London Film Festival

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  Hagazussa - A Heathen's Curse

  Review preview for Hagazussa - A Heathen's Curse

  Lukas Feigelfeld's imagery is lush and evocative, sometimes verging on the psychedelic.

  The line between fantasy and reality begins to blur for a woman in 15th Century Austria.
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  Let The Corpses Tan

  Review preview for Let The Corpses Tan

  Not every risky idea works, but where they are successful, the results are dazzling.

  A woman's summer retreat becomes the scene for a showdown after a gang come looking for a hideout, pursued by the police.
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  Filmworker

  Review preview for Filmworker

  Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.

  Documentary about the working relationship between actor Leon Vitali and Stanley Kubrick.
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  Liyana

  Review preview for Liyana

  The Kopps' film provides insights into the fundamental nature of storytelling, its psychological relevance and its importance in intellectual development.

  Five orphaned children create a story which is realised in animated form.
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  Distant Constellation

  Review preview for Distant Constellation

  This is an intimate and contemplative film that seeks to gently observe and listen.

  Memories of the residents of a Turkish retirement home.
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  A Moment In The Reeds

  Review preview for A Moment In The Reeds

  There's more to this film than just another erotic romance.

  Romance blossoms between a Finnish man and a Syrian immigrant.
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  Anchor And Hope

  Review preview for Anchor And Hope

  A beautifully drawn portrait of a complex situation that doesn't resort to the usual empty assumptions that nothing like this can ever work.

  A lesbian couple's relationship comes under strain when they contemplate having a baby.
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  Island

  Review preview for Island

  This is an unflinching portrayal and, those who are recently bereaved or are in that large group of the populace - including myself - who have ever watched a loved one succumb to terminal illness, should approach it with extreme caution.

  Documentary about terminally ill patients.
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  L'Amant Double

  Review preview for L'Amant Double

  If there is rather more surface than substance and the ending is signposted, it is a surface full of intricacy and a signpost of admirable elegance.

  A fragile young woman falls for her psychotherapist... and his twin.
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  Sicilian Ghost Story

  Review preview for Sicilian Ghost Story

  It avoids every cliche laid down in the history of search-and-rescue movies

  When a boy disappears, a young girl goes looking for him in the dark world that has swallowed him.

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Features

• Saddling back up
  Chloé Zhao and Brady Jandreau on autism, training horses and The Rider
• An emotional journey
  Annemarie Jacir on fathers and sons in Wajib
• Inner chaos
  Trine Dyrholm on the costumes for Nico, 1988, Ruth Berlau and Bertolt Brecht, and Astrid Lindgren
• States of mind
  Trine Dyrholm on getting know Nico and Susanna Nicchiarelli's vision for Nico, 1988
• Out of the past
  Susanna Nicchiarelli on Trine Dyrholm and the costume design in Nico, 1988
• In Focus
  Leon Vitali on Stanley Kubrick and Filmworker
• Reconstructed heroine
  Susanna Nicchiarelli on exploring character in Nico, 1988
• Actors’s pride for 120 Beats Per Minute
  Award-winner Biscayart on sexuality, activism and the pink condom
• The magic of discovery
  James Crump on Bill Cunningham and Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
• Chaos theory
  Samuel Maoz on Silver Lion winner Foxtrot
• The girl upstairs
  Sophie Brooks on The Boy Downstairs and costume designer Keri Langerman
• Campillo’s beat goes on
  Director on AIDS drama 120 BPM, writing from the heart and collaboration
• Varda hits the road again
  New Wave icon on Faces Places, honours, outsiders and Demy
• Taking the waters
  Samuel Maoz and Lior Ashkenazi on Foxtrot
• Style illustrated
  James Crump on Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco
• Among the apes
  Jane Goodall and Brett Morgen on documenting chimpanzees
• Dressing the decades
  Luca Guadagnino on Call Me By Your Name and the art of costuming
• Scent and sensibility
  Elvira Lind and Bobbi Jene Smith on love, sexiness, Arrowed, and why story always comes first
• 'I just don’t know about fame. I have never figured it out'
  Good Time star Robert Pattinson on being a lone wolf - and stardom as a side dish
• News of a death
  Lior Ashkenazi on Foxtrot and going to the edge of his emotions
• Pattinson has a Good Time changing image
  'Invisible' Twilight star goes for grunge in Cannes.
• Reluctant Dustin resists the passing years
  Hoffman, Stiller and Sandler at heart of Baumbach’s family saga.
• Hoffman and Baumbach
  The star and director go head to head.
• Making The Wound
  John Trengove talks about the challenges of his coming-of-age drama.
• Cate Blanchett on stage and screens
  Taking on The Present and speaking out in Manifesto.

News

• They Shall Not Grow Old to premiere at LFF
  Peter Jackson's World War One doc gets gala screening.
• LFF jury loves Loveless
  The Wound and Kingdom Of Us also honoured
• LFF announces full line-up
  Downsizing, Call Me By Your Name and the Shape Of Water join galas.
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close LFF
  Michael McDonagh, Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell expected to attend.