Tag Archives: London Film Festival

Terrence Malick classic Badlands screening tonight in tribute to film programmer Ken Wlaschin

Terrence Malick’s 1973 classic Badlands is showing at BFI Southbank tonight in a special screening in tribute to former NFT and London Film Festival programmer Ken Wlaschin, who died last year. Malick’s film is an apt choice to honour Wlaschin, … Continue reading

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London Film Festival Awards… and some alternatives

The London Film Festival reaches its climax tonight with the gala screening of Danny Boyle’s true-ordeal movie 127 Hours. Last night, however, was the festival’s occasion to hand out its gongs. Sue Perkins was the host at the awards ceremony … Continue reading

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When Boris met Mike (almost) – Last night’s Mayor’s Gala screening of Another Year

I had high hopes (of course) that Mike Leigh and Boris Johnson would be together on stage for last night’s London Film Festival Mayor’s Gala screening of Another Year. What would Mike come out with? What jokes would Boris crack? … Continue reading

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Love-in at the London Film Festival opening night gala screening of Never Let Me Go

It was a big love-in on stage at the Odeon Leicester Square last night before the screening of Never Let Me Go, the gala opening of this year’s BFI London Film Festival. First director Mark Romanek welcomed the film’s stars … Continue reading

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News Muse – We love you, Rita Hayworth!

For a moment I considered giving this blog the title ‘We love you, Gordon Brown!’. It was a very brief moment. A headline is supposed to draw the reader in, make them curious about what you’ve written, not instantly take … Continue reading

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News Pup | 30 July 2009

With our regular News Hound barking up a different tree this week, one of her News Pups is out and about and sniffing out all the star stories. First up we have The Apparently Multi-Talented Mr Jude Law who’s going … Continue reading

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Edinburgh Film Festival – Away We Go kicks off the “Sundance of Europe”

The Edinburgh Film Festival, the longest continually running film festival in the world, kicks off tonight with the UK premiere of Away We Go, a darkly funny road movie comedy from Sam Mendes. Following hard on the heels of his … Continue reading

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – Highlights so far

This year’s London Film Festival has reached the halfway stage, so I thought I would pause from my moviegoing to take stock of what I’ve seen to date and select some of my personal highlights. Genova Boris Johnson was in … Continue reading

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – The Best view from the red carpet at the Frost/Nixon World Premiere

  If you are a ‘civilian’, to use Liz Hurley’s notorious description of the non-famous, then attending a movie premiere is a strange experience. At last night’s gala screening of Frost/Nixon, the London Film Festival’s opening film, I rolled along … Continue reading

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52nd Times BFI London Film Festival – could this be your only chance to see these films?

My post on the press launch of the London Film Festival last week highlighted a number of the event’s most prominent movies, including the opening and closing galas – Frost/Nixon and Slumdog Millionaire. If you miss these films during the … Continue reading

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