BFI London Film Festival 2018: The Best Of The Fest

Hundreds of films played at this year's London Film Festival and to whittle it down to just ten is difficult enough to achieve. But we've tried to do this betwe... Read More...

Stan & Ollie – BFI London Film Festival Review

Stan & Ollie depends on the strength of Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. Recreating the iconic duo and building a film around their final tour, acting out t... Read More...

Benjamin – BFI London Film Festival Review

Simon Amstell, comedian and writer, created something of a buzz when his first foray into writing with Grandma’s House and then Carnage appeared on the BBC to c... Read More...

The Hate U Give – BFI London Film Festival Review

With regards to cinema, teenagers are exceptionally lucky with what is on offer today. Ladybird, Dear, Simon and Moonlight have all tackled, with pride and pass... Read More...

A Private War – BFI London Film Festival Review

In 2002, Rosamund Pike starred as the femme fatale in Brosnan's last James Bond movie, Die Another Day. As a journalist for The Times, Marie Colvin was recoveri... Read More...

If Beale Street Could Talk – BFI London Film Festival Review

On the back of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins has become a must-see filmmaker. His follow-up film, If Beale Street Could Talk takes a James Baldwin novel and mounts i... Read More...

Dublin Oldschool – BFI London Film Festival Review

After Trainspotting, there was an influx of drug-fuelled rave movies. In America, Doug Liman's Go fused the drug scene with a Tarantino use of plotting while in... Read More...

The Favourite – BFI London Film Festival Review

When the trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite was first released it seemed a perfect match. His direct, clipped use of language, the carefully constructe... Read More...

Outlaw King – BFI London Film Festival Review

From the outset, Outlaw King clearly owes a debt to Game of Thrones, maybe a little of Justin Kurzel's Macbeth and an enormous dollop of Braveheart. Indeed, in ... Read More...

Peterloo – BFI London Film Festival Review

There are parents and teachers who want to educate their children on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. A horrific example of the ruling class letting loose a caval... Read More...

Dream Away – BFI London Film Festival Review

Dream Away, directed by Marouan Omara and Johanna Domke, is the holiday you never had. While tourism industries reshape coastal cities, the consequence for some... Read More...

They Shall Not Grow Old – BFI London Film Festival Review

Between 1910-1918, Peter Jackson's grandfather William John Jackson served in the British Army. They Shall Not Grow Old is a documentary exclusively focused on ... Read More...