If you'll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal.
@BFI
Programmer with a passion for teen movies:
@fyfilmclub
. Views all mine though. Dyslexic. she/her
Absolute scenes at the preview of THE INNOCENT at BFI Southbank last night when an audience member challenged Louis Garrel to do the wave/worm on the NFT1 stage
She's here! I'm excited to have snuck in a BFI Southbank season that's extremely my jam๐
Feb-March. Pls check it out! There are classics (on 35mm!) like THIRTEEN and FISH TANK but also some difficult-to-find-and-watch-in-the-UK gems like HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD and IN BETWEEN DAYS
Last night while Spike Lee was picking up his BFI fellowship in NFT1, me and 39 other Lindsay Lohan stans were in the Studio screen celebrating 25 years of The Parent Trap. Can't say the Southbank programme isn't varied! ๐ฅฐ
Tomorrow! 5pm in the BFI Bar!
The mixer is not ticketed & you don't need a ticket to the double bill to join the mixer either. Just rock up & come meet some fellow film fans!
If you are flying solo, come say hello to me! I'm a chatterbox & will have some prizes ๐
By popular demand, we're hosting a Discomfort Movies Mixer!
Head to the BFI Bar from 17:00 on Sat 20 Jul to meet like-minded cinephiles, pick up some Discomfort Movies merch and take advantage of a Benugo drinks offer.
I can confirm the new BFI Shop is incredibly swish and has everything you could wish for... yes, postcards of Annie Leibovitz's iconic pregnant Demi Moore photo ๐ค
Last weekend I got out of London and visited the
@StoryhouseLive
cinema in Chester for the first time. And it was a beauty! Love a screen opening with old school, plush curtains to give a real sense of occasion ๐ฅฐ
One of the best films released in the UK this month, that not enough people are talking about is NEXT SOHEE. Heartbreaking but vital drama zooming in on horrors of capitalism + its impact on young people. It's so well made and stars Bae Doona! There's a BFI preview tomorrow night
First day off in weeks. I'm in Eastbourne and I've fallen in love with this closed, run down cinema. Please can some one gift me a few mil to get this old girl back up and running? ๐
BIG night at BFI IMAX tonight with 500 people going wild for the incredible
#EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce
Followed by a beautiful Q&A with the Daniels, hosted by Riz Ahmed. I'm still floating!
Please cancel your plans next Tuesday and come watch two world class directors having a chat about one of the best films of 2021 presented with the lead org for screen directors in the UK ๐
It's gonna be BIG!
Announced: Jane Campion in conversation with Noah Baumbach, presented with
@Directors_UK
Following a screening of
#ThePowerOfTheDog
, the award-winning filmmaker will discuss the making of her suspenseful new drama.
Tickets on sale 23 Feb
#BFISouthbank
Iโve not been tweeting about a pretty massive project Iโve been putting together because Iโve been SO nervousโฆ but since it's now out in the world, please bear with me while I do a thread & shout out to some incredible people involved in the
@BFI
#WomanwithaMovieCamera
Summitโฆ
Proper BARBIE FEVER at BFI Southbank last night. This crowd was electric. The vibes around the building were banging. FRANCES HA also sold out. A joy ๐
A terrible quality photo but I really wanted to share my side of stage view of the standing ovation that greeted director Saim Sadiq at the BFI Southbank preview of JOYLAND this evening. Room was buzzing. There's something special happening with this film. Don't miss it!
Very exciting launch for the BFI
#FilmOnFilm
festival this lunchtime! The programme is fantastic and we also got a sneak peak at a new, very moving Mark Jenkin short which made me cry twice ๐ญ This June is going to be special!
Side of stage view of Wes Anderson and Jarvis Cocker for tonight's Asteroid City Q&A which was a DREAM!
