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Today in London: Sunday 14 July 2013

By | Published on Monday 8 July 2013

Abbas Kiarostami’s '10'

Ah, Sunday in London. And what tastier to top off that tasty roast joint than these cultural side-dishes…

TODAY’S COMEDY CHOICES

The Spectacular Spectrum Of Now, Netil House, 14 Jul
A night of oh-so-‘now’ variety in the comical fashion, tonight’s mixed Spectacular Spectrum bill lists wino crooner Quint Fontana, “insanely witty” character act The Real MacGuffins, award-winning Funny Woman Gabby Best and singing ‘Launderette Superstar’ Fortuna Burke. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S FILM CHOICES

From Tehran with Love: The Cinema of Mania Akbari, BFI Southbank, 14-28 Jul (pictured)
Starting tonight with Abbas Kiarostami’s innovative ’10’ (pictured), in which she (Akbari) plays a character partly based on herself, the BFI takes a look back at radical Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari’s cinematic wins to date. Details and tickets here.

Nomad Cinema presents… School Of Rock/This Is Spinal Tap, Walpole Park Ealing, 14 Jul
Nomad Cinema via its Ealing Summer Screenings presents a 50/50 film split to fit dad-rockers and their little guitar learners alike. Showing at 3pm is Jack Black’s anarchic classroom com ‘School Of Rock’, whilst hair rock-doc ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ follows at 7.30pm for the late-stayers. Details and tickets here and here.



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