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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Crisp restoration of the 1940s satire by Powell and Pressburger

18 May 2012

Spry and delightful nearly 70 years on, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is one of many masterpieces from filmmaking virtuosos Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, collectively known as The Archers. Their fifth collaboration, from 1943, is an…

Why Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom is as startling and prescient as ever

Why Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom is as startling and prescient as ever

50th anniversary re-issue of film that dissects vicarious thrill of the audience

30 Nov 2010

Peeping Tom, which this month celebrates its 50th anniversary, is a film that was truly ahead of its time, writes Niki Boyle. Upon its release, Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom was regarded as an abomination in celluloid, denounced by critics with a…

50th anniversary re-release of Peeping Tom - Anna Massey profile

'Peeping Tom wasn’t cosy; it was very ugly'

30 Nov 2010

Name Anna Massey Born 11 August 1937, Thakeham, West Sussex Background In the second volume of his autobiography A Life in Movies, the great British filmmaker Michael Powell recalled why he wanted the then inexperienced and unknown (in…

Jack Cardiff

Jack Cardiff

28 May 2010

It’s been just over a year since the great British cinematographer looked down the lens for the last time before shuffling off this mortal coil. Both cities pay tribute to Cardiff in the next few weeks with screenings of the films featuring some of his…

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

17 Dec 2009

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese proclaimed Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 classic, ‘the most beautiful Technicolor film ever made’. Scorsese should know, given he spearheaded the restoration to its original glory of this breathtaking melodrama…

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Popular events

Sodankylä Forever: The Century of Cinema (Sodankylä ikuisesti: Elokuvan vuosisata)
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The Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finland, is a mecca for film lovers, famous for festival director Peter von Bagh’s in-depth and free-flowing interviews with visiting master directors. From the hundreds of hours of video recordings, von Bagh has made four feature-length documentaries that add up to a passionate and personal history of cinema. The first part, The Century of Cinema, focusses on World War II in relation to filmmaking. View full details and ticket info
23 Jun 9pm 1 Jul 1pm Screening with A Day at Karl Marx’s Grave (Peter von Bagh/Finland/1983/16 min). Part of Edinburgh…	Filmhouse, Edinburgh

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Date	Location
In Powell & Pressburger's poignant masterpiece, Clive Candy (Livesey, superb) starts out as a hotheaded Boer War hero and ages 40 years into a portly Home Guard general who keeps falling for the same kind of girl (Kerr, luminous). Spry and delightful after nearly 70 years, it's presented here in a crisp digital restoration. View full details
25 May–31 May Fri 11.30am & 5.30pm; Sat 1.10pm; Sun 3.15pm; Mon 11.30am & 5.30pm; Tue 3pm; Wed 11.30am & 5.30pm; Thu 8.30pm	The Belmont, Aberdeen
10 Jun 3.15pm	Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
22 Jun–24 Jun Fri 5pm; Sat 2.30pm; Sun 4pm	Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow