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Winner of the Silver Lion at Venice in 1991, it is considered perhaps Zhang's most accomplished film and the culmination of his 'Red Trilogy'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/raise-the-red-lantern-39238/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/films/raise-the-red-lantern", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e3974183ed0475c1eb1127e625652682f475e9408410ee23345ae168df356658-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T15:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "tickets": "sold_out"}, {"start": "2026-11-07T20:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-09T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "tickets": "sold_out"}, {"start": "2026-11-11T15:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-12T14:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Strawman", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/comedy"], "description": "Strawman is a 1987 Taiwanese film screening at The Garden Cinema. 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The film depicts the alienation of urban life and was made in collaboration with Taiwan New Cinema master Hou Hsiao-hsien, who takes the male lead and serves as screenwriter and producer. It stars Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Chin and Ko I-Chen. Yang's exceptional directorial skills are a testament to the camaraderie among New Cinema filmmakers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/taipei-story-39247/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/taipei-story/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/df78385e0e62858f02e2617d20e19f19468d04a76d57bd296ef2249f21eda796-600.webp"}, {"title": "Laoniang", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Collective", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "Laoniang is a photographic exhibition presented by The Koppel Project at Collective. It is the work of Zhiyan Liu, a London-based photographer, and centres on her maternal grandmother, whom she has called Laoniang since childhood. Through sustained engagement with the eighty-year-old's daily life — working the land, tending the courtyard, caring for animals and resting at home — the project explores kinship, ageing, domesticity and self-determination. 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It is an enquiry into kinship, ageing, domesticity and self-determination, centred on the photographer's maternal grandmother, now eighty years old, whose everyday life of working the land and caring for her home Liu has followed with her camera. Rooted in their close family relationship, the series considers how familiar routines carry knowledge and autonomy, and questions assumptions about later life, labour and care. The images invite viewers to look at a life that cannot be reduced to the perspectives or expectations of others.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/laoniang-42456/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/laoniang-zhiyan-liu", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c722e40a70b4e39b1183adddd3b0fe6df5552555d0a01d8a21746c09052ae4b7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Resurrection", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/science-fiction/dystopian"], "description": "Chester Film Society presents a screening of the feature film Resurrection, made up with Picturehouse as part of a diverse programme of world cinema. In a future where humanity has traded its ability to dream for immortality, an outcast (Jackson Yee) finds illusion, nightmarish visions and beauty in an intoxicating world of his own making. A work of staggering imagination from visionary Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night), it conjures vast, ever-shifting worlds on the brink of collapse in an era-spanning journey through our deepest and most human desires. The cast also includes Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Huang Jue and Chen Yongzhong.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/resurrection-37898/", "official_url": "https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00018203/cfs-resurrection", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0f0c814ca4adf71d9c1bbb8a00795a309d4e1b0530e9ddfd45c2bbb9d95baee6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Millennium Mambo", "start": "2026-10-30T18:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's 2001 film about an aimless bar hostess in Taipei, drifting from her blowhard boyfriend towards a suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback to the then-present from the then-future of 2011, it is a trance-like dive into the techno-scored neon nightlife of the city, drenched in club lights with a nagging undercurrent of ennui. Shu Qi stars alongside Jack Kao and Tuan Chun-hao. The film is presented in a new digital restoration as part of the cinema's focus on filmmaker Mark Lee Ping-bing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/millennium-mambo-39218/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/millennium-mambo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dc4c82166411d2c14cd9a9003b4f167b7cd0ad05908733cd28a284fc772e0f67-1200.webp"}, {"title": "In The Mood For Love", "start": "2026-11-04T20:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/romance"], "description": "In The Mood For Love is a romance film from 2000, shown at the Prince Charles Cinema. Directed by Wong Kar Wai and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chen and Paulyn Sun, it tells of 1962 Hong Kong, where neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair; as they spend time together they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/in-the-mood-for-love-63987/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/19529988/in-the-mood-for-love", "image": "https://noky.io/images/60d7ebec81903a0e6f4e973d385d5a94dbf46f23bcc651b71f1e4277382d8031-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Banana Paradise", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama"], "description": "Banana Paradise is a screening of Wang Toon's 1989 Taiwanese film, part of The Garden Cinema's Made in Taiwan season. It follows a naive young man who follows the Kuomintang forces from China to Taiwan in 1949, adopting false names as he adjusts to life amid turbulent socio-economic changes. The film, the second chapter in Wang's 'Modern Taiwan Trilogy', addresses the cruelties of martial law as a tragicomic melodrama, alongside rural-urban migration and the demands of modernisation. The screening on 8 November will be introduced by Tom Cunliffe (UCL) and shows a new restoration, with Doze Niu Chen-Zer, Chang Shih and Wen Ying in the cast.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/banana-paradise-39242/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/banana-paradise/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/02c5ee45227451c88fddecaad75485afdf9a927d15832ff668d82692aa9fe4dd-600.webp"}, {"title": "The Dreamed Adventure", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Picturehouse Central", "address": "Great Windmill Street, W1D 7DH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.ica.art/shop", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film 'The Dreamed Adventure'. In the verdant Bulgarian mountains, archaeologist Veska crosses paths with Saïd, an old acquaintance whose car has been stolen; as she takes him to her excavation site, she is drawn into his shady business world. From Western writer-director Valeska Grisebach, it is a skilfully directed drama with a strong feminist spine, set in a small town gripped by violence and led by a non-professional cast, including Yana Radeva in a resplendent debut. The film won the Cannes Jury Prize.