The Talk of the Town (Stevens, 1942): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 12.15pm
68th LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (9th - 20th October 2024) DAY 5
With its date at the end of the year, London is a "festival of festivals", as the Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin put it in one of his previews,
so the films shown have mostly been seen and commented on by critics
who have watched the features at such high-profile festivals as Cannes,
Venice, Toronto, Sundance and Berlin.
So I'm making it simple with one recommendation a day. I will be concentrating on the repertory choices but I've also read the
reviews of the contemporary releases and talked to and listened to the trusted critics all year and I
am as confident as I can be that this is the pick of the movies within
the parameters I have set. Firstly, there's no point highlighting the
major gala films - they will be sold out quickly. Secondly, there is
little to be gained in paying the higher Festival ticket prices to see
films that are out in Britain soon. I will be returning to the London
Festival films worthy of seeing and set to be released in the coming
months on this blog as and when they get a general release in London.
Here then (from October 9th to October 20th) are the films you are likely
to be able to get tickets for and the movies you are unlikely to see in
London very soon unless you go the Festival. Here is the LFF's main website for the general information you need. Don't
worry if some of the recommended films are sold out as there are always
some tickets on offer which go on sale 30 minutes before each
screening. Here is the information you need to get those standby tickets.
Time Out review:
An attractive serio-comic tale of civic corruption, with Cary Grant as a
factory worker on the run from a trumped-up charge of arson and murder,
Jean Arthur as the childhood friend with whom he seeks shelter, and Ronald Colman as
the stuffy professor already ensconced as her lodger (and whose
presence requires that Grant be passed off as the gardener when he tires
of seclusion in the attic). The comedy of social proprieties as the
inevitable triangle raises its head is nicely played against discussions
in which the two men bring each other to a new understanding of the law
and its application. Beautifully written by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman, it's equally well directed and acted.
Tom Milne
Here (and above) is a trailer.
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