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No reel surprises at the London Film Festival
Away from the awards razzmatazz The Tragedy of Macbeth, Belfast, The Hand of Dog, The French Dispatch and Benediction deliver beyond expectations, days MARIA DUARTE
(L to R) Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds, Jude Hill and Judi Dench
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CHRISTOPHER POLLARD explains how and why neoliberalism adopted the racist agenda common to the populist right of today
SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a sweeping survey of the world's biggest desert and the people who live there
GUILLERMO THOMAS is persuaded by a scathing critique of the Church of England and its embeddedness in imperialism
MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Materialists, Unmoored, Together, and Bambi: A Tale of Life in The Woods
TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger
GORDON PARSONS endures heavy rock punctuated by Shakespeare, and a delighted audience
PANAH PANAHI’S debut Iranian family road trip movie Hit The Road won the top award at this year’s BFI London Film Festival which returned in full swing despite the ongoing pandemic.
It opened with London-born musician and film-maker Jeymes Samuel’s debut feature, bold and stylish Western The Harder They Fall, inspired by the real-life stories of African-American cowboys.
While Joel Coen’s first solo directorial debut The Tragedy of Macbeth starring his wife Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington in this fresh and haunting black and white adaptation of Shakespeare’s renowned work brought the LFF to a close.
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