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: It’s Only The End Of The World (2016)
Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End Of The World is an intense, melodramatic family drama around the lunch table. It’s Only The End Of…
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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: 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: BRIMSTONE (2016)
★★★★☆
Brimstone is an almost unbearably violent take on the Western with a strong female character at its centre.
BFI LFF 2016: THE BIRTH OF A NATION (2016)
★★★☆☆
The Birth of a Nation is director Nate Parker’s emotional condemnation of America’s brutal history of slavery through the true story of one man who led a rebellion.
BFI LFF 2016: ARRIVAL (2016)
★★★★☆
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is a highly original, thrilling and mind-boggling take on close encounters.
BFI LFF 2016: MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)
★★★★☆
Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is well-crafted, superbly acted film for grown-ups.
BFI LFF 2016: LA LA LAND (2016)
★★★★☆
Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s La La Land is a bittersweet musical love letter to Hollywood and Los Angeles.
BFI LFF 2016: A MONSTER CALLS (2016)
★★★★☆
JA Bayona’s magical fantasy A Monster Calls tugs at adult heartstrings.
BFI LFF 2016: MOONLIGHT (2016)
★★★★☆
Moonlight is a very different gay coming-of-age movie by Barry Jenkins and it will break your heart.
Southside With You (2016)
How the Obamas became the Obamas – Richard Tanne’s Southside With You is a charming biopic of their first date. Southside With You CAUTION:…
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