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Events & Excursions

If you want to join in (or present) any of these, or similar events or excursions, then please email Steve or contact the location mentioned. Similarly, if you would like to submit a report of an event or screening (even if it wasn't listed here) then that can be added to this web site.

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14 - 21 September 2013
Simon Turner tells us:

A bit if advance warning with this one: A Canterbury Tale will be screened as part of the Alton Film Festival scheduled for the week of September 14th to 21st 2013. (Yes, you read that right.) "The festival will be advertised nationally and amongst the most popular films that will attract audiences will be Brief Encounter and A Canterbury Tale. Around each screening will be other activities themed to reflect the film itself, for example, the Brief Encounter experience could include a trip on the Mid Hants Railway, afternoon tea and a talk by members of the society that has helped to preserve the famous Cairnforth Station which was used as a location for the film. Younger visitors will be able to enjoy cartoons of the period as well as interpretation sessions and interactive talks by veterans." Sounds great - I'm going to start planning for it now!

See their web site for details and tickets

28 March
Paula Vitaris tells us:

Here's one for the screening schedule!

Location is Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where I work, so you know I'll be there!

Black Narcissus (1947)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 7:30pm
Location:
White Hall 205
301 Dowman Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
"Black Narcissus" (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; The Archers, 1947) (1.37:1, 100 min.) Produced by Powell & Pressburger; written by Powell and Pressburger from the novel by Rumer Godden; starring Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Kathleen Byron, David Farrar, Sabu and Jean Simmons. Cinematography by Jack Cardiff.

This India set-film about a group of nuns unprepared for the overripe sensuousness engulfing their isolated mountain convent, was shot entirely in Britain's Pinewood Studios and the garden of a retired army officer in West Sussex that contained the appropriate foliage. Director Powell felt that this was the only way to achieve the complete unity in visual design that he envisioned. The results were spectacular, with the film earning Alfred Junge a pair of Academy Awards for color art direction and set design as well as one for Jack Cardiff's color cinematography.

Department/Organization:
Film Studies
Director: Michael Power and Emeric Pressburger
Series: Emory Cinematheque
Speaker/Presenter: Curated by Dr. Karla Oeler
Event Open To: All
Cost: Free
Contact Phone: 404-727-6761

See their web site for details & tickets. (this is the link for the entire Spring series, which has some great titles)

18 March
Simon Turner tells us:

The Astor Cinema in St. Kilda, beside Melbourne, in Australia, will show The Red Shoes at 7pm on the 18th March.

See their web site for details & tickets

7 March

Tickets are now on sale for several events at Seattle Art Museum. Thelma Schoonmaker, Oscar-winning film editor (and currently a nominee for "Hugo"), will visit SAM to present the newly restored version of 1943's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", directed by Michael Powell (Schoonmaker's late husband) and Emeric Pressburger, on March 6. She will also, on March 7, introduce Powell's 1960 thriller "Peeping Tom". Tickets for both films are $18 ($14 for SAM, SIFF, NWFF and TheFilmSchool members).

See their web site for details & tickets

6 March

Tickets are now on sale for several events at Seattle Art Museum. Thelma Schoonmaker, Oscar-winning film editor (and currently a nominee for "Hugo"), will visit SAM to present the newly restored version of 1943's "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp", directed by Michael Powell (Schoonmaker's late husband) and Emeric Pressburger, on March 6. She will also, on March 7, introduce Powell's 1960 thriller "Peeping Tom". Tickets for both films are $18 ($14 for SAM, SIFF, NWFF and TheFilmSchool members).

See their web site for details & tickets

3 March
Simon Turner tells us:

Ahem, I have a listing here a The Red Shoes screening on the 3rd March 2012. No excuses if that's not enough notice! It's showing at Kingsclere Village Club, Newbury, through the auspices of the Kingsclere Film Club.

See their web site for details & tickets

25 February
Simon Turner tells us:

The Breathing Space Arts at New Barnet, London will show The Red Shoes, accompanied by a discussion, on the 25th Feb 2012, at 7.30pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

22 February
Barbara Siek tells us:

The Red Shoes (restored print) is showing at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive on 22 February 2012 at 3:10 pm. There will be a lecture by Marilyn Fabe.