Brilliant conversation, and gotta give it up for the wonderful audience too. All the audience questions were excellent, thoughtful and prompted some great answers from Wes ๐
A thrilling day of
#LFF
. Jake Gyllenhaal Screen Talk followed by the smashing
#GoodTime
with Josh Safdie and Robert Pattinson Q&A ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Stay Gold Ponyboy. Killer Q&A with Coppola and
@Kimlovesfilms
after The Outsiders 4K restoration. Talked all things Interpos/interneg/Betamax/when to use directorโs cut/casting & whether to accept the reality youโre given or to continue to rage against the dying of the light!
As the BFI Southbank refurbishment work wraps up, NFT1 is coming back to us a couple of days ahead of schedule! And we had to celebrate by programming some bangers ๐
If you still haven't seen RYE LANE, we've got it playing at BFI Southbank from today! Genuinely recommend catching this sunny gem in a cinema with an audience so don't miss your chance! Run don't walk!
Lucky to have been at the packed out Suzume preview at BFI Southbank tonight. The film is precious! And the Q&A was very special! Wonderful sequels of excitement when Makoto Shinkai brought out a model character from the film on stage with him ๐
I think yesterday's BFI
#Womanwithamoviecamera
summit might have been the best one I've ever worked on. Brilliant sessions, great speakers, lovely audience and excellent vibes all round. If you came out for it: thank you! You make the summit!
I love how the
@Cinema4Gaza
team keep saying this is last drop of new lots and then they keep coming back with more and more goodies! A real testament to the hard work and energy behind it.
Keep bidding and don't forget to donate if you get out bid!
Oh sorry forgot to mention
@Cinema4Gaza
has new lots from JOAQUIN PHOENIX! LYNNE RAMSAY! EMMA CORRIN! JULIO TORRES! TONY KAYE! KHALID ABDALLA! PETER ALBRECHTSEN! BID! DONATE! SHARE!
The coolest Jane Giles introducing the Surprise Film of the
@BFI
Scala season which was... CALIGULA THE ULTIMATE CUT!
The audience reaction was top! ๐
Fine folks at
@VertigoRel
are releasing it to UK cinemas later this year!
In Derbyshire this week. Stumbled upon this DREAM of a cinema, the Elite Cinema in Ashbourne. It was originally a cinema in the 1930s, became a bingo hall and nightclub, then back to a cinema that opened last year. Lots of original features & they recreated the original sign! โค
And here is the thrilling moment the 35mm A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE arrived at BFI Southbank. A lovely restored print from the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Don't miss this one!
Pleased to report that
@PamHutch
's introduced screenings for RED-HEADED WOMAN and BABY FACE were BUZZING ๐ at BFI Southbank tonight
Big up
@CineRedis
@wshed
@christinalefou
@ParkCircusFilms
for this sexy Pre-Code season tour which you should 100% not miss if it comes near you!
I'm always saying female filmmakers are not just for International Women's Day (!) but I'm so pleased we are presenting two sparkling women-led previews at BFI Southbank this IWD on Friday!
๐ซ BANEL & ADAMA ๐ซ
๐ซ ELAHA ๐ซ
Shout out to the
@BFI
whose Kubrick season marketing is ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ. Forgive the second photo - I forgot to take a picture of the corridor without me awkwardly standing in it ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
First film of
#LFF
was an absolute gem! The fascinating, moving, and often surprising Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project. A complex piece about much more than just archives and news media. This film has it all going on. Gave me chills.
This Saturday we are celebrating the arrival of
@thethirdhan
's SOFIA COPPOLA: FOREVER YOUNG at BFI Southbank. Come on down for a double bill films and/or the free entry launch party. There will be advance copies of the book available! There will be cake!
Last night I took my first dip into
@gracesimone
's BE GAY DO CRIME season at BFI Southbank. Watching DOG DAY AFTERNOON in a packed NFT1 was class, but my fave part of the night was a group of people chanting 'Be GAY do CRIME, be GAY do CRIME' on their way into the screen ๐
My side of stage view of the packed out house for VARIETY at BFI Southbank last night. Amazing to have Bette Gordon in the building, in conversation with Jane Giles, transporting us to 1980s New York. Wish we had another hour for this discussion!
