{"id":2255,"date":"2013-12-31T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2023-07-14T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T10:20:28","slug":"new-on-the-bffs-booking-scheme-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/2013\/12\/new-on-the-bffs-booking-scheme-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"New on the BFFS Booking Scheme in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The range of films available for community cinemas on the <a href=\"http:\/\/bffs.org.uk\/services\/blockbooking\/\">BFFS booking scheme<\/a> continues to get better and better, with some fabulous new releases, silent masterpieces and lots of interesting relatively unknown films from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>These are all the new additions in the December list. You might also want to check out the recent items on the <a href=\"http:\/\/bffsbookingscheme.wordpress.com\/\">BFFS blog<\/a>, which includes further details of some of these, as well as some reviews of other recent additions.<\/p>\n<p>Other similar posts on this site include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New additions, <a href=\"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/2013\/03\/recent-titles-on-the-bffs-booking-scheme\/\">April 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/2013\/03\/coming-soon-to-the-bffs-booking-scheme\/\">Coming soon<\/a>, April 2013 (ie now available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/artista-y-la-modelo-el-m100102842\">The Artist and the Model<\/a> (Fernando Trueba, 2012): Ageing artist paints young model in war time. With Jean Rochefort, Claudia Cardinale.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/baraka-m100028055\">Baraka<\/a> (Ron Fricke, 1992): &#8220;Technically, a wow. \u2018Koyaanisqatsi\u2019 cinematographer Ron Fricke offers more wordless eco-spectacle.&#8221; <em>Time Out<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/berlin-36-m100087384\">Berlin \u201836<\/a> (Kaspar Heidelbach, 2009): Drama based around the Berlin Olympics<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/blackfish-m100104248\">Blackfish<\/a> (Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013): Acclaimed killer whale doc.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurekavideo.co.uk\/moc\/catalogue\/the-complete-buster-keaton-short-films-1917-1923\/\">Buster Keaton Shorts<\/a>: The definitive collection of films including <em>Cops<\/em>, <em>The Scarecrow<\/em>, <em>One Week<\/em> and many more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/dr-mabuse-der-spieler-ein-bild-der-zeit-m100008553\">Dr Mabuse: The Gambler<\/a> (Fritz Lang, 1922): The first of the Mabuse films.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2012\/apr\/12\/edge-review\">Edge<\/a> (Carol Morley, 2010): Drama from <em>Dreams of a Life<\/em> director.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/jagarna-2-m100098828\">False Trail<\/a> (Kjell Sundvall, 2011): Cracking Swedish thriller, follow-up to <em>The Hunters<\/em>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/chaharshanbesoori-m100043524\">Fireworks Wednesday<\/a> (Asghar Farhadi, 2006): Another feature from the director of <em>A Separation<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/the-first-movie-m100093476\">The First Movie<\/a> (Mark Cousins, 2009): I love Mark Cousins&#8217; films. Here he takes a selection of films to a village in northern Iraq to show the children, and gets them to film their own lives as well. Wonderful.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girlfriend_in_a_Coma_%28film%29\">Girlfriend in a Coma<\/a> (Annalisa Piras, 2012): Excitingly controversial documentary about the state of modern Italy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2013\/oct\/31\/gloria-review\">Gloria<\/a> (Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio, 2013): Much praised Chilean film, which I&#8217;m keen to see.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/the-house-i-live-in-m100098777\">The House I Live in<\/a> (Eugene Jarecki, 2012): Hard-hitting attack on USA&#8217;s war on drugs.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/hanyo-m100091348\">The Housemaid<\/a> (Sang-soo Im, 2010): A re-working of a Korean classic from 1960<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hunters_%281996_film%29\">The Hunters<\/a> (Kjell Sundvall, 1996): Swedish crime thriller, pre <em>Borgen<\/em>, but apparently just as good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/kibo-no-kuni-m100102257\">The Land of Hope<\/a> (Shion Sono, 2012): Much-praised drama set in Japan post tsunami and nuclear meltdown.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/kan-shang-qu-hen-mei-m100017363\">Little Red Flowers<\/a> (Yuan Zhang, 2006): Story set in Chinese boarding kindergarten in the 1940s.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/crime-damour-m100092910\">Love Crime<\/a> (Alain Corneau, 2010): Thriller starring Kristin Scott-Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier, in Corneau&#8217;s last film.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/sun-taam-m100037791\">Mad Detective<\/a> (Johnnie To\/Ka-Fai Wai, 2007): Hong Kong police thriller.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/magnifica-presenza-m100104319\">Magnifica Presenza<\/a> (Ferzan Ozpetek, 2012): Bittersweet comedy made in Italy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/ningen-johatsu-m100048403\">A Man Vanishes<\/a> (Sh\u00f4hei Imamura, 1967): Part drama, part doc from Japanese master, on people who disappear and negation of the self.