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Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #71
OH GOD WHO SET FIRE TO THE SKY? Summer has finally arrived, and if you’re going to preserve that distinctive ‘cineaste tan’ (dead white skin, blue veins, squinting eyes) then you need to stay in the shade. And where could be shadier than a cinema? Apart from an adult cinema, of course. FUN WITH HOMONYMS!
Cheat Sheet: Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren is officially the oldest woman in the world that you’re allowed to want to sleep with. Which is nice. She’s also indisputably one of the finest actors of her generation, which is nicer. But did you know that she’s descended from Russian nobility? No, you didn’t. Sounds like somebody needs an ice cold Cheat Sheet…
TGIM! London International Documentary Festival
The summer’s taking a while to arrive, but from Thursday you can travel across the world without leaving town – the London International Documentary Festival is back, and for ten glorious days it’ll be setting the world to right in venues across London. Thank God it’s Monday, eh?
This week’s films: the trailers
You’re going to be using that seductive brain of yours ALL WEEK, the very least you can do is let it re-charge on a Sunday. Presenting this week’s releases in a coma-friendly format – just point your eyes towards the screen, shout “PUT THE KETTLE ON” in the direction of a minion and click to your heart’s content.
News Round-Up May 14th-18th
It’s been a hell of a week for cinema, hasn’t it? Hasn’t it? What do you mean, you don’t know? Are you telling us that you haven’t been glued to the Best For Film Twitter account all week, breathlessly drinking in every word of Hollywood news as we churned it out? You little bitch. Get in here and catch up or we’ll spank you.
Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #70
It’s impossible to dress for this weather – one minute it’s sheeting down, the next it’s hotter than Jude Law’s crotch five seconds after he’s met the new nanny. So why bother to go outside at all? Hide in the multiplex all day and watch film after film after film, secure in the knowledge that all you really need to wear is some pants. Thank god for the OWLs!
Cheat Sheet: Chris Rock
In geology, a rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals and / or mineraloids. While plenty is known about all things igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, not nearly enough knowledge exists about our favourite rock of all. Yup. it’s time to get under the skin of Chris Rock…
TGIM! The UK Green Film Festival
Another thick, beige parade of weekdays stands before you, threatening you with the kind of crippling boredom only bestest by anything written by Nicholas Sparks or facts about golf. THANK GOODNESS THEN that Best For Film is committed to making sure you don’t have a truly awful life. Thank God It’s Monday proudly presents your guide to this weekend’s UK Green Film Festival!
