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LFF16 Gala reviews: “American Honey”, “Lion”, “La La Land”, “Their Finest”, “Free Fire”, “Arrival” and 5 others…

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Nick Chen

“American Honey” (pictured above), “Arrival”, “Free Fire”, “La La Land”, “Lion”, “Manchester by the Sea”, “A Monster Calls”, “Nocturnal Animals”, “Sully”, “Their Finest” and “A United Kingdom”. London Film Festival 2016 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, Documentary, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Andrea Arnold, Ben Wheatley, Clint Eastwood, Damien Chazelle, Denis Villeneuve, Garth Davis, J.A. Bayona, Kenneth Lonergan, london film festival, Lone Scherfig, Tom Ford | 7 Comments

LFF16 Official Competition reviews: “Certain Women”, “Frantz”, “Brimstone”, “Elle” and 4 others…

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed: “Brimstone”, “Certain Women” (pictured above), “Elle”, “Frantz”, “Goldstone”, “Layla M.”, “Moonlight” and “Your Name”. London Film Festival 2016 was split into strands including Cult, Dare, Debate, Documentary, First Feature, Galas, Journey, Laugh, Love and Thrill. Here are reviews … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review, London Film Festival | Tagged Barry Jenkins, François Ozon, Ivan Sen, Kelly Reichardt, london film festival, Makoto Shinkai, Martin Koolhoven, Paul Verhoeven | 7 Comments

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 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