WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [26/07/23]

WEDNESDAY 26 JULY 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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TOKYO FIST d. Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (26 JUL 20:15).

“Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto (the Tetsuo franchise, A Snake of June), Tokyo Fist follows Tsuda (played by Tsukamato) a meek insurance salesman whose drab life with his fiancee Hizuru (Kajori Fujii) is disrupted by the reappearance of Kojima (played by Tsukamoto’s brother), an old friend who is now a professional boxer. What follows is an increasingly deranged body horror spectacle, as both men’s insecurities drive them past breaking point. Meanwhile, Hizuru responds by inserting progressively large pieces of metal into her body.”

“A boxing movie only Tsukamato could have made, propelled by a pounding industrial score by Der Eisenrost, Tokyo Fist is an unhinged, gruesome deconstruction of the masculine psyche. Join us in The Garden Cinema bar before the screening for a curated playlist and a Sakura Knockout sake punch, specially designed to accompany this event.” (Cinema Rising)

• An Evening with Ivor Cutler presented by Through The Looking Glasses & Hoorgi House at The Horse Hospital (26 JUL 19:00).
• BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 + Q&A with the artistic team, presented by Girls On Film at Rio Cinema (26 JUL 20:45).
• CLEO d. Erik Schmitt, 2019 at Goethe-Institut London (26 JUL 19:00).
• JOYLAND d. Saim Sadiq, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (26 JUL 20:00 / 30 JUL 17:00).
• MY EXTINCTION d. Josh Appignanesi, 2022 + Q&A with the director & psychoanalysts Josh Cohen and Anouchka Grose at Curzon Aldgate (26 JUL 18:30).
• TOKYO FIST d. Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995 presented by Cinema Rising at The Garden Cinema (26 JUL 20:15).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY 35mm aka Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo d. Sergio Leone, 1966 (26 JUL 14:40).
• MOTHER 35mm aka Madeo (26 JUL 15:00).
• TRUE ROMANCE 35mm d. Tony Scott, 1993 (26 JUL 18:00).
• OPENING NIGHT 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1977 (26 JUL 20:35).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• OPPENHEIMER 70mm IMAX d. Christopher Nolan, 2023 (21 JUL to 10 AUG).

ALFRED HITCHCOCK at The Garden Cinema

• MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK d. Mark Cousins, 2023 (21 to 27 JUL).

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

• WANDA d. Barbara Loden, 1970 + Intro by Becca Voelcker (26 JUL 18:10).

DRAMA AND DESIRE: THE FILMS OF YOUSSEF CHAHINE at BFI Southbank & Ciné Lumière

• An Egyptian Panorama – Contemporary Mirrors:  
• THE OTHER aka Al Akhar d. Youssef Chahine, 1999 (26 JUL 18:00).

THE FILMS OF GRETA GERWIG at BFI Southbank

• LADY BIRD d. Greta Gerwig, 2017 (26 JUL 20:30).
• New releases: BARBIE d. Greta Gerwig, 2023 (21 to 31 JUL).

GENA & JOHN at The Prince Charles

• OPENING NIGHT 35mm d. John Cassavetes, 1977 (26 JUL 20:35).

MAKING MAGIC: 100 YEARS OF DISNEY at BFI Southbank

• And They All Lived Happily After:  
• SLEEPING BEAUTY d. Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson & Les Clark, 1959 (26 JUL 14:20).
• Touchstone Pictures Presents: 
• HOCUS POCUS d. Kenny Ortega, 1993 (26 JUL 20:40).

MEMBERS’ SUMMER SELECTION at The Garden Cinema

• THE STING d. George Roy Hill, 1973 (26 JUL 15:15).

PINK PALACE at Rio Cinema

• AMERICAN GIGOLO d. Paul Schrader, 1980 + Intro/discussion in the basement bar (26 JUL 19:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• CHUNGKING EXPRESS d. Wong Kar Wai, 1994 (26 JUL 12:30 – 4K).

YÖRGOSBORD at Picturehouse Cinemas

• THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER d. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017 (26 JUL various).

Check venues for full listings…

THE LUNA CINEMA at Westminster Abbey

• MOULIN ROUGE! (26 JUL 21:00).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building

• INSIDE OUT (26 JUL 14:45).
• DO THE RIGHT THING (26 JUL 17:45).
• People’s Choice: Jennifer Coolidge (26 JUL 20:55).

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East

• GREASE (26 JUL 17:45).
• I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (26 JUL 20:45).

• International Animal Future Film Festival (14 to 29 JUL).

Also 21 to 27 JUL (various dates/times):

• IRAQ’S INVISIBLE BEAUTY d. Sahim Omar Kalifa & Jurgen Buedts, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED d. Peter Nicks, 2023 at: Genesis Cinema.

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