Independent film in the big smoke and occasionally beyond
Its that time again for another free screening of great cinema c/o Little White Lies. I don’t know too much about the film yet but I have faith in their judgment (I’m willing to forgive and forget their screening of Fast Food Nation a while back)- I will definitely be going and hope you are too- its free so what’s your excuse? Continue reading ‘LWLies Film Knights | Heavy Metal in Baghdad’
Join RUSHES Short Film Festival for a fantastic double bill of Aussie thrillers, Wolf Creek and Rogue + Q&A from Director Julian Argus, followed by an exclusive preview programme of films from this year’s Shorts Film Festival.
Rushes Australian Day
2pm | Wolf Creek | Dir. Greg Mclean | Australia | 2005
Three backpackers find themselves in deep water after their car breaks down in the outback in this nerve-shredding horror thriller.
4pm | Rogue | Dir. Greg Mclean | Australia | 2007
An American travel writer on a river cruise catches the eye of a huge hungry crocodile in this energetic action thriller.
7pm | Shorts Film Festival Australia 2008 Rushes Program
Some of the best in Australian short films… Selected on the basis of outstanding storytelling within 20 minutes or less, this year’s program comprises the best of the early entries to the 2008 Shorts Film Festival.
Sunday 27th August 2pm onwards | Roxy Bar & Screen | Free!
Meet the Director | Guy Maddin on My Winnipeg | Canada | 2007
Mon 30th June 7:00pm | Apple Store, Regent Street | Free
Have you ever wanted to relive your childhood and do things differently? Director Guy Maddin, along with producer Jody Shapiro, will discuss his hilariously wacky and profoundly touching goodbye letter to his childhood hometown. After discussing the film, Guy and Jody will take questions from the audience. They will also announce an exciting competition for aspiring filmmakers. My Winnipeg opens across the UK on July 4.
Film Knights | Man on Wire | Dir. James Marsh | USA | 2008
Tue July 1st 6:45pm | Curzon Soho | *Free* + a free drink to mill about in the Curzon bar with afterward
(rsvp essential to filmknights@littlewhitelies.co.uk)
On the morning of August 7, 1974, New Yorkers looked to the skies in Lower Manhattan to see a solitary man, clad in black, dancing across a wire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex. That man was French performance artist Philippe Petit, and his story is recounted in James Marsh’s enthralling documentary, Man on Wire.
With a command performance from Petit himself as well as interviews, archival footage, photographs and dramatic reconstructions, Marsh weaves an epic account of this criminal conspiracy, nearly eight years in the making. Man on Wire is a larger than life documentary, befitting the astonishing achievements and outsize personality of Petit, that has established itself as an audience favourite at festivals around the world.
After a winter full of hearing “that’s an amphitheater that they have plays and stuff showing in during the Summer” every time I passed it, summer is finally here and the Southbank Scoop has sprung into life. Amongst its programme of events is a series of free outdoor film screenings on Wed/Thur and Fridays during June. Thanks to Frances for drawing the screenings to my attention after spotting the info somewhere, I think it was on View London Continue reading ‘Free Summer Films at the Scoop’
Film Knights | Killer of Sheep | Dir. Charles Burnett | 1977 | USA
Tue 3rd June 7pm | Curzon Soho | Free
(rsvp essential filmknights ‘at’ littlewhitelies.co.uk)
Killer of Sheep examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse.
Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a coffee cup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife in the living room, holding his daughter. The film offers no solutions; it merely presents life — sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with transcendent joy and gentle humor.
A whole blissful world away from the Wall-Es, Kung Fu Pandas and ‘ant’ based CGI kids films of the world- comes ‘Past-Potential-Futures Early Experiments in Computer Animation’ this weekend at The Tate Modern as part of their ‘Lond Weekend’ free event/ festival on the 24-26th.
From the ashes of the Little White Lies & Fopp film club comes a new shining beacon of free monthly film screenings, this time reborn as ‘Film Knights’… (and this time with more comfortable seats)
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