February 2012
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It's BAFTA time. Antonia Quirke celebrates the capital's big-screen style
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Great Expectations, 1946
Courtesy of BFI
The best
act of worship
No film nerd's visit to London would be complete without a trek to Highgate Cemetery to see an Edwardian tomb with the words: 'The Tomb of William Friese-Greene: the Inventor of Kinematography.' Bristol-born Friese-Greene was the first to experiment with oiled paper
and then celluloid as a medium for movies.
The best memorabilia shop
If your idea of a constructive afternoon is one spent going through 250,000 back editions of Amateur Cine Enthusiast and Picture Post in search of a specific cover featuring Marlon Brando smiling lewdly from under a trilby, then the Vintage Magazine Shop on Soho's Brewer Street
is heaven.
vinmag.com
The best
pop-up cinema
Roaming pop-up cinema The Nomad visits increasingly curious London locations. A screening of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at the Houses of Parliament anyone? Now, that's witty programming. Keep an eye on the website for listings. whereisthenomad.com
The best
film festival
This month the BFI Southbank hosts the fifth BFI Future Film Festival — a weekend aimed at 15- to 25-year-old aspiring film-makers. February also sees the culmination of the BFI's Dickens on Screen season. bfi.org.uk
British Airways (ba.com) is the official airline partner of BAFTA. The partnership is helping British talent to take off by providing flights. The BAFTAs are on 12 February.
