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London Film Festival 2017

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Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 19, 2017

1%

1% marks the latest chapter in the subgenre commonly known as ‘ultra-violent Australian crime movie’.

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Loveless
Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 11, 2017December 6, 2017

Loveless

Andrei Zvyagintsev recently told The Guardian that ‘living in Russia is like being in a minefield’. If his latest film is any reflection of reality, then it’s safe to say that he was putting it mildly.

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Let the Corpses Tan
Arts Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 11, 2017October 12, 2017

Let the Corpses Tan

Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani are arguably the most controversial duo in horror. Famed for their mysterious, enigmatic forays into giallo – Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears – they’re the masters of sellable obscurity. Many have interpreted these pieces as hollow imitations of far more genuine works, or otherwise as meaningless…

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Foxtrot
Arts Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 10, 2017October 12, 2017

Foxtrot

What is Foxtrot? Structurally, this thing is a marvel: Foxtrot does the foxtrot, as main character Joseph explains to his captive audience. 3 steps, and you return to the same place – or, rather, 3 very different acts bookended by the same scene. A lot of the surprises and finesse of the movie come from…

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Arts Editor's Picks Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017EJ OakleyOctober 9, 2017October 9, 2017

My Friend Dahmer

Ross Lynch makes a promising first step into more mature cinematic territory with an astute portrayal of what makes a murderer.

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Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017Clare ClarkeOctober 8, 2017

Battle of the Sexes

Emma Stone thrills in this exciting biopic of women’s tennis and the still all-too-familiar misogyny that surrounds it.

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Arts Editor's Picks Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017James WitherspoonOctober 4, 2017

Thoroughbreds

A misanthropic trip into the dark heart of suburbia, Corey Finley’s glossy Thoroughbreds hits all the right notes to craft an esoteric, seductively sinister symphony that shocks and pleases in equal measure.

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Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017EJ OakleySeptember 23, 2017

Brigsby Bear

The Lonely Island teams up with director Dave McCary and writer/actor Kyle Mooney to create a comedy very much unlike their previous work – tender, poignant, and heartwarming.

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Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017EJ OakleySeptember 22, 2017March 26, 2018

Ingrid Goes West

Alfred Hitchcock meets the Instagram generation in Matt Spicer’s comically depraved cautionary tale for the avocado toast generation, with a revelatory performance by Aubrey Plaza.

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Arts Festivals Film London Film Festival 2017EJ OakleySeptember 22, 2017

Mutafukaz

Quirky and unconventional, Guillaume “Run” Renard’s collaboration with anime legends Studio 4ºC is good cinematic fun, but trips over its own untied loose ends.

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