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London film festival 2017

October 2017

  • Aiden Gillen in Pickups.

    Pickups review – Aidan Gillen laughs at himself in meta-film

  • Tatiana Maslany and Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger.

    The films that are telling the truth about disability

    David Proud
  • Notorious … Janet Leigh as Marion Crane in the shower scene in Psycho.

    78/52 review – Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene gets an expert autopsy

  • null<br>Film still: Journeyman starring Paddy Considine

    Journeyman review – Paddy Considine rolls with the punches in heartfelt boxing drama

  • Funny Cow review – Maxine Peake blazes in the dark days of standup

  • Loving Vincent review – a dreamlike, hand-painted plunge into Van Gogh Land

  • The Venerable W review – the poisonous monk behind Myanmar's anti-Muslim vendetta

  • Apostasy review – faith and fellowship in potent account of hidden world of Jehovah's Witnesses

  • The Kingdom of Us review – knotty chronicle of family defined by single traumatic event

  • Michael Caine on how the 1960s broke class barriers: ‘I’ve met lots of equals. No betters’

  • No Stone Unturned review – murky aftermath of Northern Ireland massacre

  • Ghost Stories review – Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse shine in dreamlike spookfest

  • Witch doctors and gag merchants: the British talent set to light up London film festival

  • Picturehouse threatens to sack striking workers in dispute over pay

  • Jessie Buckley on playing outcasts – and hitting the big time

September 2017

  • Director Ken Loach.

    Brixton's Ritzy cinema workers to strike as pay row enters second year

    Members of Bectu union to walk out for 24 hours as dispute over wages spreads to several other Picturehouse venues

August 2017

  • Garrett Hedlund, left, and Jason Mitchell in a scene from Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees.

    Only a quarter of movies at 2017 London film festival are directed by women

    Festival director Clare Stewart admits the figure, up from a fifth last year, is bad but says parity is not currently possible

June 2017

  • Andy Serkis<br>Actor Andy Serkis talks to media upon arrival at the screening of the film ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ in London, Monday, June 19, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

    Andy Serkis directorial debut Breathe to open 61st London film festival

    Biopic of disability rights activist Robin Cavendish, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, will receive its European premiere at October event
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