WHAT TO WATCH AT THE 2024 BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
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The 68th edition of the BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 9-20 October, brings together the best in new cinema, alongside a programme of archive treasures and Expanded titles.
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The Twisted Worlds of Tim Burton
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Tim Burton, one of American cinema’s most original auteurs, returns to the film that cemented his reputation and introduced a wider audience to his skewed vision of his nation’s heartland, writes Ian Haydn Smith.
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Best Movie Musical Sequences
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With Wicked and Joker: Folie à Deux arriving in cinemas, we salute the most needle-shifting song-and-dance numbers from the best musicals.
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How the Sing Sing Team Found Suitable Prison Locations
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Co-producer Karin Shiel and producer Monique Walton discuss how they scouted locations for their heartfelt, prison-set film. By Yasmin Omar.
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Kneecap Rewrites the Rules of the Music Biopic
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Though the music biopic has received some bad press recently, that hasn’t always been the case. Rōgan Graham looks at the subgenre’s creatively rich offerings – a group to which Kneecap certainly belongs.
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Blink Twice Review: Zoë Kravitz’s Extremely Online Thriller
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In her spoiler-free review, Yasmin Omar digs into the actress-turned-director’s immaculately designed ‘eat the rich’ movie, which is deeply indebted to social-media trends.
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The Student Becomes the Teacher in Between the Temples
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With Jason Schwartzman’s instructor learning a thing or two from his mentee in his new faith-based drama, Victoria Luxford explores the porous line between teacher and student in cinema, from Educating Rita to Good Will Hunting.
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HOW KNEECAP FILMMAKER RICH PEPPIATT DIRECTED THE BAND TO PLAY THEMSELVES
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he writer-director of the Sundance-winning, Irish-language rap dramedy reveals how he helped guide the titular band to portray themselves on camera.
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How the Alien Scores Have Evolved Across the Franchise
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Ahead of Alien: Romulus, Sean Wilson considers how the film series’ music has mutated alongside its titular xenomorphs to deftly communicate the sci-fi saga’s elemental horror.
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The Best Video-Game Adaptations Speak the Medium's Language
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Ahead of Borderlands, Billie Walker considers how the recent uptick in video-game adaptations has led to an adoption of the medium’s immersive, first-person aesthetics – both within this subgenre and beyond.
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