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Sundance London was fun so I might check this out on the weekends. It's basically spread across quite a few cinemas so it doesn't seem as a formal one place where you see everything. Makes it a lot easier.
9th to 20th October
Tickets go on sale on 20th Sept for us non-BFI members. I better not get a sold out for The Congress, Rags and Tatters, or some of my more anticipated movies.
BFI London Film Festival Programme
Download the programme brochure (print it out if you want, very handy)
I'll probably be only able to catch 5-6 films, so if you guys got any really high recommendations, drop em. Especially if you went to TIFF.
Films I'm interested in:
Rags And Tatters
October 19th, 20th
Trailer
The Congress
October 10th, 11th, 12th
Trailer
Starred Up
October 10th, 11th, 12th
Trailer
Locke
October 18th, 19th, 20th
Clip
Rigor Mortis
October 13th, 17th
Anina
October 20th
Trailer
Why Don't You Play In Hell
October 17th, 18th, 20th
English Teaser
Japanese Trailer
Under the Skin
October 13th, 14th
Trailer
Nebraska
October 11th, 12th, 15th
Clip
Hide Your Smiling Faces
October 17th, 19th
Luton
October 18th, 20th
Trailer
The Double
October 12th, 13th, 14th
Trailer
Sarah Prefers To Run
October 13th, 15th
Trailer
Wounded
October 12th, 14th
Trailer
The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
October 11th, 13th, 20th
Teaser
Like Father, Like Son
October 12th, 14th, 15th
Trailer
Jodorowsky's Dune
October 9th, 12th, 14th
Lifelong
October 17th, 20th
Trailer
The cinematography certainly caught my eye, so might have to check this out.
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Clip
12 Years A Slave
October 18th, 19th, 20th
Trailer
Gravity
October 10th, 11th (IMAX)
Only Lovers Left Alive
October 19th, 20th
Clip 1 | 2
Zero Theorem
October 13th, 16th, 18th
Trailer | Clip
9th to 20th October
Tickets go on sale on 20th Sept for us non-BFI members. I better not get a sold out for The Congress, Rags and Tatters, or some of my more anticipated movies.
BFI London Film Festival Programme
Download the programme brochure (print it out if you want, very handy)
I'll probably be only able to catch 5-6 films, so if you guys got any really high recommendations, drop em. Especially if you went to TIFF.
Films I'm interested in:
Rags And Tatters
October 19th, 20th
Trailer
That trailer sets the perfect mood for an introspective post-revolution Egyptian movie. I'm so in. Best music in a 2013 movie trailer for me.His 2010 film Microphone foretold revolution; now Ahmad Abdalla explores post-revolutionary Egypt through the eyes of a fictional prisoner on the run.
The Congress
October 10th, 11th, 12th
Trailer
Ari Folman's follow-up to Waltz with Bashir (favourite movie ever) with reminders of Being John Malkovich but with even more crazy Hollywood live-action/animated sci-fi.Ari Folman’s follow up his critically lauded Waltz With Bashir is a mind-bending slice of science fiction set in a dystopian Hollywood.
Starred Up
October 10th, 11th, 12th
Trailer
The best actor from that Skins show AND Ben Mendelsohn (The Place Beyond the Pines, Killing Them Softly, Animal Kingdom) in a more psychological prison movie?! Yes, mate.Director David Mackenzie blends beauty and brutality in this tale of a young offender relocated to the adult prison where his father is locked up.
Locke
October 18th, 19th, 20th
Clip
I love movies that take place in confined spaces and this one seems to be around a car.Ivan Locke’s (Tom Hardy) hitherto rock solid life slowly falls apart during a drive to London.
Rigor Mortis
October 13th, 17th
Chinese horror hmm...*watches trailer* yup yup yup this looks really cool. The sureal touches and special effects look brilliant.A modern take on the much-loved supernatural action films that populated Chinese genre cinema of the 1970s and 80s.
Anina
October 20th
Trailer
An animated movie from Uruguay? Looks great.Enlightening animated tale about a girl with an unusual name who is issued with an unusual punishment.
Why Don't You Play In Hell
October 17th, 18th, 20th
English Teaser
Japanese Trailer
Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Suicide Club) yakuza satire, yes sign me up.An ultra-violent slice of insanity that is both a wild subversion of the yakuza film and an affectionate tribute to the death of celluloid.
