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Dil Dhadakne Do + intro by writer and lyricist Javed AkhtarIndia 2015. Dir Zoya Akhtar. With Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah, Priyanka Chopra. 170min. Digital. Hindi with EST. 12A

This romantic comedy-drama follows the misadventures of a family, their friends and a dog as they embark on a cruise to celebrate a 30th wedding anniversary. Yet it’s not long before suppressed emotions, resentments and insecurities emerge and threaten to upset the holiday. The film itself is a family affair too: the director and producer are brother and sister and both children of lyricist Javed Akhtar. Joint ticket with Javed Akhtar in Conversation £25, concs £20 (Members pay £2 less)

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Javed Akhtar in ConversationTRT 90min

The multi award-winning Javed Akhtar is a master of the Indian musical and one of Bollywood’s most noted screenwriters, poets and lyricists, whose credits include Deewar, Zanjeer and Sholay, and iconic songs such as ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha’, ‘Do Pal Ruka Khwabon Ka Karwan’, ‘Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon’ and ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’. Join us for this special event celebrating Akhtar’s 75th birthday, where he will share insights into his craft of writing for the Bollywood musical.

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Preview: Midnight Family Mexico 2019. Dir Luke Lorentzen. 81min. Digital. EST. 15. Courtesy of Dogwoof

In Mexico City, the government operates fewer than 45 emergency ambulances for a population of 9 million. This has spawned a cut throat underground industry of for-profit, privately run ambulances. An exception in this ethically fraught business is the Ochoa family, led by charming 16-year-old paramedic Juan. The family spend their nights racing to incidents, up against corrupt police, competing rescue squads and the never-ending struggle to keep their dire finances from compromising the people in their care. Tickets £15, concs £12 (Members pay £2 less)

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Preview: Portrait of a Lady on Fire Portrait de la jeune fille en feuFrance 2019. Dir Céline Sciamma. With Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami. 122min. Digital. EST. 15. Courtesy of Curzon

In 18th-century France, artist Marianne (Merlant) is commissioned to paint the portrait of Lady Héloïse (Haenel) so it can be sent to a suitor. However, her subject neither wants to be married nor painted, so Marianne must stealthily capture Héloïse’s likeness while pretending to be her walking companion. Sciamma’s film, a big hit at 2019’s BFI London Film Festival, is a beautifully observed romance that burns with passion and defiance.Tickets £15, concs £12 (Members pay £2 less)See p37 for more Valentine’s Day films, and look out for a Céline Sciamma focus in March

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Preview: Greed UK 2019. Dir Michael Winterbottom. With Steve Coogan, Isla Fisher, Asa Butterfield, David Mitchell. 104min. Digital. 15. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing

Self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Coogan) has ruled the world of retail fashion for over 30 years until a damaging public inquiry throws his image into crisis. He decides to bounce back with a highly publicised and extravagant 60th birthday party in Mykonos, with a reality TV crew in tow. This BFI London Film Festival Headline Gala film of 2019 is a dazzling, sharp-tongued satire for our times.Tickets £15, concs £12 (Members pay £2 less)

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TV Preview: Flesh and Blood + Q&A with actors Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis, director Louise Hooper, writer Sarah Williams and producers Kate Bartlett and Letitia KnightITV 2020. Dir Louise Hooper. With Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, Russell Tovey, Stephen Rea. Ep1 45min

Three adult siblings, Helen, Jake and Natalie, are thrown into disarray when their recently widowed mother Vivien declares she’s in love with a new man. Then there’s Mary, who has lived next door to Vivien for 40 years and has an unhealthily attachment to her family’s unfolding drama...

Flesh and Blood proves that we never really know what’s going on behind closed doors as years of secrets, rivalries and betrayals come to light. Join us for a preview of ITV’s major new family drama, and hear from the talents behind it.


Little Joe + Jessica Hausner in ConversationUK-Austria-Germany 2019. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor. 105min (event TRT 155min). Digital. 12A. A BFI release

To coincide with the release of Little Joe (see p10), and the accompanying retrospective of her earlier films (p26), we’re delighted to welcome writer-director Jessica Hausner to discuss her career

with BFI programmer-at-large Geoff Andrew, following a screening of her latest feature. Excerpts from her remarkable body of work will be screened, and questions taken from the audience.

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BFI Flare Programme LaunchTRT 60min

Join the Festival programming team for the launch of BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival which runs from 18-29 March. Be among the first to watch exclusive clips from this year’s line-up celebrating the very best in queer cinema from around the world.Champions and Members can apply for up to two free tickets in the ballot which runs until midnight on Sun 12 Jan

Member Salon: The LighthouseTRT 60min

Our popular discussion series for Members and their guests continues in 2020 with one of the most talked-about films at last year’s BFI London Film Festival. Join your fellow Members to discuss the mysterious and unsettling fate of Thomas and Ephraim.

Members can book a joint ticket to the Salon and the screening on Thu 6 Feb for themselves and their guests in advance for just £6. Members who’ve watched the film on another date are also welcome to attend the free discussion and show their Membership card to admit themselves and a guest on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The Fisher KingUSA 1991. Dir Terry Gilliam. With Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer. 137min. Digital. 15

Jack Lucas is a depressed, suicidal ex-DJ who’s saved by Parry, a homeless man who hallucinates about the Red Knight and claims to be on a quest for the Holy Grail in New York City. Trying to right a past wrong, Jack joins Parry’s quest and attempts to help him piece his life back together. With comedy, drama and Gilliam-esque fantasy, The Fisher King is ripe for re-discovery.

‘It’s a surreal and touching film about love, grief and redemption’Thomas Harrington, BFI Member

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Parasite GisaengchungSouth Korea 2019. Dir Bong Joon-Ho. With Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam. 132min. Digital. EST. 15. A Curzon Artificial Eye release

This international box-office hit is a darkly comic, twisty rollercoaster rideWinner of the Palme d’Or at 2019’s Cannes Film Festival, this brilliant black comedy from Bong Joon-ho (Okja, Snowpiercer) follows the Kim family as they struggle to survive on the breadline. When a friend offers Kim Ki-Woo the chance of a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family Ki-Woo’s luck starts to change, and soon his sister, mother and father are also ingratiating themselves into the glamorous lives of their affluent employers. Parasite is both a piercing commentary on inequality and a twisty narrative rollercoaster ride; you’ll be gripped throughout this compelling and expertly-crafted gem. Simon Duffy, Programme and Research Manager

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The Lighthouse + intro by Bait director Mark Jenkin*USA 2019. Dir Robert Eggers. With Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman. 109min. Digital. 15. A Universal Pictures International release

