Montgomery Clift | Once Upon A Time In Japan | No & Gael García Bernal | Jane Birkin's Songs Of Serge
Montgomery Clift, London
Despite being one of the most handsome and talented actors ever to grace the screen, Clift is forever associated with tragedy. Partly because of his torment over his sexuality, partly because of the car crash in 1956 that sent his life into a downward spiral, and partly because he didn't make nearly enough movies. In the ones he did, Clift often stole the show, playing anguished, un-macho outsiders in Red River, I Confess, From Here To Eternity and A Place In The Sun. The latter, one of several collaborations with his friend Elizabeth Taylor, goes on extended release as part of this retrospective, which also includes the best of his post-crash movies.
BFI Southbank, SE1, Fri to 14 Feb
Once Upon A Time In Japan, on tour
Japan has made some of the most futuristic cinema out there but there's a hint of nostalgia to this 10-film touring selection, which is no bad thing. The movies are new, but they all deal with the past, often in unpredictable ways. Thus, Takashi Miike returns to the samurai era of 13 Assassins for a wacky children's comedy (Ninja Kids!!!), while Zero Focus is a Hitchcockian mystery thriller set in the 1950s. There's also 90s nostalgia in Bubble Fiction: Boom Or Bust, in which a woman travels back in time to try to prevent Japan's economic recession
Various venues, Fri to 27 Mar
No & Gael García Bernal, London
Never less than irresistibly charming, Gael García Bernal has put his assets to good use, often using his global star power to further the cause of risky projects and deserving film-makers. His latest movie, No, ticks both those boxes, being directed by rising Chilean director Pablo Larraín (maker of Post Mortem and Tony Manero), and dealing with the unlikely but true alliance of advertising and pro-democracy campaigners to defeat Augusto Pinochet's oppressive regime. It's a hugely entertaining thriller, and a nominee for this year's Best Foreign Film Oscar. Ahead of its release on 8 Feb, Bernal takes to the stage twice to discuss the film and the rest of his impressive acting career, perhaps including his ambitious new Zorro reboot.
Curzon Soho, W1 & Ciné Lumière, SW7, Thu
Jane Birkin's Songs Of Serge, Glasgow
The Glasgow Film Festival doesn't officially begin until 14 Feb, but they've clearly got so much stuff they can't fit it all in. So the festival's music strand kicks off early with this special evening, which sees Birkin reminiscing about her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg on film and in song. Firstly, there's the UK premiere of Souvenirs Of Serge, a new "intimate and candid" 40-minute documentary, compiled from her home movies. Then comes a live set – Songs Of Serge – with Birkin reinterpreting their classic works. There's more music during the festival proper, including techno wizard Jeff Mills providing a soundtrack to Fritz Lang's 1929 sci-fi classic Woman In The Moon, Scottish musicians in Whatever Gets You Through The Night, and a Calamity Jane barn dance.
The Arches, Tue
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/26/this-weeks-new-film-events
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