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Belle de Jour

 

21 - 23, 25, 27 Nov - 2 , 7 Dec 2008

To complement our new release Belle Toujours, a big-screen outing for Buñuel's complex and sublime fantasy.

Betting on Shorts: More Than a Eurovision of Short Film

 

21 November 2008

Gamble on your favourite film and see who wins during our night of 13 cities and one big prize.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

 

7 - 30 Nov, 3 - 4 Dec 2008

**** Total Film ****The Times **** Time Out **** Telegraph **** Metro

If Austin Powers was funnier, if Naked Gun was sexier... Our ace new release is a super spy satire. And how is your veal stew?

Belle Toujours

 

21 Nov - 7 , 9 - 11 Dec 2008

***** Time Out  **** Total Film  **** Financial Times **** Evening Standard

Belle de Jour 40 years on - a sly and subtle tribute from one great film-maker to another.

Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of the Snow + Naruto 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

 

22, 29 - 30 Nov 2008

A special manga double bill, screening as part of our Comica season.

Twentieth Century Boys

 

26 November 2008

A first look at the live-action version of the manga series, inspired by the T.Rex song of almost the same name.

To Get To Heaven First You Have To Die

 

28 - 30 Nov, 2 - 3, 5 - 7, 9 - 11, 13 - 14 Dec 2008

A striking, poetic comedy-drama from young Tajik director Djamshed Usmanov.

Herostratus

 

29 Nov, 20 Dec 2008

The first film to be screened at the new ICA cinemas in May 1968, starring Helen Mirren in her screen debut.

Screening Conditions: Lilya 4-Ever

 

30 November 2008

The last in the series of films and talks about prostitution, in association with The Institute of Psychoanalysis.

Chungking Express + Violent Cop

 

30 November 2008

A fantastic double bill: Wong Kar-Wai's dreamy 1995 cult classic and Takeshi Kitano's astonishing, violent debut feature.

CinematICA presents Black Rainbow + Mike Hodges Q&A

 

30 November 2008

Supporting our cinema refurbishment campaign, Mike Hodges introduces his rarely-seen 1989 thriller.

Mo & Me

 

1 December 2008

Salim Amin, only child of photojournalist Mo Amin, reflects on the life of his frequently absent, globe-trotting father.

Arlit, Deuxième Paris + Q&A

 

2 December 2008

The scandalous working conditions in a Nigerien uranium mine are uncovered.

CinematICA: The Terminal Man: Director's Cut

 

3 December 2008

We have a spanking new print and restored scenes from Hodges' sci-fi gem starring George Segal as the man with the bad bits in his brain.

X-102 Rediscovers the Rings of Saturn

 

4 Dec 2008

Detroit techno dons Underground Resistance create a musical and visual experience of Saturn - we have the film and the afterparty with Jeff Mills.

La Maison Jaune

 

4 December 2008

A sublime and moving piece of film-making from the arid landscapes of Algeria.

Trouble the Water

 

5 - 23, 27 - 30 Dec 2008

Announced as a finalist in the 2009 Academy Awards for Best Documentary.

A brilliant depiction of resilience, courage and humour in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Members' Preview: Love and Honour

 

6 December 2008

The last in Yoji Yamada's elegant samurai trilogy: free preview for Members.

Terra Sonâmbula + director Q&A

 

6 December 2008

In war-torn Mozambique, young Muidinga searches for his mother. Award-winning drama adapted from the great book, plus a director Q&A.

No Place To Go + The Hours and Times

 

6 December 2008

Double bill: the last days of Hanna Flanders in the new, unified Germany, plus a tale of Beatle seduction.

En Attendant Les Hommes

 

6 December 2008

In a society dominated by religion, tradition and men, three women express themselves without restriction.

Weekend + Sympathy for the Devil

 

7 December 2008

A revolutionary Godard double bill: the ever-startling Weekend and the censor-bothering Sympathy for the Devil.

Jerusalema + Q&A

 

7 December 2008

This edgy and energetic film maintains a distinct South African voice with a winning performance from Rapulana Seiphemo at its centre.

