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LWLies Presents

Mubi x LWLies Present: Curly Sue

15 Jan 2016

Words by Little White Lies

#4 Doubles: Swan Songs - A close-up image of a person with curly hair against a bright blue background. The text "DOUBLES" and "SWAN SONGS" are overlaid on the image.
#4 Doubles: Swan Songs - A close-up image of a person with curly hair against a bright blue background. The text "DOUBLES" and "SWAN SONGS" are overlaid on the image.
Join us for a dis­cus­sion on cin­e­mat­ic swan­songs and a screen­ing of John Hugh­es’ final film.

We’ve teamed yup with MUBI to bring you a series of screen­ings and pan­el dis­cus­sions, held at the Lit­tle White Lies screen­ing room. Each event will coin­cide with the spe­cial release of a film on MUBI for 30 days.

In LWLies 63 we put a spe­cial focus on swan­song movies – 50 works from a range of direc­tors of dif­fer­ing styles, eras and locales. For this event, we’re pair­ing up – pos­si­bly for the first time ever? – John Hugh­es 1991 fea­ture, Curly Sue, and FW Murnau’s silent clas­sic, Tabu, from 1931.

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Curly Sue is the final film from ​“Brat Pack” god­head, John Hugh­es, who gave us such teen angst clas­sics as The Break­fast Club and Fer­ris Bueller’ Day Off. It stars Jim Belushi as a tran­sient, yomp­ing from city to city in the com­pa­ny of his incor­ri­gi­ble adopt­ed daugh­ter, played by Alisan Porter. We’re screen­ing this strange part­ing shot which will be fol­lowed by a dis­cus­sion on what makes a great final film.

Apply for free tick­ets to our screen­ing here.

Join us on Wednesday 27 January at @71alondon as we celebrate great directors final movies, with a free screening + panel discussion of John Hughes Curly Sue. RSVP essential. Book your tickets at lwlies.com, and catch FW Murnaus Tabu on @mubi for 30 days from the 27 January. A video posted by Little White Lies (@lwlies) on Jan 14, 2016 at 5:34am PST

John Hugh­es’ Curly Sue (1991)
Screen­ing + Pan­el Dis­cus­sion
7pm, Wednes­day 27 Jan­u­ary
71a Gallery, 71a Leonard Street, Lon­don
For one night only

FW Murnau’s Tabu (1931)
A sto­ry from the South Seas
Screens on MUBI from 27 Jan­u­ary
mubi​.com
For 30 days only

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