WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [07/06/23]

WEDNESDAY 07 JUNE 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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TOKEN HOMO presents a sensational fourth season of BAR TRASH at Genesis Cinema & Rule Zero – BOOKING NOW!!

Pink Palace: PRICK UP YOUR EARS d. Stephen Frears, 1987 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (07 JUN 19:30).

“Stephen Frears’ terrific 1987 movie – adapted by Alan Bennett from the Lahr book – and Gary Oldman’s superb livewire performance is now virtually an authentic testament of the man himself. Alfred Molina’s morose, self-hating Halliwell is also utterly convincing: Bennett’s script cleverly conveys their long years of bickering domesticity. He also puts Lahr in the picture, played by Wallace Shawn, and gives his wife-slash-secretary Anthea (Lindsay Duncan) a Halliwellesque resentment at her own lowly position.”

“Vanessa Redgrave is the legendary agent Peggy Ramsay, who shrewdly describes the late Kenneth as Orton’s “first wife”, but she herself is the widow. Interestingly, this film doesn’t show Orton or Halliwell encountering homophobia as such, but does show how tricky it was negotiating the pre-67 “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” convention that applied in the arts. Bennett’s script shows Beatles manager Brian Epstein – a gay man on the same open-secret terms as Orton – wryly turning down his Beatles script on the grounds that it implied the Fab Four were having sex with each other.”

As for Oldman’s Orton, he has a cheeky determination to make the most of life, love, sex and pleasure: easier perhaps, when you’re a success, but never entirely easy in buttoned-up Britain.” The Guardian 5/5 stars

  • JAWBREAKER d. Darren Stein, 1999 + Book launch: Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate at The Prince Charles (07 JUN 18:10).
  • Jewish Britain on Film archive programme at Phoenix Cinema (07 JUN 15:30).
  • MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOËL COWARD STORY d. Barnaby Thompson, 2023 + Q&A with the director at Olympic Studios (07 JUN 19:40).
  • MY NAME IS HAPPY d. Ayse Toprak & Nick Read, 2022 + Q&A with the directors at ArtHouse Crouch End (07 JUN 20:00).
  • Pink Palace: PRICK UP YOUR EARS d. Stephen Frears, 1987 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar at Rio Cinema (07 JUN 19:30).
  • SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER [Director’s Cut] d. John Badham, 1977 + Q&A with Bob Stanley, presented by Through The Looking Glasses at Rio Cinema (07 JUN 18:30).
  • TÁR d. Todd Field, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (07 JUN 20:00 / 11 JUN 17:00).
  • VER VET BLAYBN? aka Who Will Remain d. Christa P. Whitney, 2023 + Intro by Hadas Kalderon & Q&A with the director at JW3 (07 JUN 19:00).
  • Preview: WAR PONY d. Riley Keough & Gina Gammell, 2022 at BFI Southbank (07 JUN 20:45).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

ALFRED HITCHCOCK: ACT 1 – 1927 TO 1945 at The Garden Cinema

  • THE LODGER d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1927 (07 JUN 16:00).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

BAR TRASH at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema

  • THE BLACK SCORPION d. Edward Ludwig, 1957 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (07 JUN 20:30).
  • Presented by Token Homo.

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: THERE’S A PLACE… at BFI Southbank

  • THE LONG GOODBYE d. Robert Altman, 1973 + Intro by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large (07 JUN 18:00).

THE CINEMA OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

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

MICHEL PICCOLI: A FEARLESS TALENT at BFI Southbank

RAZOR SHARP: THE FABULOUS WOMEN OF HOWARD HAWKS at BFI Southbank

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

SPOTLIGHT ON FEMALE FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

THE THREE COLOURS TRILOGY at BFI Southbank

WES ANDERSON SEASON at Chiswick Cinema

WITNESSING HISTORY: FILMS BY SERGEI LOZNITSA at various venues 

Check venues for full listings…

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

AMANDA dir Carolina Cavalli, 2022

MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOËL COWARD STORY d. Barnaby Thompson, 2023

REALITY dir Tina Satter, 2023

Also 02 to 08 JUN (various dates/times):

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