The award-winning director of The Witch returns to terrorise us with a masterful maritime shockerWhen Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) reluctantly arrives at the lighthouse where he’ll work for the next four weeks he’s greeted with gruff hostility by Tom Wake (Dafoe), a veteran seafarer with whom he’s obliged to share uncomfortably close quarters. The pair quickly establish a volatile dynamic, with Tom the baiting slave-driver and Ephraim his battered lackey. With the slow passing of each punishing day Ephraim’s resentment grows, but when he learns of the mysterious fate that befell his master’s former assistant, a creeping sense of fear and paranoia begins to stir. This hypnotic fusion of beauty and brutality, a hit at 2019’s BFI London Film Festival, boasts extraordinary performances from Dafoe and Pattinson, who wrap their scowling mouths around Robert and Max Eggers’ knotty period text with unwavering gusto. Michael Blyth, Programmer

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Bait + intro by director Mark Jenkin*UK 2019. Dir Mark Jenkin. With Edward Rowe, Mary Woodvine, Giles King, Simon Shepherd. 93min. Digital. 15. A BFI release

Martin (Rowe) is a fisherman without a boat since his brother repurposed their father’s vessel for tourist trips. As he struggles to buy his own boat he must also cope with family rivalry and the influx of London money, stag parties and holiday homes in his picturesque Cornish harbour village. Summer brings simmering tensions to a head, with tragic consequences. Stunningly shot on a vintage 16mm camera using monochrome Kodak stock, Bait is timely and poignant, yet full of humour.Also available on

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Little Joe + intro by director Jessica Hausner*UK-Austria-Germany 2019. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor. 105min. Digital. 12A. A BFI release

Jessica Hausner’s first English-language feature is a cool, witty, impressively fresh variation on traditional sci-fi themesAfter laboratory colleagues Alice (Beecham) and Chris (Whishaw) create a flower with a scent designed to induce happiness, the divorcee names it ‘Little Joe’ after her son. Then unexpected developments make her wonder whether contact with the plant might have serious side effects... Characteristically imaginative in its script, camerawork, design and use of Teiji Ito’s music, Hausner’s movie is a model of expressive precision, speaking volumes about the psychological and social dynamics of the workplace, family, parenthood and gender relations. Thanks to meticulously nuanced performances, the characters’ behaviour and motives are left intriguingly ambiguous, making for a profoundly disquieting but compelling enigma. Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-largeSee p6 for Jessica Hausner in conversation, and p26 for the season

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Critics’ Salon: Little Joe TRT 60min

Join us to discuss Jessica Hausner’s latest feature, a look at family relations, psychology and science in everyday life – set to be one of the most intriguing new releases of the year. Free to ticket holders of Little Joe on Thu 27 Feb 18:20 (must be booked in advance due to capacity), otherwise £6.50

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A Streetcar Named DesireUSA 1951. Dir Elia Kazan. With Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. 126min. Digital (new restoration). 12A. A BFI Release

Elia Kazan’s film of Tennessee Williams’ stage hit introduced cinemagoers to ‘the Method’, and an outstanding performance from BrandoHeated tensions arise when ‘resting’ Mississippi teacher Blanche DuBois (Leigh) comes to stay with her sister Stella (Hunter) in the cramped New Orleans apartment she shares with her husband Stanley (Brando). Hot-tempered and unashamedly macho, Stanley has no time for Blanche’s insistent gentility... Making eloquent use of Harry Stradling’s black-and-white cinematography and Richard Day’s sets, Kazan creates an atmosphere of clammy, claustrophobic intensity, in which the different acting styles of Brando and Leigh (who’d performed in Olivier’s London production of the play) actually enhance the conflict between their characters. A classic, now gloriously restored. Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-largeSee p14 for our Elia Kazan season

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A pioneering figure in the American theatre, Elia Kazan was also one of the country’s most influential film directors, writes season programmer Geoff AndrewAfter several years as an actor and director for the Group Theatre, Kazan directed a string of hits on Broadway and co-founded the Actors Studio, while establishing himself in Hollywood with a series of serious issue-driven dramas at Fox. Following his success with Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire on stage, he made a film of the play, and set about transforming the style and standard of screen acting in ambitious, provocative, sometimes ‘political’ movies centred on graduates of the Group Theatre and Actors Studio, many of whom he had effectively ‘discovered’. Even after he notoriously ‘named names’ during the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, Kazan’s films remained prestigious and successful throughout the 50s. If their subject matter was unusually varied, the sheer force of his quest for emotional veracity was a constant.

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Re-considering Kazan: An Illustrated Talk by Geoff AndrewTRT 60min

In this hour-long survey of Kazan’s sometimes controversial career, season programmer Geoff Andrew will look at what made his films so important and special, and so enduringly influential to this day. Lavishly illustrated with clips from Kazan’s movies, the talk will focus particularly – but not exclusively – on the director’s approach to performance and mise-en-scène.

+ A Letter to EliaUSA 2010. Dir Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones. 60min. Digital

This blend of documentary and billet-doux combines clips, photos, archive footage and interviews with Kazan himself to explore the profound effect his work had on the young Martin Scorsese, who grew up in New York City in the years after WWII. It was, by the younger man’s own admission, Kazan’s movies that made Scorsese want to make films himself.

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Boomerang! USA 1947. Dir Elia Kazan. With Dana Andrews, Lee J Cobb, Jane Wyatt, Arthur Kennedy. With 88min. Digital. PG

An attorney defends a vagrant in a murder trial, despite local prejudice and pressure from politicians and big business. For this taut mystery-cum-courtroom drama based on real events, Kazan shot in Connecticut locations and, save for a few carefully chosen professionals in leading roles, cast locals, friends and family. ‘It was our neorealism,’ he claimed (while respectfully deferring to Rossellini’s Paisà).

The Sea of GrassUSA 1947. Dir Elia Kazan. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker. 123min. 35mm PG

An atypical film for both director and stars – a St Louis woman (Hepburn) travels to New Mexico to marry a rancher (Tracy) regarded locally as a tyrant – this western nevertheless became the highest-grossing of all MGM’s Hepburn-Tracy movies.

Though Kazan regretted having to film in the studio rather than on the Great Plains, the performances are dependably fine.

A Tree Grows in BrooklynUSA 1945. Dir Elia Kazan. With Peggy Anne Garner, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn. 129min. Digital. U

Adapted from Betty Smith’s semi-autobiographical novel, Kazan’s lovely first feature centres on an impoverished Irish-American family living in Brooklyn in 1912, and especially on 13-year-old Francie (Garner), who’s devoted to her alcoholic father (Dunn) and dreams of becoming a writer. It’s a touching, funny, unsentimental and unusually authentic portrait of immigrant life, for which Garner and Dunn won well-deserved Oscars®.



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Panic in the StreetsUSA 1950. Dir Elia Kazan. With Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Jack Palance, Barbara Bel Geddes. 95min. 35mm PG

Kazan’s neorealist preference for location shooting and his expertise with actors reaped rewards with this pacy New Orleans thriller about the urgent hunt for the killers (presumed by Widmark’s health officer to be disease-carriers) of an illegal immigrant whose corpse bears traces of pneumonic plague.

