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Joy
Sex trafficking, issues of undocumented immigration and exploitation are hardly themes which will make for an uplifting film,…
By Michael HiggsLondon Film Festival 2018
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Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo)
This is a strange, almost naïve film that plunges a high-concept romance into a banal, lifeless world. Therein…
By Joseph Owen
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Petra
A young woman takes on an artist residency in the Spanish countryside with a renowned yet notoriously difficult…
By Zoe Tamara
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A Paris Education
If someone believes it is time that they receive a cultural education and life-changing experience, where do they…
By Guy Lambert
LFF
Woman at War (Kona fer í stríð)
Is it possible to combine an eccentric and idiosyncratic sense of humour with serious questions of eco-radicalism to…
By Michael Higgs
LFF
Wildlife
Actor Paul Dano makes his directorial debut with tender family drama Wildlife, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan.…
By Zoe Tamara
LFF
Manto
Movies about writers are fun, and often interesting. Not only is the viewer placed in reliable hands, since…
By Euan Franklin
LFF
Jinn
In the age of Instagram, a young girl in a hijab flirtatiously flaunts her cleavage in a leopard-skin…
By Rosamund Kelby
LFF
Arctic
A man stands stark against the bleak, icy expanse of the Arctic. Beneath looming snow-covered peaks, he is…
By Rosamund Kelby
LFF
Support the Girls
The premise of Andrew Bujalski's latest feature doesn't exactly scream hilarious, female-empowering comedy. Following a group of women…
By Rosamund Kelby