This stunning documentary by Helena Norbery, Steven Gorelick and John Page reveals how corporate-led globalisation is destroying our jobs, our environment and our democracy. The film shows that localisation is another way.
Entries from February 8th, 2012
The Economics of Happiness (2011)
February 2012 · Events
French Sundaes: Les Choristes (2004)
February 2012 · Events
Christophe Barratier’s drama Les Choristes is set in 1948. Music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for troubled boys. What he discovers disconcerts him – the current situation is repressive and the headmaster harsh. Through the power of song, Mathieu tries to transform the students.
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An Evening with Sylvia Syms
February 2012 · Events
British actress Sylvia Syms made her name in such film dramas as Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), Victim (1961) and The Tamarind Seed (1974) with Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, with comedy roles including Tony Hancock’s wife in The Punch and Judy Man (1963). Still acting in films and television, she recently co-starred as the Queen Mother in the 2006 film The Queen.
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Marty Feldman Remembered
February 2012 · Events
Feldman’s biographer Robert Ross treats us to a fascinating illustrated portrait of this architect of British comedy. Regarded by John Cleese as “a true cultural icon”, he paved the way for Monty Python, before going on to become a Hollywood star, forever remembered as Igor in Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein.
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An Evening with Carol Cleveland
February 2012 · Events
The Monty Python actress in conversation with Steve Chibnall. “What was it like working with those guys? DULL!! Dull, dull, dull! (and if you believe that, you’ll believe anything).” Plus an exclusive glimpse of Carol’s one-woman show Pom-poms Up! A Cine Sisters event.
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An Evening with Debbie Wiseman
February 2012 · Events
Over the past 20 years, few people in the UK have not heard one of composer Debbie Wiseman’s acclaimed film/TV scores, including Wilde, Tom & Viv, and the BBC’s Land Girls, Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Judge John Deed. A Cine Sisters event
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An Evening with Norman J. Warren
February 2012 · Events
Well known for 1970s horror such as Satan’s Slave and Inseminoid, his directorial debut was Her Private Hell (1967), the first narrative sex film to be made in the UK, which tonight has its Blu-ray/DVD launch. Warren is in conversation with BFI curator Jo Botting.
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938)
February 2012 · Events
Don’t miss a rare screening of this uncanny prewar Japanese horror, featuring scream queen Sumiko Suzuki. Director Kiyohiko Ushihara employs dark double exposures, slow motion sequences and specially-developed lenses to great effect.
