Monthly Archives: October 2016

LFF16 Debate, Documentary & First Feature Competition reviews: “Nocturama”, “Sierenavada”, “My Life as a Courgette”, “A Date for Mad Mary”, “Divines”, “Stopover”, “The Unknown Girl” and 6 others…

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “A Date for Mad Mary”, “David Lynch: The Art Life”, “Divines”, “Graduation”, “Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World”, “My Life as a Courgette”, “Nocturama” (pictured above), “Playground”, “Porto”, “Sierenavada”, “Stopover” and “The Unknown Girl”. London Film … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Bartosz M. Kowalski, Bertrand Bonello, Claude Barras, Cristi Puiu, Cristian Mungiu, Darren Thornton, Delphine Coulin, Hope Dickson Leach, Houda Benyamina, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Jon Nguyen, london film festival, Luc Dardenne, Muriel Coulin, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Werner Herzog | 7 Comments

LFF16 Laugh & Love reviews: “Aquarius”, “Don’t Think Twice”, “Women Who Kill”, “Prevenge”, “The Last Laugh”, “Souvenir”, “Heal the Living” and 9 others…

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Nick Chen

“Aquarius”, “Barakah Meets Baraka”, “Don’t Think Twice”, “Ethel & Ernest”, “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki”, “Heal the Living” (pictured above), “Hermia & Helena”, “Houston, We Have a Problem!”, “The Last Laugh”, “One Week and a Day”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Alice Lowe, Asaph Polonsky, Bavo Defurne, Ferne Pearlstein, Ingrid Jungermann, Joachim Lafosse, Juho Kuosmanen, Katell Quillévéré, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Mahmoud Sabbagh, Maren Ade, Matias Piñero, Mike Birbiglia, Pepa San Martín, Roger Mainwood, Žiga Virc | 7 Comments

LFF16 Cult & Dare reviews: “The Handmaiden”, “Wild”, “Scarred Hearts”, “The Autopsy of Jane Doe”, “Blue Velvet Revisited” and 11 others…

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “The Autopsy of Jane Doe”, “Blue Velvet Revisited”, “Christine”, “The Death of Louis XIV”, “The Handmaiden”, “I Am Not a Serial Killer”, “Into the Forest”, “King Cobra”, “Lake Bodom”, “Noonday Witch”, “Personal Shopper”, “Planetarium”, “Scarred Hearts” and “Wild” … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Albert Serra, André Øvredal, Antonio Campos, Billy O’Brien, Gilles Marchand, Jiří Sádek, Justin Kelly, london film festival, Nicolette Krebitz, Olivier Assayas, Park Chan-wook, Peter Braatz, Radu Jude, Rebecca Zlotowski, Taneli Mustonen | 8 Comments

LFF16 Journey & Thrill reviews: “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey”, “Two Lovers and a Bear”, “The Wailing”, “Paterson”, “The Ornithologist”, “Bleed for This” and 3 others…

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Bleed for This”, “The Ghoul”, “Kills on Wheels”, “Mimosas”, “The Ornithologist”, “Paterson”, “Two Lovers and a Bear”, “Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey” and “The Wailing” (pictured above). London Film Festival 2016 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Attila Till, Ben Younger, Gareth Tunley, jim jarmusch, João Pedro Rodrigues, london film festival, Na Hong Jin, Oliver Laxe, Terrence Malick | 6 Comments