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I would like you to imagine that you are a middle-aged man with two young boys who has just lost his wife and the mother of his children. Now sprinkle in your inability to parent and grieve synonymously, what would that produce?

Photo courtesy of Goldfinch Entertainment Few filmmakers have captured the pulse of modern music history quite like Oliver Murray. Over the past six years, the Oxford-born director has carved out a distinctive space at the intersection of film and sound, documenting some of the most influential figures and movements. From his early days making music videos for The Horrors, Fink, Midlake, and Noel Gallagher, Murray’s storytelling has evolved into a deeply human exploration of

Davies’ legacy lives on through his art, and the BFI fosters that legacy as it commemorates him through the re-release and remastering of his works. We had the privilege of being invited to watch the first in this series: The House of Mirth. 

“A before David and an after David” is how Sabrina Sutherland described the change in her professional and personal life when she started working with Lynch; those who surrounded him seemed to feel the same gravitational pull.

Abou Sangare in Souleymane’s Story (2024); Photo courtesy of Conic Films Souleymane’s Story (Boris Lojkine, 2024) is a French language film following breakout star Abou Sangare as Souleymane, an asylum-seeker from Guinea. This film follows Souleymane through the 48-hour period before his citizenship interview where he must revise a fabricated story sold to him by Barry, a “social worker” who helps him prepare documents and memorise dates.  The question this movie asks at it

Photo by Kazzle John Delbo on Unsplash Contains spoilers for Love Is Blind season nine, episodes 1-11.  I have been an avid enjoyer of the reality TV show Love Is Blind   (created by Chris Coelen) since it first premiered in 2020. The premise of the show is simple: fall in love with someone, get engaged sight unseen and then get to know them physically before either marrying them, or walking away. It puts into practice the claim that people do prefer personality over looks.

The second guest featured in ‘LADIES OF LYNCH’ is the remarkable co-creator of Twin Peaks (1990), Mark Frost. He joined me on a quick call to pore over the creative decisions behind the critically-acclaimed show.

When a chance meeting ignites a spark between strangers Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell), they embark on a journey of self-exploration, confronting their preconceptions about love and intimacy.

Ann Marie Fleming is a Canadian filmmaker and visual artist whose award-winning films play with visual mediums and have won the hearts of many. Her recent film, ‘Can I Get A Witness?’ was named on Toronto International Film Festival’s Canada’s Top Ten list in 2024.

Photo by   Jack B  on   Unsplash Following the widely celebrated success of Barbarian (Zach Cregger, 2022), Zach Cregger has dared to continue in the horror/mystery direction, this time directing Weapons; a film about the strange disappearance of seventeen school children who decided to leave their homes at 2:17 am to run into the void. The next day only two people return to class, Alex (Cary Christopher), and Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), the teacher, raising prominent quest