Confirmation that it’s the Chinese year of the Vampire continues this month, with the release of the second Twilight movie: New Moon, as well as screenings of Nosferatu, Vampyr, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, plus a director’s cut of Thirst, showing at The London Korean Film Festival.
And, in non-vampiric related events, there’s the Comica Festival to explore, a Batman All-Nighter at the IMAX, and talks on everything from Bacteria to the Afterlife, plus the end of the world (- see 2012).
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:
A Christmas Carol (3D & IMAX)
Wednesday, 4th November – General Release
Jennifier’s Body
Wednesday, 4th November – General Release
The Fourth Kind
Wednesday, 6th November – General Release
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Friday, 6th November – General Release
2012
Friday, 13th November – General Release
Cold Souls
Friday, 13th November – General Release
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Friday, 13th November – General Release
Paranormal Activity
Wednesday, 25th November – General Release
Bunny And The Bull
Friday, 27th November – General Release
Ninja Assassin
Friday, 27th November – General Release
Festivals/Seasons:
Hammer Festival
Wednesday, 28th October – Sunday, 15th November – Idea Generation Gallery – E2 7JB
Battle Of Ideas
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Royal College of Art – SW7 2EU
Gorezone Weekend Of Horror 09
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
The London Korean Film Festival 2009
Sunday, 1st November – , 18th November – Various Venues, including Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Comica Festival
Thursday, 5th November – Thursday, 26th November – Various Venues, including the ICA – SW1Y 5AH
FAB Fest 5 – Death And The Devil
Sunday, 21st November – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
London Children’s Film Festival 2009
Saturday, 21st November – Sunday, 29th November – Various Venues, including Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Screenings:
Conference: Animated Conversations Created Live By Javier Mariscal
Monday, 2nd November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Les Diaboliques
Tuesday, 3rd November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
The Host + Sink & Rise
Tuesday, 3rd November, Wednesday, 11th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
A Convenient Truth (+ RIBA Panel Discussion)
Wednesday, 4th November, Sunday, 8th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Repulsion (Electric Sheep Film Club)
Wednesday, 4th November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 7th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Marebito (Electric Sheep Subterranea)
Sunday, 8th November – Cinephilia West – W11 2RS
Bee Movie (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 14th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Kids Screening)
Saturday, 14th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Little Otik (Otesanek)
Sunday, 15th November – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Nosferatu – With Live Accompaniment By David Allison
Sunday, 15th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Time Of The Wolf
Sunday, 15th November, Saturday, 28th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Vampyr / Antichrist (Double Bill)
Sunday, 15th November – Rio Cinema – E8 2PB
DocSpot: Virtual JFK
Wednesday, 18th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
In The Mood For Love / 2046 (Double Bill)
Wednesday, 18th November – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Batman All-Nighter
Friday, 20th November – BFI Imax – SE1 8XR
Alien (Darwin, Evolution & The Movies)
Saturday, 21st November – Rio Cinema – E8 2PB
Astroboy Episodes (1963)
Saturday, 21st November – The British Museum – WC1B 3DG
The Pervert’s Guide To Cinema
Sunday, 22nd November, Friday, 27th November, Saturday, 28th November – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Judex + The Wooden Leg
Monday, 23rd November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
28 Days Later / District 9 (Double Bill)
Tuesday, 24th November – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Heartless + Philip Ridley Q&A
Tuesday, 24th November – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Firestorm (Bad Film Club)
Wednesday, 25th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Mai Mai Miracle (Japanimation)
Thursday, 26th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Japanimation)
Thursday, 26th November – Barbican Centre – EC2Y 8DS
The Sky Crawlers
Thursday, 26th November – ICA – SW1Y 5AH
Bunny And The Bull – Paul King And Cast Q&A
Friday, 27th November – Curzon Soho – W1D 5DY
The Frightners / Braindead (Double Bill)
Friday, 27th November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
Playtime
Friday, 27th November, Sunday, 29th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Aliens (Darwin, Evolution & The Movies)
Saturday, 28th November – Rio Cinema – E8 2PB
The Room
Saturday, 28th November – Prince Charles Cinema – WC2H 7BY
The Legend Of Kawa The Blacksmith
Sunday, 29th November – Riverside Studios – W6 9RL
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Monday, 30th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
Signings:
Eddie Campbell – Alec: “The Years Have Pants” (A Life-Sized Omnibus)
Saturday, 7th November – Gosh! Comics – WC1B 3NZ
David Petersen – Mouse Guard Winter 1152
Saturday, 7th November – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
George R R Martin – Songs of the Dying Earth
Wednesday, 11th November – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
James Jean and Tara McPherson
Thursday, 12th November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Cameron Stewart, Karl Kerschl and Ramon Perez
Thursday, 19th November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Reinhard Kleist – Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness
Saturday, 21st November – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Ian Rankin – Dark Entries
Wednesday, 25th November – Waterstones Gower Street – WC1E 6EQ
Ian Rankin – Dark Entries
Wednesday, 25th November – Forbidden Planet London Megastore – WC2H 8JR
Ben Templesmith
Thursday, 26th November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Talks:
Howling At The Moon
Saturday, 31st October – Sunday, 1st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Models Of The Universe
Sunday, 1st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
The Age Of Wonder – Centenary Talk
Monday, 2nd November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Surviving Pandemics: A Pathogen’s Perspective
Monday, 2nd November – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Marcus Chown – We Need To Talk About Kelvin
Wednesday, 4th November – Waterstones Gower Street – WC1E 6EQ
Exchanges At The Frontier – The Large Hadron Collider Project
Thursday, 5th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Viruses – Mark Zuckerman (Lunchtime Lecture)
Friday, 6th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
An Introduction To The Works Of Manga Master Hoshino Yukinobu
Tuesday, 10th November – The British Museum – WC1B 3DG
Poems Of Space
Tuesday, 10th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
David Eagleman and Philip Pullman – Tall Tales From The Afterlife
Thusday, 12th November – Queen Elizabeth Hall: Southbank Centre – SE1 8XX
Should We Stop Breeding?
