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Athena – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Ten­sions flair between a group of angry pro­test­ers and the police in Romain Gavras’ styl­ish but frus­trat­ing action-drama.
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Bones and All – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Tay­lor Rus­sell and Tim­o­th­ée Cha­la­met play a pair of young can­ni­bals on a trans-Amer­i­ca road trip in Luca Guadagni­no’s sweet, squelchy hor­ror romance.
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A Couple – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Fred­er­ick Wise­man reflects on the rela­tion­ship between Leo Tol­stoy and his wife Sophia Tol­staya in his first for­ay into fic­tion filmmaking.
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Blue Jean – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Geor­gia Oak­ley deliv­ers an assured debut with her poignant por­trait of a les­bian teacher liv­ing in Thatch­er’s Britain.
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Bardo – first-look review

by Rafa Sales Ross

Ale­jan­dro G Iñár­ritu grap­ples with cre­ative ful­fil­ment and the Mex­i­can dias­po­ra in his sprawl­ing, semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal sur­re­al­ist drama.
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Tár – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Cate Blanchett is cap­ti­vat­ing as for­mi­da­ble, world famous clas­si­cal com­pos­er in Todd Fields’ frus­trat­ing study of the cult of genius.
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The full 2022 BFI London Film Festival line-up has been announced

by Marina Ashioti

From Glass Onion to Deci­sion to Leave, this year’s cin­e­mat­ic bonan­za is packed to the gills with dis­cov­ery and delight.
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White Noise – first-look review

by Hannah Strong

Adam Dri­ver and Gre­ta Ger­wig reunite as a cou­ple grap­pling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adap­ta­tion of Don DeLillo’s novel.
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Guy Maddin is bringing a new augmented-reality project to London Film Festival

by Charles Bramesco

He’s lead­ing today’s wave of announce­ments con­cern­ing the ​‘LFF Expand­ed’ pro­gramme of immer­sive art forms.
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Neon Spring – first-look review

by Xuanlin Tham

A young woman with a dif­fi­cult home life dis­cov­ers Riga’s rave scene in Matiss Kaza­’s fourth feature.