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London Film Festival · 2018

London Film Festival 2018

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10 films · 4 reviews

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Aquarela

A cinematic journey through the transformative beauty and raw power of water.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Viktor Kossakovsky; Writer: Viktor Kossakovsky, Aimara Reques)

Been So Long

Contemporary musical set in London's Camden.

(Year: 2018; Director: Tinge Krishnan; Writer: Che Walker; Stars: George MacKay, Michaela Coel, Joe Dempsie, Luke Norris, Arsher Ali, Ashley Thomas, Ronke Adekoluejo, Sophia La Porta, Arinzé Kene, Rakie Ayola, Tom Forbes, Mark Wingett, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Genevieve Barr, Eloise Henwood)

Fahrenheit 11/9

Documentary sets its sights on US president Donald Trump.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Michael Moore; Writer: Michael Moore; Stars: Michael Moore, Donald J Trump, David Hogg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michael Moore, Donald J. Trump, David Hogg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)

Friend (Rafiki)

Review preview for Friend

Touching and brave.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
When they fall in love, two girls from rival families must choose between being together and being safe.

(Country: Kenya, South Africa; Year: 2018; Director: Wanuri Kahiu; Writer: Jenna Cato Bass, Wanuri Kahiu; Stars: Patricia Amira, Muthoni Gathecha, Jimmy Gathu, Nice Githinji, Charlie Karumi, Patricia Kihoro)

The Hate U Give

A youngster's world is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend by a cop.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: George Tillman Jr; Writer: Audrey Wells, Angie Thomas; Stars: Amandla Stenberg, K.J. Apa, Regina Hall, Anthony Mackie, Sabrina Carpenter, Issa Rae, Common, Russell Hornsby, Dominique Fishback, Algee Smith, Drew Starkey, Lamar Johnson, Chris Cavalier, Megan Lawless, Kaleigh Rivera)

The Little Drummer Girl

TV series set in the world of espionage.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Park Chan-Wook; Writer: John le Carré, Michael Lesslie, Claire Wilson; Stars: Clare Holman, Kate Sumpter, Florence Pugh, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon, Michael Moshonov, Daniel Litman, Gennady Fleyscher, Alessandro Piavani, Lubna Azabal, Jeff Wilbusch, Shlomo Bar-Aba, Alexander Beyer, Bethany Muir, Tom Hanson)

Make Me Up

Art drama about the role o women in society and how they have been depicted to mark the centenary of women's suffrage.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Rachel Maclean; Writer: Rachel Maclean; Stars: Rachel Maclean, Christina Gordon, Kirsty Strain, Alice Zhang, Jenny Douglas, Sanaa Zaheed)

Out Of Blue

Review preview for Out Of Blue

If you see one portrayal of a screwed up female detective with a drink problem this year, make it this one.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Detective thriller based on Martin Amis' Night Train.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2018; Director: Carol Morley; Writer: Carol Morley, based on the book by Martin Amis; Stars: Patricia Clarkson, James Caan, Toby Jones, Jacki Weaver, Mamie Gummer, Aaron Tveit, Jonathan Majors, Alyshia Ochse, Lucy Faust, Gary Grubbs, Yolonda Ross, Brad Mann, Thomas Francis Murphy, Todd Mann, Tenea Intriago)

Peterloo

Review preview for Peterloo

In his desire to inform our heads, Leigh often forgets that he needs to engage our hearts us as well.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
Dramatisation of events surrounding hte 1819 Peterloo Massacre when a pro-democracy rally turn bloody as forces stormed the crowd.

(Country: UK; Year: 2018; Director: Mike Leigh; Writer: Mike Leigh; Stars: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton, Roger Sloman, Kenneth Hadley, Tom Edward-Kane, Lizzy McInnerny, Alastair Mackenzie)

They Shall Not Grow Old

Review preview for They Shall Not Grow Old

Jackson’s interventions into archive material are often startling and sometimes very transporting and moving, but in my view this film is best approached as more of a well-intentioned artistic reinterpretation.. than a restoration.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
Archive, colourised footage tells the story of the First World War.

(Country: UK, New Zealand; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Jackson, Paul Wheatcroft)