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23 guide 12-18 Aug 2017 film

Final Portrait

With the Tate Modern’s

Giacometti exhibition

currently in full swing

(SE1, to 10 Sep),

Stanley Tucci’s biopic

of the Swiss artist who

captured the trauma and

experimentalism of the

post-war period with his

spindly sculptures seems

exceptionally well-timed.

Geoff rey Rush (pictured)

plays Giacometti as

he creates the titular

portrait of his friend

James Lord – a setup

that leads to musings on

the process of creating

art. Tucci discusses his

fi rst directorial eff ort in a

decade at this Q&A.

Curzon Mayfair, W1, Tue

London Feminist fi lm

festival

Celebrating female fi lm-

makers and feminist

fare, this London fi lm

festival features a mix

of screenings and panel

discussions. Thematic

strands include women

claiming space in India,

resistance and survival,

and women working in

male-dominated fi elds.

There’s also a 40th

anniversary celebration

of feminist classic The

Sealed Soil, smuggled

out of pre-revolution

Iran in the late 70s,

which includes a Skype

Q&A with director

Marva Nabili.

Rio Cinema, E8, & BFI

Southbank, SE1, Thu to

20 Aug

Summer Cult Classics

Not your standard

sunny selection for the

Tyneside, who present

French farce Mr Hulot’s

Holiday and horror The

Hills Have Eyes as part

of this seasonal bill.

Tyneside Cinema,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

Sat & Fri

Booking now fi lm festivals and events

Out from Friday...
Stephen King’s sci-
fi western The Dark
Tower... Al Gore
continues his climate-
change crusade in An
Inconvenient Sequel...
In two weeks... Channing
Tatum and Daniel Craig in
Nascar heist movie Logan
Lucky... Riots and police
corruption in Detroit...
In three weeks...
An unlikely rap star is
born in Patti Cake$...
Bill Nighy investigates a
Victorian serial killer in
The Limehouse Golem...
In a month... Film’s
creepiest clown returns
in IT... The Labour
stalwart gets his due in
Dennis Skinner: Nature
of the Beast...

Coming soon