London Film Festival

I was lucky enough to bum a ticket for the London Film Festival Gala performance of Sexy Beast, a new brit gangster flick with Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. Like the productions of Guy Madonna's Lock Stock... stable, this enjoyable story of money, love, the love of money and calamari looks like an extended advert. Good fun. Watch it. Anyway, there I was, Max Beastly (without Scary, mind) in a rather disgusting brown leather coat with a matching beret cap, the bloke off of the Flash commercial and me having a lager in the Cafe Royal before the screening. I don't like celebrity bashes much. You know everyone but they haven't got a clue who you ...  Read the complete review

For all Londoners and those from further afeild, I'd just like to tell you what I think about this year's FF. I haven't been to the London, or any, Film Festival before. But what makes me excited is the prospect of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon being shown. Both of these movies are supposed to be excellent, and whilst I can wait for Almost Famous, I don't know if I can wait until January for CT,HD (starring the great Chow Yun Fat). This is the only film that would make me take a day off college for except for maybe a preview of Star Wars Episode II :-). As for the other films, look at the ...  Read the complete review

The BFI's London Film Festival takes place manly in October, though you can probably get listing for what's going to be round about now, useful as some of the films get sold out fairly quickly. Basically its a 'festival' where about 5 cinemas (including an Odeon in Leicester Square) show a whole host of films, many of which haven't been released in this country and may well never be, on different themes. Last year included films like 'Being John Malkovich', 'The Virgin Suicides' and 'The Insider'. It's a really good way to see unusual films, or even more popular films which haven't been released yet. You'll probably ...  Read the complete review