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'Killers Of The Flower Moon' LFF 2023 Review: A Seismic Picture Of Soul And Unfathomable Horror
In recent interviews promoting his Western Osage epic Killers of the Flower Moon, perhaps cinema’s most universally beloved filmmaker...
Charlie Taylor
Nov 17, 20236 min read


'All Of Us Strangers' LFF 2023 Review: An Overwrought But Undeniably Shattering Fantasy
Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers has brought about some of the most impassioned responses of the festival season. It is certifiably...
Charlie Taylor
Nov 16, 20234 min read


'I Am Sirat' LFF 2023 Review: A Love Story
Once a movie is finished, the common practice is to get up and leave as the credits roll. Of course, if you’re someone who religiously...
Anainah Dalal
Nov 16, 20235 min read


Same As It Ever Was, 40 Years On; ‘Stop Making Sense’ Returns to Cinemas
Cropped cover of the Talking Heads album Talking Heads: 77 Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Of all the Talking Heads...
Akane Hayashi
Nov 16, 20236 min read


'Music' LFF 2023 Review: A Riddling And Allusive Modern Myth
Music is a visual delight on a frame-by-frame level, challenging viewers to embrace the unseen. Based on the classic blinding of Oedipus...
Maleehah Laher
Nov 16, 20232 min read


In Conversation With Matthew Barrington, Curator of 'Jazz On Screen' At The Barbican
Festival Curator Matthew Barrington shares the philosophy behind programming ‘Jazz on Screen’, the selection of films screening at...
Oisín McGilloway
Nov 8, 20234 min read


‘Poor Things’ LFF 2023 Review: Pleasure And Pain
If one were to describe Yorgos Lanthimos’ newest film, Poor Things (2023) in one word it would be weird. Of course, weird has many...
Keyuri Gawde
Nov 6, 20234 min read


'The End We Start From' LFF 2023 Review: A Mother’s Odyssey
Adapted for the screen from Megan Hunter’s riveting 2017 book of the same name, The End We Start From tells the unique and gripping story...
Lara Milne
Nov 6, 20233 min read


‘Foe’ LFF 2023 Review: An Unconventional Love Story And Futuristic Tale
If you are already put off by the idea of marriage, maybe this isn’t the movie for you. For me, the allure of Foe was seeing Saoirse...
Ariana Nazir
Nov 6, 20232 min read


'The Bikeriders' LFF 2023 Review: A Wild Ride Not All That Wild
In mid-twentieth-century America, the steed became metal. The elegant, slender physique of the horse was replaced by fat metal tyres and...
Ben Lewis
Oct 28, 20234 min read
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