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London Film Festival · 2016

London Film Festival 2016

Special Presentations

Programme

5 films · 3 reviews

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13th

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Effectively assembles footage and facts in a relentless barrage that just overwhelms you, while confidently establishing connecting threads that have terrifying implications.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Ava DuVernay)

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American Honey

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Full of passing vistas, moments of lyricism, raw sex and emotions – all building to a portrait of youths trying to bond together to survive.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A teenager joins a travelling magazine sales crew and gets swept up in hard partying and young love.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2016; Director: Andrea Arnold; Writer: Andrea Arnold; Stars: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, McCaul Lombardi, Arielle Holmes, Crystal Ice, Veronica Ezell, Chad Cox, Garry Howell, Kenneth Kory Tucker, Raymond Coalson, Isaiah Stone, Dakota Powers, Shawna Rae Moseley, Chris Wright, Riley Keough)

Full review See: Interview with Andrea Arnold, Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf about American Honey

Ascent

Experimental journey to Mount Fuji.

(Country: Japan, Netherlands; Year: 2016; Director: Fiona Tan; Writer: Fiona Tan; Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa)

Before The Flood

Examination of climate change and what we can do about it.

(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Fisher Stevens; Writer: Mark Monroe; Stars: Bill Clinton, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Kerry, Barack Obama)

It's Only The End Of The World (Juste la fin du monde)

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The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
A writer returns home after a long absence to tell his family he is terminally ill.

(Country: Canada, France; Year: 2016; Director: Xavier Dolan; Writer: Xavier Dolan, Jean-Luc Lagarce; Stars: Léa Seydoux, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye)

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