Joseph MacDonald’s noir camerawork, the vividly evocative sense of place and the strong performances make for a meaty drama.

Pinky + intro by actor-director Burt Caesar*USA 1949. Dir Elia Kazan. With Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters. 102min. Digital. PG

With Pinky, Fox boss Daryl Zanuck decided to do the same for racism as A Gentlemen’s Agreement did for anti-semitism, hoping to repeat the earlier film’s success. The story focuses on an African-American woman who returns home to the segregated South after passing herself off as white in the North. When John Ford quit after a week’s shooting, Kazan was asked to direct; he gave it the look and feel of a Ford picture.

Gentleman’s AgreementUSA 1947. Dir Elia Kazan. With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm. 118min. Digital. U

With Gregory Peck playing a journalist who pretends to be Jewish in order to research an article on anti-semitism, this is a characteristically ‘Hollywood’ slice of social comment, lapsing sporadically into earnest sermonising and romantic turmoil, but touching on most of the relevant issues with intelligence and insight. The film, Kazan and Holm won Oscars®; Garfield also impresses.



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On the WaterfrontUSA 1954. Dir Elia Kazan. With Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb, Rod Steiger. 108min. Digital 4K. PG

Seen by some as Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg’s attempt to justify their ‘friendly’ testimony to the HUAC, this multi-Oscar®-winner remains a powerhouse drama in which a young longshoreman (Brando) slowly comes

to recognise and regret his complicity with the mobsters controlling the unions at the New Jersey docks. The evocative use of locations, a memorable script and uniformly excellent performances produced an electrifying classic.

Man on a TightropeUSA-West Germany 1953. Dir Elia Kazan. With Frederic March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell. 105min. Digital 4K. PG

Perhaps Kazan’s most underrated movie, this follows a circus travelling around Czechoslovakia in the early 1950s: Cernik (March), owner and tightrope-walking clown, appears downtrodden by his disenchanted wife (Grahame) and the secret police... but perhaps he’s performing a brilliant balancing act? A beguiling blend of black comedy, stirring drama, narrative surprises and robust performances, the film successfully evokes a world where distrust and anxiety rule.

Viva Zapata! USA 1952. Dir Elia Kazan. With Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn, Jean Peters, Joseph Wiseman. 113min. Digital. PG

Kazan was both a friend of John Steinbeck and a fan of Soviet cinema, especially Sergei Eisenstein and Alexander Dovzhenko – hence this Steinbeck-scripted film about the rise to power of a Mexican revolutionary (Brando, in not altogether convincing make-up) in the struggle against Porfirio Diaz. The sometimes surprisingly elliptical narrative forefronts both the fraught responsibilities of leadership and the tendency of power to corrupt.



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An Actor’s Workshop for Film CreativesElia Kazan believed that the actor was the emotional centre of all drama, the key contact with the paying public and the focal point in the collaborative enterprise of filmmaking. Join actor-director Burt Caesar for this interactive and experiential day course. Whether you’re a writer, director, camera operator, producer or actor, this course will draw on a range of exercises to develop your practice and get the best from an actor’s performance. Course fee £30

A Face in the CrowdUSA 1957. Dir Elia Kazan. With Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick. 126min. Digital. PG

Written by On the Waterfront’s Budd Schulberg, Kazan’s most explicitly political film centres on work-shy drifter ‘Lonesome’ Rhodes (Griffith), whose gift of the gab – first revealed on an Arkansas local radio show – leads him to fame on national television and, thereby, to political influence. A bitter parable about celebrity culture, populist demagoguery, and the power of mass media, A Face in the Crowd remains all too relevant today. Also available on

Baby DollUSA 1956. Dir Elia Kazan. With Caroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock. 114min. 35mm PG

Adapted from two of Tennessee Williams’ one-act plays, this gleefully grotesque black comedy – set in and around a gloriously run-down Mississippi mansion – chronicles the vengeful strategy undertaken by a Sicilian businessman (Wallach) against a dishonest rival (Malden) who has an attractive but intellectually and sexually immature wife (Baker). Kazan’s virtuoso direction of lengthy scenes keeps the cruel antics moving along to engaging effect.

East of EdenUSA 1955. Dir Elia Kazan. With James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Jo Van Fleet. 115min. Digital 4K. PG

John Steinbeck’s transposition of the Cain and Abel story to 1917 California is well served by the performances Kazan elicits from a superb cast; Dean and Massey, as the ‘bad’ son and the puritanical father, are especially effective. Shooting in colour for the first time, Kazan vividly recreates Monterey and the Salinas Valley while introducing elements of visual expressionism to underline the corrosive familial tensions. Also available on



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Federico Fellini had a keen interest in the world of dreams, and became known as one of world cinema’s most unashamedly autobiographical filmmakers, writes season programmer Pasquale IannoneWe round off our two-month centenary celebration of the renowned Italian filmmaker with a special focus on aspects of his work he’s arguably most famous for – the world of dreams and autobiography. These films span almost 35 years in the director’s career and include some of his best-known pictures, including the seminal film-about-film 8½ and the Oscar®-winning Amarcord. Fellini himself is a compelling presence in front of the camera, most memorably in The Clowns, Roma and Intervista, where the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction become ever more fluid. We also include Il Bidone and a programme of the director’s contributions to anthology films – little jewels offering further proof of Fellini’s fleet-flooted imagination.

‘MY FANTASIES AND OBSESSIONS ARE NOT ONLY MY REALITY, BUT THE STUFF OF WHICH MY FILMS ARE MADE’FEDERICO FELLINI

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This retrospective is the first of the Fellini 100 official international tour, coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Culture, led by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, who have provided the films. All films have been digitally restored by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna and Cineteca Nazionale.

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8½ Otto e mezzoItaly-France 1963. Dir Federico Fellini. With Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Rossella Falk, Claudia Cardinale. 138min. Digital 4K. EST. 15

Fellini’s semi-autobiographical portrait of creative block is one of the great films about filmmaking. At the centre is Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, the beleaguered auteur who’s assailed by a host of problems both professional and personal.

The film’s influence has been profound – Todd Haynes, for instance, paid it affectionate homage in his distinctly Fellini-esque portrait of Bob Dylan, I’m Not There (2007).Also available on

Roundtable: Gender and sexuality in Federico Fellini’s cinema TRT 100min

Fellini didn’t shy away from the exploration and expression of sexual desire, and often created controversial portrayals of women and men throughout his career. What approaches can we employ to discuss and interpret these portrayals in 2020? How do they relate to attitudes and values in Italian society at that time?

What’s the relationship between Fellini’s representation of sexuality, femininity and masculinity, and his exuberant, surreal style? We welcome film scholars and writers Richard Dyer, Danielle Hipkins, Dalila Missero and Julia Wagner for this insightful debate.Tickets £6.50

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The Clowns I clownsItaly-France-West Germany 1970. Dir Federico Fellini. 92min. Digital 4K. EST. U

Fruit of his long-standing fascination with the figure of the clown, Fellini’s documentary was made for Italian TV and – as with his other 70s films such as Roma and Amarcord – sees the director affectionately recreate episodes from his childhood.

