London Film Festival 2014 Day 8: ‘Mr. Turner’
We conclude our coverage of this year’s London Film Festival with Mike Leigh’s long-anticipated biopic of J.M.W. Turner: a languorous, immersive, richly detailed work that surpasses expectations.
London Film Festival 2014
London Film Festival 2014 Day 7: ‘Whiplash’
A pupil/teacher story dressed up as a battle-of-wits thriller, the pushy, over-hyped Whiplash fails to impress.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 6: ‘Radiator’ and ‘My Old Lady’
Two films focused on ageing characters yield contrasting results. Tom Browne’s Radiator is an exquisite, intimate family portrait, but Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady feels entirely fake.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 5: ‘The Imitation Game’ and ‘X Plus Y’
Two well-made, humane films focus on the lives of maths prodigies: Morgan Matthews’ modestly-scaled X Plus Y and Morten Tyldum’s epic Alan Turing biopic, The Imitation Game.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 4: ‘The New Girlfriend’ and ‘Something Must Break’
Issues of gender identity and sexuality come under scrutiny in today’s reviewed films: the latest genre-hopper from François Ozon, and Ester Martin Bergsmark’s explicit teen love story.
London Film Festival 2014 Day 2: ‘The Duke of Burgundy’
Peter Strickland confirms his reputation as one of contemporary British cinema’s most distinctive talents with a thrilling, immersive love story.