Thursday, 12th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
The Connection Between Ukiyo-e And Manga
Saturday, 14th November – The British Museum – WC1B 3DG
Great Ideas Behind The Digital Revolution
Saturday, 14th November – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
RIBA Building Futures ‘This House Believes We Have Lost Sight Of The Future.’
Tuesday, 17th November – BFI Southbank – SE1 8XT
From Hokkaido To Infinity: The Manga Of Hoshino Yukinobu
Saturday, 21st November – The British Museum – WC1B 3DG
Living In A Digital World – Centenary Talk
Monday, 23rd November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Bacteria – Professor Mike Wilson (Supper Club)
Tuesday, 24th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Reprogramming The Code Of Life
Thursday, 26th November – The Royal Society – SW1Y 5AG
Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?)
Thursday, 26th November – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Exchanges At The Frontier – Climate Change
Saturday, 28th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Events:
Plasticity – 100 Years Of Making Plastics Exhibition
Tuesday, 22nd May, 2007 – Sunday, 31st January, 2010 – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Furture Foods Exhibition
Wednesday, 17th December, 2008 – Friday, 29th January, 2010 – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Wallace & Gromit Present A World Of Cracking Ideas
Saturday, 28th March – Sunday, 1st November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots
Tuesday, 8th September – Wednesday, 23rd December – The Hunterian Museum – WC2A 3PE
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009
Thusrday, 10th September – Sunday, 10th January, 2010 – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Bryan Talbot Exhibition
Monday, 19th October – Friday, 13th November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Prove It! Exhibition
Wednesday, 21st October – Sunday, 31st January, 2010 – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Time And Space Sound Installations
Sunday, 25th October – Saturday, 21st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Festival Of Time And Space
Monday 26th October – Saturday, 21st November – 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
Evenings With The Stars
Tuesday, 3rd November, Tuesday, 24th November, Thursday, 26th November, Friday, 27th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Darwin’s Inheritance
Thursday, 5th November, Thursday, 19th November – Wellcome Collection – NW1 2BE
Manga: Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure
Thursday, 5th November – Sunday , 3rd January, 2010 – The British Museum – WC1B 3DG
November London SF Meeting
Thursday, 5th November – The Melton Mowbray – EC1N 2LE
November 09 Family Fun Day: Biodiversity And Life On Earth
Saturday, 7th November – The Royal Institution – W1S 4BS
Journeys In Time And Space
Tuesday, 10th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Nation – by Terry Pratchett adapted by Mark Ravenhill
Wednesday, 11th November – Sunday, 21st February, 2010 – National Theatre: Olivier – SE1 9PX
Treasures In Store: Telescopes
Wednesday, 11th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Music Of Space And Stars
Saturday, 14th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Solipsistic Pop Exhibition
Saturday, 14th November – Thursday, 19th November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Deep Sea Day
Monday, 16th November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
Danse Macabre Exhibition (Various Artists)
Thursday, 19th November – Monday, 23rd November – Orbital Comics – WC2H 7JA
Evening Event: Robot Revolution
Thursday, 19th November – The Hunterian Museum – WC2A 3PE
Harmony Of The Spheres
Tuesday, 19th November – Saturday, 21st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
Greenwich Time Symposium
Saturday, 21st November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ
BSFA Monthly London Meeting – Michael Marshall / Smith
Wednesday, 25th November – The Antelope Tavern – SW1W 8EZ
Science Museum Lates
Wednesday, 25th November – Science Museum – SW7 2DD
White Noise: An Electric Storm in Space + Mark Jenkins: Supernova
Saturday, 28th November – Royal Observatory – SE10 8XJ