Staggering bleary-eyed into work each morning, hung over from last night’s glittering showbiz party or all night Mario Bava marathon, it’s occasionally easy for STS to forget the more cultured side of cinema. Fortunately the venerable chaps at the BFI are onto us, and have seen fit to plaster the southbank with enormous billboards so that we remember that today is the start of The Times BFI 53rd Film Festival!
Running from October 14th – 29th at a variety of venues across London, the festival offers a unique and fascinating exploration of cinematic history and glimpses of the future, to draw a comprehensive picture of current Cinema at home and abroad.
Highlights this year include Delmer Dave’s hyper intense Jubal, transplanting Othello to the wild west with visually stunning results (and STS fave Ernest Borgnine!), Clive Jeavon’s look into the history of CBGB, the legendary fleapit Rock N’ Roll venue in New York’s Bowery district, and new British Cinema in the shape of The Scouting Book for Boys, a surprisingly funny and accurate look at the perils of growing up set across one lazy English summer.
Further showings will see the White Stripes banging out tunes on the square, visits to Woodstock and New Orleans courtesy of Maria Delgado and Werner Herzog, and a host of other unique visions that demand a spot in your filmgoing calendar.
For tickets and info check out the website here, and get the latest update tweets here.
