This is a film still from IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE dir Rosa von Praunheim, 1971, screening at The Cinema Museum as part of BEHIND THE LENS season (09 FEB 2023).

THURSDAY: What’s on in London today [09/02/23]

THURSDAY 09 FEBRUARY 2023 (A–Z) // What’s on in London today across DIY, indie & alternative cinema including one-off screen events, film seasons, film festivals & our selection of new releases.

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BEHIND THE LENS: FILMS FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH at The Cinema Museum

  • IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES aka Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt d. Rosa von Praunheim, 1971 + Intro/ Discussion (09 FEB 19:00 – main featured image).
  • “The first of the LGBT+ History Month Film Series of films directed by LGBTQ+ filmmakers, held over four evenings in February and March.”
  • “This is the film that kickstarted the West German gay liberation movement, and turned Rosa von Praunheim into a household name. The film premiered at the 1971 Berlinale, Berlin’s international film festival, and caused controversy from the very start, and the controversy has continued until today. An avant-garde film with no diegetic sound or constant narration, it chronicles the experiences of Daniel, a young man from the provinces, in West Berlin’s gay subculture and ends with a call for gay men to organise and fight for their rights and freedoms.”
  • Programme curated by Prof Dr Rainer Schulze.
  • BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 + Q&A with the director, actor Rosy McEwen & producer Hélène Sifre at Picturehouse Central (09 FEB 18:30).
  • CLOSE d. Lukas Dhont, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Everyman Belsize Park (09 FEB 20:00).
  • CORSAGE d. Marie Kreutzer, 2022 at The David Lean (09 FEB 14:30 & 19:30).
  • Art In The Making: EDWARD HOPPER d. Ron Peck, 1981 + + Intro by Steven Foxon, Curator BFI National Archive (09 FEB 18:30).
  • EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE d. Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022 + Q&A for LGBT+ History Month, presented by Newham Community at Stratford East Picturehouse (09 FEB 19:00 – FREE!).
  • LA CIÉNAGA aka The Swamp d. Lucrecia Martel, 2001 presented by Jellied Reels at The Castle Cinema (09 FEB 18:45 / 23 FEB 18:45).
  • NIGHT ON EARTH d. Jim Jarmusch, 1991 presented by Only True Cinema to raise funds for a new film project at Whirled Cinema (09 FEB 19:00).
  • PACKAGE d. Jamal Walker, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Rich Mix (09 FEB 20:30 / 11 FEB 18:00).
  • TO LESLIE d. Michael Morris, 2022 at Everyman Cinemas (09 FEB various).
  • TRIANGLE OF SADNESS d. Ruben Östlund, 2022 + Zoom Q&A with the director & actor Dolly De Leon at Curzon Bloomsbury (09 FEB 17:20).
  • YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2021 + Q&A with the director at The Garden Cinema (09 FEB 17:15).

Check venues for full listings…

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

AKIRA KUROSAWA at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX 

  • Re-release: RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (until 23 FEB).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

AU CONTRAIRE: JEAN-LUC GODARD at Close-Up

  • MADE IN USA d. Jean-Luc Godard, 1966 (09 FEB 20:15).

BEHIND THE LENS: FILMS FOR LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH at The Cinema Museum

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

  • THE FUNERAL d. Jûzô Itami, 1984 (09 FEB 12:30).
  • TAMPOPO d. Jûzô Itami, 1985 (09 FEB 15:15 – 4K).

JAPAN FOUNDATION TOURING FILM PROGRAMME at ICA

  • THE MILLION RYO POT aka 丹下左膳余話 百萬両の壺 d. Sadao Yamanaka, 1935 (09 FEB 16:00).
  • LESSON IN MURDER aka 死刑にいたる病 d. Kazuya Shiraishi, 2022 (09 FEB 18:10).
  • JOINT d. Oudai Kojima, 2021 (09 FEB 20:40).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX

  • 48= WANDA d. Barbara Loden, 1970 + Intro by Jason Wood, BFI Executive Director of Public Programmes & Audiences (09 FEB 20:30).
  • 52= FEAR EATS THE SOUL aka Angst essen Seele auf d. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974 (09 FEB 20:55).
  • Re-release: 41= RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (until 23 FEB).

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

  • VALLEY GIRL d. Martha Coolidge, 1983 (09 FEB 20:45).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

EO dir Jerzy Skolimowski, 2022

KNOCK AT THE CABIN dir M. Night Shyamalan, 2022

SAINT OMER dir Alice Diop, 2022

THE WHALE dir Darren Aronofsky, 2022

Also 03 to 09 FEB (various dates/times):

  • BONEY PILES aka Terykony d. Taras Tomenko, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
  • ROMAN HOLIDAY [4K Restoration] d. William Wyler, 1953 at: ICA.
  • YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2023 at: Curzon Cinemas.

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