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Juliet of the Spirits Giulietta degli spiritiItaly-France 1965. Dir Federico Fellini. With Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu. 138min. Digital 4K. EST. 15

Although he had worked with colour before – for an episode in Boccaccio 70 (1962) – Juliet of the Spirits was Fellini’s first colour feature. It sees the director reunited with his actor wife Giulietta Masina (La Strada, Nights of Cabiria) who

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Amarcord Italy-France 1973. Dir Federico Fellini. With Bruno Zanin, Magali Noël, Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia. 125min. Digital 4K. EST. 15

Winner of the Best Foreign Language Oscar® in 1975, and one of Fellini’s most popular works, Amarcord (Romagnolo dialect for ‘I remember’) draws heavily on the director’s childhood in Rimini during the fascist years.

Mischievous, elegiac, satirical and often moving, the film features some jaw-dropping set-pieces together with one of composer Nino Rota’s most recognisable and wistful main themes.Also available on

Fellini’s Roma RomaItaly-France 1972. Dir Federico Fellini. With Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Pia De Doses, Anna Magnani. 119min. Digital 4K. EST. 15

Despite originally hailing from the northern city of Rimini, Fellini was always closely associated with the Italian capital thanks to La dolce vita and his long association with the legendary Cinecittà film studios.

Spanning several decades – from the fascist era to the twilight of the hippie movement – Roma is the director’s deeply personal love letter to the Eternal City.

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Intervista Italy 1987. Dir Federico Fellini. With Anita Ekberg, Marcello Mastroianni, Sergio Rubini. 107min. Digital 4K. EST. 15

Originally conceived to mark the 50th anniversary of Rome’s Cinecittà studios, Intervista evolved into a characteristically free-form piece of filmic autobiography from Fellini. The picture’s interconnected elements include the director planning an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s unfinished

first novel Amerika, a recreation of his first experiences at Cinecittà, and an emotional reunion of the stars of La dolce vita, Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg.

And the Ship Sails On E la nave va Italy-France 1983. Dir Federico Fellini. With Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Pina Bausch. 128min. Digital 4K. EST. 12A

Production designer Dante Ferretti followed up – and arguably outdid – his stunning work on City of Women with Fellini’s next feature. With its story of a cruise ship sailing out from Naples to

scatter the ashes of a famed opera singer in the weeks before WWI, the film was shot entirely in Cinecittà studios and is suffused with a dream-like air of melancholy.


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Like novelists relishing the challenges of the short story, many Italian filmmakers of the 1950s and 60s (including Visconti, Antonioni, and De Sica) leapt at the opportunity to direct episodes for omnibus films in between more arduous and time-consuming feature projects. Fellini made three anthology entries, each of which we screen here.Love in the City: Agenzia matrimoniale Italy 1953. Dir Federico Fellini. With Antonio Cifariello, Livia Venturini, Maresa Gallo. 16min. EST. 15

A cynical young journalist conducts a survey on marriage agencies, posing as a customer – but he gets more than he bargained for when he finds a match.

+ Boccaccio ’70: Le tentazioni del dottor AntonioItaly-France 1962. Dir Federico Fellini. With Peppino De Filippo, Anita Ekberg, Antonio Acqua. 54min. EST. 12A

A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk angers a prudish crusader for public decency.

+ Tales of Mystery and Imagination (aka Spirits of the Dead): Toby Dammit Italy-France 1968. Dir Federico Fellini. With Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, Ernesto Colli. 48min. EST. 18

Fellini adapts the Edgar Allan Poe short story Never Bet The Devil Your Head, and casts Terence Stamp as a jaded Shakespearean actor making a film in Rome.

Il Bidone The SwindlersItaly-France 1955. Dir Federico Fellini. With Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Baseheart, Franco Fabrizi. 113min. Digital 4K. EST. 12A

With audiences – and some producers – hoping for a sequel to his international breakthrough La Strada, Fellini opted instead for the downbeat story of three conmen, headed by the jowly Augusto (Crawford).

With echoes of the antiheroes of John Huston films The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Asphalt Jungle, the newly restored Il Bidone is ripe for (re)discovery.Also available on

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Since attracting international attention with her first feature, Jessica Hausner has established herself as one of the most distinctive European filmmakers working today, writes season programmer Geoff AndrewFollowing two well-received shorts, Lovely Rita announced the arrival of a writer-director clearly interested in subtle nuance. With that film – realist in tone, and less preoccupied with cinema’s formal possibilities than her later, more stylised work – Hausner’s eloquent precision and insightful perspicacity were already to the fore. Over time, an engagingly idiosyncratic approach to genre came into play, focused on ambiguities and ironies, uncertainties and questions, rather than on neat narratives and easy answers. Also rewarding was Hausner’s cool, considered (but quietly compassionate) detachment in examining the strong, even extreme emotions that her characters – very often loners or outsiders – were experiencing. As with Haneke, Kubrick and Hitchcock, hers is an analytical but highly accessible cinema, which amply repays repeat viewings.

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Ostracised by her schoolmates, frequently chided by her parents, and striving to cope with her burgeoning sexuality, teenager Rita is constantly in trouble for playing truant, behaving inappropriately

with a younger male friend, or leaving the toilet lid up. At once drily amusing and unflinchingly authentic, Hausner’s first feature is a penetrating but tender portrait of a youngster on the brink of adulthood.

FloraAustria 1995. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Claudia Penitz, Andreas Götz, John F Kutil. 25min. 35mm EST

A sympathetic, often darkly funny and wholly unsentimental look at the trials and tribulations of early adulthood, as experienced by a young woman.

+ Inter-ViewAustria 1999. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Birgit Doll, Hagnot Elischka, Hakon Hirzenberger. 45min. 35mm EST

Hausner’s most fragmented and impressionistic film, this featurette alternates between two protagonists: a writer apparently conducting research by interviewing strangers about their professional and personal lives, and a quiet graduate looking for a job (hopefully involving flowers – shades of Little Joe?). Like its predecessor, Inter-View offers an early instance of the writer-director’s enduring penchant for scenes involving dance.

