Film Festivals

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood – BFI London Film Festival Review

Two years ago, I didn’t know who Fred Rogers was. Slowly, but very surely, reports of a documentary that broke audiences into puddles in their cinema chairs beg... Read More...

The Irishman – BFI London Film Festival Review

“It is what it is” is almost comedic in its delivery in The Irishman. Robert De Niro, as the softly spoken Frankie Sheeran, is explaining to Pacino’s Jimmy Hoff... Read More...

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs – BFI London Film Festival Review

It happens at least once a festival – maybe more, if you’re lucky. You come across a film you know nothing about. You know no one who’s in it, you’ve heard no r... Read More...

Sister – BFI London Film Festival Review

Rayna (Monika Naydenova) is a girl who can’t stop crying wolf. She lives with her mother (Svetlana Yancheva) and elder sister Kamelia (Elena Zamyarkova) by the ... Read More...

Rare Beasts – BFI London Film Festival Review

British audiences of a certain age will know Billie Piper from the halcyon days of late-nineties pop music. But she has redefined her image with the outstanding... Read More...

Nocturnal – BFI London Film Festival Review

Pete (Cosmo Jarvis) and Laurie (Lauren Coe) are kindred spirits. Neither have any friends, both are unhappy, both want to leave their boring seaside town. When ... Read More...

End Of The Century – BFI London Film Festival Review

When we first meet Ocho (Juan Barberini) and Javi (Ramon Pujol), it’s as they hook up in Barcelona. Ocho is a poet on holiday from New York. Javi is a director ... Read More...

Adolescents – BFI London Film Festival Review

Anaïs and Emma are two regular girls who live in a small French town. Anaïs is so bubbly that she struggles in school. Emma is more reserved and determined to b... Read More...

Marriage Story – BFI London Film Festival Review

Marriage Story must simultaneously showcase the destructive, permanent process of divorce against the reality of a couple who were, at one point, hopelessly bes... Read More...

Jojo Rabbit – BFI London Film Festival Review

Jojo Rabbit is trying to be a perfect combination of poignant satire and uproarious comedy, using the past to connect to the present. The director of Thor: Ragn... Read More...

A White, White Day – BFI London Film Festival Review

After his wife dies in a car accident, Ingimundur (Ingvar Sigurdsson) does his best to carry on. He’s a police officer in his small, sleepy town. He often looks... Read More...

Hope Frozen – BFI London Film Festival Review

The Naovaratpong family face tragedy when their two-year-old Matheryn, affectionately known as Einz, dies of brain cancer. But that isn’t the end of her story, ... Read More...

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Film Festivals

A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood – BFI London Film Festival Review

The Irishman – BFI London Film Festival Review

Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs – BFI London Film Festival Review

Sister – BFI London Film Festival Review

Rare Beasts – BFI London Film Festival Review

Nocturnal – BFI London Film Festival Review

End Of The Century – BFI London Film Festival Review

Adolescents – BFI London Film Festival Review

Marriage Story – BFI London Film Festival Review

Jojo Rabbit – BFI London Film Festival Review

A White, White Day – BFI London Film Festival Review

Hope Frozen – BFI London Film Festival Review