BFI LFF: I Am Not a Witch (2017)
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Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch is a surreal deadpan satire.
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Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch is a surreal deadpan satire.
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Tides directed by Tupaq Felber is a black-and-white, quiet unfolding of old friendships.
And the 2017 winners are… OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER – Best Film LOVELESS, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia, France, Germany, Belgium) Recognising inspiring, inventive and…
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Juliette Binoche stars in a rom-com departure for Claire Denis in Bright Sunshine In (Un Beau Soleil Interior).
★★★☆☆
On Chesil Beach is a well-acted, sensitive adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella.
★★★★☆
In The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos creates a disturbingly strange and brutal dilemma.
★★★★☆
Carlos Marques-Marcet looks at London lifestyles on the water in Anchor and Hope, a modern romcom about ways of loving each other.
★★★★☆
strong>Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is a fairy tale, a story of love, loss and friendship, and a magical cinematic joy.
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Director Vivian Qu exposes control, coercion and casual violence towards women in modern China in the surprising drama Angels Wear White.
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Abbas Kiarostami’s experimental, posthumous 24 Frames is a meditative insight into a great filmmaker’s creative process.
★★★★☆
Funny Cow is a showcase for Maxine Peake’s versatility as an acting talent when she stars as a ground-breaking female comedian surviving in the misogynistic Seventies.
★★★★☆
Bitch is a satirical feminist parable about domestic nightmare directed by Marianna Palka, in which she plays the central character.
★★★★☆
A delightfully nostalgic and evocative portrait of young love, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name has all of the pleasure and only some of the pain.