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

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

ANIME at The Prince Charles

  • YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 (24 AUG 15:45).
  • AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (24 AUG 20:50).

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

CELEBRATING PENÉLOPE CRUZ at The Garden Cinema

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

SATYAJIT RAY: THE LANGUAGE OF FILM at BFI Southbank

STAR TREK IN 4K at The Prince Charles

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

OUTDOOR CINEMA Cinema at Barbican Centre 

  • MOTHRA d. Ishirō Honda, 1961 (24 AUG 20:30).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

BULLETPROOF dir. Todd Chandler, 2020

  • Exclusively at: ICA

BURNING AN ILLUSION Digital Restoration dir. Menelik Shabazz, 1981

FREE CHOL SOO LEE dir. Julie Ha & Eugene Yi, 2022

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE [Director’s Edition] 4K d. Robert Wise, 1979

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