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/metropolis-m100030684\">Metropolis<\/a> (Fritz Lang, 1927): The restored version of Lang&#8217;s masterpiece. Essential.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/the-moo-man-m100104229\">The Moo Man<\/a> (Andy Heathcote\/Heike Bachelier, 2013): A man and his cows from Pevensey.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/nosferatu-eine-symphonie-des-grauens-m100042448\">Nosferatu<\/a> (F.W. Murnau, 1922): One of the great films of the silent era.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/out-in-the-dark-m100102428\">Out in the Dark<\/a> (Michael Mayer, 2012): The Israel-Palestine conflict viewed through the prism of a gay relationship.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/paris-manhattan-m100101825\">Paris-Manhattan<\/a> (Sophie Lellouche, 2012): French homage to Woody Allen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/la-passion-de-jeanne-darc-m100025843\">The Passion of Joan of Arc<\/a> (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928): Iconic, mesmerising Dreyer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amerasiafestival.com\/2012\/en\/?projects=amerasia-4\">Pearls of the Far East<\/a> (Cuong Ngo, 2011): Vietnamese\/American film comprising seven tales, which has won several awards.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/planet-of-snail-m100097228\">Planet of Snail<\/a> (Yi Seung-jun, 2011): Tender much-praised documentary about blindness.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/punishment-park-m100012031\">Punishment Park<\/a> (Peter Watkins, 1971): Fictional &#8216;documentary&#8217; of extreme US correctional regime by British director of <em>The War Game<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/salute-m100073043\">Salute<\/a> (Matt Norman, 2008): Intriguing account of Peter Norman, the third man on the podium on the occasion of the famous black power salute at the 1968 Olympics.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/samsara-m100095838\">Samsara<\/a> (Ron Fricke, 2011): Beautifully-shot, wide-ranging portrait of many peoples of the world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/side-by-side-m100099781\">Side by Side<\/a> (Chris Kenneally, 2012): Directors and other film professionals discuss the impact of digital. With Keanu Reeves, Steven Soderbergh, James Cameron, David Lynch, Richard Linklater, Martin Scorsese and many more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_spirit_of_45\/\">The Spirit of &#8217;45<\/a> (Ken Loach, 2012): Great doc about the aspirations and hope of the post-war Labour government and its legacy.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/soul-power-m100074787\">Soul Power<\/a> (Jeffrey Kusuma-Hinte, 2008): Concert film of the Zaire &#8217;74 music festival in Kinshasa that included James Brown, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and much more.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/tabu-m100099791\">Tabu<\/a> (Miguel Gomes, 2012): Mesmerising Portuguese film from last year, and utterly unlike almost everything else I&#8217;ve ever seen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/das-testament-des-dr-mabuse-m100030783\">The Testament of Dr Mabuse<\/a> (Fritz Lang, 1933): Dr Mabuse the fascist directs his henchmen from prison.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/die-1000-augen-des-dr-mabuse-m100018888\">The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse<\/a> (Fritz Lang, 1960): The last of Lang&#8217;s Mabuse films, and still worth watching.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/tokyo-sonata-m100071932\">Tokyo Sonata<\/a> (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008): &#8220;An extremely impressive and intricate family drama&#8221; says Time Out, and it looks great.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uniform_%28film%29\">Uniform<\/a> (Yi\u2019nan Diao, 2003): A young guy comes across an apparently abandoned police uniform&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/utopia-m100108709\">Utopia<\/a> (John Pilger, 2013): Australia&#8217;s dysfunctional relationship with its indigenous peoples.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/vampyr-m100017795\">Vampyr<\/a> (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932): An ideal candidate for programming on Halloween&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/village-at-the-end-of-the-world-m100105389\">Village at the End of the World<\/a> (Sarah Gavron\/David Katznelson, 2012): A year in the life of a remote Inuit fishing village.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/vito-m100096949\">Vito<\/a> (Jeffrey Schwartz, 2011): Doc of amazing life of New York gay activist Vito Russo.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/elefante-blanco-m100101258\">White Elephant<\/a> (Pable Trapero, 2012): Two priests in a Buenos Aires slum.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_year_dolly_parton_was_my_mom_2011\/\">The Year Dolly Parton was my Mum<\/a> (Tara Johns, 2011): An eleven-year-old girl becomes convinced that Dolly Parton is her biological mother.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrqe.com\/movie_reviews\/hwanghae-m100095035\">The Yellow Sea<\/a> (Hon-jin Na, 2010): South Korean gangster film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The range of films available for community cinemas on the BFFS booking scheme continues to get better and better, with some fabulous new releases, silent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2258,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions\/2258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}