TUESDAY: What’s on in London today [23/05/23]

TUESDAY 23 MAY 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

Architecture On Film: REICHSAUTOBAHN d. Hartmut Bitomsky, 1984 + Intro by Tom Wilkinson at Barbican (23 MAY 18:45).

“Initiated in 1933 as an agent of employment and national unification, a ‘cultural monument’ to modernity, purpose and progress, the socio-political Autobahn project needed selling to a population for whom its infrastructure was so new as to be alien.”

“Far from a conventional chronology, in REICHSAUTOBAHN ‘one picture answers another’, as Bitomsky choreographs the multitude of Third Reich produced films, propaganda and cultural artefacts, alongside interviews and a fiercely probing voiceover, to reveal the complexities, imaginaries, and contradictions, of a project of social as much as industrial engineering.”

Tom Wilkinson (writer, historian, and History Editor at the Architectural Review) will introduce this screening.

• Projecting The Archive: 29, ACACIA AVENUE 35mm d. + Intro by BFI curator Josephine Botting at BFI Southbank (23 MAY 18:15).
• HIJACKED: FLIGHT 73 d. Ben Anthony, 2023 + Q&A at Frontline Club (23 MAY 19:00).
• Earthrise: THE NETTLE DRESS d. Dylan Howitt, 2023 + Q&A with the director at The Lexi Cinema (23 MAY 18:30).
• ONE DAY AHEAD d. Matthew Jenke, 2021 presented in-venue & online by Sands Films Cinema Club at Sands Films Studios (23 MAY 20:00 – Donation requested).
• Architecture On Film: REICHSAUTOBAHN d. Hartmut Bitomsky, 1984 + Intro by Tom Wilkinson at Barbican (23 MAY 18:45).
• RELATOS SALVAJES aka Wild Tales d. Damián Szifron, 2014 presented by Spanish Marks at India Club Lounge-Bar (23 MAY 19:00).
• SAINT OMER d. Alice Diop, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (23 MAY 20:00 / 24 May 20:00 / 28 MAY 17:00).
• SING YOUR SONG d. Susanne Rostock, 2011 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (23 MAY 20:00).
• SUZUME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2022 at The David Lean (23 MAY 19:30).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• PAPER MOON 35mm d. Peter Bogdanovich, 1973 (23 MAY 15:30).
• PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (23 MAY 16:00).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• FAST X d. Louis Leterrier, 2023 (19 to 25 MAY).

A LUKAS MOODYSSON SELECTROSPECTIVE at The Prince Charles

• MAMMOTH d. Lukas Moodysson, 2009 (23 MAY 18:00 – £1 Members Film).

ARROW VIDEO CULT FILM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER d. John McNaughton, 1986 (23 MAY 18:00).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• PERSEPOLIS d. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud, 2007 (23 MAY 18:20).

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

• LA HAINE d. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995 (23 MAY 21:00).
• MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS d. Paul Schrader, 1985 (23 MAY 20:45).

CINEMATIC SORCERESS: THE FILMS OF NINA MENKES at BFI Southbank

• New release: BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER d. Nina Menkes, 2022 (12 to 25 MAY).

COURIER CINEMA at Biddle Bros

• BIKES VS CARS d. Fredrik Gertten, 2015 (23 MAY 20:00).
• Presented by Mondo Nights.

DARIO ARGENTO: DOORS INTO DARKNESS at BFI Southbank

• DEEP RED aka Profondo rosso 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1975 (23 MAY 18:10).
• TENEBRAE 4K Restoration d. Dario Argento, 1982 (23 MAY 20:50).

THE FILMS OF PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON at The Prince Charles

• PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE 35mm d. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (23 MAY 16:00).

MARILYN MONROE at The Prince Charles

• SOME LIKE IT HOT d. Billy Wilder, 1959 (23 MAY 13:15).

MUKHRIJAT: ARAB WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Garden Cinema

• THE BLUE CAFTAN d. Maryam Touzani, 2022 (until 25 MAY).
• UNDER THE FIG TREES d. Erige Sehiri, 2021 (until 25 MAY).

MURIEL BOX: A WOMAN’S TAKE at BFI Southbank

• 29, ACACIA AVENUE 35mm d. Henry Cass, 1945 + Intro by BFI curator Josephine Botting (23 MAY 18:15).
• RATTLE OF A SIMPLE MAN 4K Restoration d. Muriel Box, 1964 (23 MAY 20:30).

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

• The Independent Years (23 MAY 18:30).

TECHNOLOGY ON SCREEN at Ciné Lumière

• NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV d. Amanda Kim, 2023 (19 to 25 MAY).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (23 MAY 13:00 – 4K).

Back tomorrow!

• Beyond Words French Literature Festival (12 to 21 MAY).
• ECHOES Indigenous Film Festival (19 to 21 MAY).
• London Japan Film Festival (20 to 21 MAY).
• SERET Israeli Film & TV Festival (18 to 25 MAY).
• Syrian Arts & Cultural Festival (11 to 23 MAY).

Also 19 to 25 MAY (various dates/times):

• THE OTHER FELLOW d. Matthew Bauer, 2022 at: ActOne Cinema.
• STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE d. Davis Guggenheim, 2023 at: Picturehouse Cinemas.
• UNDER THE FIG TREES dir Erige Sehiri, 2022 at: Ciné Lumière / Curzon Cinemas / The Garden Cinema / ICA.

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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. //.