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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; London Screenings / Film Events</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/london-screenings/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Vanessa Redgrave Gets Academy Salute</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-redgrave-academy-salute/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-redgrave-academy-salute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:43:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35699</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vanessa Redgrave The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the career of Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave, one of the most distinguished performers of the second half of the 20th century, with its &#34;first-ever European tribute to an actor.&#34; The Redgrave salute will take place on Sunday, November 13, in London. Hosted by two-time Oscar nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader), the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vanessa-redgrave-academy-salute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>METROPOLIS, Frank Capra, Agatha Christie: BFI Southbank Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/metropolis-frank-capra-agatha-christie-and-then-there-were-none/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/metropolis-frank-capra-agatha-christie-and-then-there-were-none/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:46:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25567</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brigitte Helm in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (top); Jack Holt, Fay Wray in Frank Capra's Dirigible (middle); Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, Roland Young, Louis Hayward, Judith Anderson in René Clair's And Then There Were None (bottom) London's BFI Southbank will be screening several Frank Capra efforts today and on Saturday, in addition to films based on Agatha Christie's works and the restored Metropolis. Most notable among [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/metropolis-frank-capra-agatha-christie-and-then-there-were-none/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jack Nicholson&#039;s FIVE EASY PIECES, Jean-Luc Godard&#039;s BREATHLESS, Ivor Novello&#039;s THE CONSTANT NYMPH: bif Southbank</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-nicholson-five-easy-pieces-jean-luc-godard-breathless-ivor-novello-the-constant-nymph/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-nicholson-five-easy-pieces-jean-luc-godard-breathless-ivor-novello-the-constant-nymph/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:15:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25005</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces (top); Ivor Novello, Mabel Poulton, The Constant Nymph (middle); Jean Seberg, Breathless (bottom) Bob Rafelson's biting social critique Five Easy Pieces (1970), starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black; Adrian Brunel's silent romantic drama The Constant Nymph (1928), a tale of &#34;forbidden love&#34; starring stage and movie idol Ivor Novello and Mabel Poulton; and Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave classic Breathless (1959), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/jack-nicholson-five-easy-pieces-jean-luc-godard-breathless-ivor-novello-the-constant-nymph/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joseph Losey&#039;s GALILEO, Zhang Yimou&#039;s HERO, François Truffaut&#039;s THE WILD CHILD: bfi Southbank</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joseph-losey-galileo-zhang-yimou-hero-francois-truffaut-the-wild-child/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joseph-losey-galileo-zhang-yimou-hero-francois-truffaut-the-wild-child/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:21:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24557</guid> <description><![CDATA[Topol in Joseph Losey's Galileo (top); Maggie Cheung in Zhang Yimou's Hero (middle); Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut in Truffaut's L'Enfant sauvage / The Wild Child (bottom) According to London's bfi Southbank site, filmmaker Joseph Losey, a victim of the Red Scare who settled in England in the '50s, had already directed Bertold Brecht’s play Galileo in 1947 in Los Angeles. In the 1974 film version [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/joseph-losey-galileo-zhang-yimou-hero-francois-truffaut-the-wild-child/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Day: NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/london-film-day-nanny-mcphee-51920/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/london-film-day-nanny-mcphee-51920/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:51:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22028</guid> <description><![CDATA[The British Film Institute has announced that the new initiative London Film Day will feature the World Public Premiere of Susanna White's Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, starring Emma Thompson (who also wrote the screenplay adaptation), Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Mays. This BFI London Film Festival and Film London partnership will offer 15 simultaneous public premieres across London [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/london-film-day-nanny-mcphee-51920/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marion Davies, Ronald Colman, Constance Talmadge, Phyllis Haver: &quot;Sound and Silents&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21952</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Sound and Silents&#34; is the title of a four-film series &#8212; part of the wider &#34;Birds Eye View Film Festival&#34; celebrating women filmmakers &#8212; to be held at London's bfi Southbank and the Barbican from March 6-10. The four screening silent films are: King Vidor's The Patsy (1928), starring Marion Davies; Sidney Franklin's Her Sister from Paris (1925), starring Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman (right); [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, The Village People, Valerie Perrine: Out at the Pictures</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/julie-harris-claire-bloom-the-village-people-884/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/julie-harris-claire-bloom-the-village-people-884/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:02:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19227</guid> <description><![CDATA[Julie