#BBC Film

[whatjaswatched]

One I haven’t posted about yet, but one of my absolute favourite films of 2023 - Scrapper (dir. Charlotte Regan)

It had me captivated throughout. My heart physically ached in the best way, watching this film. A beautifully sad, beautifully funny, beautifully strong story and you couldn’t find better cast for it.

If you haven’t seen it yet, please do. This one was truly special.

[demifiendrsa]

The Iron Claw | Official Trailer

Poster

Synopsis

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

[kxthyboyer]

[melanie-amaya60]

Joe Cole always being rude! 🔥🥰

[sakshisahu]

[rickchung]

Aftersun (dir. Charlotte Wells) x VIFF 2022.

Wells renders a wondrously introspective feature debut that brims with emotional tenderness in its heartfelt conception as a time capsule of pivotal but bittersweet memories. We only get glimpses of the adult woman remembering her childhood with an elusive but loving parent yet this artistry reveals so much. Aftersun is a truly intimate portrait of a young father and daughter from a very specific time and place away from home. It’s haunting in its aching beauty.

Screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Next Wave program.

[denimbex1986]

'The heads of UK financiers Film4 and BBC Film voiced concern this morning for the future of the indigenous UK film sector, which has seen its market share dwindle in the shadow of big U.S. inward investment and budgets stall at the big UK funding bodies.

Ollie Madden, Director, Film4, and Eva Yates, Director, BBC Film, were interviewed by UK politicians as part of the ongoing British Film & High-End TV Inquiry, which is gathering intelligence from key stakeholders in a bid to boost the sectors.

Yates, whose publicly funded BBC Film has recently backed movies including Aftersun and Rye Lane, told the committee: “I hope we can get to a better place of resilience. We have an incredibly successful inward investment sector, which is vital and valuable. It’s generating a lot of content. At the other end of the industry, there isn’t a lot of funding and a lot of very talented people are leaving the industry. How do we keep British talent here, telling British stories here? There is a break in the pipeline. Looking after that indigenous part of the industry is the biggest thing we hope for in these conversations.”

Madden, whose Film4 is riding high off the back of awards hits Poor Things, The Zone Of Interest and All Of Us Strangers, added: “The huge growth in inward investment, which has been great for the UK in many ways, has had some side effects. One of those is an increase in production costs and a difficulty in getting cinema screens for independent film. When independent films can be made, they can reach big global audiences so we’re really focused on moving barriers to those films being made.”...'

[u-friend-or-ufo]

Babe has entered the room

[weaponizedducks]

consuming media with my family i'm the only one that knows all media is gay

[badgaymovies]

The Souvenir Part II (2021)

The Souvenir Part II by #JoannaHogg starring #HonorSwintonByrne and #TildaSwinton, "has a charm that will last and a style that will linger",

JOANNA HOGG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB United Kingdom/Ireland/USA, 2021. BBC Film, British Film Institute, Sikelia Productions, Protagonist Pictures, Element Pictures, JWH Films, BFI Film Fund. Screenplay by Joanna Hogg. Cinematography by David Raedeker. Produced by Ed Guiney, Joanna Hogg, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Luke Schiller. Production Design by Stephane Collonge. Costume Design by Grace…

[whatjaswatched]

The Edge of Love, 2008 (dir. John Maybury)

I loved (?) this film.

My heart hurt for Vera. I cannot imagine what it feels like to be so lonely and vulnerable and insecure to feel the need to seek out a familiar time and place she visited as a child. I hurt for her because when she revisited that place, reality sunk in & she woke tf up.

No, all of my anger is directed to the fucking spineless, human embodiment of soggy 1-ply squares of toilet paper that is Dylan. His desperate need to be the centre of everyone’s universe, with no regard for the consequences.

Our award winning King, Cillian Murphy puts his entire self into everything I’ve ever seen him in and he was genuinely haunting in the second half of this film. Such a difference to the playful little “hay is for horses” we got early on.

I will never understand how people act out entire lives and stories with their whole souls. But I respect it and I appreciate it so much.

My overall feeling is that the whole film hurt my heart and I will hate Dylan until I die or forget about this story.

And my review on the reviews for this film are that they suck. “All over the place” - yes, it’s a war film. The characters go through a fuck tonne. Keep up, 2008.

(more on Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in another post because I have thoughts)

[historicalsnail]

Do you remember the time Ben was on a show with one of his cricket team friends, and they were so flirty around each other on set that the rest of the cast thought they were a couple?

Do you remember the time Ben was in a movie with one of his cricket team friends, and the movie starts with Ben's character shamelessly flirting with him and then capturing him?

Do you remember the time Ben was on a show with one of his cricket team friends, and Ben was the one who wrote the script so he was like "How random would it be if my character was completely in love with your character? That'd be so funny, for this comedy show I'm in! We should brainstorm some ideas together after the match so you will definitely get the part when you audition!"

[collywobbles58]

The many faces of Martha

[melanie-amaya60]

Cillian Murphy! 😎

[reallyhardy]

thinking about how far them there six idiots have come since their horrible histories days... the goofy sketches... the even goofier makeup and wigs... to doing bill the film and showing a hint of the emotional weight they could start to give things... yonderland what a fun romp i loved that martha leading lady it's what she DESERVES and then ghosts... beloved ghosts... so brilliant so fun so heartfelt so goofy and silly and so heartstring-tugging... can't wait to see what they do next may they stay writing and performing friends forever, absolute national treasures...

[rickchung]

Rye Lane (dir. Raine Allen-Miller).

Filmed in the all-in-one-day, walk-and-talk tradition of Before Sunrise, the charming British romantic comedy stars David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah as strangers who meet-cute before spending the day walking around South London together. Both have recently left long-term relationships before a chance encounter in a unisex washroom. It’s a charming effort filled with local colour and witty banter for an entirely winsome stroll of a film. There’s a lightness to its style and humour that makes it all the more appealing.