Obviously first in your diaries this month is SCI-FI-LONDON’s Oktoberfest on the 23rd and 24th, in bold, and underlined! Around that, you might also like to enjoy a selection from: Raindance, the London Film Festival, London Expo, Terry Gilliam, Kevin Smith, plus various Halloween events; as the nights draw in.
And, in the cinema, there’s a suspiciously high number of genre pics out too (clearout in advance of the awards season!?), plus talks, oh so many talks!
Seen 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 13: Ultimatum
Friday, 2nd October – Apollo Piccadilly Circus – SW1Y 4LR
Ghost In The Shell 2.0
Friday, 2nd October – Limited Release
The Invention Of Lying
Friday, 2nd October – General Release
Pandorum
Friday, 2nd October – General Release
The Spell
Friday, 2nd October – Limited Release
Toy Story in 3D
Friday, 2nd October – General Release
Vinyan
Friday, 2nd October – Limited Release
Zombieland
Wednesday, 7th October – General Release
Creek
Friday, 9th October – General Release
Halloween II
Friday, 9th October – General Release
Up (3D)
Friday, 9th October – General Release
The Vanishing Of The Bees
Friday, 9th October – Limited Release
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Friday, 16th October – General Release
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
Friday, 16th October – General Release
Pontypool
Friday, 16th October – Limited Release
Thirst
Friday, 16th October – Limited Release
Triangle
Friday, 16th October – General Release
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Friday, 23rd October – General Release
Coffin Rock
Friday, 23rd October – Apollo Piccadilly Circus – SW1Y 4LR
Colin
Friday, 23rd October – Limited Release
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Friday, 23rd October – General Release
9
Wednesday, 28th October – General Release
Aladin
Friday, 30th October – Limited Release
An American Werewolf In London (R/I)
Friday, 30th October – Limited Release
Love Exposure
Friday, 30th October – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Festivals/Seasons:
Raindance Film Festival
Wednesday, 30th September – Sunday, 11th October – Apollo Piccadilly Circus – SW1Y 4LR
BFI London Film Festival
Wednesday, 14th October – Thursday, 29th October – Various Venues
The Festival Of Fantastic Films 2009 (Manchester)
Friday, 16th October – Sunday, 18th October – Days Hotel, Manchester – M13BB
SCI-FI-LONDON: Oktoberfest 2009
Friday, 23rd October – Saturday, 24th October – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ, and Apollo Piccadilly Circus – SW1Y 4LR
London MCM Expo
Saturday, 24th October – Sunday, 25th October – Excel London – E16 1XL
Frightfest Halloween All-Nighter
Saturday, 31st October – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Gorezone Weekend Of Horror 09
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Screenings:
The Hour-Glass Sanatorium
Thursday, 1st October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
The Man Who Fell To Earth + Moon (Double Bill)
Thursday, 1st October – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Spiritual Warriors
Friday, 2nd October – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Band Of Ninja
Saturday, 5th October / Monday, 5th October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence
Saturday, 3rd October / Monday, 5th October / Thursday 8th October – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Igor (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 3rd October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
The Room
Saturday, 3rd October – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Star Trek – The Motion Picture (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 3rd October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Terminator All-Nighter
Saturday, 3rd October – BFI Imax – SE1 8XR
Wild At Heart + The Sandy Dillon Band
Saturday, 3rd October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Wings Of Desire
Sunday, 4th October / Friday, 9th October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Thirst + Park Chan-Wook Q&A
Monday, 5th October – Curzon Soho – W1D 5DY
The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus + Terry Gilliam Q&A
Wednesday, 7th October – Curzon Mayfair – W1J 7TY
Rollerball (Electric Sheep Film Club)
Wednesday, 7th October – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
The Princess Bride (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 10th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Ratatouille (Meal + Movie)
Sunday, 11th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Alice
Monday, 12th October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Flesh Gordon
Monday, 12th October / Wednesday, 14th October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Kids Screening)
Tuesday, 13th October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
The Wizard Of Oz (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 17th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Vampyr (Live Accompaniment)
Sunday, 18th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
G-Force (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 24th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Sword Of The Stranger + Studio Bones ScreenTalk
Monday, 26th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
International Animation Day Focus: Joanna Quinn
Wednesday, 28th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus (Bad Film Club)
Thursday, 29th October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Hui Buh – The Goofy Ghost (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 31st October – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Saw All-Nighter
Saturday, 31st October – BFI Imax – SE1 8XR
Signings:
Iain Banks – Transition
Saturday, 3rd October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Howard Chaykin – American Flagg!
