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By Orla Smith. The first of 12 days of LFF began this Wednesday with the UK premiere of Andy Serkis' Breathe. I didn't see it. That kind of film can wait: a bio-pic being released in less than a month. LFF, for me, is an exhilaratingly intense opportunity to get head of
By Angelique Halliburton. Dina - An unlikely lesson in love An unconventional romantic tale, this documentary follows 48 year-old widow, Dina Buno, as she plans her low-key wedding to her younger boyfriend Scott Bevin. As if that wasn’t enough to be getting on with, Dina also has the relationship goal of moving
By Orla Smith. Jenny Lu's The Receptionist lets us know we're in London through a series of establishing shots: recognisable landmarks amongst a sea of towering buildings, shot through cinematographer Gareth Munden's hazy lens. It's a place we all recognise, but this time it's home to a story we don't. Lu's characters
By Marti Dols Roca. Ghostroads: a Japanese rock’n roll ghost story. With a title as explicit as it gets, Ghostroads (2017, Mike Rogers, Enrico Ciccu, Les Decidious Jr., and Ken Nishikawa) proposes a classical rock’n roll tale (main character having to decide between fame and friends-band-girlfriend-integrity) and it delivers exactly what it