WEDNESDAY: What’s on in London today [29/03/23]

WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 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.

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

THE LOVE EXPERT 35mm d. David Kirkland, 1920 + Supporting programme from 16mm/35mm, Intro by Michelle Facey & Live piano accompaniment by Colin Sell & John Sweeney, presented by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum (29 MAR 19:30).

“In this comedy, Constance Talmadge plays Babs, a girl who is thrown out of boarding school because she’s more interested in studying romance than she is in studying books. The object of her affections is Jim Winthrop, but before they can wed, he has to find suitable mates for his two plain sisters, Dorcas and Matilda – and Winthrop’s elderly aunt, too. To speed things up, Babs takes it upon herself to find them all men.”

“Over the course of her career, Talmadge appeared in more than 80 films, often in comedies such as A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), Happiness à la Mode (1919), Romance and Arabella (1919), Wedding Bells (1921), and The Primitive Lover (1922). When Talmadge was asked by a writer for Green Book magazine what sort of stories she wanted to do in 1920, she said: “Although no less than sixty manuscripts are submitted to me every week, it is exceedingly difficult to get exactly the kind of comedy I especially want. I want comedies of manners, comedies that are funny because they delight one’s sense of what is ridiculously human in the way of little everyday commonplace foibles and frailties – subtle comedies, not comedies of the slap stick variety.” (Kennington Bioscope)

• THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT d. Stephan Elliott, 1994 + Live performances presented by Drag Syndrome at Rio Cinema (29 MAR 19:30).
• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at Ciné Lumière (29 MAR 15:15 / 30 MAR 15:20).
• THE AGE OF INNOCENCE: 30th Anniversary 4K Restoration d. Martin Scorsese, 1993 at Olympic Studios (29 MAR 13:30).
• ANTIDOTE d. Marc Silver, 2022 + Q&A with the director at The Garden Cinema (29 MAR 19:45).
• THE FABELMANS d. Steven Spielberg, 2022 at The David Lean (29 MAR 19:00 / 30 MAR 14:30 HOH & 19:00).
• THE GALLERY: AN INTERACTIVE FILM d. Paul Raschid, 2022 at Genesis Cinema (29 MAR 19:00).
• THE LADY KILLERS d. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955 presented by Habitats & Heritage at Grove Gardens Chapel (29 MAR 20:00).
• LE PRINCE d. Lisa Bierwirth, 2021 at Goethe-Institut London (29 MAR 19:00).
• THE LOVE EXPERT 35mm d. David Kirkland, 1920 + Supporting programme from 16mm/35mm, Intro by Michelle Facey & Live piano accompaniment by Colin Sell & John Sweeney, presented by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum (29 MAR 19:30).
• Preview: THE NIGHT OF THE 12TH d. Dominik Moll, 2022 at ICA (29 MAR 18:10).
• ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION d. David Mirkin, 1997 presented by FAB Film Club at The Old Nuns Head (29 MAR 19:45).
• Sex and Rage Presents: a Nasty Screening short film programme at Arch 21 (29 MAR 19:30).
• THE WOMAN KING d. Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2022 at Whirled Cinema (29 MAR 20:00 / 02 APR 17:00).
• YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 at Regent Street Cinema (29 MAR 17:30).

Check venues for full listings…

35MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• BRINGING OUT THE DEAD 35mm d. Martin Scorsese, 1999 (29 MAR 15:00).

70MM PRESENTATIONS at The Prince Charles

• 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY 70mm d. Stanley Kubrick, 1968 (29 MAR 20:15).

IMAX PRESENTATIONS at BFI IMAX

• JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 d. Chad Stahelski, 2023 (23 to 30 MAR).

ANIME at The Prince Charles

• AKIRA d. Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988 (29 MAR 15:45).
• YOUR NAME d. Makoto Shinkai, 2016 (29 MAR 17:45).

BAR TRASH: TRASH OR TREASURE? at Rule Zero & Genesis Cinema 

• PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE d. Edward D. Wood Jnr, 1957 + Intro, intermission ‘spot quiz’ & prize giveaways (29 MAR 20:30 at Genesis Cinema’s Bar Paragon).
• Presented by Token Homo.

BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION… at BFI Southbank

• TO SLEEP WITH ANGER d. Charles Burnett, 1990 + Short: BOROM SARRET 35mm d. Ousmane Sembene, 1963 + Intro (29 MAR 18:10).

COEN BROTHERS ON 35MM at Everyman Screen On The Green

• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 35mm d. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2007 (29 MAR 10:30).

GINGER ROGERS: ALL THAT SASS at BFI Southbank

• THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR d. Billy Wilder, 1942 (29 MAR 20:40).

MOIS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE 2023 at Ciné Lumière

• THE BEASTS aka As bestas d. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, 2022 (23 MAR to 02 APR).
• THE FIVE DEVILS aka Les cinq diables dir. Léa Mysius, 2022 (24 MAR to 06 APR).

OUTSIDERS AND EXILES: THE FILMS OF JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI at BFI Southbank

• WALKOVER d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1965 + Q&A with the director (29 MAR 18:20).
• MOONLIGHTING d. Jerzy Skolimowski, 1982 + Intro by the director (29 MAR 20:45).

SERPENTINE CINEMA: MENELAOS KARRAMAGHIOLIS at Close-Up & Ciné Lumière

• ROM d. Menelaos Karamaghiolis, 1989 (29 MAR 20:30).

THE WORLD OF WONG KAR WAI at The Prince Charles

• DAYS OF BEING WILD d. Wong Kar Wai, 1990 (29 MAR 12:45 – 4K).

• BFI Flare (15 to 26 MAR).
• Do More Movement Film Festival (30 MAR).
• Essay Film Festival (25 to 31 MAR).
• Hong Kong Film Festival (18 to 31 MAR).
• Human Rights Watch Film Festival (16 to 26 MAR).
• Kinoteka: Polish Film Festival (09 MAR to 27 APR).
• RAI Film Festival (03 to 31 MAR).
• TNB Xpo 2023 (29 to 31 MAR).
• WatchAUT 2023 (23 to 26 MAR).

Also 24 to 30 MAR (various dates/times):

• 1976 dir. Manuela Martelli, 2022 at: ArtHouse Crouch End / Barbican / BFI Southbank / Curzon Cinemas / ICA.
• A COMPASSIONATE SPY dir. Steve James, 2023 at: Bertha DocHouse.
• A GOOD PERSON dir. Zach Braff, 2023 at: The Castle Cinema / Curzon Cinemas / Everyman Cinemas / Picturehouse Cinemas.
• THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE d. Francisca Alegría, 2022 at: The Garden Cinema.
• DANCE CRAZE dir. Joe Massot, 1981 at (limited engagements!): ArtHouse Crouch End / Chiswick Cinema / Picturehouse Cinemas / Riverside Studios.

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