LFF Review: The Report
An indictment of bureaucracy at an acute level, The Report is the recipient of a lot of buzz online, largely owing to its ...
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LFF Review: The Aeronauts
Spend any amount of time in the UK and you’ll soon realise that weather is a favourite topic of conversation for Brits. So, ...
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LFF Review: Marriage Story
Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) run a theatre company together in New York. Charlie directs, Nicole acts, they’re married, and they ...
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LFF Review: The King
The King is, in a word, severe. Formidably darker than Henry V adaptations in the past, it centres on a troubled Hal (Timothée ...
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LFF Review: Hope Gap
With a week to go before their 29th wedding anniversary, Edward (Bill Nighy) decides not to take his wife Grace (Annette Bening) out ...
LFF Review: Jojo Rabbit
During the opening sequence of Jojo Rabbit, Britpop plays over a montage of Nazi paraphernalia and propaganda. Archive footage shows Hitler reaching down ...
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Review: The Spy
The Spy puts Sacha Baron Cohen in a darkly gripping, real-life tale of espionage, following the life of Egyptian-born Eli Cohen. The story ...
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LFF Review: Waves
The word synaesthesia refers to a trait in which a person experiences merged senses simultaneously — such as hearing colours or seeing sound. ...
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LFF Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield
If anyone can tease out the devilish humour and absurdity from Dickens, it’s Iannucci. The creative force behind satires like The Thick of ...
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LFF Review: Lucky Grandma
A mobster flick that puts an elderly Chinese woman into a gang war in New York, Lucky Grandma was a bit of light ...
Andrew Scott set to play another psychopath in Talented Mr Ripley TV series
I’ve written at length about my admiration for Andrew Scott. Whether it’s his turn as Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock, a psychotic London cabbie in the ...
Liza Minnelli and Rupert Goold lock horns over Judy biopic
If there’s one rule in showbiz, it’s that you never, ever get on the wrong side of Liza Minnelli. Ever. Unfortunately, director Rupert ...