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Hamlet’s goodbye, the last of Leigh, Birmingham blues and a vampire in Vienna: 12 great films at the London film festival

The Guardian UK Tuesday 06 October 2026, 11:29 UTC By Peter Bradshaw 1 min read
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Our critic picks out some of the most outstanding cinema screening at the UK’s most prestigious film event in 2026This film puts Andrew Scott in line to become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar. He plays Ian Charleson, who became a star in Chariots of Fire and in 1989 took on the role of Hamlet at London’s National Theatre when Daniel Day-Lewis withdrew, despite being desperately ill with Aids, knowing that the strain would accelerate his illness. For Charleson, the play’s...

Our critic picks out some of the most outstanding cinema screening at the UK’s most prestigious film event in 2026

This film puts Andrew Scott in line to become the first out gay man to win the best actor Oscar. He plays Ian Charleson, who became a star in Chariots of Fire and in 1989 took on the role of Hamlet at London’s National Theatre when Daniel Day-Lewis withdrew, despite being desperately ill with Aids, knowing that the strain would accelerate his illness. For Charleson, the play’s themes of life and death, truth and falsehood, justice and injustice, were all too real.

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Leigh (PERSON) Birmingham (LOCATION) Vienna (LOCATION) London (LOCATION) UK (LOCATION) Andrew Scott (PERSON) Oscar (PERSON) Ian Charleson (PERSON) Chariots of Fire (ORG) National Theatre (ORG) Daniel Day-Lewis (PERSON) Charleson (PERSON)
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