{"id":5360,"date":"2009-04-15T18:38:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5360"},"modified":"2009-04-15T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T17:50:33","slug":"films-we-love-arthouse-at-the-ica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/04\/15\/films-we-love-arthouse-at-the-ica\/","title":{"rendered":"Films We Love &#038; Arthouse at the ICA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/film\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5361\" title=\"ICA logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ica-logo.jpg\" alt=\"ICA logo\" width=\"180\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>The<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/?lid=4187\">ICA Cinema<\/a><\/strong> in London is always a good place to catch up with films off the beaten track and they have two upcoming seasons of films.<\/p>\n<p>The first contains some interesting releases from the past and present and the other has some about artists of the 20th century. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Films We Love<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">kicks off with the recent\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1152850\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Wendy and Lucy<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0and continues with offerings from\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Powell_and_Pressburger\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Powell and Pressburger<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Wendy%20and%20Lucy+19702.twl\">Wendy and Lucy<\/a> (1- 7 May):\u00a0The simple tale of a young woman (Michelle Williams) adrift in the Pacific Northwest is an elegant allegory for modern American life, with not a shot or a word wasted.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/The%20Good%2C%20the%20Bad%20and%20the%20Weird+19706.twl\">The Good, The Bad and the Weird<\/a> (2 \u2013 4 May):\u00a0The action is handsome and inventive, the pace is full-throttle and director Kim Jee-woon proves that he&#8217;s one of cinema&#8217;s most exciting storytellers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/The%20Life%20and%20Death%20of%20Colonel%20Blimp+19709.twl\">The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp<\/a> (23, 30 May 2009):\u00a0Powell and Pressburger&#8217;s stately, intimate drama about Boer War and World War I veteran Clive Candy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/A%20Matter%20of%20Life%20and%20Death+19712.twl\">A Matter of Life and Death<\/a> (24, 30 May 2009):\u00a0A visionary and witty fantasy from The Archers that finds a World War II pilot (David Niven) attempting to cheat death and almost falling prey to a cunning staircase.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Black%20Narcissus+19722.twl\">Black Narcissus<\/a> (29, 31 May 2009):\u00a0Powell and Pressburger&#8217;s highly charged drama sees Deborah Kerr among the nuns getting hot under their habits in the Himalayas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Arthouse<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0continues our series of documenting 20th-century artists, with films featuring subjects as diverse as the sculptures of\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louise_Bourgeois\">Louise Bourgeois<\/a> Andy Warhol&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campbell's_Soup_Cans\">infamous\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campbell's_Soup_Cans\">Campbell<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Campbell's_Soup_Cans\">\u2019s soup cans<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Louise%20Bourgeois%3A%20The%20Spider%2C%20the%20Mistress%20and%20the%20Tangerine+19669.twl\">Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine <\/a>(22, 24, 26, 30 &#8211; 31 May 2009):\u00a0A fascinating, expansive documentary that attempts to get at the heart of Bourgeois&#8217; beautiful, bold and often mysterious work.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Painters%20Painting+19686.twl\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Painters%20Painting+19686.twl\">Painters Painting<\/a> (23, 25, 28, 31 May 2009):\u00a0In 1973, Emile de Antonio interviews artists including Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and Barnett Newman.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Alice%20Neel+19684.twl\">Alice Neel<\/a> (23, 27, 30 May 2009):\u00a0A tender look at the life of Alice Neel, whose paintings were embraced in the 70s, some 50 years after she began to work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also some special screenings such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/The%20Shout+19584.twl\">The Shout<\/a> (10 May),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/The%20Aristocrats+19586.twl\">The Aristocrats<\/a> (24 May) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/My%20Dinner%20with%20Andr%26eacute;+19585.twl\">My Dinner with Andre<\/a> (17 May), playing as part of the Talk Show Picture Show strand.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Synecdoche,%20New%20York+19721.twl\">Synecdoche, New York<\/a> (Tuesday 5 May, 18:15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Sounds%20Like%20Teen%20Spirit+19718.twl\">Sounds Like Teen Spirit<\/a> (Wednesday 6 May, 18:30)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/African%20Shorts%20Programme+19731.twl\">African Shorts Programme<\/a> (Sunday 10 May, 16:15)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/Screening%20Conditions:%20The%20Snake%20Pit+19735.twl\">The Snake Pit<\/a> (Sunday 17 May 10:00)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To find out more check out their website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ica.org.uk\/film\">www.ica.org.uk\/film<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICA Cinema in London is always a good place to catch up with films off the beaten track and they have two upcoming seasons of films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,2],"tags":[918],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}