & Thierno Faty Sow, 1988 + Intro (20 MAY 18:30 – FREE!); LA VIEILLE QUIMBOISEUSE ET LE MAJORDOME aka The Old Sorceress and the Valet d. Julius-Amédée Laou, 1987 + Intro (27 MAY 18:30 – FREE!); LA FEMME AU COUTEAU aka The Woman with the Knife d. Timité Bassori, 1969 + SELBÉ ET TANT D’AUTRES aka Selbé: One Among Many d. Safi Faye, 1983 + Intro (03 JUN 18:30 – FREE!).

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

• Includes (check venue for full listings): #59 – SANS SOLEIL d. Chris Marker, 1983 (02 MAY 18:30 / 04 MAY 15:45); #13 – LA RÈGLE DU JEU d. Jean Renoir, 1939 (14 MAY 14:00 / 15 MAY 18:15 / 18 MAY 15:45); #30 – PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE aka Portrait de la jeune fille en feu d. Céline Sciamma, 2019 (21 MAY 17:45 / 24 MAY 20:30 / 29 MAY 19:45); #6 – 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (28 MAY 13:20 / 30 MAY 18:30 / 01 JUN 15:15).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA d. Dziga Vertov, 1929 (04 MAY various); MULHOLLAND DR. d. David Lynch, 2001 (27 MAY various / 28 MAY various).

SKIP NORMAN: HERE AND THERE at ICA & Goethe-Institut

• Includes (check venue for full listings): The DFFB Years (18 MAY 18:45); Berlin-Harlem (19 MAY 19:00); Study Day + Collaborations + The American Years I (20 MAY 12:00-17:30); The Independent Years (23 MAY 18:30); The American Years II (25 MAY 18:30).

SNAPSHOTS: CARIBBEAN CINEMA UP CLOSE at Barbican

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ONE HAND DON’T CLAP d. Kavery Kaul, 1988 + Q&A with the director (17 MAY 18:15); Currents short film programme (24 MAY 18:30).

SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WANDA d. Barbara Loden, 1970 (02 MAY 15:35 / 17 MAY 18:00); CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 aka Cléo de 5 à 7 d. Agnès Varda, 1962 (08 MAY 18:00 / 24 MAY 15:45); MISSISSIPPI MASALA 35mm d. Mira Nair, 1991 (10 MAY 18:00 – £1 Members Film / 16 MAY 15:15); PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE d. Céline Sciamma, 2020 (11 MAY 15:45 / 27 MAY 20:00); JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES d. Chantal Akerman, 1975 (16 MAY 19:45); BEAU TRAVAIL 35mm d. Claire Denis, 1999 (25 MAY 13:00).

TECHNOLOGY ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

• Includes (check venue for full listings): WALL-E d. Andrew Stanton, 2008 (06 MAY 14:05 / 21 MAY 13:30); MON ONCLE d. Jacques Tati, 1958 (07 MAY 14:00 / 09 MAY 18:10 / 11 MAY 15:45); NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV d. Amanda Kim, 2023 (19 to 25 MAY); APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD aka Avril et le monde truqué d. Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci, 2016 (30 MAY 16:00).

THROWBACK SEASON at Everyman Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for full listings): CLUELESS d. Amy Heckerling, 1995 (from 07 MAY various); PULP FICTION d. Quentin Tarantino, 1994 (from 14 MAY various); CASINO d. Martin Scorsese, 1995 (from 21 MAY various).

WB100 – CELEBRATING EVERY STORY at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): UNFORGIVEN 35mm d. Clint Eastwood, 1992 (14 MAY 12:30 / 15 MAY 20:30); A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE d. Elia Kazan, 1951 (19 MAY 20:30 / 22 MAY 15:10 / 25 MAY 15:15); THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION d. Frank Darabont, 1994 (26 MAY 13:00 / 28 MAY 15:30 – 35mm).

WES ANDERSON MINI-SEASON at Catford Mews

• Includes (check venue for listings): FANTASTIC MR. FOX d. Wes Anderson, 2009 (22 MAY 20:15).

WES ANDERSON SEASON at Chiswick Cinema

• Includes (check venue for listings): RUSHMORE d. Wes Anderson, 1998 (21 MAY 20:00); THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS d. Wes Anderson, 2001 (24 MAY 20:00).

