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PREVIEW: LFF 2013 – Asian Film Preview (Part 2)
In the first part of this preview which is available via this link, I highlighted 5 major Asian films that will be showing at this year’s festival. In this concluding and later than planned part 2 of...
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LFF 2013 REVIEW: Grand Central (Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski, France 2013)
Grand Central is a French Romantic drama, that screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and arrived at the LFF with so-so reviews. Directed and written by Rebecca...
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LFF 2013 REVIEW: A Touch Of Sin (Dir. Jia Zhangke, China 2013)
A Touch Of Sin is the only Jia Zhangke film that I have seen, and came at the end of a Sunday triple bill, on the 5th day of the festival; a day in which I also saw Andrew Chen’s Ilo Ilo and Richie...
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LFF 2013 REVIEW: Siddharth (Dir. Richie Mehta, India 2013)
After sending away his 12 year-old son Siddharth for work, Mahendra (a chain-wallah who fixes broken zippers on the streets) is relieved that his financial burdens will be alleviated. But when...
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TEASER: Killers (Dir. Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Stamboel, Indonesia 2013)
A dark psychological look into the minds of two men with nothing in common: Nomura, a self-obsessed serial killer residing in Tokyo and Bayu, a failing journalist and a struggling father in Jakarta....
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SCREENINGS: Metro Manila @ Cine Lumiere [Mon 21 - Thu 24 Oct]
Metro Manila is a 2013 British-Filipino independently produced film directed by Sean Ellis(Cashback, The Broken) and has been selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language film at next...
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LFF 2013 REVIEW: Blue Is The Warmest Colour (Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche, France...
The story of a young lesbian couple’s beginning, middle and possible end. Before I saw Blue Is The Warmest Colour, I felt that it would be nearly impossible for it to live up to all of the hype that...
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LFF 2013 REVIEW: Why Don’t You Play In Hell (Dir. Sion Sono, Japan 2013)
Why Don’t You Play In Hell? Is the latest film from legendary Japanese director Sion Sono, and is a welcome return to both his brand of absurd cinema and the London Film Festival. Based on a script...
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TRAILER: Jai Ho (Dir. Sohail Khan, India 2014)
Jai, an upright common man is fighting a solitary war against corruption and injustice. Honest and incorruptible, he has made it his mission to help as many people as he can. His mantra is quite simple...
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TRAILER: Gunday (Dir. Ali Abbas Zafar, India 2014)
Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the ’70′s, the film deals with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala, the story of 2 boys. Boys who became refugees, refugees who became gun...
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