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London Film Festival · 2013

London Film Festival 2013

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16 films · 8 reviews

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11.6

Review preview for 11.6

Immensely satisfying and riveting.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
Psychological exploration of a security driver who pulled of a multimillion euro heist.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Philippe Godeau; Writer: Philippe Godeau, Agnès de Sacy, based on the book by Alice Géraud-Arfi; Stars: François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero)

1 - Life On The Limit

Review preview for 1 - Life On The Limit

Crowder’s film is clearly a labour of love and offers a more multi-angled approach than anything I can recall that’s gone before.

Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
Documentary charting the most glamorous – and dangerous years – of the Formula One motor racing championship.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Paul Crowder; Writer: Mark Monroe; Stars: Narrator: Michael Fassbender. With Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fitipaldi, Jacky Ickx, Bernie Ecclestone, Max Mosley)

All Is Lost

Review preview for All Is Lost

It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
One man must battle to survive after his boat sinks in the ocean.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: J C Chandor; Writer: J C Chandor; Stars: Robert Redford)

The Doorway To Hell

Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other...

(Country: US; Year: 1930; Director: Archie Mayo; Writer: Rowland Brown, George Rosener; Stars: Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney, Robert Elliott, James Cagney, Kenneth Thomson, Jerry Mandy, Noel Madison, Edwin Argus, Eddie Kane, Tom Wilson, Dwight Frye, Fred Argus, Marie Astaire)

Drones

Review preview for Drones

This could have been a simple story about heroism in the face of a soul-destroying system. It's a credit to all involved that it manages to be something more.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Two soldiers are asked to kill a man using a remotely operated drone, but the situation is complicated.

(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Rick Rosenthal; Writer: Matt Witten; Stars: Amir Khalighi, Matt O'Leary, Whip Hubley, William Russ, Eloise Mumford, Nishi Munshi, Vivan Dugré, Treasure Mallory, Drea Garcia, Don Abernathy)

Durban Poison

Drama based on a South African couple’s notorious 1980s killing spree.

(Country: South Africa; Year: 2013; Director: Andrew Worsdale; Writer: Andrew Worsdale; Stars: Brandon Auret, Gys de Villiers, Danny Keogh, Frank Opperman, Cara Roberts, Marcel van Heerden, Drikus Volschenk)

The Enemy Within (O Ehthros Mou)

A hapless hero is forced to confront his intellectual stance after his home is invaded.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2013; Director: Yorgos Tsemperopoulos; Writer: Giannis Tsiros; Stars: Manolis Mavromatakis, Maria Zorba, Giorgos Gallos, Antonis Karistinos, Thanasis Papageorgiou, Ariadni Kavalierou, Ilias Moulas, Vesela Kazakova, Tudor Chirila)

Gaslight

Twenty years after the murder of Alice Barlow, her house is finally occupied again. However, the husband of the couple who have moved in has a secret which he will do anything to keep hidden.

(Country: UK; Year: 1940; Director: Thorold Dickinson; Writer: Patrick Hamilton, A.R. Rawlinson, Bridget Boland; Stars: Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Minnie Rayner, Jimmy Hanley, Marie Wright, Aubrey Dexter, Mary Hinton, Angus Morrison, Jack Barty, Ballet The Darmora, Alfred Atkins, Edwin Ellis)

Heli

A man's search for his missing father sees him drawn into a world of drugs and crime.

(Year: 2013; Director: Amat Escalante; Writer: Amat Escalante, Gabriel Reyes)

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.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Re-telling of anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl’s transformational 1947 journey by raft from Peru to Polynesia.

(Country: UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg; Writer: Petter Skavlan, Allan Scott; Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd Magnus Williamson, Jakob Oftebro, Agnes Kittelsen, Peter Wight, Amund Hellum Noraker, Eilif Hellum Noraker, Elisabeth Matheson, Kasper Ameberg Johnsen, Edward Kling, Jo Adrian Haavind, Jonas Heier Straumsheim)

The Lady from Shanghai

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

(Country: US; Year: 1947; Director: Orson Welles; Writer: Sherwood King, Orson Welles, William Castle, Charles Lederer, Fletcher Markle; Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Carl Frank, Louis Merrill, Evelyn Ellis, Harry Shannon, William Alland, Jessie Arnold, Wong Artarne, Jack Baxley)

Mystery Road

Review preview for Mystery Road

Sen has crafted a tense thrill ride without ever forgetting his roots.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
An Aboriginal cop returns to his home town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2013; Director: Ivan Sen; Writer: Ivan Sen; Stars: Aaron Pederson, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, Tony Barry, David Field, Damian Walshe-Howling, Tasma Walton, Zoe Carides, Robert Mammone, Samara Weaving, Daniel Roberts, Bruce Spence)

New World (Sin-Se-Gae)

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.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
After the untimely death of Korea’s biggest crime syndicate chairman, power struggle between top lieutenants begins.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2013; Director: Park Hoon-jung; Writer: Park Hoon-jung; Stars: Choi Il-hwa, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jeong-min)

Omar

Three childhood friends and a young woman find their relaonships destroyed by the pressures of the Palestinian struggle.

(Year: 2013; Director: Hany Abu-Assad; Stars: Waleed Zuaiter, Adam Bakri, Samer Bisharat, Eyad Hourani, Leem Lubany)

Pioneer (Pionér)

Conspiracy thriller, can a man turn whistleblower and preserve his slice of Norwegian Oil Bubble riches?

(Country: Norway; Year: 2013; Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg; Writer: Nikolaj Frobenius, Hans Gunnarsson, Cathinka Nicolaysen, Erik Skjoldbjærg, Kathrine Valen; Stars: Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Jonathan LaPaglia, Stephanie Sigman, Aksel Hennie, Jørgen Langhelle, Ane Dahl Torp, André Eriksen, David A. Jørgensen, Jerker Fahlström, Arne Lindtner Næss, Endre Hellestveit, Janne Heltberg, Eirik Stubø, Laurents Rørvik)

Weekend Of A Champion

Review preview for Weekend Of A Champion

This film shows better than any documentary on the development of safety gear for drivers, cars and roads could ever do why the changes in the sport were necessary.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Portrait of Jackie Stewart on the weekend of his victory at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix.

(Year: 2013; Director: Frank Simon; Stars: Roman Polanksi, Jackie Stewart)