‘La Strada’ and the neo-realism movement – a post-screening discussion at BFI Southbank Jan 2020

“Give us whatever ‘fact’ you like, and we will disembowel it, make it something worth watching”. Cesare Zavattini.

Mamoun Hassan provides an insight into the context of national cinema known as Italian neo-realism – a movement characterised by stories set amongst the hardships of post-war Italian society.

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La Strada + Intro and Q&A with Mamoun at the BFI Southbank – 6th January 2020

Mamoun kicks off the new year with a matinee of Fellini’s masterpiece La Strada as the first Seniors’ screening of…

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The 100 Greatest Foreign Films courtesy of BBC Culture – Number one? Seven Samurai

Three years ago, the BBC polled critics across the world to identify the greatest 100 American Movies, followed by Films…

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Considering ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – live at the BFI Southbank

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ (Dir. Lewis Milestone 1930 – based on the novel of the same name by Erich…

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