TUESDAY: What’s on in London today [11/04/23]

TUESDAY 11 APRIL 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.

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

ZACHARIAH d. George Englund, 1971 presented by Mondo Nights at Biddle Bros (11 APR 20:00).

“Dubbed the FIRST-EVER ELECTRIC WESTERN, “ZACHARIAH” (1971) it’s a 1970’s western on ACID! PSYCHEDELIC and STONER ROCK, a lot of WEED, Jodorosky’s El Topo, BLOOD, SEXUAL TENSION, ANARCHISM!! Ride into the sunset with your homoerotic cowboy friend, and tell him you love him!⁠”

“MONDO NIGHTS presents the WEIRDEST OF WORLD CINEMA, we are building a cinema-going culture that is outside of the sterile spaces of much of film spectatorship.” (Mondo Nights)

• BLUE JEAN d. Georgia Oakley, 2022 fundraiser screening for trans youth hosted by GiF x HÄN followed by Q&A with Professor Catherine Lee at Picturehouse Hackney (11 APR 19:30).
• BRINGING OUT THE DEAD d. Martin Scorsese, 1999 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (11 APR 20:00).
• CLOSE d. Lukas Dhont, 2022 at The David Lean (11 APR 19:30).
• TV Preview: DEAD RINGERS EPS 1 & 2 d. Sean Durkin, 2023 + Panel with Rachel Weisz, Alice Birch & Britne Oldford at BFI Southbank (11 APR 17:45).
• ENTER THE DRAG DRAGON d. Lee Demarbre, 2023 + Q&A with the director at The Prince Charles (11 APR 21:00).
• THE FIANCÉS aka I fidanzat d. Ermanno Olmi, 1963 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cinema Club at Sands Films Studios (11 APR 20:00 – Donation requested).
• FUNNY PAGES d. Owen Kline, 2022 presented by Deeper Into Movies at SET Peckham (11 APR 19:30).
• Preview: HARKA d. Lotfy Nathan, 2022 + Q&A with the director at ICA (11 APR 18:40).
• NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN aka Sniegu juz nigdy nie bedzie d. Malgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert, 2020 at Whirled Cinema (11 APR 20:00 / 12 APR 20:00 / 16 APR 17:00).
• Steve Gunn Plays Stan Brakhage short films + live score presented by Deeper Into Movies at Rio Cinema (11 APR 20:45).
• STORIES WE TELL d. Sarah Polley, 2012 + Intro by Rachel Pronger, presented by Invisible Women at Riverside Studios (11 APR 18:00).
• UP ON THE ROOF d. Ben Hecking, 2023 presented by Tall Trees Productions at The Garden Cinema (11 APR 20:30 / 12 APR 15:30).
• ZACHARIAH d. George Englund, 1971 presented by Mondo Nights at Biddle Bros (11 APR 20:00).

Check venues for full listings…

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (11 APR 15:00).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES d. John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, 2023 (31 MAR to 13 APR).
• THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE d. Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic, 2023 (05 to 13 APR).

10 YEARS OF A24 at Picturehouse Cinemas

• EIGHTH GRADE d. Bo Burnham, 2018 (11 APR various).

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

• THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE d. Luis Buñuel, 1973 (11 APR 15:30 – £1 Members Film).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• THE END OF EVANGELION d. Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki, 1997 (07 to 13 APR various).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• PICKPOCKET d. Robert Bresson, 1959 (11 APR 14:30).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

• THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR d. Billy Wilder, 1942 (11 APR 20:30).
• Re-release: TOP HAT d. Mark Sandrich, 1935 (07 to 20 APR).

NORTHERN VOICES at BFI Southbank 

• THE ARBOR d. Clio Barnard, 2010 (11 APR 20:40).

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

• #70 – THE GLEANERS & I aka Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse d. Agnès Varda, 2000 (11 APR 18:10).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (11 APR 12:30 – 4K).

• Clermont-Ferrand in London (04 to 08 APR).
• Kendal Mountain Film Festival UK Tour (13 APR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• Sunday Shorts Film Festival (09 APR).

Also 07 to 13 APR (various dates/times):

• BLUE BAG LIFE d. Lisa Selby & Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse / Curzon Cinemas / ICA.
• DELIKADO d. Karl Malakunas, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• FRAGMENTS FROM HEAVEN d. Adnane Baraka, 2022 at: ICA.
• IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING d. Toby Amies, 2022 at (some limited engagements): Bertha DocHouse / Everyman Cinemas / ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema.
• LOLA d. Andrew Legge, 2022 at: ICA / Riverside Studios.
• MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN d. Terry Jones, 1979 at: Chiswick Cinema (09 APR 13:30 / 10 APR 19:30); The Cinema In The Arches (09 APR 15:30 / 10 APR 17:10); Curzon Cinemas (07 to 10 APR various); Everyman Cinemas (09 APR various); Olympic Studios (09 APR 19:50 / 10 APR 15:30); Phoenix Cinema (09 APR 17:00); The Prince Charles (08 APR 15:30 / 12 APR 15:45). 
• THE OUTWATERS d. Robbie Banfitch, 2023 at: Picturehouse Cinemas / The Prince Charles.
• THREE COLOURS: WHITE d. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994 at (some limited engagements): ArtHouse Crouch End / Close-Up / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas.

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*THE SMALL PRINT: Opinions author’s own. // As accurate as we could make it. Apologies for any errors. Updates & corrections will be made to the online version only. // Event dates/times/formats are subject to change by the venue/organiser. Events may already be sold out at the time of posting, so please click quickly. // We try to list as many original format screenings as we can (8 to 70MM), but sometimes formats change due to age of the print, availability, logistics etc, so please check ahead with your venue if the format is your thing. // All images are used in the spirit of fair use for reporting & review – no ownership is implied or intended / unless otherwise credited to RADIANT CIRCUS as the original rights holder. We will remove any images immediately upon request – just get in touch. // We don’t filter our listings by age/certification: all readers & subscribers should therefore be 18+. // Finally, we always try to follow The Carny Code by “not screwing up anyone else’s game”, but everyone can make mistakes… If something does go wrong, we will always do our best to put it right. //.