Harris, Claire Bloom in The Haunting (top); The Village People in Can't Stop the Music (bottom) &#34;Out at the Pictures&#34; at London's bfi Southbank: Robert Wise's horror-house classic The Haunting (1963), starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn Nancy Walker's costly box-office disaster Can't Stop the Music (1980), starring a rollerblading Steve Guttenberg (in some tight, tight shorts that would get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/julie-harris-claire-bloom-the-village-people-884/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CITIZEN KANE Screenings in the UK</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17741</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane, winner of the best original screenplay Academy Award, will hit UK theaters on Nov. 30. In addition to London's bfi Southbank, Citizen Kane will also be screened in Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, Citizen Kane stars Welles as a newspaper magnate based on William Randolph Hearst. Also in the cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/citizen-kane-screenings-in-the-uk/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London 2009: THE ROAD, MEN ON THE BRIDGE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-2009-the-road-men-on-the-bridge/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-2009-the-road-men-on-the-bridge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:24:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17494</guid> <description><![CDATA[A handful of Friday highlights at the 2009 The Times-BFI London Film Festival: The Road, based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, sounds like the perfect Thanksgiving movie: &#34;An unnamed man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) travel alone through a post-apocalyptic landscape, ravaged by an unspecified catastrophe. Ash and soot hang in the air, it is cold enough to crack stones, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-2009-the-road-men-on-the-bridge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joseph Losey bfi Schedule</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-losey-bfi-schedule/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-losey-bfi-schedule/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:13:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15531</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph Losey at the bfi Schedule and film info from the bfi: Accident * 5 &#8211; 18 June Joseph Losey's brilliant study of simmering class conflict, sexual tension and the British character. The Big Night * Thu 4 Jun 18:40 * Tue 9 Jun 18:20 Joseph Losey's final American film co-scripted with novelist Stanley Ellin. Blind Date * Mon 1 Jun 20:40 * Tue 9 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/joseph-losey-bfi-schedule/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joseph Losey at the bfi</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-losey-series-bfi/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-losey-series-bfi/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:12:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12713</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dirk Bogarde, James Fox in The Servant (top); The Damned (bottom) &#34;Among the greatest things that happened to British cinema were the arrival on our shores of the Korda brothers in the 30s, Losey in the 50s and Kubrick in the 60s,&#34; reads the introduction to an upcoming Joseph Losey series, which runs June 1-July 23 at the bfi Southbank in London. The Wisconsin-born (on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-losey-series-bfi/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: TO FARO, BABY LOVE, Lesbian Shorts</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-lesbian-shorts/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-lesbian-shorts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:50:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9870</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Wednesday, April 8, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; &#34;Mortal Desires&#34; Vampires, hoodlums, a hot detective and a few high class call girls make up this programme of sexy lesbian shorts. In Twilight's Shadow (above) USA 2008. Dir T.M. Scorzafava. 12min. Carlisle's girlfriend is being held hostage and she'll do all it takes to get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-lesbian-shorts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: DREAM BOY, SOCIETY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dream-boy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dream-boy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9725</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Monday, April 6, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; &#34;Home&#34; An international selection of films exploring the idea of home. Lot's Wife Turkey 2008. Dir Harjant Gill, Koray Durak. 9min. A reworking of the biblical story of Lot's wife, set in the outskirts of Istanbul, where three uncles intend to break up a happy home. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dream-boy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: WRANGLER: ANATOMY OF AN ICON, CHEF&#039;S SPECIAL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-jack-wrangler/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-jack-wrangler/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9724</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Sunday, April 5, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Out Late Directed by: Beatrice Alda, Jennifer Brooke Country: USA Year: 2008 Running time: 62min &#160; A truly inspiring and important film about the experiences of LGBT elders, specifically those who have come out in their sixties and seventies. There are stories about coming out in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-jack-wrangler/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: APRES LUI, FUCKING DIFFERENT TEL AVIV</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-apres-lui/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-apres-lui/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:29:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9684</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Saturday, April 4, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Après lui Directed by: Gaël Morel Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Thomas Dumerchez, Adrien Jolivet Country: France Year: 2007 Running time: 90min &#160; Following the sudden death of her