London film festival
The Kitchen review – high-energy drama of near-future rundown housing estate
Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya co-direct a drama about a funeral-service worker looking for a way out of the chaotic housing block of the title
Peter Bradshaw
15, Oct, 2023 @7:53 PM
Ambiguous Japanese eco-drama wins London film festival top prize
Evil Does Not Exist, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, is about community’s fight against ‘glamping’ development
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
15, Oct, 2023 @3:00 PM
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget review – poultry derring-do boosted by some showstopping gags
The sequel to the 2000 hit verges on formulaic, feeling a little like it’s been produced by AI. But it’s largely redeemed by decent jokes and a lively, likable cast
Peter Bradshaw
14, Oct, 2023 @3:07 PM
‘I thought I was going to lose my mind’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on grief, her dramatic new role – and the Seinfeld reunion
The actor spoke about her first major dramatic performance in Tuesday, at its UK premiere alongside co-star Lola Petticrew and director Daina Oniunas-Pusic
Catherine Shoard
13, Oct, 2023 @12:37 PM
Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror
London film festival Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark play an unhappy couple who have moved to the moors with their young son, and soon become entwined in the occult
Peter Bradshaw
12, Oct, 2023 @7:00 PM
‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming Cannes
The British director’s debut, the story of a teenage holiday based on her own experiences, won a top prize at the festival. She discusses her addictive personality and why we need to talk about consent
Miranda Sawyer
08, Oct, 2023 @6:00 AM
Great new British directors: five acclaimed debut films to watch
UK film-makers such as Molly Manning Walker, Charlotte Regan and Luna Carmoon are part of a new wave taking top awards at the film festivals
Wendy Ide and Guy Lodge
08, Oct, 2023 @6:00 AM
‘I don’t want my mother’s story to die’: Holocaust account brought to life in virtual reality film
Documentary Letters From Drancy is named for the letters Alice Deichmann sent from an internment camp
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
07, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
Memory review – survivors grapple with an unstable past in a delicate, painful duet
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard excel in Michel Franco’s absorbing story about the unnerving reunion of a care worker and a friend from her past
Peter Bradshaw
06, Oct, 2023 @7:45 PM
Saltburn review – hot Brideshead soup needs more seasoning
Emerald Fennell’s followup to Promising Young Woman boasts dazzling turns from Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan, but the script could have used another all-nighter in the library
Peter Bradshaw
04, Oct, 2023 @6:00 PM
Celluloid counter-revolution: a salute to the underground film lovers of Iran
Unsuitable films were burned after the Islamic regime took over Iran. But one man stashed away reels and reels of banned and western movies – to thrill a new generation in secret film clubs
Ehsan Khoshbakht
04, Oct, 2023 @7:00 AM
London film festival: privilege and poverty collide in big British cinema showcase
Emerald Fennell’s starry Saltburn opens this year’s festival, with Daniel Kaluuya’s directorial debut The Kitchen closing – bookending a banner year for UK cinema
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent
03, Oct, 2023 @1:24 PM
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