Kathryn Bigelow's first feature since K19: The Widowmaker follows US Army Delta company, a squad of adrenaline-soaked explosive specialists in Baghdad as they detect, defuse and sometimes inevitably detonate I.E.Ds (Improvised Explosive Device). A visceral treat to complete the Movie-Con II weekend. The Hurt Locker trailer can be seen here


Movie Con II Preview: The Hurt Locker + intro by Kathryn Bigelow
Sun 16 Aug 20:45 BFI

The BFI welcome the visionary director to the BFI Southbank stage.

As a highlight of this month's retrospective of the work of Terry Gilliam, we are delighted to welcome the director, writer, animator, occasional actor and former member of Monty Python's Flying Circus to the BFI Southbank stage, where he will discuss his films, his career and anything else that comes into his famously imaginative head. He will be interviewed by Dick Fiddy, curator of our Terry Gilliam season, before taking questions from the audience.



Terry Gilliam in Conversation
Fri 14 Aug 18:20 NFT1

Movie Con II Preview: Inglourious Basterds


Tarantino's hotly anticipated new flic makes its way to us in this very special Movie Con II Preview. Set in war ravaged, Nazi-occupied France during WWII, US Lt. Aldo Raine (Pitt) has assembled a Jewish-American guerrilla unit charged with the sole task of murdering Nazis. Meanwhile, in Paris Shosanna Dreyfus, manager of a cinema, plots revenge for her murdered Jewish family. When it is decided that a new Nazi propaganda film's premier is to be in Dreyfus' cinema, the perfect opportunity to wipe out the Nazi top brass is seized upon by both murderous bands. With a show stealing performance from new-comer Christoph Waltz as SS Colonel Hans Landa, Basterds presents Tarantino's ever uncompromising, stylised and visceral dialogue on cinema.



Movie Con II Preview: Inglourious Basterds
Sat 15 Aug 18:20 BFI

To celebrate the release of this summer's hottest thriller, A Perfect Getaway , in cinemas August 12th. We would like to invite you to a VIP advanced screening of the film – with special guest, Milla Jovovich!

Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich) are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they've found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frightened hikers discussing the horrifying murder of another newlywed couple on the islands, they begin to question whether they should turn back.. Paradise becomes hell on earth as a brutal battle for survival begins.

A vivid exercise in suspense and human drama set in Iraq that perfectly captures the addicitve nature of danger. Jeremy Renner plays a bomb disposal specialist who seemingly knows no fear as he methodically sets about dismantling deadly devices. A tense and immersive experience, and a unique portrait of a war zone and those who choose to work in it.



The screening will be followed by an onstage interview with director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal

On Wednesday 12th August, we are thrilled to be presenting a preview screening of Sin Nombre followed by a Q&A with director Cary Fukunaga. Winner of the award for Best Direction at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival as well as the Skillset New Director’s Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Fukunaga is being hailed as one of the most exciting new American directors.



Please join us for this advance screening and stay to hear more about the film from the talented first-time director.