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Amour FouAustria-Luxembourg-Germany 2014. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Christian Friedel, Birte Schnöink, Stephan Grossmann. 96min. Digital. EST. 12A

Inspired by the real-life suicide of the writer Heinrich von Kleist alongside Henriette Vogel, Hausner’s reimagining of the events leading to their death may be seen, in her own words, as ‘romantic comedy’. Certainly, while exploring the absurd extremes to which the poet’s romantic ideals might lead, Hausner allows a mischievous wit to inflect her astute characterisation of bourgeois values in the early 1800s.Also available on

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Lourdes + Q&A with Jessica Hausner*France-Austria-Germany 2009. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Elisa Löwensohn. 99min. 35mm EST. U

A wheelchair-user, paralysed for years (Testud), joins a group pilgrimage to Lourdes – less from any faith in miracles than for the journey and company. Still, there are some around her who do believe... Funny (though never at the

expense of the devout or disabled), affecting, insightful and deeply ambivalent, this tender gem tackles life’s mysteries, paradoxes, pains and simple pleasures head-on.Also available on

HotelAustria-Germany 2004. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Marlene Streeruwitz, Peter Strauss. 78min. 35mm EST. 12A

When Irene starts work as receptionist at an Alpine hotel, she discovers her predecessor vanished mysteriously; though unalarmed, she finds the place’s gloomy atmosphere getting to her... It’s in this unsettling, visually ravishing study of loneliness and the influence of environment that the importance of two of Hausner’s long-term collaborators, producer-cinematographer Martin Gschlacht and production designer Katharina Wöppermann, first became evident.+ ToastAustria 2006. Dir Jessica Hausner. With Susanne Wuest. 41min

An installation Hausner created for an exhibition, focused on a woman’s repetitive activities in the kitchen.



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King KongUSA 1933. Dirs Merian C Cooper, Ernest B Schoedsack. With Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot. 100min. 35mm PG

A filmmaker tricks his crew into a trip to the aptly named Skull Island where Kong, a huge ape, lives alongside dinosaurs. It’s not long before Kong takes a shine to leading lady Ann Darrow (Wray), but when he’s transported to New York City he causes even greater havoc. The incredible pre-digital effects, using stop-motion animation and matte paintings, inspired many generations of later filmmakers.

The African Queen USA-UK 1951. Dir John Huston. With Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley. 105min. Digital 4K restoration. PG

Katharine Hepburn plays Rose Sayer, a missionary in East Africa during the outbreak of WWI who must flee with her brother on an old steamboat being operated by an uncouth, gin-swilling mechanic (Bogart). Finding themselves in danger from German colonial troops,

they plan their escape, but their bickering and disagreements threaten to ruin their plans. Bogart’s character was originally meant to be cockney but this was changed to Canadian after he experienced difficulties with the accent.

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Fitzcarraldo West Germany 1982. Dir Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy. 158min. Digital. EST. PG

A man with designs on becoming a rubber trader plans an extraordinary and potentially dangerous journey to move a 320-tonne steamship across a hilly area in Peru’s Amazon basin and build an opera house in the jungle. With all the odds against him, he and his unwilling team begin their trip... Many of Herzog’s films would be suited to a programme based around man’s relationship with the natural world, but this is a true masterpiece.Also available on

South, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic + intro by Bryony Dixon, BFI National Archive Curator*UK 1919. Trans Atlantic Film Syndicate- Frank Hurley. 72min. 35mm With live piano accompaniment. U

South uses the extraordinary real footage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1916 Antarctic expedition to tell the story of the loss of HMS Endurance and the 1,200-mile journey back to inhabited land in her lifeboats. Restored with its original tinting and toning by the BFI National Archive and EYE Filmmuseum, this incredible film of true-life heroism and survival in the most formidable conditions is over a century old. It lives on as an enthralling testimony to the delicate balance between humanity and the natural world.

GerryUSA-Argentina-Jordan 2002. Dir Gus Van Sant. With Matt Damon, Casey Affleck. 103min. 35mm 15

Two friends, both named Gerry, find themselves lost in the wilderness, exposed to extreme heat and ill-equipped to find their way back to the highway. Inspired by Béla Tarr and featuring music by Arvo Pärt, Van Sant’s sparse film features little dialogue and extensive use of long takes.

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Koyaanisqatsi + intro by film programmer and writer Sophie Brown* USA 1982. Dir Godfrey Reggio. 86min. Digital. U

This groundbreaking, thrilling picture is as much a musical tour-de-force from Philip Glass as it is a stunning original documentary depicting how humanity has parted ways with nature, and how life is now ‘out of balance’ (Koyaanisqatsi in Hopi language).

Godfrey Reggio’s trademark of slowing down and speeding up the action in response to the music has often been emulated but never bettered.

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WalkaboutUK-Australia 1971. Dir Nicolas Roeg. With Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg. 100min. Digital. 12A

Two British children find themselves lost deep in the Australian outback with a teenage Aboriginal boy who, despite the language barrier, tries to help them.

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The Jungle Book UK 1942. Dir Zoltan Korda. With Sabu, Jospeh Calleia, John Qualen. 108min. Digital. U

Lost in the Indian jungle, young Mowgli is raised by wolves and nurtured by wild animals before eventually being taken to live in a village, where he becomes embroiled in a plot to steal cursed treasure. This multi Oscar®-nominated film based on Rudyard Kipling’s work is presented in epic fashion by the Korda brothers during their Hollywood period.

The Flight of the PhoenixUSA 1965. Dir Robert Aldrich. With James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Hardy Krüger, Peter Finch. 142min. Digital. PG

An American cargo plane crash-lands in the Sahara desert and its small group of survivors find themselves in perilous conditions with depleted rations and no working radios. Despite its initial lack of commercial success, Aldrich’s bold adventure has gained in stature and following over time. With a great ensemble cast and a nail-biting finale, The Flight of the Phoenix will keep you on the edge of your seat.The Gold Rush + intro by film historian and academic Professor Ian Christie*

USA 1925. Dir Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murrary. 72min. Digital. With Charlie Chaplin score. U

The ‘Lone Prospector’ (Chaplin) heads off to join the gold rush in Klondike, where he hooks up with a criminal and the recipient of a large gold haul. While an ice storm rages outside, the three men begin a struggle to secure the spoils.

Chaplin’s ‘epic comedy’ was his greatest success of the silent era, and its classic sequences include the prospector’s cabin on the brink of disaster, and staving off starvation with the help of a shoe.

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Lord of the FliesUK 1963. Dir Peter Brook. With James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards. 91min. Digital. PG

Thirty schoolboys are stranded on an island and forced to adapt quickly if they are to survive. Before long, it becomes clear that any environmental obstacles are going to be secondary compared to the threat that lies within themselves. William Golding’s novel is adapted and directed by Peter Brook, and its powerful message of the inherent destructiveness of humans (even a group of children) still resonates today.

The Wages of Fear Le salaire de la peurFrance-Italy 1953. Dir Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Vera Clouzot. 153min. Digital 4K. EST. PG

Watched by a hungry vulture, a child plays with cockroaches in the dusty street of a South American shanty town. So begins one of the most nerve-wracking and suspenseful films ever made, as four desperados take on a suicidal mission to

drive two trucks full of nitroglycerine along precipitous, pot-holed roads. As the tension mounts, this journey to hell is propelled to its misanthropic conclusion by a truly unsettling score.

