Review Tag Archive

Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Home by Christmas

Home by Christmas tells the unique story of Ed Preston’s experiences of World War II. Father to acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker Gaylene Preston, he had

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: Winter Vacation

It’s frustratingly difficult to get hold of Hongqi Li’s previous films Routine Holiday and Hao Duo Da Mi, even in his native China, so I’m

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Ruhr

Those familiar with James Benning’s name would have known what to expect with his new film Ruhr; slow-cinema taken to its extreme ends. Benning’s work has

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: The Kids Are All Right

Leaving Sundance as one of the most talked of movies in the festival and winning the best feature film award at the Berlin International Film Festival, The

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: Attenberg

If we’re going to attach Attenberg to a genre, I suppose it would be a ‘rites-of-passage’ movie, though it’s pretty far removed from

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: In Our Name

When the 54th London Film Festival programme arrived, In Our Name was one of the films that shone out to me, especially in the New British Cinema

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: Heartbeats

Opening with a series of awkward scenes full of young people sharing their experiences of love, desire and obsession leaves you asking yourself whether these

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Documentary, Film Festival

LFF2010: Benda Bilili

Benda Bilili was the first film I had the pleasure of viewing at this year’s London Film Festival. It follows the street band Staff Benda Bilili,

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Film Festival, Live Action

LFF2010: It’s Kind of a Funny Story

"Boden and Fleck did an excellent job in creating a funny film, without patronising its young male lead at any point."

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LFF2010: Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go follows Nick Porter, a middle aged sub-urban man who’s life is rapidly falling apart around him. An alcoholic who’s fallen off the wagon

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LFF2010: Never Let Me Go

Opening this year’s London Film Festival is Never Let Me Go, a the screen adaption of Kazuo Ishiguro’s internationally acclaimed novel of the same

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Live Action

Shane Meadows, Saviour of British TV

Call it fate, call it sods law, call it bad luck, call it whatever you like, but sometimes the decisions we make can be all about timing. Having lived with a

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