FOR ONE DAY ON: 13 AUGUST – this is the one night only that you can see the re-mastered Elvis-That’s the Way it is. The film celebrates 50 years since this documentary and concert footage of the acknowledged ‘King of Rock ‘n Roll’ was released in 1970.
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Come for Patrick Stewart, remain for the glorious music and lovely photography. Then stay longer to appreciate the charm of Katie Holmes and the expertise of the rest of the cast. The film does not have an unusual theme: young female journalist interviewing older musician who is troubled and suffering from stage anxiety which affects his concert appearances.
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A little like the 1967 film Belle De Jour, Alice is another film about the ‘high’ end of prostitution. Alice (Emilie Piponnier) has a happy and easy life with her husband, Francois (Martin Swabey) in their pleasant apartment in Paris. That is until suddenly her credit cards are declined, and Francois disappears.
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Here’s another kind of hybrid. Theatrical in that it is a performance by actors but a film in that it’s a filmed play – or series of playlets! The National Youth Theatre’s Tiny Dancers is worth looking at whatever you wish to call it as it’s a group of young actors in training, some of whom may well go on to become our stars of the future.
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In most of his films, the writer/director has a Woody Allen character. In the early films, Allen himself took on that role. Now he is much older, he generally has a young actor speaking Woody Allen type lines.
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Although Litigante has a wider story, the main thrust of this Columbian film, set in Bogata, deals with the relationship between a mother and daughter.
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I first saw Fanny lye Deliver’d at the LFF in October 2019 and was impressed. Seeing it again, there is even more to appreciate. It is a well-constructed, original story which is superbly directed by Thomas Clay.
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Sometimes a film is so beautifully constructed that you overlook the obvious inconsistencies in the story. And so it is with The Girl with a Bracelet.
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This is the extraordinary story of the young Marcel Marceau before he became the world-famous mime. Most of us have had no idea of the dramatic events which shaped the young man.
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Is Birdsong film or theatre? Well, it is actually a filmed version of a play! Given to us Online by The Original Theatre Company who mounted a super production.
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