Athens Olympic Village, ten years after the Games: wilding youths, injured retired athletes and stray dogs among ruins and decaying sports venues.
Month: October 2016
Prevenge
A murderous mother-to-be gets her Prevenge.
A grotesque and disturbing feminist psycho-thriller written, directed and performed by Alice Lowe. Starring: Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan and Jo Hartley.
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The Rehearsal
Taking place in Auckland, the story follows a first year acting student Stanley who mines his girlfriend’s family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school.
Goldstone
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple light duties investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
Lovesong
The relationship between two friends deepens during an impromptu road trip starring: Jena Malone, Riley Keough and Brooklyn Decker.
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The Death of Louis XIV (La mort de Louis XIV)
Depicting the final fifteen days of King Louis XIV, shot primarily in the bed chamber.
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One Week and a Day
This week kicks off with One Week and a Day at Ciné Lumière.
When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for.
Una
Just saw the premiere of Una tonight at the temporary Embankment Garden Cinema.
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man’s workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life. Their confrontation will uncover buried memories and unspeakable desires. It will shake them both to the core.
Starring: Rooney Mara, Riz Ahmed and Ben Mendelsohn.
Mindhorn
Today I’m at the world premier of Mindhorn showing in Odeon, Leicester Square. This is a film about a former secret agent with a bionic eye lands a private detective job on the Isle of Man starring Essie Davis, Julian Barratt and Richard McCabe.
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Christine – The Christine Chubbuck Story
This year I’m seeing at least 19 films during the London Film Festival. I’ll be noting down all the films I see with each post going live shortly after the film.
It all kicks off this evening with the story of a TV reporter called Christine Chubbuck in the 1970s starring Rebecca Hall, Tracy Letts and Michael C. Hall.