Monday, 5th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Terry Gilliam
Tuesday, 6th October – HMV Oxford Street – W1D 1DJ
Kevin Smith – Shootin’ The Sh*t
Tuesday, 6th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Kevin Smith – Shootin’ The Sh*t
Thursday, 8th October – Waterstones Piccadilly – SW1Y 6WW
Bryan Talbot
Saturday, 10th October – Gosh! Comics – WC1B 3NZ
Eoin Colfer – And Another Thing
Wednesday, 14th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Robert V S Redick – The Rats And The Ruling Sea
Friday, 16th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton – An Animated Life
Saturday, 17th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Marc Price & Alastair Kirton: Colin DVD
Monday, 26th October – HMV Oxford Street – W1D 1DJ
Cory Doctorow – Makers
Thursday, 29th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Talks:
The Leviathan Of Parsonstown
Thursday, 1st October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Seeing The Invisible: Observing The Dark Side Of The Universe
Thursday, 1st October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
360 TV & Multi-Platform Production
Friday, 2nd October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Online-Only TV And The Democratisation Of TV Production
Fridaym 2nd October – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Werner Herzog
Saturday, 3rd October – Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
Centenary Talks – Concorde’s Legacy
Monday, 5th October – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Fossils, Fact And Fiction
Monday, 5th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Treasures In Store: Astrolabes
Wednesday, 7th October – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Exchanges At The Frontier
Thursday, 8th October – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
What On Earth Evolved? 100 Species That Changed The World
Thursday, 8th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Smashing species: Joseph Hooker And Victorian Science
Friday, 9th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
An Evening With Kevin Smith
Saturday, 10th October / Tuesday, 13th October – indigO2 @ The O2 – SE10 0DX
Audrey Niffenegger – Her Fearful Symmetry
Tuesday, 13th October – The Bloomsbury Theatre – WC1H 0AH
Cognitive Enhancing Drugs: Neuroethical Issues
Tuesday, 13th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Dr Adam Hart-Davis – From Ancient Greeks To Gravitational Waves: A Cornucopia Of Science
Thursday, 15th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
The Science Of Common Things
Friday, 16th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Rewriting The Classics: Posy Simmonds & Bryan Talbot (Vintage Day)
Saturday, 17th October – Foyles – WC2H 0EB
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: How to Predict the Future
Monday, 19th October – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
October 09 Cafe Scientifique: The Selfish Genius
Monday, 19th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
The Greenwich Meridian And Its significance To The World
Tuesday, 20th October – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
The Last 2 Million Years Of Human Evolution
Tuesday, 20th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Marcus Chown – We Need To Talk About Kelvin
Wednesday, 21st October – Foyles – WC2H 0EB
Price-No Object!
Thusrday, 22nd October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Magician And Psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman (Supper Club)
Wednesday, 28th October – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Richard Williams – The Animator’s Survival Kit (Expanded Edition)
Thursday, 29th October – Foyles – WC2H 0EB
The Lilliput Laboratory: Chemistry & Biology On The Small Scale
Thursday, 29th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
“Foul Of Mouth And Evil Eyed”: Francis Galton And The Victorian Criminal
Friday, 30th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Humanity At The crossroads: 21st Century Risks And Opportunities
Friday, 30th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Howling At The Moon
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
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
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009
Thusrday, 10th September – Sunday, 10th January – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Secret Origins Exhibition
Thursday, 17th September – Saturday, 17th October – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
October London SF Meeting
Thursday, 1st October – The Melton Mowbray – EC1N 2LE
Portraits Of Astronomers
Thursday 1st October – Friday 30th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
October09 Family Fun Day: The science Of Design
Saturday, 3rd October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
The Prisoner – Free London Locations Tour
Sunday, 4th October – Marble Arch – W1R 1DD
Maths, The Universe And Everything: Inside The Mind Of Isaac Newton
Tuesday, 6th October – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Angry Robot Books UK Launch
Saturday, 10th October – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Time And Again (Dr Who Day)
Saturday, 10th October – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Hitchcon’09 (Hitchiker’s Guide Day)
Sunday, 11th October – Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
October09 Fiction Lab
Monday, 12th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Autumn Sky Watch
Friday, 16th October – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
We Are Astronomers (Planetarium Show)
Saturday, 17th October – Friday, 21st May, 2010 – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Bugs Day
Mondat, 19th October – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Sceptics In The Pub
Monday, 19th October – The Pendrel’s Oak – WC1V 7HP
Science Fiction Reading Group (Black Man – Richard Morgan)
Tuesday, 20th October – CLR James Library – E8 3AZ
Comica Presents: A Salem Brownstone Spooktacular!
Saturday, 24th October – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Festival Of Time And Space
Monday 26th October – Saturday, 21st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
October09 Quiz Night @ Time & Space Bar
Monday, 26th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
BSFA Monthly London Meeting – Ian McDonald Interview
Wednesday, 28th October – The Antelope Tavern – SW1W 8EZ
Science Museum Lates
Wednesday, 28th October – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Darwin, FitzRoy And The Voyage Of The Beagle: The Untold Story
Thusrday, 29th October – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
An Evening With The Moon
Friday, 30th October – Saturday, 31st October – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Halloween Prize Trail
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Halloween Skies (Planetarium Show)
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