Playing at BFI Southbank from TODAY. The remarkable, haunting WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR. Take a chance on this crazy little film. It's Pulse! It's Blair Witch! Except it's not. It is it's own weird and wonderful thing! If you don't get it, your kids are going to love it
Oh my. AMAZING opening night for the great
@RebelDykes
at BFI Southbank tonight! With the sexiest of sexiests after party with
@cocoabuttershow
โคโคโค
Stumbling towards Leicester Square, bleary-eyed but with a tummy full of good cinema, having survived the
@CentralPictureH
World's Biggest All Nighter film marathon ๐ฅ
Pot Luck was a delight, kicking off with Blues Brothers & closing with a preview of Smoking Causes Coughing ๐ฅ
Look at this stunning poster for Ryusuke Hamaguchi's EVIL DOES NOT EXIST!
The film isn't out in the UK until April, but starting from today there is a week of preview screenings happening at BFI Southbank courtesy of
@ModernFilmsEnt
. Well worth catching!
This sounds wild but honestly: the most profound and spiritually moving experience I've had in a cinema so far this year was watching a short documentary about people playing Red Dead Redemption online. The Grannies is amazing. Thank you
@LSFF
@tigershungry
Absolutely devastating to walk out of a screening tonight celebrating the power of cinema and community... and see this awful news about another independent cinema closing. These are vital, much needed spaces!! ๐
The worst week professionally. And now I can finally explain why.
I'll worry about my own personal circumstances later. Bar dramatic late intervention.
Consider this another huge warning shot. Whatever happens.
@lighthousemedia
forever. โคโค
Happy BFI
#FilmOnFilm
festival day 1 to all those celebrating! If you haven't yet got involved and don't know what to see, please let me recommend two cracking, British, female-directed gems: STELLA DOES TRICKS and MORVERN CALLAR. Still some tickets available for both!
This is a silly humble brag but sincerely: Q&A hosting is hard, 100 times harder than it looks, and I made a few strides with it this year so I'm proud of that ๐ฅฒ
Managed to catch THE SWIMMER at BFI
#FilmOnFilm
this morning. What a glorious picture for this weather! And a brilliant intro from
@stewjeez
diving ๐โโ๏ธ into the story of the Technicolor print and how it's likely to be it's last outing ๐ฅบ
Still haven't seen RRR? Come see it BIG and LOUD in NFT1 at BFI Southbank this Saturday night.
The best blockbuster of the year! Makes Marvel movies look like Midsomer Murders! Out fast and furiouses the Fast and Furious franchise!
You'll have a banging time, I promise!
'The best - and most revolutionary - blockbuster of 2022'
@RollingStone
#RRRMovie
screens this Saturday - book now for the best night out at the cinema you will experience this year!
My valentines day treat for myself was heading to the BFI IMAX for Titanic 3D (complete with tango iceblast of course). My valentines day treat for my boyfriend was not taking him with me ๐ โค
Just announced! Three late addition bangers in the
@BFI
December programme: Little Women Preview! Spies in Disguise Preview! Parasite Preview with Bong Joon-ho!
With
#Barbie
tearing it up in cinemas, donโt sleep on Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbachโs under 90 minute collaborations ๐ Weโve discussed Frances Ha with
@corrinacorrina
and Mistress America with
@SeanFennessey
on previous pods ๐ง
Out to see
@TishMurthafilm
at the BFI. Such a powerful documentary had me laughing and crying. For those who don't know. Tish is a film about South Shields born 'demon photographer' Tish Murtha. 1/8
There's no in-person events at the
@BFI
in December while we work hard to keep audiences & our staff safe, but we do have a BANGING selection of recorded Q&As for:
County Lines
Slalom
Falling
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
So get involved if you like watching new films + extras!
To mark the arrival of THE TASTE OF THINGS, we've programmed some screenings of Trแบงn Anh Hรนng's debut THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA at
@BFI
Southbank!
