Tony Paley

@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social

Guardian staffer; author of Capital Celluloid daily blog guide to London repertory film scene (http://capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/?m=1); book, vinyl and DVD/Blu hoarder and proud of it.

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 5 (Sun Oct 11) 'stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension' @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social. Marine Atlan’s impressive first feature LA GRADIVA at BFI Southbank capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 283: Sun Oct 11

La Gradiva (Atlan, 2026): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 3.05pm 70th LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (7th - 18th October 2026) DAY 5 With its date at the end o...

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#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 5 (Sun Oct 11) 'stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension' @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social. Marine Atlan’s impressive first feature LA GRADIVA at BFI Southbank capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 4 (Sat Oct 10) 'Western writer-director Valeska Grisebach’s film is a skilfully directed drama with a strong feminist spine' THE DREAMED ADVENTURE at BFI Southbank capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 282: Sat Oct 10

The Dreamed Adventure (Grisebach, 2026): ICA Cinema, 5.30pm 70th LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (7th - 18th October 2026) DAY 4  With its date at th...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 4 (Sat Oct 10) 'Western writer-director Valeska Grisebach’s film is a skilfully directed drama with a strong feminist spine' THE DREAMED ADVENTURE at BFI Southbank capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 3 (Fri Oct 9) 'we are shown to be vain, lustful, perverse, self-serving, murderous, disease-ridden, exploitative. Approach with extreme caution' @tomhuddleston.bsky.social. THE DEVILS landmark director’s cut at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 3 (Fri Oct 9) 'we are shown to be vain, lustful, perverse, self-serving, murderous, disease-ridden, exploitative. Approach with extreme caution' @tomhuddleston.bsky.social. THE DEVILS landmark director’s cut at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 1 (Wed Oct 7) 'the haunting, dreamlike consistency recalls that other fairy story of innocence & menace, The Night of the Hunter' Restored screening of Powell & Pressburger's rarely seen GONE TO EARTH 1950 at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 279: Wed Oct 7

Gone To Earth (Powell & Pressburger, 1950): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6pm 70th LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (7th - 18th October 2026) DAY 1  Today is th...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday: #LFF picks: Day 1 (Wed Oct 7) 'the haunting, dreamlike consistency recalls that other fairy story of innocence & menace, The Night of the Hunter' Restored screening of Powell & Pressburger's rarely seen GONE TO EARTH 1950 at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/09/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday Oct 6 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. 'Chabrol’s most elegant, acerbic and heartfelt entertainments in years.' THE GIRL CUT IN TWO with intro by director's daughter and scriptwriter, Cécile, at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 278: Tue Oct 6

The Girl Cut in Two (Chabrol, 2007): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 6pm This screening, which will be introduced by the director's daughter and the ...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday Oct 6 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. 'Chabrol’s most elegant, acerbic and heartfelt entertainments in years.' THE GIRL CUT IN TWO with intro by director's daughter and scriptwriter, Cécile, at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

JonathanRomney’s TV film picks in Observer - Mon: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (2024) Film4 10.20pm; Tue: BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992) BBCOne 10.40pm; Thu: MEDUSA DELUXE (2022) BBCTwo 12.05am; Sat: POOR THINGS (2023) Channel4 10pm

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Selling two tickets for: La Derive (1964), essential but lost French New Wave movie by Paula Delsol Almost sold out … BFI Southbank NFT3, Thursday 15th Oct, 8.45pm £18 FV for each - physical tickets. DM for next step. #LFF #lffstubs

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#bestfilminlondontoday Oct 1 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. ‘Chabrol's flair for characterisation, pacing & evocation of bourgeois complacency & anti-bourgeois hatred creates a palpable sense of unease’ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social … LA CEREMONIE at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 273: Thu Oct 1

La Ceremonie (Chabrol, 1995): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6.10pm This film, featuring an extended intro on queer Chabrol by academic Kit Francis B...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday Oct 1 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com. ‘Chabrol's flair for characterisation, pacing & evocation of bourgeois complacency & anti-bourgeois hatred creates a palpable sense of unease’ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social … LA CEREMONIE at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 30 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. 35mm screening will feature a Q&A with director Hettie Macdonald, moderated by Reclaiam The Frame's Melanie Iredale ... BEAUTIFUL THING (1996) at Genesis Cinema capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 272: Wed Sep 30

Beautiful Thing (MacDonald, 1996): Genesis Cinema, 6.15pm This 35mm screening will feature a Q&A with director Hettie Macdonald, moderated ...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · last mo.

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 30 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. 35mm screening will feature a Q&A with director Hettie Macdonald, moderated by Reclaiam The Frame's Melanie Iredale ... BEAUTIFUL THING (1996) at Genesis Cinema capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 27 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'Think of it as a Hitchcock thriller—a Rohmer favorite—only with words not knives, that cut straight to the heart' Keith Uhlich A SUMMER'S TALE 35mm at ICA + Q&A w/ film's editor Mary Stephen capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 269: Sun Sep 27

A Summer's Tale (Rohmer, 1996): ICA Cinema, 7.30pm A Tale of Summer   is the third instalment of Éric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 27 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com 'Think of it as a Hitchcock thriller—a Rohmer favorite—only with words not knives, that cut straight to the heart' Keith Uhlich A SUMMER'S TALE 35mm at ICA + Q&A w/ film's editor Mary Stephen capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 26 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. 'Chabrol’s mise en scene and his handling of the period and performances are masterful' The devastating STORY OF WOMEN (1988) in director's season at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...

Capital Celluloid 2026 — Day 268: Sat Sep 26

Story of Women (Chabrol, 1988): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 5.50pm This film is part of the Claude Chabrol season at BFI Southbank . The other sc...

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Tony Paley@tpaleyfilm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#bestfilminlondontoday Sep 26 at capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com guide to rep cinema scene. 'Chabrol’s mise en scene and his handling of the period and performances are masterful' The devastating STORY OF WOMEN (1988) in director's season at BFI capitalcelluloid.blogspot.com/2026/08/capi...