Film Festivals

Bad Reputation – BFI London Film Festival Review

Bad Reputation tracks the career of Joan Jett, formerly of The Runaways and The Blackhearts, from the gift of a guitar one Xmas as a child, through the formatio... Read More...

The Guilty – BFI London Film Festival Review

Asger (Jakob Cedergren) is bored. He used to be a street cop, but after an incident, he’s been temporarily transferred to the police call centre. Spending most ... Read More...

Evelyn – BFI London Film Festival Review

Filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel has a secret within his family. The two parents and three children have barely spoken about it in thirteen years. In 2005, Orlan... Read More...

5 gems to watch at London Film Festival 2018

As the 62nd BFI London Film Festival commences, one of the biggest challenges for movie lovers attending the 12-day event is choosing which of the 225 features ... Read More...

8 of the best films to watch at this year’s BFI London Film Festival

The London Film Festival is due to kick off tonight with Steve McQueen's Widows. Culturefly is ready with clipboards and laptops, to scribble down notes and fus... Read More...

BFI London Film Festival 2017: The Best Of The Fest

In our London Film Festival preview, we predicted we would be tired. It’s a prediction that turned out to be true. Over the last ten days Culturefly has strived... Read More...

On Chesil Beach – BFI London Film Festival Review

As Dominic Cooke’s directorial debut On Chesil Beach draws to a close, the final shot depicts Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle’s doomed lovers emotionally and phys... Read More...

Bobbi Jene – BFI London Film Festival Review

“I need to dance, I need to work hard, that’s it”. Words of Bobbi Jene, a contemporary dancer in Israel who has a dream she is desperate to reach. She wants to ... Read More...

Loving Vincent – BFI London Film Festival Review

“Artists, their job is to see the world in a new way, that sometimes contradicts with the culture around them,” director Hugh Welchman tells the press at the Na... Read More...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – BFI London Film Festival Review

The site of decaying billboards is becoming the norm across the Western world. When the vast majority of advertising moves to online, and industrial towns lose ... Read More...

Lady Bird – BFI London Film Festival Review

An angry teen, annoying parents, best friends who fall out and awkward romances that don't pan out - we've all been there. Lady Bird, on the other hand, is spec... Read More...

A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot – BFI London Film Festival Review

In the ongoing process of growing up, a memorable moment was when my father, in answer to whether he'd protect me after a hypothetical murder, without hesitatio... Read More...

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Books

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