WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [24/08/22]
WEDNESDAY 24 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.
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KA BODYSCAPES d. Jayan Cherian, 2016 + Short: DEAR BRADFORD d. Vivek Vadoliya, 2022 presented by Baesianz Cinema Club at Spanners SW9 (24 AUG 19:00).
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“Kicking us off, we’ll be showing Vivek Vadoliya short film “Dear Bradford” (2022). From Muslim ‘no-go areas’ to Brexit-voting white nationalists, stereotypes continue to be perpetuated about Bradford 21 years after the ‘race riots’. This is an intergenerational account of one family that tells the story of a place, but also of many other diaspora families across the UK and the world.”
“Vivek has selected the film “Ka Bodyscapes” (2016) by Jayan Cherian. Three young people—Haris, a queer painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms of femininity—struggle to find space and happiness in a conservative Indian city. The film is a honest attempt to mainstream a many-splendored queer love and challenge tropes of homosexuality and misogyny.” (Baesianz Cinema Club)
- Classic Matinee: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA d. Simon Curtis, 2022 at Rio Cinema (24 AUG 14:30).
- I CAME BY d. Babak Anvari, 2022 + Q&A with the director at Regent Street Cinema (24 AUG 19:15).
- KA BODYSCAPES d. Jayan Cherian, 2016 + Short: DEAR BRADFORD d. Vivek Vadoliya, 2022 presented by Baesianz Cinema Club at Spanners SW9 (24 AUG 19:00).
- OASIS – LIVE BY THE SEA presented by Deeper Into Movies at Signature Brew Haggerston (24 AUG 19:30 – FREE!).
- THE OUTFIT d. Graham Moore, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (24 AUG 20:00 / 28 AUG 17:00).
- Pink Palace: PANDORA’S BOX d. GW Pabst, 1929 + Intro/Discussion with Adam Smith & So Mayer in the Basement Bar at Rio Cinema (24 AUG 19:30).
- WINGS OF DESIRE d. Wim Wenders, 1987 at Olympic Studios (24 AUG 19:40).
- WINGS OF DESIRE d. Wim Wenders, 1987 at Rio Cinema (24 AUG 15:30 / 25 AUG 13:30 & 21:00).
Check venues for full listings…
35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles
- CINEMA PARADISO 35mm aka Nuovo Cinema Paradiso d. Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988 (24 AUG 13:00).
- THE MATRIX 35mm d. Lana Wachowski & Lilly Wachowski, 1999 (24 AUG 15:10).
90S CINEMA ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green
- THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 35mm d. Frank Darabont, 1994 (24 AUG 10:30).
ANIME at The Prince Charles
BAR TRASH at Genesis Cinema
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME d. J. Lee Thompson, 1981 + Intro, film chat, prize giveaways & themed drinks with Token Homo (24 AUG 20:30 – £1!).
BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: POWER! at BFI Southbank
- LA HAINE 4K d. Mathieu Kassowitz, 1995 + Intro by Ginette Vincendeau, Professor of film studies at King’s College London (24 AUG 18:10).
- CITIZEN KANE 35mm d. Orson Welles, 1941 (24 AUG 20:40).
CELEBRATING FILM NOIR at The Garden Cinema
- BRIGHTON ROCK d. John Boulting, 1948 (24 AUG 15:00).
CELEBRATING PENÉLOPE CRUZ at The Garden Cinema
- VOLVER d. Pedro Almodóvar, 2006 (24 AUG 17:30).
- ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER d. Pedro Almodóvar, 1999 (24 AUG 20:00).
CLASSIC DISNEY SEASON at Everyman Cinemas
- MOANA d. Ron Clements & John Musker, 2016 (24 AUG various).
FROM JAMAICA TO THE WORLD: REGGAE ON FILM at BFI Southbank
- Re-release: BURNING AN ILLUSION Digital Restoration d. Menelik Shabazz, 1981 (19 to 25 AUG).
SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank
- Documentaries: Documentaries Programme 2 (24 AUG 18:20 – some 35mm).
- The woman question: THE HOME AND THE WORLD 35mm aka Ghare Baire d. Satyajit Ray, 1984 (24 AUG 20:20).
STAR TREK IN 4K at The Prince Charles
- STAR TREK : THE MOTION PICTURE [The Director’s Edition] d. Robert Wise, 1979 (24 AUG 20:40).
SUMMER OF SCI-FI at The Castle Cinema
- Sci-Fi Shorts presented by Zodiac Film Club x Final Girls Berlin (24 AUG 18:45).
THROWBACK at Everyman Cinemas
- GREASE d. Randal Kleiser, 1978 (24 AUG various).
THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles
- HAPPY TOGETHER d. Wong Kar Wai, 1997 (24 AUG 18:20 – 4K).
- FrightFest 2022 (25 to 29 AUG).
OUTDOOR CINEMA Cinema at Barbican Centre
- MOTHRA d. Ishirō Honda, 1961 (24 AUG 20:30).
ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham
- WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (24 AUG 20:00).
ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford
- ELVIS (24 AUG 20:00).
BULLETPROOF dir. Todd Chandler, 2020
- Exclusively at: ICA
BURNING AN ILLUSION Digital Restoration dir. Menelik Shabazz, 1981
- Various venues, inc: BFI / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas
FREE CHOL SOO LEE dir. Julie Ha & Eugene Yi, 2022
- Various venues, inc: ArtHouse Crouch End / Bertha DocHouse / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Genesis Cinema / ICA / Peckhamplex / Picturehouse Cinemas / Rio Cinema
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE [Director’s Edition] 4K d. Robert Wise, 1979
- Various venues/dates, inc: Barbican / Catford Mews / Chiswick Cinema / Everyman Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinema / Prince Charles Cinema / Regent Street Cinema
- Also 19 to 25 AUG (various dates/times): ANAÏS IN LOVE d. Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, 2021 at: Barbican / Curzon Cinemas / The Garden Cinema / ICA // FEAST d. Lee Haven Jones, 2021 at: Barbican / BFI / Curzon Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas // GIRLS CAN’T SURF d. Christopher Nelius, 2020 at: ICA / Picturehouse Cinemas / Regent Street Cinema // THE HARDER THEY COME d. Perry Henzell, 1972 at: Watermans // HER WAY aka Une Femme du monde d. Cécile Ducrocq, 2021 at: Ciné Lumière (from 24 AUG) // I CAME BY d. Babak Anvari, 2022 at: Everyman Cinemas / Peckhamplex / Regent Street Cinema // MY OLD SCHOOL d. Jono McLeod, 2022 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / Bertha DocHouse / BFI / Curzon Cinemas / Phoenix Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas // PARIS TEXAS d. Wim Wenders, 1984 at: Rio Cinema.
- Sine Screen presents Vulnerable Histories at Close-Up & The Garden Cinema (19 to 26 AUG 2023)
- Lost Reels presents 16mm & 35mm screenings at The Cinema Museum & ICA (19 & 31 AUG 2023)
- The Duke Mitchell Film Club presents DukeFest 2023: A Brave New World (13 to 16 AUG 2023)
- Cinema Mentiré launches with OLHAR PERIFERICO season (AUG 2023)
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