Delighted to introduce #TheSlipperandtheRose Sun 11 October, 14.30 #ArthouseCrouchEnd, #BFI’s #BryanForbes at 100 season. Lavish musical version of Cinderella; all-star Brit cast, witty, grown-up script, & fab score by Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins). www.arthousecrouchend.co.uk/programme/?p...

Had a top-notch evening at Finsbury Park Picturehouse for a preview of Doug Weir’s fabulous new 4K restoration of MADNESS: TAKE IT OR LEAVE it, followed by an entertaining and illuminating Q&A with Madness’s Suggs and Mike, hosted by the BFI’s inimitable Vic Pratt. @vicpratt.bsky.social

One Step Beyond!

I had a nutty time last night interviewing Suggs and Mike from the mighty MADNESS On Stage Beyond a screening of BFI's restored TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT last night at Finsbury Park Picturehouse...

Glorious night at BFI - The Wrong Box is so funny, so Wildean, so 60s - and it was magnificent to hear it introduced by Nanette Newman, who, unbelievably, is 92. The Forbes centenary season has been a triumph for its curator Jo Botting.

Juliette Binoche tonight at BFI Southbank

#OTD in 1979, the Sylvia Robinson-produced “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang was released by Sylvia’s Sugar Hill Records. It’s the first rap single to chart on the US #Billboard #Top40 and is credited with introducing the new genre to a wider audience. #SugarhillGang #OneHitWondered #MusicSky

Sugerhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

YouTube video by OneHitWondered

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Bought this today.

Mark Lawson et al.

Mark Gatiss today, introducing The League of Gentleman at BFI Southbank. Part of the Bryan Forbes at 100 season.

Nanette Newman at BFI Southbank tonight.

Hayley Mills at BFI Southbank tonight with great Q&A by Jo Botting (left). The two people on the right are the kids in the b&w photo (65 years on).

No other word. A Goddess.

People Magazine @people.com · 2mo ago

🔗: bit.ly/4qC1fWV Legendary singer-songwriter and country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her nephew revealed the news in a Aug. 25 Instagram video. 📷: Getty

Our brew and biscuits matinee stars #MargaretLockwood in... JASSY (1947) 1:30pm with #PatriciaRoc #DennisPrice #BasilSydney #DermotWalsh drama #TPTVsubtitles

If you love cinema, please sign this petition. The future of the wonderful Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is still under serious threat. #FilmSky

JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Huge, totally unnecessary environmental damage: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Ban balloon releases

I would like the Government to ban balloon releases due to the devastating impact, misery and suffering they can cause to marine life and other animals, including swallowing balloons, getting tangled ...

petition.parliament.uk

Remembering the late Actor, Peter Wyngarde (23 August 1927 – 15 January 2018)

Next Wednesday I'm giving my 'what was filmed at Highgate Cemetery' talk online. As much about what it's like for a cemetery to be a location as the filming itself. But there's lots of cool and rare clips!

Beyond the Graves - Highgate Cemetery on Film and Television. Online talk. - Arnos Vale

A talk on how Highgate Cemetery has been portrayed in film and TV and what it reveals about its history and cultural image.

arnosvale.org.uk

I’ll be back at Highgate Cemetery on 17 November looking at its history as location for film and television Booking details here: highgatecemetery.org/events

They say don't meet your heroes but I beg to differ: it was a delight and a thrill to interview Sir Tom Courtenay

Found myself in the Curzon Mayfair cinema watching "Billy Liar" in the company of its star, Sir Tom Courtenay. First time viewing for me, made more enjoyable by the post show Q&A by the delightful @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social. Tom has a new film on release soon with the incomparable Juliette Binoche

Wonderful afternoon at the Curzon Mayfair to see the 4K @studiocanal.com restoration of Billy Liar, the perfect pitch of British New Wave realism and genuinely funny comedy. With Tom Courtenay himself in attendance, expertly hosted by @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social

Coming soon! Saturday 8th August, 12noon INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH (1938) #GordonHarker #AlastairSim star in this very rare 'lost' mystery thriller #TPTVsubtitles

West Ham won the World Cup.

Another great bit, this time on the Venn diagram of booze and lolz

British Comedy Guide@britishcomedy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[Recap:] Comedy Chronicles article taking a deep dive into the relationship between comedy and alcohol.

Me? I'm going to see 2, 3 & 4..... I'm watching 4 multiple times... I love that movie 🤣

Paul's World of Stuff unboxed some Network classics and had a chat about what Network is setting out to do. Worth a watch.

Lost Joan Crawford film previously out of circulation for over 90 years! ✨ LETTY LYNTON (1932) New 4K Restoration coming to the Aero on Wed. Aug. 5th at 7:30 pm. www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/...

Throughly enjoyed Rome Express at BFI Southbank last night, if only all train journeys were this much fun

JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

ROME EXPRESS (Walter Forde, 1932). All aboard! This delightful, tightly plotted train film feels like a stylistic dry run for THE LADY VANISHES (1938) as a variety of colourful characters travel from Paris to Rome on the titular Express. A stolen painting drives the plot here, >> (1/2) #FilmSky