There’s a film festival running at my house at the moment. Every Friday night. Around 8pm Gracie cat and I sit down with some snacks and a glass of wine and watch films. Sometimes the films are around a director like Pedro Almodovar or Jane Campion. I’ll follow their careers from their early films through to the most recent. It’s great to see how their talents developed as you follow their films through the years. Gracie and I have also done the Sean Penn festival, the Brad Pitt festival and the Leonard Di Caprio festival…see the trend here……..! With all the streaming services and free TV you can easily put together a program and stage your own festival. I start with a wikipedia profile of the actor or director where a listing of their films can be found. Then I choose 4-5 films and watch them as series over a week or one every Friday night.
Here are some suggestions of the Friday Night film Festivals I’ve enjoyed……….We’d love to hear about your favourites too!
The Heath Ledger Festival
A Knights Tale 2001
Brokeback Mountain 2005
The Dark Knight 2008
The Meryl Streep Festival
Kramer vs Kramer 1979
Sophies Choice 1982
Out of Africa 1985
The Bridges of Madison County 1995
The Devil Wears Prada 2006
The Post 2017
Pedro Almodovar
The Spanish film maker has created some quirky art house type films that I love. Check out
Women on the edge of a nervous breakdown 1988
All about my mother 1999
Talk to her 2002
Julieta 2016
Pain and Glory 2019
Sean Penn Festival
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
Dead man Walking 1995
Mystic River 2003
Milk 2008
Into the Wild 2007 Penn was the director
It’s a fun thing to do if you enjoy film… let us know what you’re watching………
Words by Nora Vitins. Images with thanks Wikipedia.