What's On - April
Obviously the only really important thing you need to take note of this month is the return of our illustrious festival: SCI-FI-LONDON!
But that's just 10 days of fantastic fun, and when you're not attending that, you might want to take in some other things?
In fact it seems like everyone else has had a similar idea to us this April, as the screens are practically awash with genre film releases and revivals for some reason; including lots of slashy horror movies, black and white classics and eclectic double bills, plus the usual scattering of talks and events.
It's a weird downpour of stuff to navigate, but we're not complaining.
Enjoy April, and see you at the festival!
Cinema Releases:
Blooded
Friday, 1st April - Limited Release
Hatchet II
Friday, 1st April - Limited Release
Source Code
Friday, 1st April - General Release
Sucker Punch
Friday, 1st April - General Release
Mars Needs Moms (3D)
Friday, 8th April - General Release
The Roommate
Friday, 8th April - General Release
The Silent House
Friday, 8th April - Limited Release
Your Highness
Wednesday, 13th April - General Release
Red Riding Hood
Friday, 15th April - General Release
Scream 4
Friday, 15th April - General Release
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
Friday, 22nd April - Limited Release
Beastly
Friday, 22nd April - General Release
Zombie Undead
Friday, 22nd April - Limited Release
Thor
Wednesday, 27th April - General Release
Shadow
Thursday, 28th April - Limited Release
I Saw The Devil
Friday, 29th April - Limited Release
Insidious
Friday, 29th April - General Release
Festivals/Seasons:
The Disney 50
Sunday, 16th January - December 2011 - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Kinoteka: The 9th Polish Film Festival
Thursday, 24th March - Wednesday, 13th April - Various Locations
Echo-2
Friday, 1st April - Sunday, 3rd April - Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow - UB3 5AW
London Word Festival
Thursday, 7th April - Thursday, 5th May - Various Locations
Kapow Comic Con
Saturday, 9th April - Sunday, 10th April - Business Design Centre - N1 0QH
SCI-FI-LONDON 10
Saturday, 23rd April - Monday, 2nd May - Various Locations
Screenings:
A Magical Mixture (Family Film Club)
Saturday, 2nd April - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
CALF Animation Programme
Sunday, 3rd April - Roxy Bar And Screen - SE1 1LB
Eraserhead
Sunday, 3rd April, Saturday, 9th April, Friday, 22nd April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
2001: A Space Odyssey (Live Accompaniment)
Thursday, 7th April - Royal Festival Hall - SE1 8XX
Frankenstein (NT Encore)
Thursday, 7th April - Various Locations
Mr Freedom
Thursday, 7th April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Child of the Atom (Artists' Film Club)
Friday, 8th April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Rubber (London Premiere)
Friday, 8th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Sing-A-Long-A Rocky Horror
Friday, 8th April - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Ponyo (Cinekids)
Saturday, 9th April - Curzon Millbank - SW1P 4QP
Alphaville
Sunday, 10th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3D (Cinekids)
Sunday, 10th April - Renoir - WC1N 1AW
Metropolis
Sunday, 10th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Westworld
Sunday, 10th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Little Shop of Horrors + The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Double Bill)
Monday, 11th April - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
The Manster
Thursday, 14th April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Shogun Assassin (Late Night Cigarette Burns Cinema)
Saturday, 16th April - Rio Cinema - E8 2PB
Spirited Away
Saturday, 16th April - Rio Cinema - E8 2PB
The Man Who Fell to Earth + Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg Double Bill)
Sunday, 17th April - Riverside Studios - W6 9RL
Don't Look Now + Rabbit Hole (Double Bill)
Monday, 18th April, Tuesday, 19th April - Riverside Studios - W6 9RL
The Fog
Thursday, 21st April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
The Island of Dr Moreau (1996)
Thursday, 21st April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Night of the Demon + Vampire Circus (Double Bill)
Friday, 22nd April - Roxy Bar And Screen - SE1 1LB
The Blob
Saturday, 23rd April - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Saturday, 23rd April - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