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-dreamed-adventure-37783/", "official_url": "https://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00018685/cff-the-dreamed-adventure", "image": "https://noky.io/images/088fe60d927db68040c34e82857865afb9ac04ef552c6b093af1c831eb32e3e0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Made in Taiwan", "start": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "Made in Taiwan is a season of screenings dedicated to Taiwanese cinema, running from 24 October to 6 December 2026. It is presented by The Garden Cinema and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, and is the fourth edition of the cinema's annual Taiwanese film season. At its heart is a focus on cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-bing, who joins in London for seven films from his five-decade career, including his collaborations with Hou Hsiao-hsien. The programme also brings classic and contemporary Taiwanese works by filmmakers such as Edward Yang, Tsai Ming-liang, King Hu, Wang Toon, Huang Ya-li, Chen Kuo-fu and Hsin Chi, alongside Q&As and introductions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/made-in-taiwan-39287/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f0514bb360a48417c6b3862d09a30e4add3aab83384fb4f6cc19302d1a6bbec9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "One Photograph / Different Perspectives", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00Z", "place": "Collective", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "An artist-led conversation about how the context of a photograph shapes the way we see it. It accompanies Zhiyan Liu's photographic series Laoniang, which documents the everyday life of her maternal grandmother in rural China. Participants look closely at a single photograph from the exhibition and share their interpretations before learning the circumstances in which it was made, then extend the discussion to other works. Open to all, with no prior knowledge of photography required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/one-photograph-different-perspectives-39385/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/one-photograph-different-perspectives", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9a6013ec402eb7bb5eb72e41025df58ad474d4f401d471e524bd4a4d1c3a576-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Assassin", "start": "2026-11-05T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/action"], "description": "The Assassin is a wuxia film about Nie Yinniang, a general's daughter trained by a nun as an exceptional assassin who is sent back to her birthplace with orders to kill the cousin she was once betrothed to, now the leader of the largest independent military region in North China. It is the final feature film by Hou Hsiao-hsien, who reunites with leading actress Shu Qi in a sublime, impressionistic take on the genre, also starring Chang Chen, Zhou Yun and Satoshi Tsumabuki.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-assassin-39231/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/the-assassin-qa/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9099b116afa528a869da70904d98fd61806ec8c7283ac7343f3b02b43f373e6c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Possible Love", "start": "2026-10-30T12:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "ArtHouse Crouch End", "address": "Tottenham Lane 159A, N8 9BT London", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Possible Love is a South Korean drama about two married couples whose lives become entangled after a funeral brings them together. Mi-ok, living quietly with her laid-off husband, agrees to be filmed by documentary maker Ye-ji and finds herself drawn to Ye-ji's unreadable husband Sang-woo, as fractures appear in their daily existence. It marks director Lee Chang-dong's first release in eight years, with Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong and Zo In-sung starring. The film is presented in Korean with English subtitles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/possible-love-34775/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/possible-love/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6617a938fb605474e2ebf6f733330626bac1ef3d12d3edc6ccaa0d7062fc460d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "What Time Is It There?", "start": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A film screening by Tsai Ming-liang, made in Taiwan and France in 2001, reuniting the director with Lee Kang-sheng alongside Chen Shiang-chyi and Lu Yi-ching. Hsiao-kang, a watch vendor in Taipei, sells a dual-time watch to Shiang-chyi before she leaves for Paris. As she wanders the unfamiliar city alone, Hsiao-kang becomes fixated on Paris, watching Truffaut's The 400 Blows and resetting clocks across Taipei to Paris time. Across the two cities, their solitary lives unfold in parallel, mirroring each other through absence, chance encounters and quiet gestures of connection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/what-time-is-it-there-39230/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/what-time-is-it-there/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0feca1acfc99153f95b2b17f6fb36c383d8e194b16e07eeb5f71da6db3fb45db-600.webp"}, {"title": "Black Narcissus", "start": "2026-11-03T14:25:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/prince-charles-cinema/booknow/31628224", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/crime"], "description": "Black Narcissus is a psychological drama about a group of nuns, played by Deborah Kerr, Kathleen Byron and Flora Robson among others, who struggle to establish a convent in the Himalayas, where isolation, extreme weather, altitude and culture clashes drive the well-intentioned missionaries mad. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film explores the conflict between the spirit and the flesh in their sensuous style. It won Oscars for Alfred Junge's art direction and Jack Cardiff's cinematography.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/black-narcissus-64020/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/189195/black-narcissus", "image": "https://noky.io/images/eb3ea3e97feea29dc632d3524b12b7cb7472e67618feeba498f8443acb0f966f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dogtooth", "start": "2026-11-04T15:25:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Prince Charles Cinema", "address": "Leicester Place 7, WC2H 7BY London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/psychological-drama"], "description": "A screening of the film \"Dogtooth [Kynodontas]\". Yorgos Lanthimos directs this psychological drama starring Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley and Angeliki Papoulia. It follows a controlling, manipulative father who locks his three adult children in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dogtooth-64024/", "official_url": "https://princecharlescinema.com/film/10519845/dogtooth-kynodontas", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e883b494d76b59b8e3f8ec988ef9640140a95431d516e9208ed02a2077633c0-1200.webp"}]}