Cinema

Simon Ward reflects on Portuguese cinema and the first film in twenty-five years by one of Portugal's most influential directors.

The ICA and Shameless Films Entertainment are proud to present a selection of films by Elio Petri, one of the most fascinating and intriguing filmmakers in Italian cinema of the 1960s and 70s.

The latest feature by Carlos Reygadas, Post Tenebras Lux (After Darkness Light), has proven to be his most divisive.

On Sunday 9 December the ICA Cinema will hold a screening of James Franco's My Own Private River - the first time the film has been publicly exhibited in the UK.

Our cinema programmer Jo Blair recently caught up with Gerry Fox, director and co-screenwriter of new film Mother's Milk.

Our associate curator of artists' film and moving image Steven Cairns, speaks to Mark Webber, curator of the Experimenta strand of this year's 56th BFI London Film Festival.

The Legend of Kaspar Hauser, the story of a nineteenth century man who claimed to have been raised in total isolation.

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel is both an intimate portrait and a vibrant celebration of one of the most influential women of the 20th century.

Few Arab musicals have ever attempted to tread the ground of Bosta, a film about the aftermath of the Lebanese civil war, exile, lost love and the generational struggle between tradition and modernity.

Just like today's pressures on young men and women in the Middle East to conform to an acceptable Muslim lifestyle, there were similar social pressures in the 1970s for what some would say represents the polar opposite - towards secularism and liberalism.

Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema, a season of classic and contemporary Arab cinema at the ICA

Join us over in Shoreditch this week for three free 9pm film screenings against a spectacular view of London, at our very special pop-up cinema.

Listen to filmmaker Ben Rivers in conversation with ICA Associate Curator of Artists' Film and Moving Image, Steven Cairns, on his recent film Two Years at Sea.

One of our screenings of King of Devil's Island included a special Q&A session with actor Stellan Skarsgård after the film.