MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Focus on women is a winner
Maria Duarte believes the 62nd edition of the festival has, without being memorable, provided some outstanding offerings
Sudabeh Mortezai’s Joy won the Best Film award
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
THIS year’s BFI London Film Festival celebrated female film-makers, with half the films in the official competition being directed or co-directed by women and Sudabeh Mortezai’s hugely affecting drama Joy (right) won the Best Film award.
For the first time the LFF staged a special presentation outside London with Mike Leigh’s stirring Peterloo screened in Manchester where the 1819 massacre took place.
Though apt, let’s hope this is a one-off because, if it isn’t, they will need to rethink the name of the festival and possibly drop London.
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