WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [10/08/22]

WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST 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.

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

Experimenta: CODEX d. Stuart Pound, 1979 + Stuart Pound in conversation at BFI Southbank (10 AUG 18:15).

“Strongly influenced by experimental music – most notably Steve Reich – CODEX is a tour de-force of what could be achieved using the special film printing equipment at alternative film centre, the London Filmmakers’ Co-op. The film paints an immersive, heavily systematised yet existential portrait of the capital city on the cusp of Thatcherism, where its inhabitants long for connection and feelings of surveillance pervade.”

“‘A kind of crazed, electric parody of “tourist London”, a zany city nightscape full of motion’, said Time Out. Very well received in its day, winning praise from Marguerite Duras and a top award at the Toulon Film Festival, it has since curiously slipped far from the critical radar. Director Stuart Pound joins us to discuss Codex, alongside other examples of his work.” (BFI)

• THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T d. Roy Rowland, 1953 at BFI Southbank (10 AUG 13:30).
• Experimenta: CODEX d. Stuart Pound, 1979 + Stuart Pound in conversation at BFI Southbank (10 AUG 18:15).
• Peckham Filmmakers – Summer Showcase at Prince of Peckham Pub (10 AUG 18:30 – FREE).
• PIG d. Michael Sarnoski, 2021 at Whirled Cinema (10 AUG 20:00).
• Pink Palace: SAINT-NARCISSE d. Bruce LaBruce, 2021 + Intro/discussion in the Rio Cinema Basement Bar (10 AUG 19:30).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• CINEMA PARADISO 35mm aka Nuovo Cinema Paradiso d. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 (10 AUG 12:15).
• THE SACRIFICE 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986 (10 AUG 15:00).
• ALIEN [Director’s Cut] 35mm d. Ridley Scott, 1979 (10 AUG 15:15).
• SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975 (10 AUG 18:00).

90S CINEMA ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• TRAINSPOTTING 35mm d. Danny Boyle, 1996 (10 AUG 10:30).

A JORDAN PEELE TAKE OVER x BLACK INK CINEMA at Genesis Cinema

• US d. Jordan Peele, 2019 (10 AUG 20:00).

ANDREI TARKOVSKY at The Prince Charles

• THE SACRIFICE 35mm d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986 (10 AUG 15:00).

BAR TRASH at Genesis Cinema

• THE CRAZIES d. George A. Romero, 1973 + Intro, film chat, prize giveaways & themed drinks with Token Homo at Genesis Cinema (10 AUG 20:30 – £1!).

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: POWER! at BFI Southbank

• THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER d. Charles Laughton, 1955 + Intro by Jason Wood, BFI Director of Public Programme & Audiences (10 AUG 18:10).
• M d. Fritz Lang, 1931 (10 AUG 20:45).

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

• ERASERHEAD d. David Lynch, 1977 (10 AUG 18:15).

BRAD REPUTATION ON 35MM at Picturehouse Cinemas

• SE7EN 35mm d. David Fincher, 1995 (10 AUG 20:30 – at Picturehouse Central).

CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema

• PORT OF SHADOWS d. Marcel Carné, 1938 (10 AUG 20:30).

CELEBRATING PENÉLOPE CRUZ at The Garden Cinema

• VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA d. Woody Allen, 2008 (10 AUG 15:45).

COLLECTIVE MOBILISATION at ICA

• SUZANNE DAVEAU d. Luisa Homem, 2019 (05 to 11 AUG various).

THE FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH at The Prince Charles 

• ERASERHEAD d. David Lynch, 1977 (10 AUG 18:15).

FROM JAMAICA TO THE WORLD: REGGAE ON FILM at BFI Southbank

• Re-release: THE HARDER THEY COME d. Perry Henzell, 1972 (05 to 18 AUG).

INDIANA JONES IN 4K at The Prince Charles

• RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 4K d. Steven Spielberg, 1981 (10 AUG 20:30).

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS! at The Prince Charles

• SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM 35mm d. Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975 (10 AUG 18:00).

SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank

• Travel stories: THE EXPEDITION 35mm aka Abhijan d. Satyajit Ray, 1962 (10 AUG 20:10).

THREE FILMS BY NICOLAS WINDING REFN at The Prince Charles

• THE NEON DEMON d. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016 (10 AUG 20:45).

THROWBACK at Everyman Cinemas

• ROMEO + JULIET d. Baz Luhrmann, 1996 (10 AUG various).

WIM WENDERS at Curzon Cinemas

• Check venue for details.

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (10 AUG 13:00).

• BUFF 2022 MEDIA DAY (05 AUG).
• Sur-REEL & Uncanny Film Fest (06 AUG).

OUTDOOR CINEMA at The Cinema In The Arches

• SHAUN OF THE DEAD (10 AUG 19:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

• THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (10 AUG 20:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

• FIGHT CLUB (10 AUG 20:30).

• Also 05 to 11 AUG (various dates/times): BURNING AN ILLUSION d. Menelik Shabazz, 1981 at: Picturehouse Cinemas (various) // FEATHERS d. Omar El Zohairy, 2021 at: ICA // MAISIE d. Lee Cooper, 2021 at: ICA / Peckhamplex // NIGHTCLUBBING: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ROCK IN NYC + SID: THE FINAL CURTAIN d. Danny Garcia, 2022 at: Rio Cinema // ROMAN HOLIDAY d. William Wyler, 1953 at Picturehouse Cinemas (various).

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