WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [08/02/23]

WEDNESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 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

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

• Silent comedy double-bill: BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK + I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAN ds. Sidney Franklin, 1926 + Ernst Lubitsch, 1918 in partnership with Kennington Bioscope (08 FEB 19:30).
• “Kennington Bioscope and The Vito Project join forces to celebrate LGBT History Month with a double bill of delightful gender bending comedies. As Vito Russo explored in his seminal book The Celluloid Closet, cinematic images of or suggestive of queerness are as old as cinema itself – see The Dickson Experimental Sound Film from 1894 as what is believed to be the earliest sight of two men dancing cheek-to-cheek on the silver screen.”
• “With this double bill of silent comedies, we feature two anarchic comediennes who mock and challenge gender conventions, navigating and disrupting the world of men while looking absolutely dashing in the process – be it a gallant military uniform, or an elegant top hat and tails ensemble that one could imagine a young Marlene Dietrich gazing upon and going “I’ve got to get myself one of these!””
• Presented by The Vito Project Queer Film Club.

• CLOSE d. Lukas Dhont, 2022 + Q&A with the director, presented by Dazed x MUBI Cinema Club at Rio Cinema (08 FEB 18:30).
• HUSBAND d. Devorah Baum & Josh Appignanesi, 2022 + Q&A with the directors at Curzon Soho (08 FEB 18:20).
• Preview: JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 + Q&A with the director at BFI Southbank (08 FEB 18:00).
• LUZZU d. Alex Camilleri, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (08 FEB 20:00 / 12 FEB 17:00).

Check venues for full listings…

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• INTERSTELLAR 70mm d. Christopher Nolan, 2014 (08 FEB 12:00).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• AVATAR 2: THE WAY OF WATER 3D d. James Cameron, 2022 (until 15 FEB).

AKIRA KUROSAWA at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX 

• Unclassifiable Kurosawa: DREAMS 4K aka Yume d. Akira Kurosawa, 1990 (08 FEB 20:30).
• Re-release: RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (until 23 FEB).

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

• FEVER MOUNTS AT EL PAO aka La fièvre monte à El Pao d. Luis Buñuel, 1959 (08 FEB 18:20).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND d. Kenji Iwaisawa, 2019 + Intro by Ghibliotheque (08 FEB 20:30).

ANNIVERSARY SEASON at Everyman Belsize Park

• BICYCLE THIEVES aka Ladri di biciclette d. Vittorio De Sica, 1948 (08 FEB 18:00).

A TASTE OF QUEER CINEMA at The Garden Cinema

• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED d. Laura Poitras, 2022 (until 09 FEB).

BAR TRASH: TRASH OR TREASURE? at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema 

• MATILDA d. Daniel Mann, 1978 + Intro, intermission, themed drinks & prize giveaways at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon (08 FEB 20:30).
• Presented by Token Homo.

CELEBRATING JACK NICHOLSON at The Garden Cinema

• CHINATOWN d. Roman Polanski, 1974 (08 FEB 20:15).

DRESSED TO THRILL: A SERIES OF FILMS EXPLORING DRESS CODE AND GENDER EXPRESSION at The Cinema Museum

• Silent comedy double-bill: BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK + I DON’T WANT TO BE A MAN ds. Sidney Franklin, 1926 + Ernst Lubitsch, 1918 in partnership with Kennington Bioscope (08 FEB 19:30).
• Presented by The Vito Project Queer Film Club.

JAPAN FOUNDATION TOURING FILM PROGRAMME at ICA

• INTOLERANCE aka 空白 d. Keisuke Yoshida, 2021 (08 FEB 18:00).
• HOLD ME BACK aka 私をくいとめて d. Akiko Ohku, 2020 (08 FEB 20:15).

SIGHT & SOUND GREATEST FILMS OF ALL TIME 2022 at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX

• 50= THE PIANO d. Jane Campion, 1993 (08 FEB 20:35).
• Re-release: 41= RASHOMON d. Akira Kurosawa, 1950 (until 23 FEB).

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS at The Prince Charles

• YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE d. Lynne Ramsay, 2017 (08 FEB 18:10 – £1 Members Film).

STEVEN SPIELBERG FROM 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• MINORITY REPORT 35mm d. Steven Spielberg, 2002 (08 FEB 10:30).

VALENTINE’S at The Prince Charles 

• ROMAN HOLIDAY d. William Wyler, 1953 (08 FEB 15:30 – 4K).

WOMEN SHAPING THE WORLD at Ciné Lumière

• BE PRETTY AND SHUT UP! aka Sois belle et tais-toi d. Delphine Seyrig, 1976 (08 FEB 19:00).

• Before the Night (03 to 08 FEB).
• From Venice… To London (03 to 06 FEB).
• St Brigid’s Day Film Festival (03 to 05 FEB).

Also 03 to 09 FEB (various dates/times):

• BONEY PILES aka Terykony d. Taras Tomenko, 2022 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• ROMAN HOLIDAY [4K Restoration] d. William Wyler, 1953 at: ICA.
• YOU RESEMBLE ME d. Dina Amer, 2023 at: Curzon Cinemas.

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