Manchester by the Sea (2016)
★★★★☆
Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is well-crafted, superbly acted film for grown-ups.
★★★★
La La Land (2016)
A Monster Calls (2016)
★★★★☆
JA Bayona’s magical fantasy A Monster Calls tugs at adult heartstrings.
Mirzya (2016)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s epic Mirzya is a lavish Bollywood Romeo and Juliet extravaganza with music, action and a fantastic international cast. Mirzya CAUTION: Here…
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Chi-Raq (2016)
★★★★☆
A dazzling rap musical against the epidemic of gun violence amongst Chicago’s black communities, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is sensational.
A United Kingdom (2016)
★★★★☆
Director Amma Asante evokes a powerful interracial love story that threatened the British Empire.
Paterson (2016)
★★★★☆
Jim Jarmusch celebrates the extraordinariness of ordinary life in Paterson, starring Adam Driver.
Your Name (2016)
In Makoto Shinkai’s haunting Japanese anime, two teenagers swap bodies and lives.
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Arrival (2016)
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is a highly original, thrilling and mind-boggling take on close encounters.
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Nocturnal Animals, Tom Ford’s mesmerising second feature after the acclaimed A Single Man is a visually stunning and disturbingly gripping examination of the connection…
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BFI LFF 2016: QUEEN OF KATWE (2016)
Queen of Katwe is a joyous true story of triumph against the odds told by Mira Nair, starring Madina Nalwanga, Lupita Nyong’o and David…
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BFI LFF 2016: Lion (2016)
Garth Davis’s Lion is a gripping, unsentimental adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s moving memoir. Film Title CAUTION: Here be spoilers Dev Patel carries the film…
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BFI LFF 2016: PATERSON (2016)
Jim Jarmusch celebrates the extraordinariness of ordinary life in Paterson. Paterson CAUTION: Here be spoilers Director Jim Jarmusch makes the ordinary look extraordinary in…
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BFI LFF 2016: PREVENGE (2016)
Prevenge is a darkly funny directorial debut for Alice Lowe, who also stars as a pregnant serial killer. Prevenge CAUTION: Here be spoilers Alice…
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