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'La Chimera' Review: Josh O’Connor Looks For Lost Love In Rohrwacher’s Meditation On Loss
Watching Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, I couldn’t help returning to D. H. Lawrence’s late-career lyric Bavarian Gentians. Written in the...
Anwesh Banerjee
May 6, 20245 min read


We Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen…Mon Oncle
In a bid to match his excitement for this film, I’m going to shamelessly use the assertive, if enigmatic, opening phrase of Roger Ebert’s...
Oisín McGilloway
Apr 23, 20245 min read


‘Coconut Head Generation’ Review: A Young Person’s Guide To Activist Filmmaking
The film opens in a distant, grainy, black-and-white past, showing us the opening ceremony for the permanent buildings of Ibadan...
Oisín McGilloway
Apr 22, 20244 min read


In Conversation With Sav Rodgers, Director of 'Chasing Chasing Amy'
When Sav Rodgers was twelve years old, he encountered Chasing Amy, Kevin Smith’s 1997 independent slacker comedy about a cisgender...
Blake Simons
Apr 9, 202412 min read


In Conversation with Max Mir, Director of 'Walking Fernando'
Max Mir is an award-winning director who has recently moved to London. I met with him to discuss his latest film, his chance encounter...
Stefi Komala
Mar 29, 20244 min read


In Conversation with the Makers of 'Coconut Head Generation'
Alain Kassanda’s latest documentary Coconut Head Generation follows the Thursday Film Series, a movie club at the University of Ibadan,...
Oisín McGilloway
Mar 21, 20248 min read


In conversation with Frances Underhill, Programmer For Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London for its 28th year, providing a plethora of films from across the world, all...
Oisín McGilloway
Mar 12, 20244 min read


Opening Scenes: Elif Gönen, aka FORLUCK
A couple of weeks ago, visual artist Elif Gönen, aka FORLUCK, whose latest documentary Please Be Happy appeared at BFI Future Film...
Oisín McGilloway
Mar 11, 20245 min read


‘Priscilla’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Latest Portrait of Female Identity
Sofia Coppola’s latest film could be her most stylish, sensitive, and seductive portrait of womanhood yet. Coppola proves time and time...
Anna Stafford
Mar 11, 20245 min read


Dialled In Presents Unbound Archives at the Southbank Centre: 'Education Is Just As Important As Entertainment'
Photo by Talia Andrea Anyone even remotely dialled into the music industry nowadays will know that Dialled In is one of the latest and...
Talia Andrea
Mar 10, 20244 min read
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