Film listings
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Perestroika
1 September 2010 - 16 September 2010
An autobiographical documentary, a fiction that’s also an essay and an extended poetic meditation on the ability of the image to represent experience.
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Mother
20 August 2010 - 9 September 2010
The director of contemporary Korean classics Memories of Murder and The Host returns with a wickedly twisted tale about what can happen when a mother’s love for her son goes too far.
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Metropolis – Restored and Reconstructed
10 September 2010 - 30 September 2010
Having been butchered not long after its initial release in 1927, Fritz Lang’s science-fiction epic now returns looking much like it did when first presented more than 80 years ago.
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Members' preview: Collapse
11 September 2010
Coming at virtually the centrepoint of Chris Smith's documentary Collapse, this simple line casts an ominous shadow over everything that comes before and after.
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Artists' Film Club: Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
15 September 2010
A screening is of seminal social drama Kuhle Wampe. The film, scripted by playwright Bertolt Brecht, tells the story of a young couple in 1930s Berlin who's families are affected by unemployment.
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
17 September 2010 - 19 September 2010
Thierry Guetta as he attempts to get to the bottom of the Banksy myth, only to end up becoming an artist in his own right.
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Beautiful Losers
18 September 2010
Rooted in the skateboarding, surf, punk, hip-hop & graffiti subcultures, a group of like-minded outsiders set about creating art that reflected their lifestyles.
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Screening Conditions : City Lights
19 September 2010
The first event in a series of films and discussions exploring the theme: Watching the Blind. A screening of Charlie Chaplin's 1931 film 'City Lights' followed by discussion.
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The Universe of Keith Haring
19 September 2010 - 22 September 2010
An intimate exploration of the background and career of one of the most popular and significant artists of the 20th century.
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Artists' Film Club: Oliver Ressler
22 September 2010
The ICA is pleased to present the London premiere of Comuna Under Construction, a film by Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler, followed by a conversation between Ressler and curator Ben Borthwick.
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The Cool School
23 September 2010
A documentary following the formation of America’s West Coast art scene.
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Louise Bourgeois: the Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
24 September 2010 - 26 September 2010
An expansive documentary that attempts to ‘read between the lines’ of the late sculptor.
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A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
25 September 2010
A personal inquiry into the truth behind Danny Williams' mysterious 1966 disappearance.
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Black White & Grey
26 September 2010
Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron.
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Chuck Close
29 September 2010
A detailed and exciting look at the life and work of a man who has reinvented portraiture.
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Alice Neel
30 September 2010
A tender look at the life of portraitist Alice Neel by the artist’s grandson.
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Shed Your Tears and Walk Away
9 June 2010 - 7 October 2010
A poignant and personal look beneath the surface of a seemingly thriving part of Britain. Special preview on 9 June with Director Jez Lewis.
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Collapse
1 October 2010 - 28 October 2010
A panic-inducing cinematic storm warning: Michael Ruppert, a former LAPD officer turned independent reporter and radical thinker, lays out in articulate fashion where the world is heading.
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Superstonic Sound: The Rebel Dread plus Q&A
6 October 2010 - 14 October 2010
A documentary about Don Letts and the musical/cultural history of bass in Britain. From Kingston to London, New York to Rio, Dub to Dubstep; bass has had a resounding impact on musicians and music lovers alike.
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London Nobody Knows & Momma Don’t Allow
8 October 2010 - 13 October 2010
A pair of idiosyncratic looks at a London that has long since vanished.
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Members' preview: The Stoning of Soraya M.
9 October 2010
Set in 1986, during the early days of Khomeini-era Iran, this adaptation of Freidoune Sahebjam’s bestselling book tells the story of a young woman who is accused of adultery and subsequently stoned to death.
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Screening Conditions: Magnificent Obsession
10 October 2010
The second event in a series of films and discussions exploring the theme "Watching the Blind".
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
22 October 2010 - 31 October 2010
Set in 1986, during the early days of Khomeini-era Iran, this adaptation of Freidoune Sahebjam’s bestselling book tells the story of a young woman who is accused of adultery and subsequently stoned to death.
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Cross-Channel
27 October 2010 - 31 October 2010
A fascinating and provocative new film from British filmmaker Ron Peck (Nighthawks; Empire State), which marks the first part of a projected trilogy set on ferries.
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Out of the Ashes
29 October 2010 - 31 October 2010
A documentary following the Afghan cricket team in their quest against the odds to qualify for the World Cup.
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Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
29 October 2010
To kick off Tom Zé night the ICA screens this new documentary examining why Tom Zé has not always occupied a position of comfort in the Brazilian music scene.
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Science and its Publics: ‘A Treetop Odyssey’
30 October 2010
This screening and discussion event focuses our attention on the one of the world’s most inaccessible and under-explored area, the tropical rainforest canopies.
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Screening Conditions: Land of Silence and Darkness
31 October 2010
The third event in a series of films and discussions exploring the theme: Watching the Blind.