son Mathieu in a car accident, Camille (Catherine Deneuve) reaches out to his best friend Franck in an attempt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-apres-lui/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: BANDAGED, 57000 KM BETWEEN US</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-bandaged/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-bandaged/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9683</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Friday, April 3, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia Directed by: Ulrike Ottinger Cast: Delphine Seyrig Xu Re Huar, Inès Sastre Country: West Germany Year: 1989 Running time: 165min &#160; All aboard the Trans-Siberian railway where you'll find titled ladies, Broadway stars, camp cabaret acts and a Mongolian princess who has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/london-gay-film-festival-2009-bandaged/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: BURN THE BRIDGES, CAMPILLO, YES I DO</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-burn-the-bridges/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-burn-the-bridges/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:32:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9590</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Thursday, April 2, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; One Summer in New Paltz, a Cautionary Tale Cast: Nancy Nicol Country: Canada Year: 2008 Running time: 54min Campillo, Yes I Do Directed by: Andrés Rubio Country: Spain Year: 2008 Running time: 52min &#160; One Summer in New Paltz, a Cautionary Tale In 2005, George W. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-burn-the-bridges/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: GHOSTED, THE AMERICAN SOLDIER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-ghosted/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-ghosted/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:42:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9492</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Wednesday, April 1, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Before Stonewall Directed by: Greta Schiller, Robert Rosenberg Distributor: Peccadillo Pictures Country: USA Year: 1984 Running time: 87min &#160; 25 years ago this film felt like a revelation of a hidden gay history. Conventional wisdom had defined the modern movement for gay liberation from the riots [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-ghosted/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: PEDRO, MADAME X: AN ABSOLUTE RULER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-pedro-stonewall/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-pedro-stonewall/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9459</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Tuesday, March 31, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Madame X &#8211; An Absolute Ruler Directed by: Ulrike Ottinger Cast: Tabea Blumenschein Country: West Germany Year: 1977 Running time: 141min &#160; Adventure and fun on the high seas comes at a price for this band of stereotyped women, who answer a call to join Madame [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-pedro-stonewall/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: EROS O BASILEUS, STEAM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-eros-o-basileus/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-eros-o-basileus/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:09:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9454</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Monday, March 30, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Lion's Den Directed by: Pablo Trapero Cast: Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros, Laura García Distributor: Unanimous Pictures Country: Argentina Year: 2008 Running time: 113min &#160; Julia, a two weeks pregnant 25-year-old student is sent to prison for a crime she may or may not have committed &#8211; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-eros-o-basileus/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: BORN IN 68, Latin American Shorts</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-born-in-68/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-born-in-68/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:02:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9360</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Sunday, March 29, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Born in 68 Directed by: Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel Cast: Laetitia Casta, Yannick Renier, Yann Trégouët Distributor: Peccadillo Pictures Country: France Year: 2008 Running time: 170min &#160; Festival favourites Martineau and Ducastel return to the LLGFF with an epic drama covering life and sexual politics in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-born-in-68/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: DOLLS, THE DEVIL&#039;S CLEAVAGE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dolls/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dolls/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:26:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9356</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Saturday, March 28, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; Dolls Directed by: Karin Babinská Cast: Marie Dolezalová, Sandra Nováková, Petra Nesvacilova Country: Czech Republic Year: 2007 Running time: 99min &#160; This debut feature from Karin Babinská is a beautifully made and poignant coming of age tale, about three best friends from high school embarking on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-dolls/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival 2009: Fred Halsted, THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-fred-halsted/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-fred-halsted/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9351</guid> <description><![CDATA[London Lesbian &#38; Gay Film Festival 2009 Friday, March 27, highlights Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website &#160; The Naked Civil Servant Directed by: Jack Gold Cast: John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge Country: UK Year: 1975 Running time: 85min &#160; This dramatization of Quentin [Crisp]'s first volume of autobiography won BAFTAs for its director Jack Gold and its star. John Hurt gives a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/london-gay-film-festival-2009-fred-halsted/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Out