in which I got wonderfully sidetracked by London Film Festival
the very little that happened at Flick Filosopher from Monday, October 11th, to Sunday, October 17th
So, normal service at Flick Filosopher did not resume this past week, as I promised in last week’s digest.
Sorry about that!
I got more sucked into London Film Festival than I expected I would, with several extremely early press screenings (leaving the house at 6am to queue with other press from 7am for an 8am screening) and several days of multiple films. I chatted — and even dared a few hugs — with friends and colleagues I haven’t seen in 18 months. It was fun but exhausting, psychologically and emotionally.
And now I am absolutely replete with films, filled to the cinematic brim, and promise to hunker down for some solid writing to come…
—MaryAnn
new at flick filosopher, Oct 11–17
curated: say hello to photographer John Benton-Harris [pictured]
John’s work might typically be called street photography, but he calls himself a visual sociologist. I call him “uncle,” and we’re working on a small project together, which we’ll share in the coming months… [read more]
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Oct 15
Medieval action drama The Last Duel; Danish docudrama Held for Ransom… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Oct 12–15
Crime thriller Copshop and drama Stillwater arrive on premium VOD; more… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Oct 15
Medieval drama The Last Duel; animated sci-fi Ron’s Gone Wrong; more… [get the full rundown]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Oct 11–15
Pulp delights Candyman and Copshop arrive on premium VOD; more… [get the full rundown]
Tweet of the week…
Picking one of my own tweets this week, because this is something I’m really passionate about. The “pitch a movie with two pictures” thing was going around on Twitter last week, so it was the perfect opportunity for me to share these, which I love. They show American women who flew cargo and supply planes during WWII — freeing male pilots for combat roles — and they look so happy. I can just imagine how full of purpose and confidence they must have bursting with, and I would love to see a movie about them. It could be a wonderful feminist adventure… and a somber feminist reminder, that women’s progress is always a matter of two steps forward, one step back. Because once the war was over, of course, these same women would have been forced out of this work that made them so happy, because the men needed “their” jobs back.
coming up at Flick Filosopher…
Wes Anderson’s latest, The French Dispatch
the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune
French freakshow Titane
some London Film Festival flicks
biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye
crime thriller Copshop
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
crime comedy Queenpins, starring Kristen Bell
The Green Knight
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Mark Wahlberg as Joe Bell
Old, the latest from M. Night Shyamalan
The Forever Purge
Gunpowder Milkshake
The Tomorrow War, starring Chris Pratt
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