Time Out weekender at the BFI Southbank

Calling all readers… We’d love to see you at a special weekender we’re planning at BFI Southbank later this month to celebrate ‘40 years of Time Out and 40 years of British cinema’. From Nov 21 to Nov 23, we’re partnering with the BFI to screen two exclusive previews of new British films and one great British film from each of the past four decades. The films are listed below. We’ll be there to introduce the films and many special guests – see you there!

To book tickets go to www.bfi.org.uk/40yearsoftimeout

Preview: ‘Genova’, Nov 21, 8.45pm
One of the first chances to see this moving drama from the prolific Michael Winterbottom before it’s released in spring 2009. Colin Firth is a father who moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother’s death.
(Winterbottom, producer Andrew Eaton and writer Laurence Coriat will speak after the screening.)

Preview: ‘Franklyn’, Nov 23, 8.45pm
This debut film from Gerald McMorrow is produced by veteran Jeremy Thomas (‘The Last Emperor’) and bravely mixes extreme fantasy with harsh reality in a contemporary story of four lost souls.
(McMorrow and Thomas will speak after the screening.)

1960s: ‘Performance’, Nov 22, 3.50pm
Nicolas Roeg’s strange and wonderful directorial debut sees James Fox’s gangster and Mick Jagger’s rock star holed up together in a Notting Hill town house. Beforehand we’ll be showing the short film made for the Rolling Stones’s ‘We Love You’, directed by Peter Whitehead.
(James Fox and Anita Pallenberg will speak after the screening)

1970s: ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, Nov 22, 6.30pm
You can’t beat the Pythons’ take on the legend of King Arthur for pure historical nonsense. We’re screening this with Peter Greenaway’s short ‘Dear Phone’.
(Ex-Python Terry Jones will speak after the screening.)

1980s: ‘Caravaggio’, Nov 22, 8.45pm
Another deeply personal take on history: Derek Jarman tackles the life of painter Caravaggio and works wonders with scant resources. We’re screening this with Mike Leigh’s very funny short film ‘Short and Curlies’.

1990s: ‘Raining Stones’, Nov 23, 4pm
Ken Loach blends gags and trauma in this big-hearted story of poverty in Lancashire. We’ll also be screening Lynne Ramsay’s touching short ‘Gasman’.

2000s: ‘Last Resort’, Nov 23, 6.30pm
It’s hard to think of a better British film of the past eight years than ‘Last Resort’ from Pawel Pawlikowski. It’s also the second film ever to feature the great Paddy Considine, a regular collaborator with the equally great Shane Meadows – whose little-seen short ‘Northern Soul’ will screen before the main film.

To book tickets, please go to www.bfi.org.uk/40yearsoftimeout

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