BFI London Film Festival | Little White Lies

BFI London Film Festival

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A fascinating new documentary explores the phenomenon of fangirldom

by Imogen West-Knights

In I Used to be Nor­mal: A Boy­band Fan­girl Sto­ry, direc­tor Jes­si­ca Les­ki meets three gen­er­a­tions of women with a com­mon obsession.
Two people, a man in a green jacket and a woman in a blue coat, walking together down a city street.
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The Little Drummer Girl – first look review

by Kambole Campbell

Flo­rence Pugh, Alexan­der Skars­gård and Michael Shan­non star in this lurid, weird and impec­ca­bly designed new work from Park Chan-wook.
A red and white fishing boat in the middle of the ocean, with a number of people on board and flags flying above.
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A new film uses re-enactment to tell the story of a bizarre social experiment

by Catherine Pearson

Mar­cus Lindeen’s doc­u­men­tary The Raft reunites the par­tic­i­pants of a rad­i­cal social study.
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead – first look review

by Hannah Strong

Ben Wheat­ley changes pace with this sur­pris­ing­ly whole­some fam­i­ly-based dra­ma star­ring Neil Maskell.
A male police officer in a dark uniform, with a badge on his chest, standing in a room with framed pictures on the wall.
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Thunder Road – first look review

by Hannah Strong

A small­town cop comes to terms with the death of his moth­er in Jim Cum­mings’ poignant study of grief.
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The best short films at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Michael Ewins

Our pick of this year’s shorts pro­gramme, fea­tur­ing rogue chick­ens and a shoegaze ode to Chan­tal Akerman.
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Programmers Picks from the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Anton Bitel

Per­son­al rec­om­men­da­tions to seek out dur­ing the upcom­ing edi­tion of the UK’s biggest film event.
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20 Under-the-radar treats for the 2018 London Film Festival

by David Jenkins, Hannah Woodhead

Stumped on what to book for this year’s fes­ti­val? LWLies are on hand to help out.
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The 2018 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

by Little White Lies

Big names, hid­den gems and art­house favourites head to the cap­i­tal this October.
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Steve McQueen’s Widows to open the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Hannah Strong

The festival’s 62nd edi­tion kicks off with the inter­na­tion­al pre­mière of the British director’s fourth feature.