WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 25/7
‘It was the best piece of writing I’d ever read,’ remembers Sir John Hurt reflecting on TV’s The Naked Civil Servant (pictured above) after a showing at the BFI.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 5/1
It’s 40 years since Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party pricked a nation’s consciousness through a cheesy-pineapple skewer, we’re here with the Oscar-nominated director and much of the cast to celebrate the TV career of its star, Alison Steadman.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 8/11, out 11/11
Idris Elba didn’t need to be in small independent film 100 Streets, which he stars in and produces, but it was the writing that convinced him.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Picturehouse Central
WHEN: 26/9
FILM OUT: 28/9
‘It’s been described as an olive branch from the weirdos to the closet weirdos,’ says Daniel Radcliffe, talking about his new film Swiss Army Man which we’ve just seen.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 1/10
Martin Luther King persuaded Nichelle Nichols to continue her role as Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek and departing US president Barack Obama imagines seeking the character’s advice.
WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 7/9
Actress Gillian Anderson wishes she was Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, the character she plays in acclaimed thriller The Fall, which returns to BBC2 for its third series soon.
WHERE: Cecil Sharp House, Camden
WHEN: 20/9
‘I’ve been pilloried for the last two weeks for my girth and lack of dance expertise,’ says former Labour shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, referring to his Strictly Come Dancing appearance.
WHERE: BFI
WHEN: 18/9
We’ve just watched 1976 Bowie film The Man Who Fell To Earth when Michael C. Hall, the star of his new musical Lazarus, appears on the BFI stage for a Q&A.
WHERE?: BFI
WHEN: 5/9
Sir Derek Jacobi is the narrator of the BBC’s children series In The Night Garden and, here, in the third season of dark BBC2 comic delight Inside No. 9, well, he’s … that would be telling ….
WHEN?: 23/5
WHERE: BFI
When was the moment when film directors lost control of their work?
