TUESDAY: What’s on in London today [29/11/22]

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 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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SOCIETY d. Brian Yuzna, 1989 + Intro presented by Not Another Film Club at Genesis Cinema (29 NOV 18:30).

“Ever wondered what the wealthy and powerful get up to when you’re not around? Billy did. SOCIETY (1989) is Brian Yuzna’s wickedly on the nose paranoid satire that follows Billy, a popular if troubled teenager who discovers the deep secrets festering atop the suburban ideal of his hometown.”

“Yuzna’s incisive directorial debut flips the John Hughes, American high school, coming of age drama on its head with a lovecraftian twist while retaining some of its classic humour. Billy has all the same questions all teenagers have. Am I adopted? Why are my parents so weird? Am I different from everyone else? Only here he finds the answers writhe and slither in plain sight.”

“Well received in Europe but shelved for 3 years after completion in the United States, SOCIETY is now considered a cult classic. With practical effects from award winning Japanese maestro Screaming Mad George and a script pointed directly towards critiquing the extant class relations of Reaganite America, the message here is clear, only one thing trickles down from the top, depravity.” (Not Another Film Club)

Screening as part of In Dreams Are Monsters: A Season of Horror Films, a UK-wide film season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

• CRIMES OF THE FUTURE d. David Cronenberg, 2022 at The David Lean (29 NOV 19:30).
• Girls in Film x Woman. Life. Freedom short film programme raising funds for Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human rights in Iran at Rio Cinema (29 NOV 18:30).
• Kino Original Short Film Showcase at The Garden Cinema (29 NOV 18:00).
• THE PROUD VALLEY d. Pen Tennyson, 1940 presented in-venue & online by Sands Cinema Club at Sands Film Studios (29 NOV 20:00 – Donation requested).
• SOCIETY d. Brian Yuzna, 1989 + Intro presented by Not Another Film Club at Genesis Cinema (29 NOV 18:30).
• TAKE SHELTER d. Jeff Nichols, 2011 presented by Tufnell Park Film Club at The Lord Palmerston (29 NOV 20:00).
• The Voices Film Programme | Race and Identity short film programme at Bermondsey Project Space (29 NOV 19:00).
• THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD d. Joachim Trier, 2021 presented by Richmond Film Society at The Exchange (29 NOV 20:00).

Check venues for full listings…

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 3D d. Ryan Coogler, 2022 (until 01 DEC).
• BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER 2D d. Ryan Coogler, 2022 (until 01 DEC).
• MOONAGE DAYDREAM d. Brett Morgen, 2022 (29 NOV 17:30).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• PERFECT BLUE d. Satoshi Kon, 1997 (29 NOV 18:10).

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

• SHIVA BABY d. Emma Seligman, 2020 (29 NOV 16:00).
• HEAT [Director’s Definitiative Edition] 4K d. Michael Mann, 1995 (29 NOV 20:15).

THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH at The Prince Charles 

• LOST HIGHWAY 4K d. David Lynch, 1997 (29 NOV 13:00).

FRAMES OF MIND: THE FILMS OF PETER GREENAWAY at BFI Southbank 

• THE PILLOW BOOK d. Peter Greenaway, 1996 (29 NOV 17:40).

GARY OLDMAN at BFI Southbank

• TRUE ROMANCE d. Tony Scott, 1993 (29 NOV 18:00).
• MANK d. David Fincher, 2020 (29 NOV 20:20).

HOLLYWOOD ON HOLLYWOOD at The Garden Cinema

• SUNSET BOULEVARD d. Billy Wilder, 1950 (29 NOV 15:30).
• ADAPTATION d. Spike Jonze, 2002 (29 NOV 20:00).

IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS at BFI Southbank 

• Ghost: UNDER THE SHADOW d. Babak Anvari, 2016 (29 NOV 18:10).
• Zombie: US d. Jordan Peele, 2019 (29 NOV 20:40).

THE INFERNAL AFFAIRS TRILOGY at The Prince Charles

• INFERNAL AFFAIRS III d. Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2003 (29 NOV 13:15 – 4K).

UNSILENCED: THE RESILIENCE OF QUEER CINEMA at Rio Cinema

• GRACEFULLY d. Arash Eshagh, 2019 + Intro/Panel discussion (29 NOV 18:30).
• Curated by Josh Bullin in partnership with NFTS.

WORKING CLASS HEROES at Biddle Bros Pub

• THE NIGHT BEFORE THE STRIKE aka Paupjeonya d. Dong-hong Jang, Yun-hyeon Jang, Eun Lee & J.Q. Lee, 1990 (29 NOV).
• Presented by Mondo Nights / Raising funds for the IWGB

• British Urban Film Festival (26 NOV to 03 DEC).
• French Film Festival (02 NOV to 15 DEC).
• London International Animation Festival (25 NOV to 04 DEC).
• London Migration Film Festival (24 to 30 NOV).
• London Surf Film Festival (25 NOV to 02 DEC).
• Made In Prague (07 to 29 NOV).
• Romanian Film Festival London (24 to 28 NOV).
• Sofia Cinema Showcase (13 to 27 NOV).
• UK Film Festival London (23 to 26 NOV / online 23 to 27 NOV).
• UK Jewish Film Festival (10 to 20 NOV / online 21 to 27 NOV).

Also 25 NOV to 01 DEC (various venues / dates / times):

• BLUE ISLAND d. Chan Tze Woon, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• CASQUE D’OR aka Golden Helmet 4K Restoration d. Jacques Becker, 1952 at: Ciné Lumière / The Garden Cinema / ICA / Riverside Studios.
• GOODBYE, DON GLEES! aka Gubbai, Don Gurîzu! d. Atsuko Ishizuka, 2021 at: Picturehouse Cinemas.
• GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO d. Guillermo Del Toro & Mark Gustafson, 2022 at: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / Rio Cinema.
• LAST FLIGHT HOME d. Ondi Timoner, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse / Genesis Cinema.
• NANNY d. Nikyatu Jusu, 2022 at: Ciné Lumière.
• ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL d. Matthew Warchus, 2022 at: Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema/ / The Cinema In The Arches / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Olympic Studios / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas.
• UTAMA d. Alejandro Loayza Grisi, 2022 at: The Garden Cinema / ICA / Watermans.

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