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Post by theatregoer22 on Sept 29, 2023 18:24:21 GMT
Btw, are you allowed to bring quiet snacks in, like a banana or tangerine? I've just seen a tweet about bananas being confiscated on the way in to a music gig, so I wondered! As you can probably tell, I haven't been to the BFI Southbank in years! You can - they don't check bags at the BFI, only the Royal Festival Hall (and even then I'm not aware of security confiscating food). |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Sept 29, 2023 18:25:30 GMT
They admitted on twitter (I refuse to use any other name for that site) that they accidentally let people onto the site early, so I think the queue started at 9am instead of 10am. Keep checking the website though in the run up to the festival as odd tickets for a lot of films do pop up. I figured it was something like that. Frustrating but they've added a performance for All of Us Strangers and Poor Things which are on sale tomorrow so at least I'll have another chance at those (I'll make sure to queue an hour early just in case). I also ended up booking a documentary called Our Body as I've heard good things and I'd yet to book any docs. Hopefully it starts promptly though as I'll be cutting it close with my screening of The Holdovers that evening. I managed to snag a ticket to the extra screening of All of Us Strangers, but I noticed they sold out within about five minutes of going on sale to members. |
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Sept 29, 2023 18:38:58 GMT
I figured it was something like that. Frustrating but they've added a performance for All of Us Strangers and Poor Things which are on sale tomorrow so at least I'll have another chance at those (I'll make sure to queue an hour early just in case). I also ended up booking a documentary called Our Body as I've heard good things and I'd yet to book any docs. Hopefully it starts promptly though as I'll be cutting it close with my screening of The Holdovers that evening. I managed to snag a ticket to the extra screening of All of Us Strangers, but I noticed they sold out within about five minutes of going on sale to members. Yeah I saw that and Poor Things too but they were sold out the second public booking opened so like you say must have sold out beforehand. I'm not giving up though! |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Sept 29, 2023 22:57:19 GMT
I managed to snag a ticket to the extra screening of All of Us Strangers, but I noticed they sold out within about five minutes of going on sale to members. Yeah I saw that and Poor Things too but they were sold out the second public booking opened so like you say must have sold out beforehand. I'm not giving up though! If no-one buys the tickets they've set aside for people with access needs, they'll probably put them back on general sale. So do keep checking the website. |
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Post by Marwood on Oct 2, 2023 13:20:30 GMT
I’ve been a BFI member since 2012: every year they’ve told me in advance they will be taking payment of the renewal of the membership fee and a new card has arrived before the expiry date, but this year the date on the card shows it expired at the end of August but no new card has arrived, I’ve mentioned this to a couple of members of staff at BFI Southbank and they had no idea why new cards hadn’t been sent out (I’ve still had members discounts in the shop and the bar but it’s shoddy all the same) Thanks, I'll print out the email and hope I can get the discounts and whatnot with that for the time being. My new membership card finally arrived this morning, so maybe they’re making an effort to send them out following the opening of festival bookings: unfortunately, due to the train strikes on Wednesday it looks like I won’t be able to attend the screening of You Can Call Me Bill. |
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Post by crowblack on Oct 2, 2023 18:46:48 GMT
Thanks, I'll print out the email and hope I can get the discounts and whatnot with that for the time being. My new membership card finally arrived this morning, so maybe they’re making an effort to send them out following the opening of festival bookings: unfortunately, due to the train strikes on Wednesday it looks like I won’t be able to attend the screening of You Can Call Me Bill. That's a shame - hope you can get to the rest! Still no card here though our post is slow and intermittent. |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 2, 2023 23:40:23 GMT
My old membership card has just expired and I've not had the new one come through yet in the post.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Oct 4, 2023 12:46:26 GMT
I'm chuffed because I just managed to snag a ticket to Monster this evening. Just kept refreshing the page every so often and happened to get lucky. Definitely instills more confidence that I still may be able to get tickets to some of those more elusive films but, even if I don't, I'm more than happy with the lineup I've managed to create!
