#FilmForChristmas Day 14: Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield and Jeanne Moreau; all aboard for the great The Train (1964) on #BBCTWO, 3:35pm: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#FilmForChristmas Day 13: Lloyd Bridges stars with Barbara Payton in #FilmNoir Trapped (1949) tonight, 11:20pm on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social! Directed by the great Richard Fleischer!
#FilmForChristmas Day 11: ITV4, I0PM, written and directed by James Mangold and starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro.
#FilmForChristmas Day 10: The Promised Land (2023) directed by Nikolaj Arcel with a superb cast including Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin and Simon Bennebjerg. On BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#FilmForChristmas Day 9: Head over to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social tonight for a cracking #FilmNoir starring the fantastic Broderick Crawford.
Directed by Phil Karlson and based on Samuel Fuller’s The Dark Page; Scandal Sheet (1952) at 9:05PM.
#FilmForChristmas Day 8: Ealing Studios go to war with Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1952) with Stanley Baker, Donald Sinden and Denholm Elliott. Cinematography by the great Gordon Dines (Blue Lamp, Pool of London). #BBCTWO, 1PM.
Week 2: I’m bringing back my suggestions for a film a day on #freeview TV throughout Christmas/December. No Netflix etc.
#FilmForChristmas #FilmAdvent #FilmADay
#FilmForChristmas Day 7:
Starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis and James Hong. It’s Everything Everywhere All at Once on @channel4tv.bsky.social, 10:15PM.
#FilmForChristmas Day 6: Marking its 70th anniversary; classic British animation feature Animal Farm (1954) on #FilmFour today at 11am!
All voices supplied by Maurice Denham (apart from the narration).
Keep an eye out for the 2025 adaptation produced and directed by Andy Serkis.
#FilmForChristmas Day 5: Directed and co-written by Darius Marder and starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci and Lauren Ridloff. #BBCTWO, 11:05PM, Sound of Metal (2019).
#FilmForChristmas Day 4: The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) documentary on #FilmFour tonight at 11:40pm.
#FilmForChristmas Day 3: Starring Johnny Cash, Brenda Vaccaro and Eli Wallach; it’s The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981). Head over to @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social , 1:05pm for a rare chance to see it today.
#FilmForChristmas Day 2: Ealing Studios classic Hue and Cry (1947); directed by Ealing regular Charles Crichton and starring Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling. Fantastic cinematography by the great Dougie Slocombe. Film Four, 2:30pm today.
#FilmForChristmas Day 1: Martin Scorsese’s take of J Lee Thompson’s 1962 classic; Cape Fear (1991) on BBC TWO, 11:00PM. On BBC iPlayer afterwards: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Week 1: I’m bringing back my suggestions for a film a day on #freeview TV throughout Christmas/December. No Netflix etc. Please do spread the word.
First film to be suggested later today.
#FilmForChristmas #FilmAdvent #FilmADay