London Film Festival · 2017
21 films · 10 reviews
(Country: France, Iran; Year: 2017; Director: Abbas Kiarostami)
Kindness and joy not always come to mind when one thinks of the fashion world. This is the rare portrait where they do. As the documentary unfolds, we marvel at the diversity, the celebratory mood.
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: James Crump; Writer: James Crump; Stars: Jessica Lange, Patti D'Arbanville, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Juan Ramos, Karl Lagerfeld, Joan Juliet Buck, Michael Chow, Tina Chow, Yves Saint Laurent, Grace Coddington, Pat Cleveland, Bill Cunningham, Jane Forth, Bob Colacello, Corey Tippin)
You don’t need to be English – or even British – to appreciate this brilliantly constructed film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Paul Wright)
This isn't a film for those interested in the nitty gritty of how work like this is assembled. Rather, its focus is on the philosophical and experiential issues associated with the rise of the machines.
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Greg Kohs; Stars: Demis Hassabis, Ioannis Antonoglou, Martin Rees, Thore Graepel, Lee Sedol, Michael Redmond, John Holmes, Yoo Changhyuk, Aja Huang, Vedavyas Panneershelvam, Andrew Jackson, Jeong Yoojeong, Kim Seongryong, Janice Kim, Hyeyeon Cho)
(Country: UK; Year: 2017; Director: Rob Curry, Tim Plester; Stars: Hannah Arterton, Stewart Lee, Elle Osborne, Sam Amidon, David Tibet, Shirley Collins)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2017; Director: Jung Yoon-suk)
Quinn cleverly mixes the natural playfulness of the animal with more sinister inclination.
(Country: UK; Year: 1993; Director: Joanna Quinn; Writer: Joanna Quinn; Stars: Christine Pritchard, Ben Heneghan)
Showing as part of short programme: From Jealous Dolls To Brutish Bulldogs
(Country: Australia; Year: 2017; Director: Sally Aitken)
(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Sandrine Bonnaire)
Few voices are missing from this incredibly thorough piece of work.
(Year: 2017; Director: Tony Zierra)
The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Alain Gomis; Writer: Alain Gomis, Olivier Loustau, Delphine Zingg; Stars: Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka, Nadine Ndebo, Elbas Manuana, Diplome Amekindra, Célestin Mokono, François Kasonga, Prince Mbasi, Ferdinand Minga, Aziza Kengumbe, José Lusala, Plaisir Mumbula, Nathan Mulumba, Claudine Lumbu)
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Karam Gill; Writer: Karam Gill, Warren G; Stars: Ice Cube, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Big Boy, George Clinton, of Rage The Lady, Russell Simmons, Kurupt, Warren G., Gerald Webb, Chuck D., Too $hort, Chingy, Deion Sanders)
(Year: 2017; Director: William Badgley)
The splendour of the artwork is not matched by the tale being told, which is of the paint-by-numbers variety.
(Country: UK, Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman; Writer: Jacek Dehnel, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman; Stars: Helen McCrory, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Aidan Turner, Chris O'Dowd, Eleanor Tomlinson, Douglas Booth, Holly Earl, Robert Gulaczyk, John Sessions, James Greene, Richard Banks, Bill Thomas, Josh Burdett, Martin Herdman)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Julian Rosefeldt; Writer: Julian Rosefeldt; Stars: Cate Blanchett, Erika Bauer, Carl Dietrich, Marie Borkowski Foedrowitz, Ea-Ja Kim, Marina Michael, Hannelore Ohlendorf, Ottokar Sachse, Ralf Tempel, Jimmy Trash, Andrew Upton)
This is astonishing filmmaking.
(Country: Italy, Belgium; Year: 2017; Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli; Writer: Susanna Nicchiarelli; Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Calvin Demba, Karina Fernandez, Sandor Funtek, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Thomas Trabacchi)
It may be an odd choice for a biopic but it is certainly a brave one
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Angela Robinson; Writer: Angela Robinson; Stars: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Connie Britton, JJ Feild, Bella Heathcote, Maggie Castle, Allie Gallerani, Allie Marshall, Christopher Paul Richards, Acei Martin, Pamela Figueiredo, Chris Conroy, Melissa Jalali, Shawn Contois, Frank Ridley)
Hazanavicius directs with flair for the style and mood of the Sixties.
(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Michel Hazanavicius; Writer: Michel Hazanavicius, based on the autobiography by Anne Wiazemsky; Stars: Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Louis Garrel, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Micha Lescot, Grégory Gadebois, Marc Brun Adryan', Lola Ingrid Le Roch, Tanya Lopert, Emmanuele Aita, Arthur Orcier, Eric Marcel, Eva Chico, Louise Legendre, Zina Esepciuc)
Strand gala
(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Anne Fontaine; Writer: Anne Fontaine, Pierre Trividic; Stars: Finnegan Oldfield, Isabelle Huppert, Charles Berling, Catherine Salée, Catherine Mouchet, Vincent Macaigne, Grégory Gadebois, Rebecca James, Joël Dupré La Tour, Philippe Ohrel, Ian McCamy, Jules)
(Country: US; Year: 1977; Director: John Badham; Writer: Nik Cohn, Norman Wexler; Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape)
(Country: Ireland, Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Pat Collins)
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