The festival marks the return of Day-Lewis to the screen in a film directed by his son, while a roster of urgent political films also form part of this year’s slate
As the curtain falls on the Venice and Telluride film festivals, and just before Toronto begins, the 69th London film festival has announced a programme that cherrypicks from all three predecessors.
The annual public festival takes place in London but offers virtual and brick-and-mortar opportunities for people to watch from all over the UK.
The third Knives Out film featuring Daniel Craig’s eccentric detective, Benoir, opens the festival, following its debut in Toronto later this week. Other key screenings include the European premiere of Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, the Maggie O’Farrell adaptation which won raves for Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal at its Telluride premiere last weekend, and the UK premieres of Hikari’s Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser and Noah Baumbach’s meta comedy Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney.
Bradley Cooper’s third film as director/star, standup comedy drama Is This Thing On? is also on the lineup, as is Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos’s well-received latest collaboration with Emma Stone.