Waiting for Happiness HeremakonoEn attendant le bonheur + intro by June Givanni, June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive*France-Mauritania 2002. Dir Abderrahmane Sissako. With Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid. 96min. 35mm EST. U

Young Abdallah returns home to the village of Nouhadhibou, a port on the Mauritanian coast, to visit his mother. While there, he struggles with dialect and identity and encounters various members of the semi-transient community going about their business. What follows is a series of interactions and insights into an unsettled people in a state of displacement, hoping to move on and find the ‘better’ place over the horizon.


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BFI Quiz: Awards SeasonAre you a nominee, a winner or a no-show? Will you mix up the 2017 Best Picture winner? Will you wear your swan dress? Ahead of the 2020 Academy Awards, test your knowledge of this season’s awards race and some of the most memorable moments in Oscars® history with this special edition BFI Quiz, hosted by Danny Moran and Sam Foster from Film Chat Podcast. Tickets £5 (no concessions). Teams of maximum 6 people

BFI Blu-ray/DVD Launch: Scandal + Q&A with director Michael Caton-Jones, producer Stephen Woolley and writer Michael ThomasUK 1989. Dir Michael Caton-Jones. With John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen. 115min. Digital 4K. 18

John Profumo, the UK Minister of War, is caught in a tryst with Christine Keeler, a young woman who has also been seeing a suspected Russian spy. Based on the real-life political scandal, the film stars John Hurt as Stephen Ward, the shady social fixer who becomes unwittingly entangled in the media fallout. It’s a great snapshot of 60s Britain, and features an outstanding ensemble cast.Newly remastered by the BFI from a 4K scan, Scandal will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on Mon 17 Feb

DVD Preview: Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (animated) + Q&A with actor Anneke WillsUK 1967. Dir Gerry Mill. With the voices of Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Michael Craze. 6x 25min. Courtesy of BBC Studios

The Doctor and his companions land on a runway at Gatwick airport and find themselves under threat from aliens who need to take on human identities in order to survive. Although the majority of this story was believed to have been lost, by combining a complete audio recording and a new animation, it’s possible to invite you to sit back and watch The Faceless Ones over 50 years since it was first broadcast.Tickets £15, concs £12 (Members pay £2 less) Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones will be released by BBC Studios on Blu-ray and DVD in early 2020

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My Beautiful LaundretteUK 1985. Dir Stephen Frears. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey. 97min. Digital. 15

In Thatcher’s Britain, the opening of a new laundrette in London provides the backdrop for a story of capitalist dreams, racial tension and forbidden love between Omar, a young Pakistani man and Johnny, who’s part of a right-wing extremist group. Hanif Kureishi’s amusing and insightful script delivers a powerful swipe at 1980s Britain.


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Brief EncounterUK 1945. Dir David Lean. With Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway. 86min. Digital. U

A woman has a chance encounter with a man at a busy railway station, and despite both being married it’s clear that there’s a deep attraction. Her routine, middle-class life suddenly becomes exciting, but is she prepared to risk her ordinary but stable home life? Noël Coward and David Lean provide a deliciously improper way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.Also available on

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CasablancaUSA 1942. Dir Michael Curtiz. With Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid. 102min. Digital. U

Bogart and Bergman play former lovers, re-acquainted at his club in Casablanca in 1942, a meeting place for military officers, the displaced and lowlifes. A couple of letters of transit that allow the bearer free passage around Nazi-occupied Europe fall into Rick’s possession, and with them come major challenges. With fizzing sexual chemistry between the two leads, Casablanca might just be the perfect Valentine’s film.


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Related ScreeningsAfter the daytime sessions, Future Film Festival attendees should check out key screenings from the BFI Southbank evening programme.

These will include:Little Joe Sat 22 Feb 18:10 NFT1 (p10)8½ Sun 23 Feb 18:00 NFT1 (p21)

Visit bfi.org.uk/futurefilm for ticket offers especially for those with Future Film Festival passes

Accessible Future Film Festival We are aiming to make part of this year’s Future Film Festival programme accessible. This will include a relaxed event for the neuro-diverse community and provision for D/deaf audiences. Full details of specific programmes and the ways in which the festival is accessible will be available from Tue 14 Jan at bfi.org.uk/futurefilm. Tickets go on sale on Wed 15 Jan.

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Ready Steady Go! The Weekend Starts Here! Session 2 + discussionTRT 100min

Ready Steady Go! had a Friday-night slot (in most regions), which meant that its war cry of ‘the weekend starts here’ had particular relevance, and it was unmissable viewing for pop fans. Some of those fans, and a few who appeared on the show, will join us for this special event to share their memories, accompanied by a bespoke collection of clips of surviving material. For joint ticket offer see left

Ready Steady Go! The Weekend Starts Here! Session 1 + discussionTRT 100min

Ready Steady Go! was the essential pop show of the 1960s. It featured many of the top artists of the day and created a successful format for presenting modern music on TV. Sadly, as with much 1960s TV, much of the series hasn’t survived, but with a new documentary, a definitive book on the show and a few DVD releases, this is the perfect time to look back on one of the most exciting moments of British 60s TV. Join us for a screening of an episode as originally broadcast, followed by a panel discussion on the impact of the show and its legacy.Joint ticket available with session 2 £18, concs £15 (Members pay £2 less)



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Future Film Festival This months’ programme will be part of the Future Film Festival (20-23 February, see p38) the UK’s premiere film festival supporting emerging young filmmakers. If you are aged 16-25 and are exploring opportunities in the industry you will want to check out the festival, and the relaxed programme. Visit bfi.org.uk/futurefilm from Tue 14 Jan for details.

Relaxed screenings are presented each month for those in the neuro-diverse community and their carers and assistants. More detailed information can be found at bfi.org.uk/relaxedSpecial ticket prices apply

My Friend Fela + Q&A with director Joel Zito Araújo (Skype), hosted by Kunle Olulode, film historian, cultural critic and broadcaster (more guests TBA)Brazil 2019. Dir Joel Zito Araújo. 94min. Digital

Featured in the 2019 BFI London Film Festival, and winner of the Paul Robeson Award for Best Film at FESPACO, My Friend Fela narrates the life of Fela Kuti, an extraordinary man whose myth and music endure long after his death.

Featuring the voices of key people in his life, this documentary is no hagiography but a nuanced look at a legendary, if controversial, artist who used his music to call power and corruption to account.Tickets £6.50

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Galentine’s Day Preview: A Guide to Second Date Sex + Q&AUK 2019. Dir Rachel Hirons. With Alexandra Roach, George MacKay, Michael Socha. 98min. Digital. Cert tbc. Courtesy of Munro Films

Laura and Ryan have each been totally destroyed by previous long-term relationships but are ready to get back out there. After meeting on a messy night out and arranging a second date, both are hopeful of getting it right this time. Unfortunately, they have no idea what they are supposed to do or how to act. How bad can a second date really go? Laura and Ryan are about to find out.

