WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [28/09/22]

WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 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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#QueerHorrorNights presents a very special event at the historic Rio Cinema – our Halloween Monsters Ball: NIGHTBREED (28 OCT 22:00+).

THIN ICE 35mm aka Bergenstoget plyndret i natt d. Uwe Jens Krafft, 1928 + MÉNILMONTANT 16mm d. Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1925 + Live piano accompaniment by Colin Sell & John Sweeney, presented by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum (28 SEP 19:30).

“THIN ICE is known in Norwegian as Bergenstoget plyndret i natt (The Bergen Train Looted Last Night) and was adapted by Alf Rød from the 1923 novel of that name written by Nordahl Grieg and Nils Lie under the joint pseudonym `Jonathan Jerv’. Directed by Uwe Jens Krafft and with German actors Aud Egede-Nissen and Paul Richter in the leading roles, THIN ICE is the story of a student embarking on a daring raid on a train passing through the mountain scenery from Oslo to Bergen. His motivation: having obtained a job as advertising executive with the railway company and seeking the hand of the boss’s daughter, he hopes to confirm his chances with both by staging the robbery – but is this merely a publicity stunt, or something more? THIN ICE was Norway’s first true attempt at an international film success and fulfilled its promise; even without promotion over 100,000 Norwegian cinemagoers saw the film, which was subsequently exported to 11 countries.”

  • ARE THEY HOSTILE? d. Mark Williams, 2022 + Q&A at The David Lean (28 SEP 19:00).
  • CHILDREN OF THE MIST d. Diem Ha Le, 2021 at Bertha DocHouse (28 SEP 18:30).
  • DIO: DREAMERS NEVER DIE d. Don Argott & Fenton Damian, 2022 at Picturehouse Cinemas (28 SEP various / 29 SEP various).
  • TV Preview: DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED d. various, 2022 + Panel Q&A at BFI Southbank (28 SEP 20:45).
  • ELVIS d. Baz Luhrman, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (28 SEP 20:00 / 02 OCT 17:00).
  • In The Dark immersive subtitled audio presented with Road Atlas at The Garden Cinema (28 SEP 19:30).
  • Lana Del Rey Concert Screening presented by Deeper Into Movies at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (28 SEP 19:30).
  • MAD GOD d. Phil Tippett, 2021 at The Prince Charles (28 SEP 13:00 / 08 OCT 18:40).
  • MY CHILDHOOD, MY COUNTRY – 20 Years in Afghanistan d. Shoaib Sharifi & Phil Grabsky, 2021 for International Day of Peace at Bertha DocHouse (28 SEP 13:45).
  • OFF THE RAILS d. Peter Day, 2022 + Q&A at Genesis Cinema (28 SEP 18:20).
  • POLYESTER d. John Waters, 1981 presented by Fab Film Club at The Old Nuns Head (28 SEP 19:30).
  • ROMANTIC ROAD d. Oliver McGarvey, 2017 + Q&A at Frontline Club (28 SEP 19:00).
  • SUPER 8 1/2 d. Bruce LaBruce, 1994 + Short films, presented by Pink Palace in the Basement Bar at Rio Cinema (28 SEP 19:30).
  • THIN ICE 35mm aka Bergenstoget plyndret i natt d. Uwe Jens Krafft, 1928 + MÉNILMONTANT 16mm d. Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1925 + Live piano accompaniment by Colin Sell & John Sweeney, presented by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum (28 SEP 19:30).
  • Ulrike Ottinger at 80: TICKET OF NO RETURN d. Ulrike Ottinger, 1979 + Intro by Professor Angela McRobbie at Goethe-Institut London (28 SEP 19:00).

TALKS

Check venues for full listings…

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

  • AVATAR 3D d. James Cameron, 2009 (23 to 29 SEP various).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FATEFUL MOMENTS IN TIME! at BFI Southbank

BLACK & WHITE MOVIES at The Prince Charles

  • FRANCES HA d. Noah Baumbach, 2012 (28 SEP 18:15).

CHANNEL 4: 40 YEARS OF REVOLUTION at BFI Southbank

MAD MAX ON 35MM at Everyman Screen on the Green

PAM GRIER: FOXY, FIERCE & FEARLESSat BFI Southbank 

  • Re-release: JACKIE BROWN d. Quentin Tarantino, 1997 (16 SEP to 02 OCT).

SPOTLIGHT ON ISABELLE HUPPERT at Ciné Lumière

TWO FILMS BY KOGONADA at The Prince Charles

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Bussey Building, Peckham

ROOFTOP FILM CLUB at Roof East, Stratford

DON’T WORRY DARLING dir. Olivia Wilde, 2022:

IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE aka Dangsin-eolgul-apeseo dir. Hong Sangsoo, 2021:

IT IS IN US ALL dir. Antonia Campbell Hughes, 2022:

SILENT LAND aka Cicha Ziemia dir. Aga Woszczyńska, 2022

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