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BFI London Film Festival 2026 Preview: Klara and the Sun
Taika Waititi's upcoming film remarkably collapses in on itself, finding very little to say about love, loss and the role of artificial intelligence in either.
Teddy D’Ancona
Oct 223 min read


What Makes Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' The Greatest Video Game Adaptation?
The reputation of films adapted from video games has historically been poor. Resident Evil (2026) has defied expectations, however, becoming one of the most acclaimed video game adaptations of all time.
Raza Mirza
Oct 193 min read


London Film Festival Expanded 2026 Review: The World Came Flooding In
The World Came Flooding In is an XR installation that recreates lost objects and spaces to tell the stories of those affected by the 2022 Australian floods.
Joanne Baranga
Oct 163 min read


London Film Festival Expanded 2026 Review: Water Body
This installation brings its viewers on a journey through the flowing connections of water in all shapes and forms. From a bathroom sink to vast oceans, it acts as a commentary on water biodiversity and visualises the world’s streams and oceans as a kind of circulatory system.
Raza Mirza
Oct 152 min read


BFI London Film Festival 2026 Preview: Ink
Danny Boyle delivers his finest film in years in a bruising chronicle of The Sun’s explosive rise.
Teddy D’Ancona
Oct 143 min read


BFI London Film Festival 2026 Preview: I Love Boosters
The 70th annual BFI London Film Festival has kicked off in glorious insanity with Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters.
Teddy D’Ancona
Oct 12 min read
Super Nature: A Love Letter In Practice
In a world where species dwindle and climate disaster becomes the daily reality across our planet, to look at the natural world is to be witness to a fading memory. Super Nature, directed by Ed Sayers, is a poignant collection of images of the natural world integrally filmed in Super 8 format, bringing together over 40 worldwide collaborators into a collective meditation on nature and our place (and mark) in it. Because of its technical characteristics, Super 8 is not general
Andrea Navarro
Sep 104 min read


As Zeus Intended: ‘The Odyssey’
Many among us have nobly succumbed to the temptation of treating a film such as ‘The Odyssey’ (2026) as little more than an excuse to put on our Culturati Hats and get to nitpicking.
Maddy Maguire
Aug 54 min read


On The Jesterification Of The British Working Class: ‘The Hunt For Shannon Matthews’ And The Media Stigmatisation Of Northern Identity
Photo by Umair Dingmar on Unsplash (licensed under the Unsplash licence) In the summer of 2025, the two-part documentary ‘The Hunt for Shannon Matthews’ (Ben Sheldon, 2025) was released – all about the staged kidnapping that put my hometown of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on the map. I watched it, of course. My whole family did. I even made my boyfriend – privately educated and capable of pronouncing his t’s – watch it too. A sort of “look at this crazy place I call home” exercis
Maddy Maguire
Jul 145 min read


'Supergirl' And The Freedom Of Not Being Perfect
Superhero stories have always been more forgiving of their male leads. Their flaws are built into their character and not often do they have to correct them before being considered heroic. Female superheroes have not always had that same freedom.
Joanne Baranga
Jul 95 min read
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