A highlight this week was a special screening of John Huston's 1961 classic
The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Clark Gable, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter. Following a group of people who simply don't fit in, this is a staggeringly powerful film with strong present-day resonance. The final completed film for both Monroe and Gable, it was screened at the programme launch for
Marilyn Monroe: Self-Made Star, a season at BFI Southbank marking the iconic star's centenary in June-July.
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Otherwise, there was
Hokum, an enjoyably bonkers horror comedy starring Adam Scott as an American at a nutty hotel in Ireland. By contrast, the horror thriller
Undertone is inventive, most notably with its layered sound mix, but neither fun nor scary. Laszlo Nemes'
Orphan is a complex, textured exploration of post-WWII Hungary with a riveting central performance from teen Bojtorjan Barabas. I also saw quite a few more films over the final weekend of the
40th BFI Flare, and I attended
The Offies, a gala night of awards and live performances celebrating Off-West End theatre.
Coming up over Easter weekend and the following week, I'll be watching Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in
The Drama, Gaten Matarazzo in
Pizza Movie, the Japanese anime romcom
ChaO, a special screening of the short film
Geronto and a live performance of
Palatable Gay Robot at Udderbelly Boulevard.
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