10 July
Frederick Wiseman – one of cinema’s greatest documentarians – reveals the labour involved in making a city that works for its citizens, through observing Boston’s mayor and city government, in panoramic witness to the textures of democracy in action.
23 May
A transcendent observation of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps and its ascetic Carthusian order. A rare, transformative cinematic experience. A film that more than depicting a monastery, becomes a monastery itself.
15 March
An intimate journey through the work, life and character of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto – one of the 20th century’s greatest modern designers. Screening exclusively at Barbican Cinema on Demand, 15 March - 30 April.
14 August
Artist Jill Magid’s 'post-mortem love triangle' takes us on the journey of her radical project to reanimate the privately-held archives of one of the 20th century’s most significant architects – Luis Barragán.
31 March
A transcendent observation of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps and its ascetic Carthusian order. A rare, transformative cinematic experience. A film that more than depicting a monastery, becomes a monastery itself. Future date TBA.
29 February
Headlined by Alain de Botton, this afternoon of talks will draw on the themes raised by Congregation, the Architecture Foundation's exhibition of recent religious architecture.
20 January
100 years to the day after Fellini’s birth, 20 January 2020, the UK premiere of Cineteca di Bologna’s new 4K restoration of the Italian director’s bold, lavish and kaleidoscopic love letter to the Eternal City. Introduced by Alessandro Carrera.
9 January
Are nuclear family homes an architectural tool of repression and social control? Turncoats returns for its third season tackling fundamental issues facing contemporary practice
13 November
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall, two idiosyncratic films tell two of its more unusual stories: the love affair and marriage between a Swedish woman and the wall itself, and a tale of its rise and fall from the perspective of its resident rabbits.
11 September
With devastating clarity, PUSH illuminates the shadowy transformation of the city into an epic financial instrument. Who and what are cities for, when we can’t afford to live in them? London premiere, followed by director Fredrik Gertten in conversation with Anna Minton.
2 July
A sensory, symphonic, sci-fi voyage through subterranean Madrid meets a night on the 1950s London Underground. Two cinematic trips into the depths of the hidden metropolis.
21 May
A triple bill presenting Agnès Varda’s cinematic explorations of her Parisienne neighbours – from lovers and drifters to shopkeepers and statues. Three rarely screened films – Daguerréotypes, Diary of a Pregnant Woman and The So-Called Caryatids – journeying from the lives of the silent majority to Baudelaire, via the magic of film. Introduced by Isabelle McNeill.
