BFI LFF 2018 previews (3)
★★★★☆
Previews from the London Film Festival 10-21 October – Border, Assassination Nation, Papi Chulo, Lizzie, The Guilty and Joy.
festivals
BFI LFF 2018 previews (2)
★★★★☆
Previews from the London Film Festival 10-21 October – Shadow, Jinn, The Breaker Upperers, May the Devil Take You and Support the Girls.
BFI LFF 2018 previews (1)
★★★★☆
Previews from the London Film Festival 10-21 October – Wildlife and Crystal Swan.
BFI LFF Review: Crystal Swan (2018)
★★★★☆
The female-centric team of director Darya Zhuk, co-screenwriter Helga Landauer and cinematographer Carolina Costa give Alina Nasibullina a Madonna-esque starring role in post-Soviet black comedy Crystal Swan (Khrustal).
Faces Places (Visages Villages) 2017
★★★★☆
Legendary filmmaker Agnes Varda teams up with photographer JR in a charming creative road trip around France that celebrates the extraordinariness of ordinary people and the power of the imagination.
German Film Weekend – London
★★★★☆
For the first time, the Regent Street Cinema is partnering with German Films to bring you FACE TO FACE WITH GERMAN TALENT: THE GERMAN FILM WEEKEND from 21-23 September 2018.
Climax
★★★★☆
Gaspar Noé’s hallucinogenic Climax is as hard core as its bad trip.
Lucky (2017)
★★★★☆
John Carroll Lynch’s wonderful, poignant Lucky is a fitting career-end for brilliant actor Harry Dean Stanton.
The Rider (2017)
★★★★★
The Rider is a magical, must-see mixture of real life and fiction by director Chloe Zhang that opens up a world of modern-day cowboys through the story of injured rodeo rider Brady Jandreau,
Wajib (2017)
★★★★☆
Wajib translates as ‘duty’ and Annemarie Jacir’s film focuses on a beautifully observed father-son relationship as they take a road trip around Nazareth amid the confines of being an Arab in Israel.
62nd BFI London Film Festival 2018
★★★★☆
From 10-21 October, Britain’s foremost film festival, the BFI London Film Festival, will host 21 world premieres, nine international premieres and 29 European premieres.
Open City Documentary Festival 2018
★★★★☆
30 features, 48 shorts, 30+ countries! Astonishing debut Baronesa from Brazilian film maker Juliana Antunes opens the festival and it features the World Premiere of the inspirational H Is For Harry from Bafta-nominated British filmmaker Jaime Taylor.
Raindance Film Festival 2018
★★★★☆
The Raindance Film Festival in London from 26 September to 7 October has 80 feature films, 99 short films, 22 music videos and 33 VR exhibits, including 31 world premieres, 28 international, 21 European and 81 UK premieres.
The Guardians (2017)
★★★★☆
Xavier Beauvois’ The Guardians Les Guardiennes is a beautiful period recreation of a time of change for women and society in rural France during the First World War.