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Maybe you missed.../Restored classics9HOWLTHE AFRICAN QUEENLES DIABOLIQUESMAYBEYOUMISSEDHowlFri 25 to Thu 31 MarRob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman • USA 2010 • 1h24m • 35mm15 – Contains strong language, once very strong, and strong sexreferencesCast: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels,Alessandro Nivola.An insightful and inspiring glimpse into America on thecusp of the 1960s, Howl is a brilliant film portrait of a poem,a poet and his generation.James Franco gives a remarkable performance as poetAllen Ginsberg in the restless, youthful and often sexualfire of his poetic beginnings. Filmmakers Rob Epsteinand Jeffrey Friedman have taken the spirit of Beatexperimentation and produced a brilliantly multi-layeredfilm, where carefully rendered period detail and a greatsoundtrack combine with authentic Ginsberg interviewsconvincingly spoken by Franco. Monochrome footageof smokey poets’ gatherings in San Francisco are setagainst the poem, teasingly spoken in rhythmic fragments,while conjured up by dazzling, colourful animations. Andthe core of the piece is the 1957 obscenity trial whereGinsberg has to defend his right to free expression. Thecourtroom drama feels like its outcome is never certain,and over 50 years later the battle over artistic freedom stillseems relevant.RESTOREDCLASSICThe African QueenFri 4 to Thu 10 MarJohn Huston • UK 1951 • 1h45m • 35mmEnglish, German and Swahili with English subtitlesPG – Contains moderate threat and violenceCast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley,Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel.Now digitally restored to its former Technicolor glory,John Huston’s blend of World War One adventure andmature romance endures as witty, intelligent and rousingentertainment.Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar as Charlie Allnut,gin-swigging captain of the African Queen, the steamboatin which he transports British spinster Rose Sayer(Katharine Hepburn) after her brother has died followinga German raid on their Methodist mission in German EastAfrica. Prim Rose may be, but she’s still spirited enoughto insist they take a perilous trip downriver in order tosabotage an enemy gunboat...Deftly adapted (by James Agee, among others) froma novel by CS Forester, the movie benefited greatlyfrom being shot in Uganda and the Congo (as well asIsleworth Studios), and from a supporting cast of characteractors that includes Robert Morley and Peter Bull.Powell-Pressburger regulars Jack Cardiff and Allan Graycontributed the excellent camerawork and score, andHuston keeps it moving along at an exhilaratingly briskpace.RESTOREDCLASSICLes DiaboliquesFri 18 to Thu 24 MarHenri-Georges Clouzot • France 1955 • 1h53m • 35mmFrench with English subtitles • 12ACast: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel,Jean Brochard.Sadistic cruelty, bitter hatred, murderous betrayal...Clouzot’s razor-sharp thriller remains a dark classic ofmisanthropic invention.In the most Hitchcockian of all the films made by theFrench master of suspense, the wife and the mistress of thetyrannical headmaster of a seedy boys’ boarding schoolconspire to put an end to his callous brutality. Taut as amantrap, the meticulous script provides plenty of tension,surprises and shocks, but what really distinguishes the filmis Clouzot’s beady eye for details both atmospheric andtelling: a swimming pool clogged with debris, rancid schoolmeals, the dismal efforts of the staff to curry favour. Muchimitated but seldom bettered, the film can also lay claim toa clutch of excellent performances; not just Véra Clouzot,Simone Signoret and Paul Meurisse as the misbegottenménage-à-trois, but a young Michel Serrault as a teacherand the inimitable Charles Vanel as a canny detective.