Adapted from her acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe play, Rachel Hirons’ (Power Room, The Vodka Diaries) directorial debut is a sweet story of two people just trying to make a connection, but it also brims with her distinct filthy and cringe-heavy humour. See p37 for our Valentine’s Day films, p26 for our Jessica Hasuner season, and p5 for a preview of Portrait of a Lady on Fire


BUG: SupergrassTRT 120min

One of the best-loved bands to have emerged during the frenzy of Britpop, Supergrass are back with a new tour, a definitive boxset collection, and now a retrospective of their mightiest music videos. Adam Buxton and the BUG team will be celebrating their canon of visual masterpieces and delivering fun facts and nonsense, with the help of some special guests. Booking essential.

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Experimenta Salon: Un chant d’amour + discussionFrance 1950. Dir Jean Genet. 26min (event TRT 70min). 16mm EST. 18

Banned upon release for its sexually explicit nature, this queer, homoerotic underground classic from novelist and poet Jean Genet focuses on the charged relationship between two prisoners and their guard. Following this special 16mm screening, our panel, chaired by BFI

National Archive curator Simon McCallum, will discuss the film’s production and release history, analyse key scenes, and reflect on its legacy and influence on filmmakers and artists from Derek Jarman to Andy Warhol.Tickets £6.50


Experimenta Mixtape #8TRT 90min

Here are some more films that we can’t tell you about; no titles are announced in advance and programme notes only given out at the end. Expect artist films, TV, early cinema and more. The programme is highly varied but not randomly put together. Old and new collide. Contains flashing images and adult content.

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Dead & BuriedUSA 1981. Dir Gary Sherman. With Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, James Farentino, Nancy Locke. 95min. Digital. 18

When a quiet New England town is plagued by a string of brutal murders, the local sheriff is horrified to learn that the fresh corpses are coming back to life. Despite an appearance on the official ‘video nasties’ list, this atmospheric zombie shocker (co-written by Alien and Total Recall scribe Dan O’Bannon) is a much classier endeavour than its grubby reputation might have us believe.

TERROR VISIONThe darker side of cinema; films that will horrify and astound

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The Big Parade + intro by author Michael Hammond USA 1925. Dir King Vidor. With John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Karl Dane, Hobart Bosworth. 151min. Digital. U. With live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand

One of the biggest Hollywood hits of the silent era, King Vidor’s The Big Parade wraps every WWI trope – the unlikely hero, the French girl, the comradeship, the horrors of battle – into a tidy narrative. But these were not yet clichés in 1925 and it’s easy to see why this powerful,

funny, romantic anti-war film, scripted by Laurence Stallings and Harry Behn, became a model against which all WWI dramas would be measured.Michael Hammond’s book The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939 is published by SUNY Press

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Stolen Life + intro by Vic Pratt, BFI DVDUK 1939. Dir Paul Czinner. With Elisabeth Bergner, Michael Redgrave, Wilfrid Lawson, Mabel Terry-Lewis. 90min. 35mm PG

‘Two Bergners for the price of one!’ promised the press material for Stolen Life, a film offering the Austrian émigré the perfect subject for her return to the screen, playing identical twins who fall for the same man. One of the decade’s finest actors, Elisabeth Bergner embraced the dual role and gives a performance of understated naturalness and poignancy, ably supported by Redgrave in only his third screen role.

Adapted from a Czech novel by acclaimed novelist Margaret Kennedy and sensitively directed by Bergner’s husband Paul Czinner, this British version is undeservedly less well-known than the 1946 Hollywood remake starring Bette Davis.


PROJECTING THE ARCHIVEA rare chance to see rediscovered British features from the BFI National Archive. In honour of Dr Clifford Shaw

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Seniors’ Free Talk: Fellow Traveller + introBBC 1990. Dir Phillip Saville. With Imogen Stubbs, Ron Silver, Hart Bochner. 97min. 35mm

Director Elia Kazan was one of those who ‘named names’ during the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1952. To tie in with our Kazan season (see p14), we screen this TV drama about the personal implications of the black list that was drawn up by the

HUAC, and its detrimental effect on the careers of actors, writers and directors in the US and those exiled in the UK. Free for over-60s (booking by phone or in person only), otherwise normal matinee price

Seniors’ Free Matinee: Hell Drivers + introUK 1957. Dir Cy Endfield (as C Raker Endfield). With Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Herbert Lom. 108min. Digital. PG

Directed by one of Hollywood’s black-listed directors working in exile in the UK, this nail-biting thriller about a corrupt haulage company is shot on the B-roads of Buckinghamshire and features a brilliant cast of British actors, including a young Sean Connery.

Free for over-60s (booking by phone or in person only), otherwise normal matinee priceSee p12 for a seniors’ matinee of A Streetcar Named Desire

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Ideal screenings for ages 4-12, plus look out for the family badges throughout the Guide

book online at bfi.org.uk/familiesUnder 16s £4, adults £8 (Members pay £2 less)

THE JUNGLE BOOK

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With Sabu, Jospeh Calleia, John Qualen.

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A filmmaker tricks his crew into a trip to the aptly named Skull Island where Kong, a huge ape, lives alongside dinosaurs. It’s not long before Kong takes a shine to leading lady Ann Darrow (Wray), but when he’s transported to New York City he causes even greater havoc. This classic monster movie is full of fun special effects and plenty of adventure.See p30 for another screening

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LATEST FILMSThe Nightingale (from 13 Dec)Jennifer Kent follows The Babadook with a testing and brutal tale of vengeance, starring Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin and Baykali Ganambarr.

Animals (from 6 Jan)Two debauched flatmates (Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat) see their friendship tested in this comedy based on Emma Jane Unsworth’s best-selling novel.

WHY YOU MUST SEE: 8½It’s ‘a lustful, sweaty, gluttonous poem to cinema,’ said Guillermo del Toro. Martin Scorsese and Paolo Sorrentino are smitten too, thanks to an elegant story said drawn from Fellini’s own creative block. 8½ glides from playful to philosophical, with the Eternal City in backdrop and Marcello Mastroianni on form. He plays Guido, the vexed film director, whose love life and inertia inspire scenes of reverie that morph into something approaching magic. Logical it is not, and back in 1963 one audience in Italy is said to have attacked a projectionist. We suggest a calmer heart, a curious mind and the desire to be swept up and carried off to another, better place.Watch on subscription now with a free trial

Premature (from 6 Jan)In this captivating coming-of-age story, Zora Howard gives a powerful performance as a young New Yorker tempted by an older man.

Pain and Glory (from 13 Jan)Antonio Banderas triumphs as a film director confronting his memories, in Pedro Almodóvar’s elegiac and deeply personal drama.