See their web site for details & tickets

11 - 13 February
Allison tells us:

The new schedule of films for The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, CA is now up, and I'm thrilled to see that they will be screening the restoration of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp on the weekend of 11-13 February, showtimes at 7:30 pm with a matinee on Sunday at 3:30. I believe this may be the première showing of the restoration in the SF Bay Area, and as TRS restoration never made it to this particular theatre, am so happy that I can see BLIMP at my local venue. They are also screening Olivier's Shakespeare films; it's been decades since I've seen Henry V on the big screen.

See their web site for details & tickets

10 & 14 February
Simon Turner tells us:

The Red Shoes (plus introduction on 14th by Ian Christie) will play at the BFI South Bank (NFT) on 10th and 14th Feb. at 18.10. The marvelous L'Atalante plays the days in between.

See their web site for details & tickets

5 February
Simon Turner tells us:

The Red Shoes plays the Luxembourg Cinematheque on the 5th February

See their web site for details & tickets

5 February
Simon Turner tells us:

Gone To Earth is showing at Ryton Village Hall, Condover, Shrewsbury on the 5th of Feb at 4pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

Nick Dando adds:
I used to ride my bicycle through Ryton and it always looked a lovely hamlet. For some reason it's known as Great Ryton, probably to distinguish itself from the other Rytons in Shropshire, and from Ruyton XI Towns.

Condover is where the brass band came from that played at God's Little Mountain and whose members polished off all the jam tartlets before Farmer James (Edward Chapman) could have one.

4 February
Simon Turner tells us:

The film society of Hook Norton, just south-west of Banbury, will show A Matter of Life and Death on February 4th at 7pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

2 February
Simon Turner tells us:

Black Narcissus (Le narcisse noir) will play at Studio 7 in Auzielle by Toulouse on 2nd Feb at 20.30

See their web site for details & tickets

29 January
Brian Corstange tells us:

Age of Consent is playing in Chicago on January 29 at the University of Chicago.

See their web site for details & tickets

27 - 29 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The student-run 5th Avenue Cinema at Portland's State University, Oregon, will have five screenings of The Red Shoes in January. On January 27th and 28th, TRS will be shown at 7pm and 9.30pm, while on the 29th, it will be screened at 3pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

23 January
Simon Turner tells us:

Peeping Tom is back again at the excellent Prince Charles cinema in London. It is as recent as October that it was on there last and returns for a screening on the 23rd January at 6.40pm. Unfortunately, it clashes with The Queen's Guards on at the BFI Southbank. It would have been good to see both and spot the psychology link.

See their web site for details & tickets

23 January
Nicky Smith tells us:

The Queen's Guards will be shown at the NFT on 23 January 2012, with an introduction by Ian Christie.

See their web site for details & tickets

21 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The Red Shoes (Les chaussons rouges) will play at L'Entrepot in Paris on 21st Jan at 13.40

See their web site for details & tickets

21 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The Memorial Hall at Lerryn in Cornwall - 30km west of Plymouth - will host a rare showing, outside of all-inclusive festivals, of the wonderful Tales of Hoffmann at 7.30pm on the 21st of Jan, 2012.

See their web site for details & tickets

20 January
Diane Broadbent Friedman tells us:

We get to see A Matter of Life and Death on the big screen tomorrow night. Thelma Schoonmaker is going to speak to the audience via Skype. It is supposed to snow, just to add to the drama. This will be fun!

See their web site & Diane's Blog for details & tickets

19 January
Simon Turner tells us:

Black Narcissus (Le narcisse noir) will play at the L'Antarès cinema in Vauréal 20 or 30 km north-west of Paris on 19 Jan, at 20.30.

See their web site for details & tickets

19 January

The Red Shoes (Les chaussons rouges) is being shown in Lavaur, Dordogne, France on Thursday 19 January at 20:30

See their web site for details & tickets

12 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The TAP Cinema in Poitiers, France, will show The Red Shoes (Les chaussons rouges) on the 12th January at 8.30pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

10 January

Missouri University of Science & Technology are showing The Red Shoes in their Leach Theatre at Rolla, MO.

See their web site for details and tickets

7 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, in Canberra, will have an open-air screening of The Thief of Bagdad on the 7th January. Mmm, and Wages of Fear a month or so later. Doors open at 7pm.

See their web site for details & tickets

5 January
Simon Turner tells us:

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, in London, will show The Red Shoes on the 5th of January.

See their web site for details & tickets

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