Paprika
Saturday, 23rd April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Spring Fever: Mr Horatio Knibbles
Sunday, 24th April - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Back to the Future + Back to the Future II (Double Bill)
Monday, 25th April - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Thursday, 28th April - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Lets Scare Jessica to Death + Kim Newman & Mark Kermode in Conversation
Friday, 29th April - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Nosferatu (Minima Rescore)
Friday, 29th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Dramarama: And Now... for Something Completely Different
Saturday, 30th April - BFI Southbank - SE1 8XT
Ghostbusters
Saturday, 30th April - Prince Charles Cinema - WC2H 7BY
Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films/Shadow Puppets
Saturday, 30th April - Curzon Millbank - SW1P 4QP
Signings:
Andy Diggle, Jamie Delano & Jock - Rat Catcher and Hellblazer: Pandemonium
Friday, 8th April - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR
James Goss, Una McCormack - Doctor Who: Dead of Winter, Doctor Who: The Way Through The Woods
Saturday, 16th April - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR
Lavie Tidhar - Camera Obscura
Tuesday, 19th April - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR
David Weber - A Mighty Fortress
Thursday, 21st April - Forbidden Planet London Megastore - WC2H 8JR
Talks:
Meteorites: Messengers From Space
Wednesday, 6th April - Natural History Museum - SW7 5BD
Charles Hinton, Pioneer of the Fourth Dimension
Thursday, 7th April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Incoming! Or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Meteorite
Thursday, 7th April - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Let There Be Light - Sunlight, DNA and Skin Ageing
Thursday, 7th April - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
'Behold a New Thing in the Earth!': Reflections on Science at the Great Exhibition
Friday, 8th April - The Royal Society - SW1Y 5AG
The Science of Good and Evil
Monday, 11th April - Kensington Town Hall - W8 7NX
James Gleick - The Information
Wednesday, 13th April - The British Library - NW1 2DB
It's Got To Be Nuclear
Thursday, 14th April - Royal Geographical Society - SW7 2AR
Psi, Mind and Time
Thursday, 14th April - ICA - SW1Y 5AH
Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty
Tuesday, 19th April - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
Events:
Ghost Stories
Friday, 25th June 2010 - Sunday, 26th June - Duke Of York's Theatre - WC2N 4BG
Ray Harryhausen - Myths & Legends Exhibition
Tuesday, 29th June 2010 - June 2011 - London Film Museum - SE1 7PB
Extinct
Tuesday, 18th January - Saturday, 23rd July - The Hunterian Museum - WC2A 3PE
Greenland
Tuesday, 25, January - Saturday, 2nd April - National Theatre - SE1 9PX
Frankenstein
Saturday, 5th February - Monday, 2nd May - National Theatre - SE1 9PX
Doctor Who Experience
Sunday, 20th February - Wednesday, 30th November - Olympia Two - W14 8UX
Impact: Collisions and Catastrophes
Saturday, 12th March - Monday, 29th August - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Piccard In Space
Thursday, 31st March - Saturday, 10th April - Southbank Centre - SE1 8XX
Family Fun Day - Food
Saturday, 2nd April - The Royal Institution - W1S 4BS
Zombie Calling Exhibition
Saturday, 2nd April - Saturday, 30th April - Orbital Comics - WC2H 7JA
April London SF Meeting
Thursday, 7th April - The Melton Mowbray - EC1N 2LE
Elements
Friday, 8th April - Wellcome Collection - NW1 2BE
The Goosebump Effect
Friday, 8th April - Barbican Centre - EC2Y 8DS
Evenings with the Stars: Gagarin 50
Wednesday, 13th April - Thursday, 14th April - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
Roxy Film & TV Pub Quiz
Thursday, 14th April - Roxy Bar And Screen - SE1 1LB
Little Eagles
Saturday, 16 April - Saturday, 7th May - Hampstead Theatre - NW3 3EU
BSFA Open Meeting
Wednesday, 20th April - The Antelope - SW1W 8EZ
ZZ9 London Pub Meeting
Wednesday, 20th April - The Wheatsheaf- SE1 1TY
Cosmic Revolutions Course
Tuesday, 26th April - Tuesday, 24th May - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat! Film Quiz
Tuesday, 26th April - Ritzy Picturehouse - SW2 1JG
Science Museum Lates
Wednesday, 27th April - Science Museum - SW7 2DD
Saturday Space Explorers
Saturday, 30th April - Royal Observatory - SE10 8XJ