It's just as sumptuous and stunning, and we are showing it on 35mm! Don't miss it in NFT1 this Thursday!
Really special Q&A for Playground at BFI Southbank last night. Laura Wandel's remarkable, festival-prize winning debut feature is out in UK cinemas TODAY! Please seek it out! ๐
Just caught PLEASURE & wow, a staggering, incredibly authentic feeling journey into adult film through the bambi eyes of a newcomer. Big up
@BirdsEyeViewRTF
#ReclaimTheFrame
@mubiuk
for presenting a stack of previews this week + tonight's brilliant Q&A.
Huge congratulations to
@wearemilktea
who presented a sold out screening of BETTER LUCK TOMORROW on 35mm, with a Q&A with the legendary Justin Lin at BFI Southbank today! + a very moving spoken word poetry performance and Hong Bao for all the audience. They smashed it! โค๐
Another special
#FilmOnFilm
intro! This amazing troupe were full of stories and intense love for each other, love for shooting on film and love for Lynne Ramsay's craft. I could have listened to them all night and didn't want it to end ๐ญ
Legendary team of Lynne Ramsay, Samantha Morton and Robyn Slovo on stage for a 35mm presentation of Morvern Callar ๐ฅน (ft lovely BFI angel
@Kimlovesfilms
The brilliant
@queereast
have been back at BFI Southbank this year and SMASHING it with a great programme, very fun opening night, sold out screenings, and a really moving VR exhibition.
@yiwangldn
and the team do so much with this festival and I'm always in awe! ๐
A very fleeting but as always, a life-affirming visit to
@wshed
for
@CineRedis
! I introduced MORVERN CALLAR but also got to catch ONE HAND DON'T CLAP. This festival, this venue, everyone who works there, and the audiences, are all good vibes. Makes me wanna move to Bristol asap
I got blessed with a
@mubiuk
FIRST COW delivery ๐
But I mean it when I say you should all watch this brilliant film this week! It's in cinemas across the UK but you should especially watch it at
@BFI
Southbank where it is playing on that sweet NFT1 screen 6pm tonight!!!
I'm still thoroughly buzzing from seeing CLIMAX at the IMAX last night (and Discomfort Movies on the biggest screen in the UK ๐ฅฒ)
Big up the excellent
@TheMovieMike
from
@EvolutionPod
for warming up the late night crowd and giving us the 411 on Gaspar Noe...
It has been an amazing week at BFI Southbank where we were a venue partner of
@queereast
for the first time. I've been in such awe of the impressive and intriguing programme, and the passionate, curious audiences. A real honour to support the work of
@yiwangldn
& team โค
๐จ PSA ๐จ
We've put some screenings of AFTERSUN into the glorious NFT1 screen at BFI Southbank this weekend! Why not see one of the finest, most moving films of the year on one of the best screens in London?
Tickets are selling FAST so book in advance if you can!!!
Please tune into this in 15 minutes time if you can! Lots of hard work has gone into turning the beloved
#MK3D
into a virtual event for everyone to enjoy. Plus each view goes along way in helping support the BFI through these lockdown times๐
See you there!
I didn't receive the emergency alert at all!! Weirdly comforting to know that in an emergency I'd likely perish, blissfully oblivious within the impenetrable signal dead spot of BFI Southbank
Delightful evening with
@PamHutch
introducing some BFI Southbank under25s to the wonderful world of Ginger Rogers. Obessed with the clip of Ginger dancing the charleston on Lucille Ball's show in the 70s. And great audience questions too! ๐
Tonight it's the interview the nation has been waiting for...
that's right, me and director Sandra Goldbacher discussing her wonderful gem Me Without You ๐
Me Without You was released 20 years ago!
Join director Sandra Goldbacher in conversation with
@Kimlovesfilms
about the film's legacy, female friendships and working with
@annafriel
and Michelle Williams.
Mon 8 Mar, 7pm | BFI YouTube
#BFIatHome