Monthly Archives: October 2015

LFF15 Gala reviews: “Brooklyn”, “Carol”, “Steve Jobs”, “High-Rise”, “Anomalisa”, “Trumbo” and 3 others…

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Anomalisa”, “Black Mass”, “Brooklyn”, “Carol” (pictured above), “High-Rise”, “Steve Jobs”, “Suffragette”, “Trumbo” and “Truth”. London Film Festival 2015 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, Experimenta, Family, First Feature, Journey, Laugh, Love, Official Competition and Thrill. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Ben Wheatley, Charlie Kaufman, Danny Boyle, Duke Johnson, James Vanderbilt, Jay Roach, John Crowley, Sarah Gavron, Scott Cooper, Todd Haynes | 8 Comments

LFF15 Official Competition reviews: “Cemetery of Splendour”, “Room”, “The Daughter”, “Son of Saul”, “Beasts of No Nation”, “Chevalier”, “Sunset Song” and 6 others…

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “11 Minutes”, “Beasts of No Nation”, “Cemetery of Splendour”, “Chevalier”, “The Daughter” (pictured above), “Desierto”, “Evolution”, “Office”, “Room”, “Son of Saul”, “Sunset Song”, “Tangerine” and “Very Big Shot”. London Film Festival 2015 was split into strands including Cult, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Cary Fukunaga, Jerzy Skolimowski, Johnnie To, Jonás Cuarón, László Nemes, Lenny Abrahamson, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, Sean Baker, Simon Stone, Terence Davies | 8 Comments

LFF15 Dare, Debate & First Feature reviews: “The Here After”, “Taxi Tehran”, “The Witch”, “Blood of My Blood”, “My Scientology Movie” and 7 others…

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)”, “Blood of My Blood” (pictured above), “The Club”, “Entertainment”, “Happy Hour”, “The Here After”, “Madame Courage”, “My Scientology Movie”, “Take Me to the River”, “Taxi Tehran”, “The Wait” and “The Witch”. London … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Eva Husson, Jafar Panahi, John Dower, Magnus von Horn, Marco Bellochio, Merzak Allouache, Pablo Larraín, Piero Messina, Rick Alverson, Robert Eggers, Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 8 Comments

LFF15 Journey and Family reviews: “Youth”, “Mountains May Depart”, “Right Now, Wrong Then”, “Land of Mine” and 4 others…

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “The Assassin”, “Goosebumps”, “The End of the Tour”, “Land of Mine”, “Mountains May Depart”, “Murmur of the Hearts”, “Right Now, Wrong Then” and “Youth” (pictured above). London Film Festival 2015 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Hong Sang-soo, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, James Ponsoldt, Jia Zhangke, Martin Zandvliet, Paolo Sorrentino, Rob Letterman, Sylvia Chang | 7 Comments

LFF15 Thrill & Love reviews: “A Bigger Splash”, “Victoria”, “Remember”, “Our Little Sister”, “My Golden Days” and 5 others…

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Beeba Boys”, “A Bigger Splash” (pictured above), “James White”, “My Golden Days”, “Our Little Sister”, “Remember”, “Truman”, “Valley of Love”, “Victoria” and “Virgin Mountain”. London Film Festival 2015 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, Experimenta, Family, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Arnaud Desplechin, Atom Egoyan, Cesc Gay, Dagur Kári, Deepa Mehta, Guillaume Nicloux, Hirokazu Koreeda, Josh Mond, Luca Guadagnino, Sebastian Schipper | 8 Comments