London Film Festival

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  New World

  Review preview for New World

  Achieving a delicate balance between the intersecting worlds of police, criminals and corporations, New World is a breath of fresh air.

  After the untimely death of Korea’s biggest crime syndicate chairman, power struggle between top lieutenants begins.
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  Closed Curtain

  Review preview for Closed Curtain

  The more problematic aspects of the film stem from a narrative that cannot sustain the inventiveness of the central conceit and which peters out before the end.

  A writer and his dog retreat to a coastal villa only to have their peace disturbed by two siblings fleeing the police.
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  Kon-Tiki

  Review preview for Kon-Tiki

  Although there are no truly outstanding performances, neither are there any weak ones in what is essentially an ensemble piece.

  Re-telling of anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl’s transformational 1947 journey by raft from Peru to Polynesia.
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  Eastern Boys

  Review preview for Eastern Boys

  Campillo keeps the questions coming.

  Story about a solitary Parisian and a young Ukrainian migrant.
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  All Cheerleaders Die

  Review preview for All Cheerleaders Die

  When it comes to action, the physical abilities of the cheerleaders make them genuinely scary predators.

  A gang of cheerleaders embark on a supernatural path of vengeance.
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  Ida

  Review preview for Ida

  A still, painterly vision in silvery monochrome - capturing the quiet contemplation of the two women and simultaneously encouraging the same on the part of the viewer.

  A novice nun comes face-to-face with her family’s past in 1960s Poland.
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  Night Moves

  Review preview for Night Moves

  Reichardt observes the game coolly, yet provides more than enough detail to show the contradictions in her players' gambits.

  Three people plot an act of eco-terrorism.
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  Tracks

  Review preview for Tracks

  Visually the film has emotional qualities that contribute to the feeling of admiration for Robyn's quest

  Based on the true story of Robyn Davidson who in 1977 undertook an extraordinary solo trek across the harsh Australian outback.
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  Tom At The Farm

  Review preview for Tom At The Farm

  A complex portrait of grief, Tom At The Farm is Dolan's strongest work to date, not least because of the performance he gives in the lead.

  A young man finds himself embroiled in a dangerous game of deception.
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  Inside Llewyn Davis

  Review preview for Inside Llewyn Davis

  The pace may seem deliberate but the Coens obviously want us to uncover the character's layers gently rather than him being delivered ready-made.

  One week in the life of a talented, failed singer/songwriter in Greenwich Village, New York, in the Sixties

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Features

• Making Tracks
  John Curran on working with Mia Wasikowska, dogs and camels in Tracks.
• Architecture of love
  Joanna Hogg talks about making her third film Exhibition.
• Life and movement
  Jasmine Trinca on the physicality of her role in Honey and roles for women in Italian cinema.
• Fusion cinema
  Rebecca Zlotowski on music, love and going nuclear in Grand Central.
• A taste of Honey
  Valeria Golino on her award-winning film, breaking boundaries, the meaning of rabbits and more.
• Danger man
  Denis Côté on ambiguity, surprise and risk-taking in Vic + Flo Saw A Bear.
• Teenage kicks
  Matt Wolf and Jon Savage talk about their documentary on the emergence of youth culture.
• Tracing roots and routes
  From Django Unchained and Lee Daniels' The Butler, to 12 Years A Slave and The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross
• All about Gloria
  Sebastián Lelio and Paulina García on their new film.
• New York Film Festival - diary four
  From the Applied Science of Tim's Vermeer to the Cloud Chamber Mystery, It's The Cat and a restoration of The Chase.
• New York Film Festival - diary three
  The Immigrant, Gloria and Jimmy P: Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian
• New York Film Festival - diary two
  Stars talk All Is Lost, The Last Of The Unjust and Nebraska.
• New York Film Festival - diary one
  From NYC to London: Captain Phillips, The Invisible Woman and Only Lovers Left Alive
• Brilliance of Breillat
  Isabelle Huppert in conversation about character, style and the director of Abuse Of Weakness.
• Strengths in Weakness
  Catherine Breillat on casting, colours and learning how to laugh in her latest film.
• In the family
  Hirokazu Kore-eda on Like Father, Like Son
• The precision of a master
  Wong Kar Wai on making The Grandmaster
• The real deal
  Paulina García on playing Gloria
• Vidal statistics
  Director Nicholas Wrathall on his Gore documentary.
• An audience with Stritch
  Broadway legend Elaine talks about her life
• Tribeca Film Festival Diary - Passionate Portraits
  Documentaries on Gore Vidal, Elaine Stritch and teen origins.
• Life Aquatic
  Captain Øyvin Lauten talks about building and travelling on the Kon-Tiki, used in the film of the same name.

News

• Ida takes Best Film at London Film Festival
  First Feature award goes to Ilo Ilo.
• Christopher Lee to receive BFI fellowship
  Actor's remarkable cinematic legacy is celebrated.
• Captain Phillips to open London Film Festival
  European premiere announced as gala screening
• Feline groovy
  Coens at Cannes reveal how cat saved the day for Inside Llewyn Davis.