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New Writings: Of Mud & Flame: The Penda’s Fen Source BookTRT 80min

Editors Matthew Harle and James Machin join BFI curator William Fowler to talk about Of Mud & Flame (Strange Attractor, 2019), their new book on David Rudkin’s cult 1974 TV film Penda’s Fen. Harle and Machin will discuss the book’s conception during an academic conference, their discussions with Rudkin, and how they tracked down cast members and commissioned creative writing and essays from scholars, authors, and artists. Tickets £6.50

New Writings: Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TVTRT 80min

In what promises to be an engaging and enlightening talk, Stephen Bourne will look at how gay men were portrayed in British TV drama and comedy from the 1930s to 80s. This is the subject of his latest book, which Russell T Davies describes as a ‘masterpiece’ in his foreword. Bourne’s talk will feature a wide range of gay men including Douglas Byng, Peter Wyngarde, Tony Warren and Drew Griffiths. Tickets £6.50

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The BFI Reuben Library has the largest collection of material about film, television and the moving image in the world. It’s a free resource and study space with state-of-the-art scanning facilities and an easy-to-use database to point you in the right direction.Open Tue – Sat 10:30 to 19:00

With thanks to our Principal Funder: Reuben Foundation

Collections Focus: British TelevisionCoinciding with our New Writings events this month we explore the innovative story of British television with a specially curated display of materials from our vast collection. From news to soaps, talk shows to dramas, we celebrate the gamut of the gogglebox. Whether you’re a channel-hopper or a tele-addict, there’s something for everyone in the BFI Reuben library.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVELove it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is upon us, but whatever your relationship status you’ll find something to suit in this popular collection. A legendary Welsh tragedy gets an early screen outing in The Love Story of Ann Thomas the Maid of Cefn Ydfa (1914), and gay lives are linked across a century in the moving Only Connect (1979). There’s a rare opportunity to see Vivien Leigh’s poignant performance as

Hester in the long-unavailable 1955 adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, while love is a bohemian battlefield in David Mercer’s Let’s Murder Vivaldi (1968), starring Glenda Jackson. And in former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine’s Coping with Cupid (1991) a trio of blond aliens land in Soho to investigate our romantic foibles.See p37 for more romance

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FREE: Musical SpacesFrom rural refrains to urban beats, via cobbled streets, fairgrounds and rooftops: the spaces of big-screen musicals evoke the rhythms around us. Showcasing BFI Special Collections materials, this exhibition reveals how each of these spaces has something to say (and sing!) about the performances of everyday life.

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Birds of PreyUSA 2020. Dir Cathy Yan. With Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Jurnee Smollett-Bell. RT and Cert TBC

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At Kent we offer undergraduate, taught MA and PhDprogrammes in Film.

We examine the history and theory of film. Our BA (Hons) in Film students havethe opportunity to complement these approaches with practical filmmaking toenhance their experience.

Alongside our MA Film programme, we also offer a Film with Practice variationto enable filmmakers to enhance their skills in a supportive setting, producinga dissertation by film practice. Similarly, alongside our traditional PhD in Film,we also offer a PhD in Film: Practice as Research, where filmmaking contributesto a portion of the thesis.

Based in the School of Arts at Kent, our Film programmes benefit from excellentfacilities including studios, editing suites, and an extensive film collection in theTempleman Library.

Our campus offers two cinemas: the Gulbenkian, a public cinema and theatre,and the Lupino, a dedicated cinema for students in the School of Arts.

The high-speed train means Canterbury is less than an hour away from London,providing convenient access to the British Film Institute, Leicester Square andIMAX cinemas, and the British Library. We benefit from our proximity to mainlandEurope, with Eurostar access to Paris, where we also offer our taught (non-practice) MA in Film.

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Actor’s Workshop for Film Creatives, An (course) 19 African Queen, The 30 Amarcord 23 Amour Fou 28 And the Ship Sails On 24

Baby Doll 19 Bait 9 Bidone, Il 25 BFI Blu-ray/DVD Launch: Scandal 36 BFI Flare Programme Launch 7 BFI Quiz 36 Big Parade, The 44 Birds of Prey 53 Boomerang! 16 Brief Encounter 37 BUG: Supergrass 41

Casablanca 37 Clowns, The 22 Critics’ Salon: Little Joe 10

Dead & Buried 42 Dil Dhadakne Do 4 DVD Preview: Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones 36

East of Eden 19 Episodic Fellini 25 Experimenta Mixtape #8 42 Experimenta Salon: Un chant d’amour 42

Face in the Crowd, A 19 Fellini’s Roma 23 Fellow Traveller 45 Fisher King, The 7 Fitzcarraldo 31 Flesh and Blood 6 Flight of the Phoenix, The 33 Flora + Inter-View 27

Gentleman’s Agreement 17 Gerry 31 Gold Rush, The 33 Greed 5 Guide to Second Date Sex, A 41

Hell Drivers 45 Hotel 28

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Javed Akhtar in Conversation 4 Juliet of the Spirits 22 Jungle Book, The 33, 47

King Kong 30, 47 Koyaanisqatsi 32

Lighthouse, The 9 Little Joe + Jessica Hausner in Conversation 6 Little Joe 10 Lord of the Flies 34 Lourdes 28 Lovely Rita 27

Man on a Tightrope 18 Mark Kermode Live in 3D at the BFI 5 Member Salon: The Lighthouse 7 Midnight Family 5 My Beautiful Laundrette 37 My Friend Fela 40

New Writings: Of Mud & Flame: The Penda’s Fen Source Book (talk) 50 New Writings: Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British TV (talk) 50

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Panic in the Streets 17 Parasite 8 Pinky 17 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 5

Re-considering Kazan (talk) + A Letter to Elia 15 Ready Steady Go! Session 1 & Session 2 39 Roundtable: Gender and sexuality in Federico Fellini’s cinema (talk) 21

Sea of Grass, The 16 South, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Glorious Epic of the Antarctic 31 Stolen Life 44 Streetcar Named Desire, A 12

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Wages of Fear, The 34 Waiting for Happiness 34 Walkabout 32

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At Kent we offer undergraduate, taught MA and PhDprogrammes in Film.

We examine the history and theory of film. Our BA (Hons) in Film students havethe opportunity to complement these approaches with practical filmmaking toenhance their experience.

Alongside our MA Film programme, we also offer a Film with Practice variationto enable filmmakers to enhance their skills in a supportive setting, producinga dissertation by film practice. Similarly, alongside our traditional PhD in Film,we also offer a PhD in Film: Practice as Research, where filmmaking contributesto a portion of the thesis.

Based in the School of Arts at Kent, our Film programmes benefit from excellentfacilities including studios, editing suites, and an extensive film collection in theTempleman Library.

Our campus offers two cinemas: the Gulbenkian, a public cinema and theatre,and the Lupino, a dedicated cinema for students in the School of Arts.

The high-speed train means Canterbury is less than an hour away from London,providing convenient access to the British Film Institute, Leicester Square andIMAX cinemas, and the British Library. We benefit from our proximity to mainlandEurope, with Eurostar access to Paris, where we also offer our taught (non-practice) MA in Film.

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