It’s that time of the week again, where we share all the best things happening in London this weekend, and you take note. So why break the habit of a lifetime? 

A Hong Kong noir
Fragmented, intimate, and achingly stylish, Wong Kar Wai’s 1995 film Fallen Angels plays like a nocturnal fever dream – part hitman noir, part neon love poem – that drifts through the shadows of 90s Hong Kong. The film follows two parallel, loosely connected storylines: there’s the jaded hitman who wants to leave his violent life behind, and his partner, who is secretly in love with him; and then there’s the story of a chaotic drifter who claims that eating an expired can of pineapple as a child made him mute. Shot with a fish-eye lens and frenetic energy, the film is v. cool, moving through underground diners, empty arcades and dim hotel rooms with brooding tension. Catch it this Friday evening at the Prince Charles Cinema.

Fallen Angels is showing at 18:00 on Friday 6th June.

Harley Weir at Hannah Barry
Over in Peckham, a Harley Weir exhibition has just opened at the Hannah Barry gallery. Titled The Garden, Weir explores ideas of adulthood and womanhood. Upstairs, love at first sight showcases 28 new works centred around the excitement and naivety of adolescence, merging photos and objects from her own life through ancient paper-making techniques – letters to friends, dry flowers, teenage memories. While Weir’s ongoing project Sickos is also on display, featuring experimental images mixed in the darkroom with unconventional materials such as blood, sperm, vitamins, health supplements, egg freezing hormones, perfumes and spices.

Harley Weir: The Garden is currently showing at the Hannah Barry gallery.

Sound waves
A Bo Ningen gig is always a good idea – immersing yourself in waves of psychedelic bliss. Descendants of the Damo Suzuki school of sonic experimentation, they’re a band who exist between worlds, gaining cult status for their mastery of distortion and rhythm. Sound good? You’re in luck, the Japanese band are playing a very special gig at The Dome this Saturday, featuring support from Derry outfit, CHERYM.

Bo Ningen are playing at The Dome on Saturday 7th June.

Cobain 4eva
His custom left-handed Martin D-18E guitar, his handwritten lyrics, and his iconic MTV Unplugged olive-green mohair cardigan, the Royal College of Music is exhibiting key pieces from the archive of Kurt Cobain – celebrating his imitable life and music. The aforementioned Martin D-18E has an interesting story, causing a bit of controversy when Cobain used it during Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged appearance, as it was meant to be an acoustic performance, and the guitar is an electro-acoustic. Call the cops! The guitar later became the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction when it was bought for over $6 million.

Kurt Cobain Unplugged runs at the Royal College of Music until 18th November.

Jamie xx in Viccy Park
LIDO is the new kid on the block of London’s festival scene, founded by the team behind All Points East and kicking off this weekend in Victoria Park. Saturday sees Jamie xx return to the capital with a supporting line-up of Nia Archives, Arca, Romy, Skrillex and a top selection of other major names in electronic music.

LIDO takes place on Saturday 7th June, more info here.

Dumpling supper club
Chubby Dumpling, the father-and-daughter duo known for their iconic food truck, which parks up at Brockley Market on Saturdays and Victoria Park on Sundays, are hosting a one-night-only dinner at Brockley eatery Good as Gold. Taking place on Saturday, the dinner boasts a four-course feast of steamed scallops, sesame prawn toast balls, handmade dumplings and slow-cooked ox cheek with rice and stir-fried vegetables.

More info here. 

Sandwiches, all day every day
Forget your foams and your jus, we all know that the best food is a really great sandwich. And that’s what new Soho eatery Crunch are serving up – having caused a stir with their Spitalfields stall, now they have their own bricks and mortar space. Their menu is simple and effective, centred around hot, toasted brioche butties with delicious fillings. There’s the patty melt, with black truffle mayo, red Leicester and onion marmalade, the umami shroomwich, with fried oyster mushrooms, miso marinated veg and shichimi togarashi mayo, and our favourite, the Crunch Reuben, made with 12-hour smoked pastrami, chipotle pickled fennel and smoked dripping mayo. OK, we just made ourselves extremely hungry.

Crunch is located at 60 Dean Street.