London Film Festival 2014: ’71
’71 by Mark Wilshin Yann Demange, the director behind British genre TV hits Dead Set and Top Boy, delivers one fire-cracker of a debut…
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London Film Festival 2014: Björk Biophilia Live
Björk Biophilia Live by Alexa Dalby A film of Björk’s live stage show that formed part of her multimedia Biophilia project, these 97 minutes…
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London Film Festival 2014: The Way He Looks / Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho
The Way He Looks Love is blind. And all the more so for Leo (Ghilherme Lobo), a São Paulo teenager with not much going…
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London Film Festival 2014: Excuse My French
Excuse My French by Dave O’Flanagan It’s a wonderfully positive testament to director Amr Salama, and the Egyptian film industry, that creativity has somehow…
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London Film Festival 2014: Camp X-Ray
Powerful and moving with excellent performances from Kristen Stewart and Peyman Moaadi, Camp X-Ray puts a human face on the detainees of Guantanamo Bay.
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London Film Festival 2014: Black Coal, Thin Ice
Black Coal, Thin Ice by Mark Wilshin Winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, Diao Yinan’s Black Coal, Thin Ice…
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London Film Festival 2014: OXI An Act of Resistance
OXI An Act of Resistance Constructed out of interviews with Greek politicians, economists and Athenian citizens, an investigation – courtesy of Dominique Pinon –…
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London Film Festival 2014: French Riviera / L’Homme Qu’on Aimait Trop
French Riviera Freely inspired by real events that saw a casino queen pursue her daughter’s lover through the courts for murder, André Téchiné’s L’Homme…
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Violette (2013)
★★★☆☆
With a powerful performance from Emmanuelle Devos, Martin Provost’s Violette is a stylish biopic of influential author Violette Leduc and the power of the female pen.
Ida (2013)
★★★★☆
Beautifully shot in black and white, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida leads us on a meaningful road trip into a dark night of the Holocaust, Catholicism, and jazz.
COMING SOON: The 58th BFI London Film Festival 2014
This year’s BFI London Film Festival promises to be one of the most exciting yet. It has a stunning line-up of the best of the festival winners and new work from around the world: and its scheduling in October is at a crucially important time in the run-up to the awards season.
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Night Moves (2013)
★★★★☆
Unrelentingly tense from start to finish, Night Moves is a superbly crafted character-driven drama that maintains its stranglehold on your anxiety from start to finish.
Mystery Road (2013)
★★★☆☆
An Aborigine detective returns to the outback to investigate the murder of a young Aborigine girl despite his white police colleagues’ prejudice and indifference.
The Congress (2013)
★★★★☆
A moving meditation on corporate commerciality in a dystopian future, The Congress is a remarkable film bursting with ambition, imagination and emotion.