London Film Festival 2011

Once again, We've been to a bunch of films at the London Film Festival this year. Much practiced and savvier than ever, we went to some smaller releases knowing that we will see some of the bigger ones on another (cheaper) date.

First up was Sarah Palin, you betcha! The new documentary from Nick Broomfield - quite a favourite in our household. It was suitably pitched as expected, funny but not silly and getting into the hidden depths of an interesting character. It's a shame for the film that she has pulled out the race, but probably not for America, given the conclusions in the film.

The second film was a delightful French animation called A Cat in Paris (not quite translating the original title: Un vie du chat). It was quite an emotional story, and quite compelling, certainly not suitable for little kids, despite how it looked.


Our third choice was one of the restorations, a series of short films about London from the 1920s, part of a series called Wonderful London. They were fascinating, particularly as the lengthy and delicate process of restoring them had been described beforehand, so we could understand a little about the work which had gone into getting them into a condition for showing after all this time.
My favourite was a ride on a cargo barge along Regent's canal from Limehouse all the way to Paddington.

There are a good few films we hope to pick up on their wider release over the next couple of months, such as the Ides of March, We need to talk about Kevin and We have a Pope.

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