Something of a lost gem, Privilege (1967), is worth checking out if you like bizarre 1960s cinema with a message.
Tag: flipside
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
Originally a Hunter Davies book about mid-60s Carlisle, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush made it to the big screen in 1968.
Review: Smashing Time (1967)
With Talking Pictures screening it soon it seems a good time for The Scenester to look back at Smashing Time, courtesy of a past NFT screening.
Review: The Party’s Over (1963)
Once something of a lost classic, Guy Hamilton’s The Party’s Over is currently available to buy at a discounted price.
Film review: The Pleasure Girls (1965)
A ‘60s teen flick featuring Lovejoy, an infamous character from Coronation Street and Klaus Kinski? It has to be The Pleasure Girls.
Coffee bar classics: BFI Flipside reissues Beat Girl and Expresso Bongo
Perhaps a little cheesy now, but coffee bar rebellion in the late 1950s was captured for the big screen with both Beat Girl and Expresso Bongo. Both are getting a serious reissue from the BFI very soon.
Season of the Witch at the NFT by The Scenester
The Scenester checks out this very rare screening of a cult classic.
The Flipside with Ray Davies
It's not had any publicity so far (compared to the main Meltdown event), but we've just heard that Ray Davies is actually doing his own Flipside event with the BFI, chatting onstage and showing some films. The first of those events is The Meltdown Observer Talk: Ray Davies & Julien […]
