Bruce’s Bonus
May is shaping up to be a bumper movie month. Not only is Sex & The City released but the first Jim Jarmusch box set comes out on May 12th. Then there is Joy Division, Persepolis and Waterliles, a French feast of Sofia Copola-style teen awkwardness. But I’m really holding out for June, when there’s a Bruce Weber bonanza going on in London*:
LET’S GET LOST UK PREMIERE, Thurs June 5th – Curzon Soho
A screening of Weber’s famous portrait of Chet Baker followed by questions from the audience
BRUCE WEBERS SHORTS PROGRAMME, Sat June 14th – Curzon Soho
Five short films that sum up the Bruce Weber ode-to-Americana aesthetic, including old Weber b/w home movies, a three-minute movie on London teddy boys and Wine and Cupcakes, a twelve-minute short about Central Park
BROKEN NOSES, Sun 15th June, Renoir Cinema
Cult b/w documentary on the heartbreakingly beautiful boxer Andy Minsker
ART IN THE BAR, 1-30th June, Soho Curzon
Bruce Weber presents the William Caxton photographs of the young Chet Baker – see them and weep
And if you do stop by the Curzon for any of these events, don’t forget to have a slice of curly wurly cake at the in-house Konditor & Cook cafe, worth a special trip in itself!
*For more info, go here
Photograph: William Claxton
9 May, 2008 @ 11:54 am
I love getting a piece of cake to take with me into the cinema….
9 May, 2008 @ 10:31 pm
Brilliant, I’d already read about the B Weber Chet Baker film in last month’s French Vogue and being completely jazz obsessed this is one movie I certainly won’t miss! Thanks for the info
14 May, 2008 @ 2:42 pm
I do wonder if Bruce Weber has already shown these in New York. If so, it’d be worth the trip for me. I love, love, love Chet Baker and his girlish voice and heart shaped, sad face.
15 May, 2008 @ 3:34 am
Oh thanks for posting.
Persepolis, I love love love.
22 May, 2008 @ 1:07 pm
Saw the Bruce Weber film last night at the Raindance Film Club. I have to say it was dreadful. It looked good but it way too long, had no structure (perhaps like jazz?) and Baker was hugely unlikeable. An hour edited out and it would have been much better.
It was preceded by his latest short “Wine and Cupcakes” though which was lovely.