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 4, 2023 18:10:07 GMT
I'm chuffed because I just managed to snag a ticket to Monster this evening. Just kept refreshing the page every so often and happened to get lucky. Definitely instills more confidence that I still may be able to get tickets to some of those more elusive films but, even if I don't, I'm more than happy with the lineup I've managed to create! Woo, I'm glad checking the website worked! |
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Post by hadeswasking on Oct 5, 2023 14:55:38 GMT
Saltburn
Not quite in London yet but managed to catch this in Glasgow last night. From the first frame I was hooked. From the person that brought you the book of... Bad Cinderella? Comes an well-crafted. Witty, twisted and at some points utterly disgusting film. Every role is perfectly cast with the fantastic Barry Keoghan doing is weird little dude schtick. The surprisingly charismatic Jacob Elordi. Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant absolutely killing it with every line they're given and finally a scene-stealing extended cameo from Carey Mulligan. To me it felt like 'Parasite' meets 'The Favourite' two films in which I absolutely adored.
Even though I was in Glasgow I had a full-enthusiastic audience and it emphasised the magic off film festivals, there was even an applause at the end! I can assure you this isn't the Glaswegian-norm.
I have already seen the divide this film has caused, it is very much marmite. But I thought it was just so fantastic. Great start to hopefully a great 2 weeks of film festival goodness.
I hadn't seen Promising Young Woman but going to look it out now. Emerald Fennell did a fantastic job with this one.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 5, 2023 19:20:39 GMT
David Fincher was at the screening of The Killer tonight (looking like Colonel Sanders, not sure what that look is about) but none of the actors were: I wasn’t that impressed with the film, it took 2 hours to basically go nowhere, not helped by a protagonist who we know nothing about that uses a long line of sitcom pseudonyms (Archibald Bunker, Felix Unger and Sam Malone, amongst others), constantly listens to The Smiths on an iPod and continually spouts inanities about empathy, preparation and the likes: not Fassbenders fault but it was hard to give a monkey about a character with next to no background who basically kills everyone he comes into contact with: I’ll be generous and give it 6 out of 10.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 6, 2023 19:54:37 GMT
Last minute tickets to previously sold out screenings are popping up on the BFI website the day before and day of said screenings. (If you're 16-25 you can get tickets on the day of the screening for £5 by logging into your u25 account).
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Post by foxa on Oct 6, 2023 19:58:28 GMT
I saw The Killer this afternoon and although it was well-filmed and there were a couple on well done set pieces, mainly it was a bit repulsive. As Marwood says, we know nothing about this cold hero so don't care about him, or anyone else really.Thought the reaction from the audiennce was very muted. |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 6, 2023 20:00:21 GMT
Saw The Killer today which I found a lot more entertaining than I'd expected and The Bikeriders, which I thought was all style over substance (apart from Jodie Comer, who put in a great performance).
