TUESDAY: What’s on in London today [07/06/22]

TUESDAY 07 JUNE 2022 (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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#QueerHorrorNights continue with David Cronenberg’s THE FLY (1986) at The Castle Cinema (Friday 24 JUNE 19:00): booking now!

THE ASTHENIC SYNDROME dir Kira Muratova, 1989 + Intro by Dr Elena Gorfinkel presented by Oliver Dickens at Rio Cinema (07 JUNE 18:15).

“A distraught widow who has just buried her husband is about to destroy everything and everybody, but mainly herself. An exhausted man tries to find an escape from his daily chaos and routine in perpetual sleep. While their paths don’t really cross, the film implies they both suffer from the titular syndrome—a weakness, enervation, fatigue that is equally concrete and allegorical.”

“Muratova’s most celebrated film, the epic THE ASTHENIC SYNDROME was winner of the Silver Bear at the 1990 Berlinale and brought her international acclaim. The film has been called a magnificent fresco and an apocalypse. Muratova created vivid images of desperate characters determined to endure, capturing and divining the state of the USSR on the eve of its collapse. A searing portrait of individual malaise and collective apathy, with polyphonic elements and absurdist tableaus, the film stuns the viewer with shock therapy, destroying every illusion.” – Elena Gorfinkel

Followed by: THE LONG FAREWELL dir Kira Muratova, 1971 + Intro by Dr Elena Gorfinkel at Ciné Lumière (14 JUN 18:30).

#QueerHorrorNights continue with a double bill of PSYCHO II & PSYCHO III at The Cinema Museum (Sunday 24 JULY 18:30): booking now!
  • ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME d. Andrew Gaynord, 2021 + Q&A with Tom Palmer & Tom Stourton at Genesis Cinema (07 JUN 18:20).
  • Ukraine Fundraiser: THE ASTHENIC SYNDROME d. Kira Muratova, 1989 + Intro by Dr Elena Gorfinkel presented by Oliver Dickens at Rio Cinema (07 JUN 18:15). 
  • THE BIG LEBOWSKI d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 1998 at The Prince Charles (07 JUN 15:30).
  • DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA d. Simon Curtis, 2022 at The David Lean (07 JUN 14:30 / 09 JUN 14:30 & 19:30).
  • Film Talks Live: IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING – Expanded Cinema & Sonics at Cafe Oto (07 JUN 20:00).
  • FIREBIRD d. Peeter Rebane, 2021 + Recorded Q&A at Riverside Studios (07 JUN 17:45 – Pay What You Can).
  • THE FORTUNE COOKIE d. Billy Wilder, 1966 presented by Tufnell park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (07 JUN 20:00).
  • THE HOLY MOUNTAIN d. Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973 at The Prince Charles (07 JUN 12:20 / 09 JUN 17:55).
  • IL BUCO d. Michelangelo Frammartino, 2021 at Picturehouse Cinemas (07 JUN various).
  • NIGHTMARE ALLEY d. Guillermo del Toro, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (07 JUN 20:00 / 08 JUN 20:00 / 12 JUN 17:00).
  • THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER d. Charles Laughton, 1955 at The Garden Cinema (07 JUN 20:00 / 08 JUN 14:00).
  • PSYCHO: 4K Restoration/Uncut d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1960 at Olympic Studios (07 JUN 20:15).
  • VAMPYR d. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932 at ICA (07 JUN 14:30).
  • WE ARE d. Eugene Kotlyarenko, 2021 presented by Deeper Into Movies at TT Liquor Store (07 JUN 19:30 – FREE!).
  • WILD MEN d. Thomas Daneskov, 2021 at The David Lean (07 JUN 19:30).
  • WOT NO ART? d. Christopher Mason, 1978 + Intro by BFI National Archive Curator Steve Foxon at BFI Southbank (07 JUN 18:30).

Check venues for full listings…

BERNARD SHAW ON FILM at Sands Films Cinema Club

BEST OF CÉSAR at Ciné Lumière

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: AFTER BRESSON… at BFI Southbank

  • THIEF d. Michael Mann, 1981 (07 JUN 20:30).

CELEBRATING ANNA MAGNANI at The Garden Cinema

CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema

JOURNEYS ACROSS AFRO-FUTURISM at Barbican

JUDY GARLAND: A STAR IS REBORN at BFI Southbank

LONG-ASS MOVIES at The Prince Charles

  • SWEET CHARITY d. Bob Fosse, 1969 (07 JUN 20:15 – 4K – 150mins).

OF SIN & SALVATION: THE CINEMA OF ROBERT BRESSON at BFI Southbank

RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER at The Prince Charles

RETURN OF THE OUTSIDER: THE FILMS OF MIKE HODGES at BFI Southbank

  • Re-releases: GET CARTER 4K Restoration d. Mike Hodges, 1971 (until 09 JUN).
  • Re-releases: GET CARTER 4K Restoration d. Mike Hodges, 1971 + Intro by Jah Wobble (07 JUN 20:40).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

  • DRIVE 2011 (07 JUN 21:15).

BERGMAN ISLAND d. Mia Hansen-Løve, 2022:

THE CAMERA IS OURS: BRITAIN’S WOMEN DOCUMENTARY MAKERS d. Marion Grierson, Ruby Grierson, Brigid ‘Budge’ Cooper, Kay Mander & Sarah Erulkar, 1935-67:

  • Various venues, inc: ICA

LUCHADORAS d. Paola Calvo & Patrick Jasim, 2021:

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