THURSDAY: What’s on in London today [30/03/23]

THURSDAY 30 MARCH 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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The Celluloid Body: Women’s Artist Films at the Limit curated with & presented by Agnès Houghton-Boyle at Whitechapel Gallery (30 MAR 19:00).

“Exploring some of the darkest and most intimate aspects of the human experience, this programme presents the work, very rarely screened in the UK, of the New York Underground chicks: Jasmine Hirst, Anne Hanavan and M.M. Serra, alongside the hand-made films of counter-current voice, Nazli Dinçel. Disparate in approach, these short experimental films share as their subject the body in all its pleasure and pain.” (Whitechapel Gallery)

• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at Ciné Lumière (30 MAR 15:20).
• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at The Garden Cinema (30 MAR 20:15).
• Alice Neel: Portraiture on Film + Intro by Catherine McCormack at Barbican (30 MAR 18:30).
• AMERICAN PSYCHO 35mm d. Mary Harron, 1999 presented by Signature Brewery at Genesis Cinema (30 MAR 21:00 + Free drink).
• The Celluloid Body: Women’s Artist Films at the Limit curated with & presented by Agnès Houghton-Boyle at Whitechapel Gallery (30 MAR 19:00).
• THE FABELMANS d. Steven Spielberg, 2022 at The David Lean (30 MAR 14:30 HOH & 19:00).
• MicroActs 14: An Evening of International Artist Film at Atlas Grinds (30 MAR 18:30).
• PLAINS d. Romanne Walker & Eli Speigel, 2023 at Sands Films Studios (30 MAR 19:00).
• RODEO d. Lola Quivoron, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Curzon Soho (30 MAR 18:20).
• Trans Day Of Visibility – TCC Trans+ Film Showcase presented by Trans+ Creative Collective at Strongroom Bar (30 MAR 19:00 – FREE!).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (30 MAR 12:30).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 d. Chad Stahelski, 2023 (23 to 30 MAR).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (30 MAR 12:45).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• RIO BRAVO d. Howard Hawks, 1959 (30 MAR 20:20).

BRING ME THE FILMS OF SAM PECKINPAH at The Prince Charles

• STRAW DOGS 35mm d. Sam Peckinpah, 1971 (30 MAR 12:30).

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

• DUNE d. Denis Villeneuve, 2021 (30 MAR 15:05 – 4K).

FRANCOPHONE WEST AFRICAN CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• YEELEN d. Souleymane Cissé, 1987 (30 MAR 18:00 + Intro/discussion with Marie Rodet).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

• Talks etc: Backwards and in High Heels panel discussion (30 MAR 18:20).
• Re-releases: TOP HAT d. Mark Sandrich, 1935 + Intro (30 MAR 20:30).

MOIS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 2023 at Ciné Lumière

• THE BEASTS aka As bestas d. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022 (23 MAR to 02 APR).
• THE FIVE DEVILS aka Les cinq diables dir. Léa Mysius, 2022 (24 MAR to 06 APR).

NORTHERN VOICES at BFI Southbank 

• NORTHERN SOUL d. Elaine Constantine, 2014 (30 MAR 18:15).

OBSESSIONS at Bertha DocHouse

• GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE d. Jacquelyn Mills, 2022 (30 MAR 16:20).

KARRAMAGHIOLIS at Close-Up & Ciné Lumière

• Short Films (30 MAR 20:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE d. Wong Kar Wai, 2000 (30 MAR 18:15 – 4K).

• BFI Flare (15 to 26 MAR).
• Do More Movement Film Festival (30 MAR).
• Essay Film Festival (25 to 31 MAR).
• Hong Kong Film Festival (18 to 31 MAR).
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival (16 to 26 MAR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• RAI Film Festival (03 to 31 MAR).
• TNB Xpo 2023 (29 to 31 MAR).
• WatchAUT 2023 (23 to 26 MAR).

Also 24 to 30 MAR (various dates/times):

• 1976 dir. Manuela Martelli, 2022 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / BFI Southbank / Curzon Cinemas / ICA.
• A COMPASSIONATE SPY dir. Steve James, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• A GOOD PERSON dir. Zach Braff, 2023 at: The Castle Cinema / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas.
• THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE d. Francisca Alegría, 2022 at: The Garden Cinema.
• DANCE CRAZE dir. Joe Massot, 1981 at (limited engagements!): ArtHouse Crouch End / Chiswick Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios.

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