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One More Time With Feeling – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Andrew Dominik’s documentary about Nick Cave’s new album offers a gentle, haunting portrait of a family consumed with grief.
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Hacksaw Ridge – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

Mad Mel returns to the director‘s chair, preaching pacifism in a church whose walls are splashed with gore.
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The Young Pope – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

Paolo Sorrentino transitions to the small screen (with a Jude Law assist) and comes up trumps.
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Frantz – first look review

by Katherine McLaughlin

François Ozon returns with a full-bodied tale of stunted romance and the pained legacy of warfare.
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Hounds of Love – first look review

by Ed Gibbs

This Australian chiller about a rash of grisly murders makes a play to be the new Snowtown.
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The 2016 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

by Little White Lies

The capital’s biggest and best annual film jamberoo will be rolling into town on 5 October.
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The Light Between Oceans – first look review

by David Jenkins

The star-spangled tag team of Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander can’t save this ludicrous period weepie.
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The 20 best FrightFest films ever – part 2

by Anton Bitel

Find out what’s top of the pile in our gore-drenched salute to the horror cinema bonanza.
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The 20 best FrightFest films ever – part 1

by Anton Bitel

Are these the creepiest cuts from the dark heart of modern horror cinema?
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Findings from the 2016 London Feminist Film Festival

by Sarah Jilani

Refugee women from beyond the Middle East made their voices heard at this year’s festival.