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London Film Festival

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    Cinema 

    Frances McDormand shines in The Tragedy of Macbeth

    The Tragedy of Macbeth, Apple TV+ review ★★★★★

    14 Jan 22 – 14 Jan 23

    Joel Coen adapts and directs this new, black-and-white adaptation of the William Shakespeare play. Stars Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand and Brendan Gleeson

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Titane is a dark, shocking Palme D'Or winner

    Titane movie review ★★★★★

    26 Dec 21 – 26 Dec 22

    After Raw, director Julia Ducournau comes back swinging with her dark, twisted, Palme D'Or-winning second film. Agathe Rouselle and Vincent Lindon star

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    The Power of the Dog is a scenic if sluggish Western

    The Power of the Dog, Netflix review ★★★★★

    01 Dec 21 – 01 Dec 22

    In Jane Campion's latest film, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a toxic cowboy on a wealthy ranch in Montana, 1925. Also stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Idris Elba stars in this fun but derivative Western

    The Harder They Fall, Netflix review ★★★★★

    03 Nov 21 – 03 Nov 22

    Jeymes Samuel's new Black-led, revisionist Western features performances from Idris Elba, LaKeith Stanfield, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Regina King and Delroy Lindo

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Spencer is a haunting, fascinating vision of Diana

    Spencer review ★★★★★

    05 Nov 21 – 05 Nov 22

    Jackie director Pablo Larraín casts Kristen Stewart as the late Princess Diana in this new, speculative movie about her visit to Sandringham in 1991

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Edgar Wright's new film shows London at its darkest

    Last Night in Soho review ★★★★★

    29 Oct 21 – 29 Oct 22

    In Edgar Wright's new horror film, Thomasin McKenzie stars as a fashion student who discovers a darker London in her dreams. Also stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith and Diana Rigg

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    Cinema 

    Wes Anderson's exhausting journo adventure

    The French Dispatch review ★★★★★

    22 Oct 21 – 22 Oct 22

    Wes Anderson returns in his latest symmetrical adventure, following a variety of eccentric journalists in 20th-century France. Elisabeth Moss, Timothée Chalamet, Frances McDormand and Léa Seydoux star

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  • In the Know

    TV 

    Succession, season 3: the most nauseous chapter yet

    Succession, season 3, Sky Atlantic review ★★★★★

    18 Oct 21 – 18 Oct 22

    Jesse Armstrong's cut-throat comedy-drama – following the family-led media empire Waystar RoyCo – returns for a third season. Adrien Brody and Alexander Skarsgård also star

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  • In the Know

    Netflix 

    Booking open for London Film Festival

    London Film Festival 2021: the line-up, tickets, recommendations

    From Succession to Spencer, this year's London Film Festival is bursting at the seams with excellent titles – including 19 World Premieres

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Herself will rebuild your faith in humanity

    Herself movie review ★★★★★

    10 Sep 21 – 10 Sep 22

    The third film from Irish director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!), Herself examines the best and worst in humanity as abused, working-class mum Sandra (Clare Dunne) builds herself a house

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    We love

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    Supernova is a crushing, picturesque dementia drama

    Supernova review ★★★★★

    25 Jun 21 – 25 Jun 22

    Supernova follows Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci), a middle-aged gay couple. They embark on a campervan journey across the Lake District after a dementia diagnosis

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Emily Mortimer stars in creepy family horror

    Relic film review ★★★★★

    30 Oct 20 – 30 Oct 21

    In this family horror debut from Natalie Erika James, Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) try to find their missing matriarch Edna (Robyn Nevin)

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Shirley is a dreamy and dizzying anti-biopic

    Shirley review ★★★★★

    30 Oct 20 – 30 Oct 21

    Josephine Decker's 'anti-biopic' creates fictions to root out the truth of who the Haunting of Hill House author Shirley Jackson really was. Elisabeth Moss stars

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    Cinema 

    Our favourite picks from the London Film Festival

    London Film Festival 2020 highlights

    BFI produced an excellent LFF this year, even with the lockdown measures, including the likes of Steve McQueen and Spike Lee. Here's a list of our favourites from the selection

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  • Book Now

    Cinema 

    Book now: London Film Festival 2020

    BFI London Film Festival 2020: line-up, tickets, recommendations

    07 Oct 20 – 18 Oct 20

    Boasting big names like Steve McQueen, Spike Lee, David Byrne and Frances McDormand, this looks to be another cracking LFF – even with the Covid-19 restrictions

