Film Festivals

Perfect 10 – BFI London Film Festival Review

Those fleeting teenage years of precarious decisions and nerve-wracking moments, that seem to feel like forever, are so much tougher when your parents are not b... Read More...

You Don’t Nomi – BFI London Film Festival Review

Nearly twenty-five years on, Showgirls continues to build a fan base – and since watching You Don’t Nomi, you can count me among them. Paul Verhoeven’s controve... Read More...

5 films to watch at this year’s BFI London Film Festival

Once more unto the breach, film fans! It’s that glorious time of year again when the cream of the world’s cinematic crop lands squarely on our shores. And, a... Read More...

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...

Rafiki – BFI London Film Festival Review

Wanuri Kahiu’s thesis statement for Rafiki perfectly sums up the message of the film: “Feel all the feelings of love, because they’re inside you already.” Not ... 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...

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Film Festivals

Perfect 10 – BFI London Film Festival Review

You Don’t Nomi – BFI London Film Festival Review

5 films to watch at this year’s BFI London Film Festival

BFI London Film Festival 2018: The Best Of The Fest

Rafiki – BFI London Film Festival Review

Stan & Ollie – BFI London Film Festival Review

Benjamin – BFI London Film Festival Review

The Hate U Give – BFI London Film Festival Review

A Private War – BFI London Film Festival Review

If Beale Street Could Talk – BFI London Film Festival Review

Dublin Oldschool – BFI London Film Festival Review

The Favourite – BFI London Film Festival Review