If Looks Could Kill: Cinema’s Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence

Supported by Oasis
10-31 May 2008

Full programme

Calendar

Saturday 10 May
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, 19:00

Co-Conspirators (new artist commissions)
The Co-conspirators artists are: Paulette Philips, Eloise Fornieles, Elizabeth McAlpine, Dino Dinco, Shannon Plumb, Wendy Bevan, Derrick Santini and Boudicca.

Sunday 11 May
Tate Modern, Starr Auditorium, 17:00

Office Killer
USA 1997. Dir Cindy Sherman.
With Carol Kane, Jeanne Tripplehorn. Molly Ringwald 82 min. Beta.
Introduced by Gilda Williams.

Tuesday 13 May
BFI Southbank NFT1, 18:30

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
UK 1927. Dir Alfred Hitchcock.
With Ivor Novello, June. 98 min. 35mm.
Introduced by Alice Rawsthorn, live musical accompaniment.

Wednesday 14 May
ICA Cinema 1, 20:45

The Red Shoes (Bunhongsin)
South Korea 2005. Dir Kim Yong-gyun.
With Hye-su Kim, Seong-su Kim, Yeon-ah Park. 103 min. 35mm.
LONDON PREMIERE

Thursday 15 May
ICA Cinema 1, 14:00 – 18:00  

Taking Stock: Cinema's Reservoir of Criminal Looks and Gestures
Symposium

14:00 The Killing Game: glamorous masks and murderous styles in Elio Petri's La decima vittima
Anna Battista

14:45 I Want That Mink! Film noir and Fashion
Petra Dominkova

15:30 Looking Sharp
Barry Curtis and Claire Pajaczkowska

16:30 Five Types of Stain
Kitty Hauser

17:15 Sopranos' Bada Bing - More than Gangster Bling?
Lorraine Gamman

18:30 Get Carter
UK 1971. Dir Mike Hodges.
With Michael Caine, Britt Ekland. 112 min. 35mm.
With an introduction by Alistair O'Neill.

Friday 16 May
Ciné lumière 20:45

Fata Morgana
Spain 1965. Dir Vicente Aranda.
With Teresa Gimpera, Marianne Benet . 84 min. 35mm.

Saturday 17 May
Ciné lumière 20:30

OASIS Gala screening:
Desire
USA 1936. Dir Frank Borzage.
With Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper. 89 min. 35mm.

Sunday 18 May
Ciné lumiére

14:00 Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)
France 1960. Dir René Clément. 115 min. 35mm.
Introduced by Guest Curators Stella Bruzzi and Pamela Church Gibson.

17:00 Silent film's thieves, jewel robberies and cases of the lost glove
Introduced by Christel Tsilibaris.

A man with white gloves (L’homme aux gants blancs) France 1908. Dir Albert Capellani.
With Henri Desfontaines, Marguerite Brésil. 35mm.
The Gentleman Thief (aka Max Leads Them a Novel Chase ; Le voleur mondain)
France 1909. Dir Louis Gasnier.
With Max Linder. 16mm.
Nick Winter and the Case of the Famous Hotel (Nick Winter et l'affaire du Célébric Hôtel)
France 1911, Dir Gérard Bourgeois.
With Georges Vinter. 35mm.
The Pearl (La Perle)
Belgium 1929. Dir Henri d’Ursel.
With Georges Hugnet, Kissa Kouprine. 35mm.
Run time: c. 60 min.

Monday 19 May
BFI Southbank NFT2 18:20

Leave her to Heaven
USA 1945. Dir John M. Stahl.

Tuesday 20 May
Ciné lumière 20:15

Mannequin in Red (Mannekäng i rött)
Sweden 1958. Dir Arne Mattsson.
With Antia Björk, Lillebil Isben. 108 min. 35mm.
Introduced by fashion designer Bella Freud.

Wednesday 21 May
BFI Southbank NFT2 18:20

Follow me quietly
USA 1949. Dir. Richard Fleischer.
With William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick. 60 min. 35mm.
Introduced by Roger Sabin

Thursday 22 May
ICA Cinema 1

18:30 A Question of Silence (De Stilte rond Christine M.)
Netherlands 1982. Dir Marleen Gorris.
With Edda Barends, Cox Habbema. 92 min. 35mm.

