Organising film treats for September.
Every September we now have this month-long Festival dedicated to cinema and film of all shapes and sizes. The Festival offers varied pleasures for film lovers and cinema goers across Britain. Happily Leeds has a well-endowed and well organised presence. The recently hoisted Webpages have a full list of titles, events and venues throughout September.
Wednesday August 23rd sees the programme launch at the Left Bank in Cardigan Road – 7.30 to 11 p.m. As well as fliers and details there will be a new documentary, Jobriath A.D. and live music from ‘Das Pain’.
From September 1st, there will be almost daily events spread across the whole city. The titles that catch my attention include:
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City / Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Groβtadt (1927) at the Hyde Park Picture House. This is a classic ‘city symphony’ from the silent era. Tending to the abstract it is dazzling portrait of Berlin. And there will be a live piano accompaniment.
Moonlight, the surprise Academy Award winner this year, is at the Otley Film Society. The film is engaging, unconventional and beautifully realised.
My Life as a Courgette /Ma vie de Courgette (2016) is at HEART in Headingly. This is a delightful French animation, with an inventive and slightly oddball story.
The Intruder aka The Stranger (1962), is at Wharf Chambers. A cult film by Roger Corman, set in the earlier segregation period: it seems eerily prescient in 2017
London Symphony (2017) at Left Bank. This is a C20th ‘city symphony’. Only just released but promising a visual treat.
Do the Right Thing (1989) at Leeds Cineforum [ previously The Arts PGR Film Club]. Spike Lee’s masterwork spoke volumes about the USA of its decade and still speaks loudly today.
There is a lot more: and enough to satisfy every taste.
Friends of Hyde Park Picture House 