The following films from the 55th BFI London Film Festival programme are scheduled for release in UK cinemas this month.
Friday 13 January
Shame
Renowned British artist Steve McQueen follows his feature film debut Hunger with this uncompromising portrait of a sex addict in New York, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.
"It's a work that feels, both for our times and of them. It reconfirms McQueen as a filmmaker with an unflinching, microscopic gaze on the world."
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
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Friday 20 January
Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in a contemporary update of Shakespeare's political tragedy.
"Fiennes has exercised commendable restraint, allowing others to shine too. He can congratulate himself that his first film as a director is a fine achievement."
Andrew Pulver, The Guardian
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W.E.
Madonna's much-discussed second feature film as director contrasts the story of Edward VIII's partner Wallis Simpson with that of a contemporary New Yorker trapped in a loveless marriage.
"A beautifully staged film punctuated with nuggets of charm and style and dominated by a majestic performance by rising star Andrea Riseborough."
Mark Adams, Screen International
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Friday 27 January
The Descendants
Alexander Payne's long-awaited follow up to Sideways stars George Clooney as a Honolulu-based lawyer attempting to reconnect with his family.
"George Clooney is in very top form in a film that will connect with any audience looking for a genuine human story."
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
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Like Crazy
Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin star in this transatlantic romance, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
“Director and co-writer Drake Doremus has crafted a crazily inventive and totally irresistible tale of first love that makes the familiar seem bittersweet and heart-stoppingly new."
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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Image: Shame
