The british are coming! The british are coming! Oh look, it’s not just the British, but the Irish, Australians, and South Africans are coming as well, and their armed with loaded canisters of film. Let’s not fight them, people, lets come together and welcome them with our open cinematic hearts to the Vogue Theatre (3290 Sacramento Street) from February 2nd through the 9th.
This year’s lineup offers films both new and old. While the newer films look interesting and feature a lot of things I find visually appealing in my movies i.e., Irish bare knuckle fighting (Knuckle), anything with Guy Pearce (33 Postcards), sport documentaries (Fire in Babylon), and revenge thrillers (Route Irish), it’s the older films that have really grabbed my attention.
This year the MBFF will be showing all 7 parts of the renown Seven Up documentary series, as well as a newly restored version of the 1926 silent doc, The Great White Silence. While those films alone have me amped up for some series cinema watching, I’m even more excited for this year’s focus on directorial firsts. Being that I am a big fan of director Nicholas Roeg‘s earlier work (The Man Who Fell To Earth, Don’t Look Now, Walkabout), I have no plans of missing a chance at seeing his 1970 debut, Performance. Besides Roeg, some other director first films being screened are Stephen Frears‘ (High Fidelity, The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons) 1971 crime/comedy starring Albert Finney, Gumshoe, as well as Mike Figgis‘ (Leaving Las Vegas, Hotel, Internal Affairs) 1988 crime/drama starring Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, and Melanie Griffith, Stormy Monday.
Schedule, showtimes and ticket info can be found after the jump
Vogue Theatre
3290 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
[Directions]
Call 415-346-2288 for tickets and more information or visit the official Mostly British Film Festival website.
| SERIES PASS: INCLUDES ALL SCREENINGS, RECEPTION AND “UP” SERIES | $99 / $75* |  |
| General Admission | $12.50 / $10* | |
| Opening Night Screening and Reception | $30 / $25* | |
| Just Screening | $12.50 / $10* | |
| Up Series of Documentaries | $30 / $20* | |
| Closing Night Screening and Reception | $30 / $25* | |
| Just Screening | $12.50 / $10* | |
Convenient Parking available one block from the Vogue Theatre at the Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street.
* Discounts for Mostly British Film Partners: Members of the San Francisco Film Society, the JCC, The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Frameline, Film Noir Foundation, Fromm Institute, Cinema Lit Mechanics Institute
Thursday, Feb 2:
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION 5:00pm – 7:30pm
Perfect Sense (UK 2011,92 minutes) 8:00pm
Friday, Feb 3:
Neds (UK 2010, 124 minutes) 5:00pm
British Noir Night Feature:
Gumshoe (UK 1971, 88 minutes) 7:30pm
British Noir Night Late Feature:
Stormy Monday (UK1988, 93 minutes) 9:30pm
Saturday, Feb 4:
7-Up & 7 Plus 7 Up (UK 1964 & 1970, 91 minutes) 10:00am
21 Up (UK 1977, 100 minutes) 12:00pm
Black Butterflies (South Africa 2011, 100 minutes) 2:30pm
Knuckle (Ireland 2011, 97 minutes) 5:00pm
Australia Night Feature Film:
33 Postcards (Australia 2011, 97 minutes) 8:00pm
Sunday, Feb 5:
Mrs. Carey’s Concert (Australia 2011, 95 minutes) 12:00pm
A Heartbeat Away (Australia 2011, 91 minutes) 2:30pm
Little Sparrows (Australia 2010, 88 minutes) 4:45pm
South Solitary (Australia 2010, 121 minutes) 7:00pm
Performance (UK 1970, 105 minutes) 9:30pm
Monday, Feb 6:
The Great White Silence (UK 1924, 108 minutes) 5:00pm
Chalet Girl (UK 2011, 96 minutes) 7:30pm
Albatross (UK 2011, 90 minutes) 9:30pm
Tuesday, Feb 7:
Fire in Babylon (UK 2010, 87 minutes) 5:00pm
Sensation (UK 2010, 107 minutes) 7:00pm
A Lonely Place to Die (UK 2011, 99 minutes) 9:30pm
Wednesday, Feb 8:
Black Butterflies (South Africa 2011, 100 minutes) 5:00pm
London Boulevard (UK 2010, 103 minutes) 7:15pm
The Great White Silence (UK 1924, 108 minutes) 9:30pm
Thursday, Feb 9:
A Passionate Woman (UK 2010, 90 minutes) 5:00pm
Route Irish (UK 2010,109 minutes) 7:30pm
CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION 9:30pm
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