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  • We Love

    In the Know

    Cinema 

    Babyteeth is a knockout debut from Shannon Murphy

    Babyteeth review ★★★★★

    14 Aug 20 – 14 Aug 21

    Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendehlson, Essie Davis: the biggest names from Australia play a family in crisis in the eccentric film debut from Shannon Murphy (Killing Eve)

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Hugh Jackman soars in embezzlement drama

    Bad Education film review ★★★★★

    11 Jul 20 – 11 Jul 21

    In Bad Education, Hugh Jackman plays Frank Tassone, a real superintendent who caused outrage when he embezzled money from his school and kept it for himself

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Daniel Craig dazzles in all-star murder mystery

    Knives Out review ★★★★★

    03 Apr 20 – 03 Apr 21

    Streaming next week, Star Wars stalwart Rian Johnson gives the murder mystery genre a fresh spin with an all-star cast: Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Chris Evans

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Dev Patel charms in energetic Dickens adaptation

    The Personal History of David Copperfield review ★★★★★

    24 Jan 20 – 24 Jan 21

    Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) enlists an all-star cast to bring to life a fresh retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Start your year off right with Jojo Rabbit

    Jojo Rabbit review ★★★★★

    01 Jan 20 – 01 Jan 21

    In his follow up to Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi brings his trademark wit to Nazi Germany: playing a little boy's imaginary friend – Adolf Hitler

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    Tried and Tested

    Netflix 

    Stop everything: Scorsese's new film is finally on Netflix

    The Irishman review ★★★★★

    13 Oct 19 – 27 Nov 20

    Martin Scorsese is back with a new title, and a whole host of stars. The Irishman gives Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino the roles of a lifetime

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Kristen Stewart stars in lethargic conspiracy biopic

    Seberg film review ★★★★★

    04 Oct 19 – 04 Oct 20

    In this new biopic of American actor Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), director Benedict Andrews examines her tumultuous involvement with an invasive FBI operation

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Everything to bookmark at this year's London Film Festival

    BFI London Film Festival 2019: recommendations, tickets to book

    02 Oct 19 – 13 Oct 19

    The lineup for this year's London Film Festival is finally here: Scorsese, Chalamet, Cannes gems and Sundance surprises are all coming to the big smoke soon

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  • We love

    Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    A caustic sign of the times: why you can't miss Vox Lux

    Vox Lux review ★★★★★

    03 May 19 – 03 May 20

    Natalie Portman dazzles as an abrasive chameleonic popstar in Vox Lux, Brady Corbet's film of stardom and sorrow

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    The Sisters Brothers: a mostly dull Western

    The Sisters Brothers film review ★★★★★

    05 Apr 19 – 05 Apr 20

    Joaquin Phoenix, John C Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Riz Ahmed star in The Sisters Brothers, the new Western from French director Jacques Audiard

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  • We Love

    Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Ray & Liz: a warm portrait of poverty without pity

    Ray & Liz film review ★★★★★

    08 Mar 19 – 08 Mar 20

    Photographer Richard Billingham revisits his childhood with a powerful stillness and love laced with dysfunction in his debut feature film Ray & Liz

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  • We love

    Cinema 

    Invigorating and enlightening: Colette

    Colette film review ★★★★★

    09 Jan 19 – 09 Jan 20

    In Colette, Keira Knightley goes against the norms of 19th century society – sleeping with men, women, and writing the most popular French novels of the time

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  • We love

    Cinema 

    Stan & Ollie is funny, sad, and fascinating

    Stan & Ollie film review ★★★★★

    11 Jan 19 – 11 Jan 20

    The stars of Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, are absorbing in the new Laurel and Hardy biopic following the comedy duo's 1953 tour

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  • We love

    Cinema 

    Feast your eyes on The Favourite

    The Favourite film review ★★★★★

    01 Jan 19 – 01 Jan 20

    The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos' new film, lets Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz run wild in a lustful story of 18th century royalty

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny retell an infamous murder case

    Lizzie film review ★★★★★

    14 Dec 18 – 14 Dec 19

    Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny play forbidden lovers in Lizzie: a biographical thriller about the Borden murders and the man who made it happen

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    Cinema 

    Redford's swansong celebrates the romance of a criminal icon

    The Old Man and the Gun film review ★★★★★

    07 Dec 18 – 07 Dec 19

    A Ghost Story director David Lowery teams up with Robert Redford for his final role in The Old Man and the Gun, the true story of gentleman criminal Forrest Tucker

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  • We love

    Cinema 

    Suspiria is an absorbing, psycho-sexual nightmare

    Suspiria film review ★★★★★

    16 Nov 18 – 16 Nov 19

    Dakota Johnson dances with witches in Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, a disturbing new 'homage' to Dario Argento's 1977 cult classic

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