What’s On – September

This month we’ve got films with ideas in District 9 and Surrogates, digital futures at Onedotzero, Tim Berners-Lee in discussion, Bryan Talbot signing, and Nick Cave, well, everywhere!

See anything we’ve missed or have something new to add for next month, send us an e-mail to: tom@sci-fi-london.com.

Cinema Releases:

District 9
Friday, 4th September – General Release
Dorian Gray
Sunday, 6th September – General Release
Sorority Row
Wednesday, 9th September – General Release
Whiteout
Friday, 11th September – General Release
The Thing (Reissue)
Tuesday, 15th September – General Release
Gamer
Wednesday, 16th September – General Release
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 3D
Friday, 18th September – General Release
Surrogates
Friday, 25th September – General Release

Festivals/Seasons:

London International Animation Festival
Friday, 28th August – Sunday, 6th September – Various Venues
Sexploitation
Wednesday, 2nd September – Wednesday, 30th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero_Adventures in Motion
Wednesday, 9th September – Sunday, 13th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT

Screenings:

White Lightnin’ (Electric Sheep Film Club)
Wednesday, 2nd September – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Saturday, 5th September / Friday, 18th September / Sunday, 20th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Pufnstuf (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 5th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
The Room
Saturday, 5th September – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Merlin (Kids Screening TV Preview)
Sunday, 6th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Dorian Gray (Preview)
Monday, 7th September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Dorian Gray (Preview)
Wednesday, 9th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: Extended Play 09
Wednesday, 9th September / Saturday, 12th September / Sunday, 13th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: Wow + Flutter 09
Wednesday, 9th September / Friday, 11th September / Sunday, 13th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: j-star 09
Thursday, 10th September / Saturday, 12th September / Sunday, 13th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: New British Talent 09
Thursday, 10th September / Friday, 11th September / Saturday, 12th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
ICO Essentials: Modernity
Friday, 11th September – Saturday, 19th September – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Up 3D (Onedotzero_Preview + Q&A)
Friday, 11th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Kirikou and the Sorceress (Thames Festival Free Screening)
Saturday, 12th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Leprechaun 4: In Space (Bad Film Club)
Saturday, 12th September – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Legend / The Princess Bride (Double Bill)
Friday, 18th September – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Azur and Asmar – The Princes’ Quest (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 19th September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
A Bug’s Life (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 19th September / Tuesday, 22nd September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Clerks
Saturday, 19th September / Wednesday, 23rd Sepetmber – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
The Room (Bad Film Club – Graham Linehan, Peter Serafinowicz)
Wednesday, 23rd September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
The Muppet Movie (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 26th September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Nuryan
Saturday, 26th September – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
Sunday, 27th September / Wednesday, 30th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
The Age of Stupid
Tuesday, 29th September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Devil May Cry (Japanimation Season)
Tuesday, 29th September – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS

Signings:

Tom Baker
Friday, 4th September – HMV Oxford St – W1D 1DJ
Nick Cave – The Death of Bunny Munro
Tuesday, 8th September – Waterstones Piccadilly – SW1Y 6WW
Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer
Wednesday, 9th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Mike Carey – The Naming of the Beasts
Thursday, 10th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Pat Mills, Clint Langley, Leigh Gallagher
Saturday, 12th September – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Kim Stanley – Galileo’s Dream
Thursday, 17th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Pat Mills – Requiem Vampire Knight
Saturday, 19th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
David Lloyd – Absolute V for Vendetta
Thursday, 24th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Ramsey Campbell and Bryan Talbot – Creatures of the Pool
Saturday, 26th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Bryan Talbot – Grandville
Sunday, 27th September – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Nick Cave – The Death Of Bunny Munroe
Monday, 28th September – HMV Oxford St – W1D 1DJ

Talks:

Douglas Coupland – Generation A
Tuesday, 1st September – Foyles – WC2H 0EB
Bio-Design Talk
Saturday, 5th September – Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
John Banville – The Infinities
Wednesday, 9th September – Foyles – WC2H 0EB
Nick Cave – The Death of Bunny Munro
Wednesday, 9th September – Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
Onedotzero: ‘It’s Good to be Open’ – Panel Discussion
Thursday, 10th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: Creativity Design
Friday, 11th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: City Interventions
Saturday, 12th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
‘Onedotzero Collaborative’ Identity Presentation
Saturday, 12th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Centenary Talks – The Web Revealed (Tim Berners-Lee)
Monday, 14th September – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Richard Dawkins – The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Wednesday, 16th September – Waterstones Gower Street – WC1E 6EQ
The Arctic and Climate Change
Thursday, 17th September – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Exchanges at the Frontier
Thursday, 17th September – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
September09 Cafe Scientifique: Quantum mechanics
Monday, 21st September – The Royal Institution of Great Britain – W1S 4BS
Dacre Stoker – Dracula: The Un-dead
Monday, 28th September – Waterstones Piccadilly – SW1Y 6WW

Events:

Wallace & Gromit present a World of Cracking Ideas
Saturday, 28th March – Sunday, 1st November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Dan Dare & the Birth of Hi-tech Britain
Wednesday, 30th April – Sunday, 25th October – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet
Friday, 19th June – Sunday, 18th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Hitman Exhibition
Friday, 17th July – Wednesday, 16th September – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Margaret Atwood – The Year of the Flood
Wednesday, 2nd September, Thursday, 3rd September – St James’s Church – W1J 9LL
LUNARTIK Toy Launch (+ Signing)
Saturday, 5th September – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
September09 Family Fun Day: Space
Saturday, 5th September – The Royal Institution of Great Britain – W1S 4BS
Resonance 104.4FM Live
Sunday, 6th September – Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
Wieden + Kennedy: Onedotzero Identity
Wednesday, 9th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009
Thusrday, 10th September – Sunday, 10th January – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Onedotzero_Cascade
Thursday, 10th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Onedotzero: Interactive Music Video Lounge
Friday, 11th September / Saturday, 12th September / Sunday, 12th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Festival of Innovation
Saturday, 12th September – Sunday, 13th September – Science Museum at Wroughton – SN4 9LT
Onedotzero_Sprites and Film Funday Workshop (Kids Event)
Sunday, 13th September – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Secret Origins Exhibition
Thursday, 17th September – Saturday, 17th October – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Mapping the Musical Brain
Saturday, 19th September – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Science Museum Lates
Wednesday, 30th September – Science Museum – SW7 2DD

Tickets On Sale:

The RI Christmas Lectures
Monday, 7th September – The Royal Institution of Great Britain – W1S 4BS
BFI London Film Festival 2009
Wednesday, 23rd September – BFI Members (Thursday, 17th September Postal) / Friday, 25th September – Partner venue members and Festival email bulletin subscribers / Saturday, 26th September – General Public – BFI Southbank and Festival Venues