The 50th anniversary London Film Festival kicked off last night with the superb The Last King of Scotland (pictured right). It may not be immediately obvious from the title, but it’s about African despot Idi Amin, who ruled, and ruined, Uganda in the 1970s. Forest Whittaker plays Amin, in a performance that should earn him at least an Oscar nomination. Rising Scottish star James McAvoy is also very good as the president’s personal doctor, the the role that drives the film. Already in limited release in the United States, The Last King of Scotland is set for wider release around the world early in 2007. It’s one of 181 features showing at the London festival over the next fortnight, and if you’re in the city, there’s loads to see.
British director Shane Meadows has built up a great reputation for downbeat, sometimes uncomfortable/sometimes funny, character-driven tales, including the criminally under-rated […]
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