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Fantastic Foxes in Leicester Square, spies in Cambridge, bicycles at the Barbican: the pick of the autumn film festivals
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
Does Britain have too many film festivals? Not so very long ago, there were only two of these games around: the London Film Festival - which unveiled its full line-up this morning and begins on 14 October - and Edinburgh. Now, though, there are hundreds.
Does Britain have too many film festivals? Not so very long ago, there were only two of these games around: the London Film Festival - which unveiled its full line-up this morning and begins on 14 October - and Edinburgh. Now, though, there are hundreds.
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Old review - time flies in tropical island mystery
Alternative-reality holiday from hell is not M Night Shyamalan's finest hour
Riders of Justice review - revenge, coincidence and the meaning of life
Anders Thomas Jensen directs Mads Mikkelsen in brilliantly genre-busting black comedy
Blu-ray: Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love & War
Implausibly epic home movies, exhumed from a garden shed
Two of Us review - a lesbian love story with a difference
Everybody needs good neighbours: director Filippo Meneghetti's brilliant debut
Summer of Soul review - glorious documentary combines music and black American history
Blistering concert performances from 1969 with insightful interviews and archive
Blu-ray: The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton’s only film as a director is a dark thriller, both poetic and chilling
Tove review - tasteful portrait of the Moomins creator
Nicely made lesbian love story about Tove Jansson's evolution as a romantic and as an artist
Mosley: It's Complicated review - flattering portrait of a clever and ruthless power-broker
Michael Shevloff's documentary leaves too many stones unturned
Blu-ray: West 11
A Notting Hill noir - Michael Winner's breakthrough is flawed but fascinating
French Exit review - Michelle Pfeiffer faces mortality
Mother-son drama is both arresting and arch
The Tomorrow War, Amazon Prime - futuristic blockbuster outstays its welcome
Chris McKay's film isn't a disaster, but could have been a lot more
Hairspray, London Coliseum review - brighter and more welcome than ever
Popular London and Broadway musical soars anew
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