Day One of the London Film Festival and we start as we mean to go on. Four reviews, one of which is the first half of the shorts programme, brings plenty of variety to ease you back into films post-Raindance. We gave you a whole day off after all… [spacer height=”20px”] A United Kingdom [spacer height=”20px”] Christine…
Read MoreHeadline Gala The 60th London Film Festival is launched with a showing of Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom, a trite and worthy historical drama about Prince Seretse Khama’s exile from Bechuanaland (now Botswana). The first third of the film is particularly insipid, effectively detailing the romance between Seretse (David Oyelowo), the heir to the Bechuanaland…
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