London film festival
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Steve McQueen’s Blitz to open the London film festival
Film starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Weller marks a high-profile world premiere for the festival, now in its 68th year
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Memory review – survivors grapple with an unstable past in a delicate, painful duetJessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard excel in Michel Franco’s absorbing story about the unnerving reunion of a care worker and a friend from her past
The Kitchen review – high-energy drama of near-future rundown housing estate
Ambiguous Japanese eco-drama wins London film festival top prize
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget review – poultry derring-do boosted by some showstopping gags
‘I thought I was going to lose my mind’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on grief, her dramatic new role – and the Seinfeld reunion
Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror
‘Stuff happened, you know?’ How to Have Sex director Molly Manning Walker on wild youth, Magaluf and storming Cannes
Great new British directors: five acclaimed debut films to watch
‘I don’t want my mother’s story to die’: Holocaust account brought to life in virtual reality film
Saltburn review – hot Brideshead soup needs more seasoning
Celluloid counter-revolution: a salute to the underground film lovers of Iran
London film festival: privilege and poverty collide in big British cinema showcase
Lanthimos, Scorsese and Miyazaki: London film festival lineup announced
Vanishing act: what happens when stars don’t show up for the red carpet?
Promising Young Woman follow-up Saltburn given opening slot at London film festival
Emerald Fennell’s film, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, is ‘a tale of privilege and desire’ following a young student at Oxford
Derek Malcolm: my predecessor was a mighty critic, film world darling and heir to a scandal
The droll former Guardian film writer was an old Etonian ex-jockey whose father killed his wife’s lover, and who crossed swords with the Kray gang
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Pretty Red Dress review – big-hearted music drama dresses to impressTerrific performances from Natey Jones, Alexandra Burke and Temilola Olatunbosun match this tender drama about masculinity
Edinburgh film festival to return this summer after shock closure
Scaled down version will run alongside Edinburgh’s other arts festivals, while panel considers reviving standalone event from 2024 on
Austere drama about Austrian empress wins top prize at London film festival
Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer, hailed as ‘mesmerising’ imagining of a year in life of Elisabeth in 1877
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