London Film Festival · 2018
13 films · 8 reviews
It should come as no surprise, given the kitsch and extravagant props and costumes, that the film has been co-produced by Pedro Almodovar and his brother Augustin.
(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Luis Ortega; Writer: Serguio Olguín, Luis Ortega; Stars: Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darin, Mercedes Moran, Cecilia Roth, Daniel Fanego, Luis Gnecco, Peter Lanzani)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2018; Director: Lee Hae-young; Writer: Lee Hae-young, Chung Seo-kyung; Stars: Park Hae-jun, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Joo-hyuck, Ryu Jun-yeol, Cha Seoung-won, Kim Sung-ryoung)
Lee works the narrative with an ambivalence that borders on the inscrutable
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2018; Director: Lee Chang-dong; Writer: Lee Chang-dong, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami; Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Jong-seo, Steven Yeun)
Thrill Gala
The writers start from a place where the screw is already turned and, just when you think they can't get it any tighter, find new ways to increase the tension - matching their torque with action.
(Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen; Writer: Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen; Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Mónica López, Josep Maria Pou, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Bárbara Lennie, Luis Zahera, Francisco Reyes, María de Nati, Paco Revilla, Sonia Almarcha, David Lorente, Óscar de la Fuente, Mona Martínez, Pepe Ocio)
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2018; Director: Dave Tynan; Writer: Emmet Kirwan, Dave Tynan; Stars: Emmet Kirwan, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Seána Kerslake, Sarah Greene, Ciaran Grace, Mark O'Halloran, Liam Heslin, Stephen Jones, Leah Minto, Bryan Quinn, Nima Taleghani, Calum Jess, Malcolm Denby, Aaron Heffernan, Tony Doyle)
Well-written dialogue, strong acting all round and unobtrusive but taut direction give it real strength.
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2017; Director: Gustav Möller; Writer: Emil Nygaard Albertsen, Gustav Möller; Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jakob Ulrik Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen, Jeanette Lindbæk, Simon Bennebjerg, Laura Bro, Morten Suurballe, Guuled Abdi Youssef, Caroline Løppke, Peter Christoffersen, Nicolai Wendelboe, Morten Thunbo)
This is a story of building a thing against impossible odds.
(Country: Canada, Belgium; Year: 2018; Director: Kim Nguyen; Writer: Kim Nguyen; Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando, Johan Heldenbergh, Ayisha Issa, Mark Slacke, Sarah Goldberg, Frank Schorpion, Kwasi Songui, Conrad Pla, Julian Bailey, Jessica Greco, Robert Reynolds, Wyatt Bowen)
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2018; Director: Sara Blecher; Writer: Neil McCarthy; Stars: Ronak Patani, Wayne Van Rooyen, Rajesh Gopie, Jack Devnarain, Ameera Patel, Kelly-Eve Koopman, Ronak Patani, Wayne Van Rooyen, Rajesh Gopie, Jack Devnarain, Ameera Patel, Kelly-Eve Koopman)
The director has an aptitude for taking a dash of the familiar and giving it an individual twist.
(Country: Mexico; Year: 2018; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Manuel Alcalá, Alonso Ruizpalacios; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Simon Russell Beale, Bernardo Velasco)
The fight scenes are kept fairly simple, the focus not on gimmicky set pieces but on doing simple things really well.
(Country: Cambodia; Year: 2018; Director: Jimmy Henderson; Writer: Jimmy Henderson, Michael Hodgson, Kai Miller; Stars: Vithaya Pansringarm, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Byron Bishop, Dara Our, Dy Sonita, Nophand Boonyai, Vandy Piseth, Rous Mony, Gu Shangwei, Hun Sophy, Vithaya Pansringarm, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Byron Bishop, Dara Our, Dy Sonita)
(Country: US, UK, Cyprus, Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Timur Bekmambetov; Writer: Brittany Poulton, Olga Kharina, Timur Bekmambetov, Anna Érelle; Stars: Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Morgan Watkins, Emma Cater, Kelley Mack, Louis Martin, Kate Watson, Therica Wilson-Read, Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Morgan Watkins)
Like its predecessor, the film does an impressive amount with an obviously limited budget.
(Country: Norway; Year: 2018; Director: John Andreas Andersen; Writer: John Kåre Raake, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg; Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Hang Tran, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, Kristoffer Joner, Hang Tran, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa)
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2018; Director: Jahmil XT Qubeka; Writer: Jahmil XT Qubeka; Stars: Kandyse McClure, Peter Kurth, Dave Walpole, David James, Antoinette Louw, Bongile Mantsai, Bok van Blerk, Ezra Mabengeza, Zolisa Xaluva, Brenda Ngxoli, Nomhle Nkonyeni, Carlo Radebe, Gabriel Fredericks, Kandyse McClure, Peter Kurth)
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