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LFF: Glorious 39 |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:59 |
 Director: Stephen Poliakoff Cast: Romola Garai, Bill Nighy, David Tennant, Jenny Agutter, Jeremy Northam, Eddie Redmayne Certificate: TBC England. 1939. Hitler is advancing across Europe. The nation is on the brink of war. Unease is growing in government; Churchill is contesting Chamberlain's passive response to the rise of the Nazi Party. But for the rich family of adopted Anne (Garai), life continues as normal. Dinners, picnics, night-time soirees - there's no sign of conflict at all. Until the mysterious Mr Balcombe (Northam) turns up. |
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LFF: Taking Woodstock |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Monday, 26 October 2009 20:57 |
 Director: Ang Lee Cast: Demetri Martin, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Eugene Levy, Liev Schreiber Certificate: TBC It's not easy being an interior designer. Especially when you live with your parents run-down motel in White Lake. Putting bleach in the swimming pool, leaving semi-dirty sheets; these are the chores that make up the life of Elliot Tiber (Martin). Frustrated and repressed, he renews a $1 license to stage his yearly music festival (a few LPs on the lawn). Little does he know that he'll bring about a concert that will define a generation. |
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LFF Capitalism: A Love Story |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 23:32 |
 Director: Michael Moore Cast: Michael Moore Certificate: TBC He's back. 20 years after Roger and Me, Michael Moore returns to the world of corrupt corporate finance. Shambling around the stock exchange in his hat and coat, he's the people's Columbo, uncovering the cost of the government's rescue package for the American economy. Approaching brokers, teachers, priests and people, his question is simple: "what the fuck happened?" Capitalism: A Love Story is anything but. |
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LFF: Cracks |
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Written by Selina Pearson
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 21:39 |
 Director: Jordan Scott Cast: Eva Green, Juno Temple and Maria Valverde Cert: TBC Cracks is the debut feature film from Jordan Scott and is adapted from the book written by Sheila Kohler. Set in an isolated girl's boarding school during the 1930s, it concerns itself with the interactions of the swimming team, coached by the charismatic Miss G (Green). |
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LFF: Don't Worry About Me |
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Written by Selina Pearson
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 20:10 |
 Director: David Morrissey Cast: Helen Elizabeth, James Brough Certificate: TBC This is the big screen directorial debut from David Morrissey. Better known for his acting (State of Play and Blackpool), Morrissey has already cut his teeth directing for TV. Based on the play The Pool written by Elizabeth and Brough, it's been elegantly adapted for the big screen by all three of them. |
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LFF: Extract |
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Written by Selina Pearson
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 18:38 |
 Director: Mike Judge Cast: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, J.K. Simmons Cert: TBC Joel (Bateman) owns an extract plant making food flavourings. He has a busy life, an unfulfilling marriage, and the world’s most annoying neighbour. He’s on the cusp of selling the factory but his main aim in life is beating the 8 o’clock "sweatpant deadline", which he has failed to do for the past three months - once those trousers are on his wife (Wiig), they're not coming off. |
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LFF: Chloe |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 16:52 |
 Director: Atom Egoyan Cast: Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried Certificate: TBC We all do it. Get a little paranoid about our partner's promiscuity. And we all take the logical step of hiring a prostitute to seduce said spouse. Right? Well, that's what Catherine (Moore) does. Concerned about David (Neeson) and his flirty ways with women, she calls up Chloe (Seyfriend) - your friendly neighbourhood strumpet - and pays her to pick up her husband. Can you say mentally unbalanced? Catherine can. |
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LFF: Bunny and the Bull |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Friday, 23 October 2009 18:49 |
 Director: Paul King Cast: Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Noel Fielding, Julian Barrett, Veronica Echegui Certificate: TBC Come with us a now on a journey through time and space... into one man's London apartment. Stephen Turnbull (Hogg) is a man of routine. He gets up in his flat. He eats vegetarian ready meals in his flat. And he goes to bed. In his flat. Cut off from the world, his peaceful existence is ruined when a horde of mice raid his meat-free stockpile. And so begins a journey back into his past, reliving a road trip round Europe with his best friend, Bunny (Farnaby) and sexy Spaniard Eloise (Echegui). |
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LFF: Valhalla Rising |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Friday, 23 October 2009 16:28 |
 Director: Nicholas Winding Refn Csst: Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Steven Certificate: TBC
Smoke. Hills. Sea. Mute Vikings. This is how you know you're in arthouse territory. And they don't come more arty than Nicholas Winding Refn's new feature. Following up Bronson's bare-knuckle brawl with a mythical tale of crusading Vikings, Winding Refn waves aside conventional ideas like plot, or character. Who needs either when you have a psychopathic cyclops and a smoke machine? |
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LFF: An Education |
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Written by Ivan Radford
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:23 |
 Director: Lone Scherfig Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson Certificate: 12A Jenny (Mulligan) is 16. She lives in Twickenham. She does her homework. She listens to French records. She dreams of a place at Oxford. She's got a bright future ahead of her. But when older man David (Sarsgaard) enters her life, wooing her with his world of maroon sports cars, expensive clothes and jazz clubs, that future gets a little overshadowed. Sure, she'll get an education, but it's easy to see that she'll learn the hard way. |
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