Capital Celluloid 2025 — Day 218: Fri Aug 8

Arabesque (Donen, 1966): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 6.15pm

This 4K screening (also being shown on August 24th) is part of the Sophia Loren season at BFI Southbank. Full details here

Chicago Reader review:
Stanley Donen’s follow-up to Charade is not quite the tour de force the earlier film was, but even with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren standing in for Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, it’s a slick and satisfying entertainment. Watch for the unforgettable Eisensteinian moment when Donen cuts from Loren’s mouth to a steam shovel.
Dave Kehr

Here (and above) is the trailer. 

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