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Going Loco at the BFI Southbank
by Phil Concannon January is a dismal month. Grey skies, biting winds and post-Christmas debts tend to darken the mood for the majority of us, but this weekend LoCo – a not-for-profit organisation...
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Back Issues
Spank the Monkey and Clio attempted to review the BFI’s new digital archive for Mostly Film. With mixed results… An advert from the Winter 1972/3 edition of Sight and Sound. Spank The Monkey: I love...
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Master Chef – Babette’s Feast
by Josephine Grahl Based on a short story by Danish author Karen Blixen (who also wrote as Isak Dinesen), Babette’s Feast (1987) tells the story of two sisters, Martine (played by Birgitte Federspiel)...
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A Night at the Cinema in 2014
Want to travel back in time to 1914? Well, hurry up and invent time travel, then. Want to watch a bunch of films first shown in 1914? The BFI has just the thing, and Emma Street has done you a preview....
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Dispatches from the LFF: The First Review Round-Up
At the midpoint (or thereabouts) of the 58th London Film Festival, some of our regular contributors talk a little about what they’ve seen so far… It Follows by Ron Swanson Easily the best horror movie...
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Dispatches from the LFF: The Second Review Round-Up
Laura Morgan and Ron Swanson delve further into the London Film Festival’s schedule and report on what they find… The Tribe The Tribe, When Animals Dream and No Man’s Land by Laura Morgan It’s always...
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Psychomania
Britain’s finest ever zombie biker movie has come back from the dead, courtesy of the BFI and Scalarama. Spank The Monkey takes a ride with the Death Wheelers. If you had to identify the best-loved...
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BFI LFF 2017
The biggest event in the London film calendar – the BFI London Film Festival – kicks off this week. Secretive industry insider Ron Swanson gives you a heads-up on the good stuff this year. Luca...
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