Under the Skin
October 13th, 14th
Trailer
It's actually the cool tone and surreal imagery in the trailer that got me interested than Scarlett Johannson whose work hasn't interested me since Lost in Translation. I haven't seen the Woody Allen movies she's been in, though.Scarlett Johansson is extraordinary as a voracious alien in human form in Jonathan Glazer’s existential kitchen-sink sci-fi.
Nebraska
October 11th, 12th, 15th
Clip
Even though I didn't bother with The Descendants, I loved Sideways, About Schmidt, and Election. Will Forte in a non-comedy role will be interesting.Alexander Payne’s poignant road movie paints an affectionate portrait of the smalltown midwest and features a fantastic performance from Bruce Dern.
Hide Your Smiling Faces
October 17th, 19th
So, Americana boy adventure movies are a thing now (Mud)? I'm all for it. The "devoid of sentiment" claim intrigues me.A powerfully arresting debut – a singular take on the coming of age tale that is at once genuinely poetic and devoid of sentiment.
Luton
October 18th, 20th
Trailer
For some reason, I thought this would be about the Luton, the town in England. After Dogtooth, I'm all for more Greek quietly intense, coldly shot movies.A sophisticatedly austere and oblique debut that builds to a grimly impressive dénouement.
The Double
October 12th, 13th, 14th
Trailer
Submarine didn't do much for me, felt too much like a Wes Anderson clone. This however, looks more confident just going by the trailer. Yasmin Paige is a cutie (watch the Pramface series). Oh wait, based on a Dostoyevsky novella? Guess I could read those 144 pages right quick.Jesse Eisenberg finds his world turned upside down by the arrival of a confident and ambitious doppelganger in Richard Ayoade’s latest curiosity.
Sarah Prefers To Run
October 13th, 15th
Trailer
Don't get many girl coming-of-age movies, so this might be worth a look.Actor Sophie Desmarais breathes humour and pathos into a portrait of a young woman’s quest for self determination. A meticulous debut.
Wounded
October 12th, 14th
Trailer
Whoah, trailer looks intense. It'll be intriguing to see how realistic the portrayal of personality disorder will be. I'm liking this trend of foreign movie trailers not having much dialogue and more focused on atmosphere.This striking debut by Blancanieves editor, Fernando Franco, follows ambulance driver Ana as she struggles with a devastating personality disorder.
The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
October 11th, 13th, 20th
Teaser
Hot.Another giallo-inspired exercise in operatic violence from Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, directors of the acclaimed Amer.
Like Father, Like Son
October 12th, 14th, 15th
Trailer
Hey, it's that director Movie-GAF did a film club for!Kore-eda looks more and more like the best mapper of the terrain of Japanese families since Ozu.
Two boys switched at birth rejoin their natural parents as director Hirokazu Kore-eda zeroes in on a father learning to loosen up and give affection.
Jodorowsky's Dune
October 9th, 12th, 14th
Never read the book or watched the movie, but love me some Jodorowsky.An inventive documentary charting Alejandro Jodorowsky’s infamous attempt to bring Frank Herbert’s novel to the big screen.
Lifelong
October 17th, 20th
Trailer
The cinematography certainly caught my eye, so might have to check this out.
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Clip
An autistic kid? This could be interesting.A poetic account of a young boy’s odyssey on the New York subway.
12 Years A Slave
October 18th, 19th, 20th
Trailer
If I can, I most certainly want to see this. Oh, and the score is by Hans Zimmer so that might explain why there's so much previous Zimmer music in the trailers.Steve McQueen confirms his directorial prowess with this hugely important and beautifully cinematic account of slavery in pre-Civil War America.
Gravity
October 10th, 11th (IMAX)
You should know about this movie by now and whether you're interested. I'm wary about Bullock, but IMAX is tempting.A routine space mission turns into a fight for survival for Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in Alfonso Cuaron’s nerve-shredding thrill ride.
Only Lovers Left Alive
October 19th, 20th
Clip 1 | 2
The only Jim Jarmusch movie I've seen is Limits of Control, which is a bad first impression of the director. But hey, if this is good, might check out his more beloved stuff. Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as vampires, kind of perfect casting really.From Jim Jarmusch comes this stylish tale of Adam and Eve, two centuries-old vampires reuniting after a spell of time apart.
Zero Theorem
October 13th, 16th, 18th
Trailer | Clip
I thought Tideland was a terrible, too self-serious, and boring fantasy movie. Didn't bother with Imaginarium. But there's a good cast and him going back to a dystopic setting could do it for me.Terry Gilliam returns to dystopia with a satire on our obsession with, and reliance upon, ever-faster means of communication.