20:45 Ms. 45
USA 1981. Dir Abel Ferrara.
With Zoe Lund, Albert Sinkys. 80 min. 35mm.

Friday 23 May
ICA Cinema 1 20:30

Body Double (X)
France 2002. Dir Brice Dellsperger.
With Jean-Luc Verna. 104 min. Digi-Beta.
With an introduction by Guest Curator Drake Stutesman.

Saturday 24 May
BFI Southbank NFT2

15:50 The Colour of Nothingness: costumes of invisibility and transformation in early detective films and literature
An illustrated lecture by Guest Curator Tom Gunning. With live musical accompaniment.

17:45 The Rat
UK 1925. Dir Graham Cutts.
With Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans. 80min. 35mm.
Guest-curated by Bryony Dixon; event concept by Rhidian Davis, Claire Geddie and The Willow Partnership.

20:40 Chronicle of a Love (aka Story of a Love Affair/ Cronaca di un amore)
Italy 1950. Dir Michelangelo Antonioni.
With Lucia Bosé, Ferdinando Sarmi, Massimo Girotti. 98 min. 35mm.
Introduced by Guest Curator Elizabeth Wilson.

Sunday 25 May

15:30, BFI Southbank NFT1 Asphalt (Der Polizeiwachtmeister und die Diamantenelse)
Germany 1929. Dir Joe May.
With Betty Amann, Gustav Fröhlich. 94 min. 35mm.
With live piano accompaniment.

18:20, BFI Southbank NFT1 The Kidnapping of Fux Banker (Únos bankére Fuxe)
Czech Republic 1923. Dir Karl Anton.
With Anny Ondra, Karel Lamac. 75 min. 35mm.

Introduced by Marketa Uhlirova.
New musical accompaniment by DJ Charles Kriel and “funny face”.

20:40, BFIv Southbank NFT2 Leave her to Heaven
USA 1945. Dir John M. Stahl.
With Gene Tierney. 105 min. 35mm.
Preceding the screening, guest curators Rebecca Arnold and Adrian Garvey will give a talk “Sometimes the Truth is Wicked: Fashion, Violence and Obsession in Leave Her to Heaven.”

Monday 26 May

17:50, BFI Southbank NFT2 Chronicle of a Love (aka Story of a Love Affair/ Cronaca di un amore)
Italy 1950. Dir Michelangelo Antonioni.

20:00, The Horse Hospital Zoot Suit Riots
USA 2001. Dir Joseph Tovares.
Documentary. 60 min. DVD.

Wednesday 28 May
ICA Cinema 1 20:45

The Tenth Victim (La decima vittima)
Italy 1965. Dir Elio Petri.
With Ursula Andres, Marcello Mastroianni. 92 min. Digi-beta.
Introduced by Dylan Jones.

Thursday 29 May

20:00, The Horse Hospital Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)
Italy/Monaco/France/Germany 1964. Dir Mario Bava.
With Mary Arden, Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok. 88 min. DVD.

18:30, ICA Cinema 2 The Tenth Victim (La decima vittima)
Italy 1965. Dir Elio Petri.

18.30, BFI Southbank NFT1 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)
Italy 1970 . Dir Dario Argento.
With Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall. 97 min. 35mm.

18:30, ICA Cinema 2 The Tenth Victim (La decima vittima)
Italy 1965. Dir Elio Petri.

Saturday 31 May

18:20, The Horse Hospital So what! Two tales of Juvenile Delinquency
Guest-curated by Roger K. Burton.

The Violent Years
USA 1956. Dir William Morgan.
With Jean Moorhead and Barbara Weeks. 56 min. DVD.

The Boys
UK 1962. Dir Sidney J. Furie
With Richard Todd, Dudley Sutton, Robert Morley. 123 min. DVD

20.30, BFI Southbank NFT3

Follow me quietly
USA 1949. Dir. Richard Fleischer.

Special Projects

Fashion Statements at BFI Southbank

Project Manager: Denise Rose, Mouth That Roars; Coordinator: Cathy John

In the Mood for Crime: Students in the Window

Also on: Tuesday 20 May
Research Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Cultures’ annual symposium at ICA.

Magic and Fashion

Also on: May

Brit Chic at BFI Southbank Mediatheque

Venues and tickets: