London Film Festival 2012

01 November 2012

Below is an alphabetised list of the films I saw at this year's London Film Festival. In the interest of denoting enthusiasm, I've included out-of-ten ratings. Click on the arrows after each title for a review. A Top Five is at the bottom of this post.

After Lucia 5/10 >>>
Michel Franco 2012 Mexico / France

Amour 6/10 >>>
Michael Haneke 2012 Austria / France / Germany

Antiviral 7/10 >>>
Brandon Cronenberg 2012 Canada / USA

Argo 5/10 >>>
Ben Affleck 2012 USA

Bayou Blue 6/10 >>>
Alix Lambert and David McMahon 2011 USA

Beasts of the Southern Wild 7/10 >>>
Benh Zeitlin 2012 USA

Beyond the Hills 8/10 >>>
Cristian Mungiu 2012 Romania / France / Belgium

Bonjour tristesse 8/10 >>>
Otto Preminger 1958 USA

The Central Park Five 9/10 >>>
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon 2012 USA

Crossfire Hurricane 6/10 >>>
Brett Morgen 2012 UK / USA

Eat Sleep Die 8/10 >>>
Gabriela Pichler 2012 Sweden

End of Watch 5/10 >>>
David Ayer 2012 USA

Heat Lightning 7/10 >>>
Mervyn LeRoy 1934 USA

The Hunt 8/10 >>>
Thomas Vinterberg 2012 Denmark

It Was the Son 7/10 >>>
Daniele Ciprì 2012 Italy

Jewel Robbery 7/10 >>>
William Dieterle 1932 USA

Kelly + Victor 4/10 >>>
Kieran Evans 2012 Ireland / UK

The Loves of Pharaoh 6/10 >>>
Ernst Lubitsch 1922 Germany

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God 8/10 >>>
Alex Gibney 2012 USA

Seven Psychopaths 3/10 >>>
Martin McDonagh 2012 UK

Silence 8/10 >>>
Pat Collins 2012 Ireland

Song for Marion 5/10 >>>
Paul Andrew Williams 2012 UK

The Summit 7/10 >>>
Nick Ryan 2012 Ireland

Tomorrow 4/10 >>>
Andrei Gryazev 2012 Russia

Village at the End of the World 7/10 >>>
Sarah Gavron 2012 Denmark / Greenland / UK

Wadjda 7/10 >>>
Haifaa al-Mansour 2012 Saudia Arabia / Germany

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 6/10 >>>
Robert Aldrich 1962 USA

Wings 7/10 >>>
William A. Wellman 1927 USA

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 8/10 >>>
Alain Resnais 2012 France / Germany


Top Five
                       1. The Central Park Five
                       2. Eat Sleep Die
                       3. The Hunt
                       4. Beyond the Hills
                       5. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God