5 of the best films from this year’s BFI London Film Festival

Well, there we have it. So ends what was surely the strangest edition of the London Film Festival’s sixty-four years. Despite the challenging circumstances and ... Read More...

Limbo – BFI London Film Festival Review

In a dingy house in the remotest part of a remote Scottish island, four refugees wait to see if their asylum requests have been granted. Not allowed to work, th... Read More...

Undine – BFI London Film Festival Review

We arrive in the middle of a break-up. Undine (Paula Beer) and Johannes (Jacob Matschenz) are sat in an outdoor café; he looks guilty, she looks stunned. They a... Read More...

180 Degree Rule – BFI London Film Festival Review

For half an hour, 180 Degree Rule is a solid Iranian drama. We meet Sara (Sahar Dolatshahi), a schoolteacher who’s excited about an upcoming family wedding, to ... Read More...

Herself – BFI London Film Festival Review

Finally, she’s had enough. The last beating was the last straw: Sandra (Clare Dunne) and her two daughters Molly and Emma (Molly McCann and Ruby Rose O’Hara) le... Read More...

5 films to watch at BFI London Film Festival 2020

Like every event that has managed to still go ahead in one form or another this year, 2020’s London Film Festival is a significantly different beast than previo... Read More...

Culturefly on the Wall Podcast: London Film Fest 2019 Special

This year's BFI London Film Festival is well and truly over, with reviews posted throughout the season here on Culturefly. But this one-off episode is a special... Read More...

BFI London Film Festival 2019: The Best Of The Fest

That's all folks. With the 63rd London Film Festival over for another year, here are our highlights from the films we managed to watch across the 11 day event. ... 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...

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...

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...