Miles Teller

Like the slow rhythmic tapping on the drumskin, Damian Chazelle’s exhaustively brilliant drama begins as a quiet character study, slowly works in its astonishing acting components as an accompanying beat, before exploding into a bloodied knuckle crescendo of a finale which ranks as one of the very best performed, edited, and emotionally stimulating scenes in recent memory.

The London Film Festival rolls into the capital with 248 films shown at 17 venues over 12 days, bringing with it delights from all over the world.