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So, another week of work is over, another weekend of cinema stretches out ahead and I’m back in the beautiful surroundings of the Curzon Mayfair. Even better, this time I seem to have unintentionally bagged one of the best seats in the house (RRP is apparently £18, according to the very nice usher standing nearby; … Continue reading
Another day, another film, another cinema. And this time, it’s one I’ve never been to before: Curzon Mayfair. I’d be the first to admit a new cinema is always an exciting experience, but when it’s as pretty as this, the film can’t help but be good 🙂
Another day, another celebrity hangout, and today we’ve graduated to the big leagues – Odeon Leicester Square, with one of my all-time favourite actresses, Reese Witherspoon, in attendance. Life doesn’t get much better than this!! Disappointingly, the weather is almost as bad as yesterday, so photographic evidence is rather poor, but you can just about … Continue reading
As the credits began rolling on Rosewater, the compelling story of journalist Maziar Bahari’s incarceration in an Iranian jail, I was kicking myself for not booking tickets for the follow-up Q&A with Bahari and Jon Stewart, the film’s director. However, a quick walk through the rain and fifteen minutes in the returns queue and my … Continue reading
Third day, and the weather is no longer as kindly, but that doesn’t seem to have dampened anyone’s spirit. The film-going public are buzzing like before and the stars are out in force, albeit sheltering under umbrellas and seemingly not quite as ebullient as Monsieur Ozon was yesterday. Maybe when they are inside and dry … Continue reading
Today’s film experience is turning out to be much more glamorous, or should I say ‘chic’! Having safely negotiated the red carpet (!) and collected my ticket from the box office, I was waiting in the foyer to be allowed into the screen when I turned round and found myself within touching distance of the … Continue reading
After a six-month hiatus in which I changed jobs, performed in a flashmob, helped to organise an old-school summer fete, turned 29 and did many other exciting, but un-cinema-related things, the blog is back – just in time for the London Film Festival (well, almost). After being generously given membership of the BFI by my … Continue reading
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