at the Pictures: DESERT HEARTS, GET REAL, JULIA, COCKLES AND MUSCLES</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/desert-hearts-get-real-cockles-and-muscles/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/desert-hearts-get-real-cockles-and-muscles/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:44:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6730</guid> <description><![CDATA[Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver in Desert Hearts The British Film Institute will screen four films with (at least some) gay content in their &#34;Out at the Pictures&#34; series in the next two months. The four titles are: Desert Hearts (1985), Get Real (1998), Julia (1977), and Crustacés et coquillages / Cockles and Muscles / Cote d'Azur (2005). The series will also feature &#34;Generations of Love,&#34; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay-and-lesbian/desert-hearts-get-real-cockles-and-muscles/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, JOHNNY MAD DOG: bfi London Film Festival 2008</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/bfi-london-film-festival-2008-oct-26/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/bfi-london-film-festival-2008-oct-26/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:16:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4922</guid> <description><![CDATA[Considering the sheer number of films &#8212; between 200 and 300 &#8212; being screened, in addition to their variety and scope, the two-week bfi London Film Festival, now in its 52nd edition, must be one of the best film festivals in the world. Quite possibly the best. On the festival's website, there are plenty of festival images, information on the screening films, and several interviews [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/bfi-london-film-festival-2008-oct-26/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Joy of Sex Education</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/the-joy-of-sex-education/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/the-joy-of-sex-education/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:50:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/world-cinema/european-cinema/the-joy-of-sex-education/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kinky voyeurism of yesteryear: A couple learn about it by watching a wild bird-bunny-bee orgy. &#34;The Joy of Sex Education&#34; at the bfi Southbank: &#34;Running the gamut from syphilitic soldiers in WW1 to puberty pep-talks for girls to the government's infamous AIDS awareness campaigns, this jaunt through 90 years of sex education films aims to enlighten, entertain and, above all, encourage you to subjugate your [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/european-cinema/the-joy-of-sex-education/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Australian Film Festival 2007: Documentaries, Archive Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-australian-film-festival-2007-documentaries/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-australian-film-festival-2007-documentaries/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:17:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17106</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rolf de Heer in The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (top); Hunt Angels by Sue Maslin (bottom) London Australian Film Festival 2007: New Features THE DOCUMENTARIES: This year's documentary strand boasts a selection of eight titles. A double-bill co-presented by Dochouse explore cross culturalism in Australia. Rolf de Heer's The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (UK Premiere) is a compelling companion piece to his Ten [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/london-australian-film-festival-2007-documentaries/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Australian Film Festival 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/13th-london-australian-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/13th-london-australian-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:16:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/16/13th-london-australian-film-festival/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Laura Linney in Jindabyne (top); Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer (bottom) PRESS RELEASE The 13th London Australian Film Festival Thursday 15 March &#8211; Sunday 25 March The ten-day London Australian Film Festival returns to the Barbican for its 13th consecutive year with the biggest and strongest programme yet of 25 new features (including for the first time this year all the 2006 Australian Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/13th-london-australian-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FINIS TERRAE in London</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/finis-terrae-in-london/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/finis-terrae-in-london/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:54:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/08/31/silent-in-london/</guid> <description><![CDATA[At London's Barbican Centre: Jean Epstein, best known for his Gothic silent classic The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), was also responsible for the naturalistic semi-documentary Finis Terrae (1929), which will be screened at the Barbican's Cinema 1 at 3 p.m. on Sept. 17. Shot on the coast of Brittany, Finis Terrae portrays the hardships faced by Breton fishermen and coastal kelp-harvesters. Musical [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/finis-terrae-in-london/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>bfi London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/20th-bfi-london-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/20th-bfi-london-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:26:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=483</guid> <description><![CDATA[Among the film selections of the 20th bfi London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival are: Trond Winterkj&#230;r and Jan Dalchow's Norwegian documentary 100% menneske / 100% Human, which was filmed in the months immediately before and after Monica (born Morten) underwent a male-to-female sex change operation; Ramón Salazar's Almodovaresque musical 20 centímetros / 20 Centimeters, starring Monica Cervera (Crimen ferpecto / Perfect Crime) as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/20th-bfi-london-lesbian-and-gay-film-festival/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
