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East End Film Festival

2 June – 2 July 2017

The East End Film Festival is back, giving Londoners and visitors the chance to experience a different kind of cinema.

The festival runs from 2 June to 2 July.

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  • West Side Story
    Review preview for West Side Story

    It still does things that surprise.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Musical transposes the story of Romeo and Juliet to the gang-ridden streets of New York.
  • Provenance
    Review preview for Provenance

    There's a touch of Claude Chabrol's psychological unease at work in this debut from debut director Ben Hecking

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A classical musician flees to Provence to start a new life with his young lover, only for a mysterious stranger to threaten his new-found happiness.
  • Sink
    Review preview for Sink

    There's much here that recalls Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, but Mark Gillis' film takes a very different direction and is, in its way, much more subversive.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A man whose father is gradually sliding into dementia and who worries about his junkie son takes a drastic course of action.
  • A Caribbean Dream
    Review preview for A Caribbean Dream

    There are some brave decisions here. This is not the entire Shakespeare, but a cut down version, including the key bits and, where necessary, pruning boldly.

    Jane Fae · 4.5 out of 5
    A Caribbean take on A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • Tom Of Finland
    Review preview for Tom Of Finland

    Although much of Laaksonen's work was hardcore, Karukoski doesn't seek to 'shock' audiences with outrageousness, instead gracefully zoning in on the man and his life to celebrate his both his bravery and his art.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Portrait of the Finnish artist famous for his homoerotic work.
  • Insyriated
    Review preview for Insyriated

    The idea that a family would face the war crime equivalent of lions, tigers and bears in the space of a few hours barges through the boundaries of belief.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman tries to hold her family together under a constant barrage of war.
  • DRIB
    Review preview for DRIB

    Its exploration of the tension between the real and the fake is timely and important.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    The inside story of an energy drink marketing ploy gone wrong.
  • All Eyez On Me
    Review preview for All Eyez On Me

    Messy, unstructured and deeply disappointing

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Biopic of the late rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.
  • Access All Areas
    Review preview for Access All Areas

    A cast of talented actors and a superabundance of musical acts and a genuine sense of fun.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    A group of British teenagers go on a road trip to an island music festival.
  • The Hippopotamus
    Review preview for The Hippopotamus

    Allam makes no secret of the fact that, as Ted, he's essentially playing Fry himself, capturing every little vocal tick and expressive nuance.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A theatre critic is offered a princely sum to travel to a stately home to investigate a series of unexplained ‘miracles’.

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