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Post by solotheatregoer on Oct 6, 2023 20:56:37 GMT
Saw The Bikeriders today. Predictable plot (I know it's based on real events but I wasn't familiar with the background at all) but I thought all three leads put in good performances. Jodie was outstanding as always. Probably Tom Hardy's best performance in the last few years after a string of questionable showings. I am a fan of Austin Butler but to steal theatregoer22's phrase, it's all a bit style over substance. Almost like he's trying too hard.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 6, 2023 22:44:34 GMT
Saw The Bikeriders today. Predictable plot (I know it's based on real events but I wasn't familiar with the background at all) but I thought all three leads put in good performances. Jodie was outstanding as always. Probably Tom Hardy's best performance in the last few years after a string of questionable showings. I am a fan of Austin Butler but to steal theatregoer22's phrase, it's all a bit style over substance. Almost like he's trying too hard. To be fair, I stole the style over substance description of the film from someone else! |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 6, 2023 22:45:44 GMT
I saw The Killer this afternoon and although it was well-filmed and there were a couple on well done set pieces, mainly it was a bit repulsive. As Marwood says, we know nothing about this cold hero so don't care about him, or anyone else really.Thought the reaction from the audiennce was very muted. That's interesting, because from where I was sat (near the front) I could hear lots of laughter at all the humerous moments. |
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Post by foxa on Oct 7, 2023 9:48:07 GMT
Interesting theatregoer22 - from where I was seated (mid section but far over to one side) , I only heard 3 moments when there was a biggish laugh (one was really funny) in what felt like a very long film. Then a tiny splattering of hesitant applause at the end with people rushing to leave. |
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 7, 2023 19:49:12 GMT
Interesting theatregoer22 - from where I was seated (mid section but far over to one side) , I only heard 3 moments when there was a biggish laugh (one was really funny) in what felt like a very long film. Then a tiny splattering of hesitant applause at the end with people rushing to leave. Funny how our experiences of the same thing can be so different! Anyway, hope you enjoy the rest of your films more. |
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Post by Marwood on Oct 7, 2023 20:11:21 GMT
I only lasted half an hour of The Bikeriders, partly because I found Jodie Comers voice extremely aggravating, partly because what I saw had nothing to make me think I would give a monkeys about anything that would happen to any of the characters and also because I thought that with the late start, I wouldn’t get home before one in the morning if I stuck it out to the end, but I just thought the whole thing seemed cheap and shoddy.
The screen talk with Martin Scorcese today: I was sat three rows from the back and I tried to look at him from a distance rather than at the big screen but it was a shame about the number of people that spent the whole event just taking out of focus pictures from that far back (who did they think would want to see them?) but both him and Edgar Wright were on good form, I don’t know if I will get to see him in person again (in print he seems unsure himself if he will get to make another film) but I am so glad I finally got to see him in person.
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Post by theatregoer22 on Oct 8, 2023 0:05:52 GMT
I only lasted half an hour of The Bikeriders, partly because I found Jodie Comers voice extremely aggravating, partly because what I saw had nothing to make me think I would give a monkeys about anything that would happen to any of the characters and also because I thought that with the late start, I wouldn’t get home before one in the morning if I stuck it out to the end, but I just thought the whole thing seemed cheap and shoddy. The screen talk with Martin Scorces today: I was sat three rows from the back and I tried to look at him from a distance rather than at the big screen but it was a shame about the number of people that spent the whole event just taking out of focus pictures from that far back (who did they think would want to see them?) but both him and Edgar Wright were on good form, I don’t know if I will get to see him in person again (in print he seems unsure himself if he will get to make another film) but I am so glad I finally got to see him in person. I wasn't there today, but I have been guilty in the past of taking lots of photos during a Q&A in the hope that maybe one would come out okay for me to look back on after as a memory of the event. |
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Post by Marwood on Oct 8, 2023 10:10:10 GMT
Taking a couple of pictures to remember you were there: fine, I took a couple myself that weren’t of a quality that I think is good enough to share on social media, there was one clown who spent pretty much the whole event just taking pictures and filming bits, I wonder if he was even taking in what was being said.
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Post by crowblack on Oct 8, 2023 11:58:50 GMT
Taking a couple of pictures to remember you were there: fine, I took a couple myself that weren’t of a quality that I think is good enough to share on social media, there was one clown who spent pretty much the whole event just taking pictures and filming bits, I wonder if he was even taking in what was being said. Some people do this to post online globally as a 'fan service' though, so I can understand why people do it, even if it is annoying. There was a woman doing it a lot in the front row of a gig I went to a couple of years ago and she had her phone flashlight on too - it was in the RX theatre, in the round, so it was shining right into the band's faces as well as ours. |
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Post by crowblack on Oct 8, 2023 16:12:43 GMT
Btw, is it t-shirt weather in London? I've had to replan my wardrobe for a 2 day visit.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 8, 2023 16:30:29 GMT
Yeah, it’s been very warm yesterday and today (don’t go overboard with skimpy shorts like some people have been doing though)
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