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Madonna

In mystery drama Madonna, director Shin Su-won’s instills a sense of despair and hopelessness that lingers, and as…

By Lea Weatherby
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Couple in a Hole

Couple in a Hole is a slower watch from director Tom Geens, but it's worth it. Geens explores…

By Melissa Hoban
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Entertainment

The fourth feature from US indie director Rick Averson, Entertainment is a darkly funny, disturbing, existential anti-comedy sure…

By Harriet Clugston
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The Boy

It's hard not to wonder, whilst watching Craig William Macneill’s debut feature, The Boy, how it came to…

By Harriet Clugston
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Desde Allá (From Afar)

Though bold, brave and beautifully shot, director/writer Lorenzo Vigas’s provocative drama leaves a plethora of questions that are…

By Melissa Hoban
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Love and Peace

Japanese director Sion Sono comes back to the London Film Festival for a third year in a row…

By Lyubomira Kirilova
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L’Attesa (The Wait)

Visually inspiring director Piero Messina opens The Wait with a montage of beautifully-framed shots, setting the standard for…

By Melissa Hoban
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The Program

By now everyone knows Lance Armstrong’s story: the disgraced fallen cycling hero, the man behind “the most sophisticated,…

By Lyubomira Kirilova
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Madame Courage

There is little new to be presented in the “slum story” genre. Trials and tribulations happen to young…

By Daniel Engelke
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(T)Error

It is a well-known fact that the FBI is actively engaged in its anti-terrorism campaign and that hundreds…

By Mersa Auda