Pride (2014)
★★★★☆
Two very disparate communities forge an unexpected bond when a London gay and lesbian group supports a village of Welsh miners during the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike.
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Attila Marcel (2013)
★★★★☆
A musical homage to Marcel Proust, Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel is eye-catching, genre-busting and mad as a bag of frogs. Let’s face the music and dance.
Before I Go To Sleep (2014)
★★☆☆☆
An unsympathetic protagonist is the most damning aspect of Rowan Joffé’s formulaic and sedate adaptation of the best-selling novel.
Life Of Crime (2013)
★★★☆☆
A strangely off-kilter edit hinders an otherwise enjoyable film, but clever dialogue and pitch-perfect performances ensure Life Of Crime is worth your time.
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.
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story Of Aaron Swartz (2014)
★★★★☆
Compelling, terrifying and timely, The Internet’s Own Boy highlights the tragedy of Aaron Swartz’s death and the brutish power of the US Government in the face of political activism.
The Keeper Of Lost Causes / Kvinden i buret (2013)
★★★☆☆
Suspenseful Scandi crime thriller – a disgraced homicide detective is assigned to the cold cases department and uncovers the unexplained disappearance of a politician five years earlier.
Two Days, One Night / Deux Jours, Une Nuit (2014)
★★★★☆
Dramatic social realism from Belgium’s Dardennes brothers – Marion Cotillard stars as a factory worker who has just two days to persuade her colleagues to forgo their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
Lucy (2014)
★★★★☆
Scarlett Johansson’s exciting and eclectic career choices continue with Lucy, a big, brazen, bonkers Besson film.
The Police Officer’s Wife / Die Frau Des Polizisten (2013)
★★★☆☆
A history of (domestic) violence, Philip Gröning’s The Police Officer’s Wife combines contemplative chapters with stark moments of unsettling violence.
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.
Lilting (2014)
★★★★☆
Giving Chinese whispers and cultural difference a voice, Hong Khaou’s Lilting is an intimate and moving study of translation, reconciliation and grief.
Welcome to New York (2014)
★★★★☆
Abel Ferrara’s thinly veiled reconstruction of the colourful downfall of former World Bank head Dominique Strauss-Kahn after his fateful encounter with a New York chambermaid.