WES-TROSPECTIVE at Picturehouse Cinemas

• Includes (check venue for listings): BOTTLE ROCKET + THE DARJEELING LIMITED (12 MAY 19:00 – East Dulwich / 13 MAY various / 14 MAY various / 15 MAY 19:00 – The Gate); FANTASTIC MR. FOX + ISLE OF DOGS (20 MAY various / 21 MAY various).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for listings): CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (05 MAY 12:35 / 14 MAY 20:45 – 4K / 23 MAY 13:00 – 4K); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (06 MAY 12:00 / 07 MAY 20:30 – 4K / 09 MAY 12:45 – 4K / 17 MAY 15:40 – 4K / 21 MAY 17:45 – 4K); FALLEN ANGELS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1995 (11 MAY 21:00 – 4K); DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (15 MAY 18:15 – 4K); HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (20 MAY 12:45 – 4K); AS TEARS GO BY d. Wong Kar Wai, 1988 (26 MAY 18:30 / 31 MAY 12:00 – 4K).

WUXIA SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• Includes (check venue for full listings): ASHES OF TIME REDUX 35mm d. Wong Kar-wai, 1994 (02 MAY 18:00); HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS 35mm d. Yi-Mou Zhang, 2004 (03 MAY 12:30); A TOUCH OF SIN d. Zhang-Ke Jia, 2013 (07 MAY 15:20 / 18 MAY 12:30); THE ASSASSIN aka Cìkè Niè Yinniáng d. Hsiao-Hsien Hou, 2015 (21 MAY 15:15).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

• Includes (check venue for full listings): RYE LANE (01 MAY 20:30); EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (02 MAY 20:30); COCAINE BEAR (03 MAY 20:30); WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (04 MAY 20:30); SCREAM VI (05 MAY 20:30); SCREAM VI (06 MAY 20:30); THE WHALE (07 MAY 20:30); COCAINE BEAR (08 MAY 20:45); AIR (09 MAY 20:45); CRUEL INTENTIONS (10 MAY 20:45); CREED III (12 MAY 20:45); M3GAN (13 MAY 20:45); AIR (14 MAY 20:45); TOP GUN: MAVERICK (16 MAY 20:45); TRAINSPOTTING (17 MAY 20:50); PRETTY WOMAN (18 MAY 20:50); CRAZY, STUPOD, LOVE open captions (19 MAY 21:00); SHE’S ALL THAT (20 MAY 21:00); WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (21 MAY 20:55); NEVER BEEN KISSED (24 MAY 17:30); HIGH FIDELITY (24 MAY 20:30); BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (25 MAY 18:00); VERTIGO (26 MAY 18:00); NOTTING HILL (27 MAY 13:15); EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (27 MAY 17:00); ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (27 MAY 21:00); BACK TO THE FUTURE (28 MAY 13:45); 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (28 MAY 17:15); THE BIG LEBOWSKI (28 MAY 20:30); ENCANTO (29 MAY 14:45); THE INBETWEENERS MOVIE (29 MAY 18:00).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

• Includes (check venue for full listings): FIGHT CLUB (01 MAY 20:20); TOP GUN: MAVERICK (03 MAY 20:25); THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (04 MAY 20:30); THE MENU (05 MAY 20:30); ROMEO & JULIET 1996 (06 MAY 20:30); POETIC JUSTICE (07 MAY 20:30); MAMMA MIA! (08 MAY 20:35); PRETTY WOMAN (10 MAY 20:35); LOVE & BASKETBALL (11 MAY 20:40); ABOUT TIME (12 MAY 20:35); 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (13 MAY 20:40); DOPE (14 MAY 20:40); RYE LANE (17 MAY 20:45); SING STREET (18 MAY 20:50); DIRTY DANCING (19 MAY 20:50); CLUELESS (20 MAY 20:50); 13 GOING ON 30 2004 (21 MAY 21:00); RYE LANE (24 MAY 21:00); LADY BIRD (25 MAY 21:00); MEAN GIRLS (26 MAY 21:00); SPICE WORLD (27 MAY 21:00); 500 DAYS OF SUMMER (29 MAY 21:00); COCAINE BEAR (30 MAY 21:00); SHE’S ALL THAT (31 MAY 21:00).

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