What's On This Week: London Korean Film Festival, Godzilla Minus Zero and Raise the Red Lantern
What's On
What's On This Week: London Korean Film Festival, Godzilla Minus Zero and Raise the Red Lantern
Monday 2 to Sunday 8 November 2026: a Korean film festival in London, the new Godzilla in cinemas, Zhang Yimou's classic back in 4K and Akira on 35mm
This week the London Korean Film Festival opens, GODZILLA MINUS ZERO reaches cinemas and IMAX across the UK, and Zhang Yimou's RAISE THE RED LANTERN returns in 4K from London to Inverness. Prince Charles Cinema has AKIRA on 35mm and two Wong Kar-wai films in 4K, and Scotland Loves Anime begins in Glasgow.
Here is the week day by day, with venues for each film and a look at what is coming. Times come from each venue's own page where we could find them, so check before you travel. All times are GMT.
Monday 2 November
The London Korean Film Festival opens with THE JOURNEY TO GYEONG-JU
Kim Mi-jo, South Korea, BFI Southbank, London, 6:15pm
The London Korean Film Festival opens at BFI Southbank with THE JOURNEY TO GYEONG-JU and a Q&A with director Kim Mi-jo and actor Lee Jung-eun. The festival runs to 16 November across BFI Southbank, Ciné Lumière and the ICA, with new films, special screenings and a Women's Voices strand. The closing gala is Park Hoon-jung's TRISTES TROPIQUES on Monday 16 November, with a Q&A.
THE JOURNEY TO GYEONG-JU, directed by Kim Mi-jo, London Korean Film Festival opening gala, Monday 2 November
Also on Monday: YOUR NAME (subtitled) and IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES at Prince Charles Cinema, and POSSIBLE LOVE at the Garden Cinema. Our YOUR NAME Blu-ray is £14.99. The GODZILLA MINUS ONE steelbook also arrives on the Terracotta store today, which we cover below.
Tuesday 3 November
GODZILLA on 35mm and Imamura at the ICA
Prince Charles Cinema and ICA, London
The original GODZILLA (1954) plays on 35mm at Prince Charles Cinema at noon. If you want it at home, our GODZILLA 4K UHD and Blu-ray special edition is £34.99. At the ICA, Shohei Imamura's THE PORNOGRAPHERS plays; the ICA page does not list a time. Our THE PORNOGRAPHERS 4K UHD and Blu-ray limited edition is £29.99. The Korean film festival also shows POSSIBLE LOVE at BFI Southbank at 5:50pm.
Wednesday 4 November
MY DAUGHTER IS A ZOMBIE and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE on 35mm
Ciné Lumière and Prince Charles Cinema, London
The London Korean Film Festival shows MY DAUGHTER IS A ZOMBIE at Ciné Lumière at 8:30pm, with a Q&A with Lee Jung-eun, who played the housekeeper in PARASITE. At 8:45pm, Prince Charles Cinema shows Wong Kar-wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE on 35mm, and it returns on Wednesday 11 November at 8:50pm. Our IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Blu-ray is £24.99.
MY DAUGHTER IS A ZOMBIE, London Korean Film Festival, Ciné Lumière, Wednesday 4 November, 8:30pm
Thursday 5 November
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO previews, and POSSIBLE LOVE's last cinema day
Takashi Yamazaki, Japan, Genesis, London, 6pm and 8:45pm
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO previews at Genesis in Mile End at 6pm and 8:45pm, a day before it opens across the UK. It is the sequel to Takashi Yamazaki's Oscar winning GODZILLA MINUS ONE, with Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe in the cast. If you have not seen the first film, our GODZILLA MINUS ONE 4K UHD and Blu-ray steelbook is four discs, £38.99, and the standard edition 4K UHD is £24.99.
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO, directed by Takashi Yamazaki, previews Thursday 5 November, opens Friday 6 November
Also on Thursday: the London Korean Film Festival shows BEDFORD PARK at Ciné Lumière at 6:10pm. Lee Chang-dong's POSSIBLE LOVE has a final Garden Cinema screening at 5pm, before it streams on Netflix on Friday.
Friday 6 November
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO opens, and RAISE THE RED LANTERN returns in 4K
UK cinemas and IMAX, and venues listed below
GODZILLA MINUS ZERO opens in UK and Irish cinemas and IMAX. Sessions we could confirm: Genesis (6pm and 9pm), and Picturehouse Central, Ritzy, Greenwich, Crouch End, Ealing and West Norwood in London, plus Picturehouse Brighton, Southampton, the Cameo in Edinburgh and FACT in Liverpool, with many more across the country.
RAISE THE RED LANTERN (1991) returns in 4K for its 35th anniversary. Zhang Yimou's film stars Gong Li as a young woman who becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy master. It plays across the UK, and the dates we found are:
- London: ICA from Friday 6 to Thursday 12 November, Garden Cinema from Saturday 7 (Saturday 7 and Monday 9 are sold out), Curzon Bloomsbury on Thursday 12
- Saturday 7: HOME Manchester at 3pm, Forum Cinema Hexham at 4pm (and Wednesday 11)
- Sunday 8 and Monday 9: Cameo Edinburgh and FACT Liverpool
- Monday 16: The Light cinemas across England, including Addlestone, Cambridge, Redhill, Sittingbourne, Thetford, Wisbech, Bolton, Bradford, Huddersfield, New Brighton, Sheffield, Stockport and Walsall, and the Rex Berkhamsted
- Tuesday 17: Eden Court, Inverness
- Sunday 22 and Wednesday 25 November: Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
- 30 November to 3 December: Rex Wareham
RAISE THE RED LANTERN, directed by Zhang Yimou, in 4K from Friday 6 November
Also on Friday: POSSIBLE LOVE arrives on Netflix, and the London Korean Film Festival shows HOME A LOAN at Ciné Lumière at 8:30pm. Prince Charles Cinema shows AKIRA on 35mm, subtitled, at 8:45pm, and again on Saturday 7 at 2:35pm, Tuesday 10 at 3:10pm and Thursday 12 at 8:45pm.