Legacy in the Dust: The Four Aces Story

 

7 December 2008

Dalston's infamous club hosted Percy Sledge, Bob Marley, The Slits and Dylan and more. This moving doc waves goodbye as the Four Aces is bulldozed by urban regeneration.

VSPRS Show and Tell + director Q&A

 

8 December 2008

The weirdest, most shocking and provocative dance performance you will ever see, as shot by Sophie Fiennes.

Les Ballets de Ci en de Là

 

8 December 2008

Who are the dancers of Les Ballets C de la B? Where do they come from? And how do they transcend the world on stage?

CinematICA: Genova + Q&A (tbc)

 

11 December 2008

A special cinematICA preview of Michael Winterbottom's new drama, starring Colin Firth. Plus Q&A, we hope...

Love and Honour

 

12 - 23, 27 - 30 Dec 2008

The last in Yoji Yamada's elegant samurai trilogy.

Donkey Skin + Alice

 

13 December 2008

Double bill: Jacques Demy's dark mythical fantasy from 1970, starring Catherine Deneuve, and Jan Švankmajer's take on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Akira + Irma Vep

 

14 December 2008

Double bill: Ôtomo's Tokyo epic and Olivier Assayas's Hong Kong fantasy with the marvellous Maggie Cheung slipping into a French silent-film role.

The 39 Steps

 

20, 28, 30 Dec 2008

Hitchcock's elegant spy thriller with Robert Donat. Mr Memory, fried haddock, saucy stockings and tense train journeys!

The Punk Rock Movie + Suburbia

 

20 December 2008

Don Letts' super super-8 document of the Roxy Club in 1976, playing in a particularly, spectacularly punk double bill with Penelope Spheeris's portrait of the LA punk scene.

The London Nobody Knows + Free Cinema

 

20 - 21, 27 - 30 Dec 2008

Back by popular demand, James Mason's tour of long-gone London, playing in a double bill with a free cinema classic.

Brief Encounter

 

21, 27, 29 Dec 2008

"I've been so foolish. I've fallen in love. I'm an ordinary woman. I didn't think such violent things could happen to ordinary people."

Akira

 

21 December 2008

Ôtomo's gorgeous adaptation of his massive comic epic provides an rip-roaring ride through 2019 post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo.

The Trip + Candy

 

21 December 2008

Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Heath Ledger in a cautionary-but-not-that-cautionary, drug-fuelled double bill.

It's a Wonderful Life

 

22 - 23, 27 Dec 2008

The greatest Christmas movie of all time, taking you to terrible dark places and then back to weepy festive joy, with style and humour and about a million ever-quotable lines.

All About Eve

 

22, 29 Dec 2008

Bette Davis's finest hour, with a peerless script, Edith Head outfits and a glowing cameo from Marilyn Monroe.

Casablanca

 

23, 28, 30 Dec 2008

After 66 years, this tale of romance, sacrifice and the great, smaller losses of war hits as hard as ever. And it's got a great song!

Chungking Express

 

27 December 2008

Wong Kar-Wai's dazzling film made Quentin Tarantino cry because he loved it so much.

The Man Without a Past + Total Balalaika Show

 

27 December 2008

An delirious tale of identity and confusion, sadness and silliness, screening with the director Kaurismäki's film of the Leningrad Cowboys in concert.

Alice

 

28 December 2008

Švankmajer's take on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland mixes animation with live action to create a universe in which machines, toys and puppets come to life.

Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner

 

28, 30 Dec 2008

Zacharias Kunuk's extraordinary Inuit epic set in the Artic at the dawn of the first millennium.

Violent Cop

 

29 December 2008

Kitano's dazzling debut feature does what it says on the tin.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 

29 - 30 Dec 2008

Ba-da ba-da dooooooo... Wah waaaaah waaah. Enjoy the double-crossing, cigar-chomping and tension-building, all underpinned by Morriccone's genius score in this uber-Western.

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