British Silents 2013
On the 20th April, British Silents and BFI presented an all day programme of London-related film at London’s Cinema Museum. Keith Braithwaite describes the experience.
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Tommy
Latest contribution to the Hallowe’en Specials: Keith Braithwaite’s top trouser-soiling moment from cinema history features in The Who’s bonkers, mawkish rock opera TOMMY.
Starbuck
Blandly competent film-making at its anodyne best: Keith Braithwaite reviews the French comedy STARBUCK, screened at Cambridge Film Festival.
Dangermouse
DANGER MOUSE is a relic of a time when the UK had only three national television channels, of a time when there wasn’t a lot of money around (unless you were Baron Silas Greenback). Keith Braithwaite reviews and contextualises the Cosgrove Hall favourite.
The Body In The Woods (Un Cos Al Bosc)
Joaquim Jordà’s THE BODY IN THE WOODS hits the wild boar hunt/twisty thriller/hardboiled ‘tec/S’n’M lesbian biker crossover nail right on the head, writes Keith Braithwaite.
Formentera
The absence of genuine tragedy in Ann-Kristin Rayels’ FORMENTERA – set on a small island not far from Ibiza – weakens the drama, writes Keith Braithwaite
Yossi
TAKE ONE recommends the minimal but moving performance from Ohad Knoller as YOSSI, in Eytan Fox’s story of bittersweet romance in the grotesque resort of Eilat in Israel.
White Night Wedding (Brúđguminn)
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING jumps erratically between hard-core northern European family breakdown horror and sub-Father Ted eccentric locals hi-jinks. But Iceland is just about yummy enough that they get away with it.
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Thatch in THE IRON LADY. Better justified is the nomination for Best Makeup, says Keith Braithwaite.
Experimenta at Brighton Film Festival
Keith Braithwaite reviews Brighton Film Festival’s EXPERIMENTA, a diverse package of artists’ cinema including animation, found footage and dance for camera.