Scotland Loves Anime begins in Glasgow today and runs to Sunday 8 November at Glasgow Film Theatre, with directors Ryo Katanosaka (SHIRANUI) and Shingo Natsume (GHOST) among the guests. Highlights across the festival include SAMURAI BALLERINA, GHOST, COCOON and GROTESQQQUE. See lovesanimation.com for the programme.
Saturday 7 November
CHUNGKING EXPRESS in 4K and AKIRA on 35mm
Prince Charles Cinema, London, noon and 2:35pm
Wong Kar-wai's CHUNGKING EXPRESS plays in 4K at Prince Charles Cinema at noon, followed by AKIRA on 35mm at 2:35pm. Our CHUNGKING EXPRESS 4K UHD and Blu-ray is £36.99.
AKIRA, on 35mm at Prince Charles Cinema, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November
The Korean film festival has THE GORALS at BFI Southbank at 12:20pm, and THE ACCORDION DOOR at 4pm and EN ROUTE TO at 6pm at the ICA.
Sunday 8 November
FALLEN ANGELS in 4K, BANANA PARADISE and BE MY BABY
London, Brighton and the regions
At Prince Charles Cinema, WHISPER OF THE HEART plays in 4K, subtitled, at noon, and Wong Kar-wai's FALLEN ANGELS follows in 4K at 5:30pm. Our FALLEN ANGELS limited slipcase edition Blu-ray is £42.99. At 7pm the Garden Cinema shows BANANA PARADISE (Taiwan, 1989) in a new restoration, introduced by Tom Cunliffe, as part of its Made in Taiwan season.
BANANA PARADISE, Garden Cinema, Sunday 8 November, 7pm, new restoration
The London Korean Film Festival has BE MY BABY at BFI Southbank at 6:10pm, introduced by programmer Anton Bitel, and THE MUTATION at the ICA at 8pm. Elsewhere, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's ALL OF A SUDDEN screens at the Duke of York's in Brighton at 11am for Cinecity, and RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays Cameo Edinburgh at 7:35pm and FACT Liverpool at 11:10am.
Coming up
Monday 9 November: OLDBOY at Prince Charles Cinema. Park Chan-wook's OLDBOY plays at 3pm. Our OLDBOY special edition 2 disc Blu-ray is £17.97 and the 4K UHD is £24.97. The same day, GHOST IN THE SHELL plays on 35mm at Cinema City in Norwich at 6pm during the Norwich Film Festival.
Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 November: FIRE FESTIVAL, TAIPEI STORY and RESURRECTION. Select Japan shows Mitsuo Yanagimachi's FIRE FESTIVAL at the Garden Cinema on Tuesday 10 at 6pm; our HIMATSURI: FIRE FESTIVAL limited edition is available to preorder for December, £19.99. The Garden shows Edward Yang's TAIPEI STORY on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12, and our TAIPEI STORY slipcase edition is £42.99. On Thursday 12 at 7pm, Chester Film Society shows Bi Gan's RESURRECTION, and our RESURRECTION limited edition Blu-ray is £17.99. ANGEL'S EGG plays in 4K at Prince Charles Cinema on Thursday 12 and Sunday 15.
Mid November: Scotland Loves Anime comes to London at Picturehouse Central, with A SILENT VOICE, NINJA SCROLL in 4K, THE KEEPER OF THE CAMPHOR TREE, SAMURAI BALLERINA and POUPELLE OF CHIMNEY TOWN in the programme, then to Edinburgh from 16 to 22 November.
Saturday 14 November: Japanese Film Club and Cinecity. Japanese Film Club shows YOUR NAME at the Rio in Dalston at 2pm, SHALL WE DANCE? at Chiswick Cinema at 6pm, and LINDA LINDA LINDA in 4K at the Electric Palace in Hastings at 6:30pm. Cinecity shows Kore-eda's SHEEP IN THE BOX at Dukes at Komedia in Brighton at 2pm.
Monday 16 November: London Korean Film Festival closes with Park Hoon-jung's TRISTES TROPIQUES and a Q&A, and RAISE THE RED LANTERN plays The Light cinemas. Radiance's RADICAL JAPAN: SURVIVAL AND DESIRE, six films by Shohei Imamura, is out the same day, £74.99.
Wednesday 18 November: Japanese Film Club shows KAMIKAZE GIRLS at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford at 8pm. Our KAMIKAZE GIRLS Blu-ray is £14.99.
New on the Terracotta store. Monday 9 November: K-POP DEMON HUNTERS from Criterion, THE BLADE SPARES NONE and THE HURRICANE from Arrow Video, and VIOLENCE VOYAGER from Third Window Films. Reserve your copy in the preorder collection.
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