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The London Film Festival has featured some of the world's best movie makers. It is a darkly comic drama that tells the true story of how the rise of the Satanic musical subculture of Norwegian black metal in the 1980s, spun from an angst-inspired need to revolt into a fable of gross cult crimes. Some other prominent films at the 2018 festival are "The Old Man and the Gun" which features Robert Redford as an aging bank robber Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" - a black and white film which is a tribute to the women of his boyhood.īesides, Yorgos Lanthimos's delirious period drama "The Favourite", Mike Leigh's historic epic "Peterloo", the Cohen brothers' dazzling new film "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" and Luca Guadagnino's art horror "Suspiria".Īnother film worth mentioning is "Lords of Chaos" by the Swedish director Jonas Akerlund. This funny film starring Steve Coogan and John C, Reilly features a double act of Laurel and Hardy. The 12-day London Film Festival will close on October 21 with the world premiere of Jon S. The film is about a policewoman in Delhi which has already had its premiere in July at the Venice International Film Festival.
"Tumbbad" is about the cursed family of a now deserted village while Dar Gai's film is about a 65-year-old man who cannot take the noisy Mumbai city anymore.Īnother Indian film being shown at the festival is Ivan Ayr's debut "Soni". In "Rajma Chawal" Rishi Kapoor gives a charming performance as a newly-widowed father who's struggling to cope with the unfolding situation. Three other Indian films which are eagerly awaited at the festival are Leena Yadav's "Rajma Chawal", Rahi Anil Barve's "Tumbbad" and Dar Gai's "Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence". Although Das's biopic on the famous writer Manto, has already been premiered in India and elsewhere, the Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer is still a prominent entry. Indian films are a growing feature at international film events and the London festival is no exception. One of the world's most prestigious film festivals will open with Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen's thriller "Widows".