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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.

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.

Danny Boyle delivers his finest film in years in a bruising chronicle of The Sun’s explosive rise.

The 70th annual BFI London Film Festival has kicked off in glorious insanity with Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters.

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

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.

A good film can make you feel and ponder endlessly; this one made me feel absolutely nothing, and I left the theatre confused and head empty.

The Vile (Majid Al Ansari, 2025); Image courtesy of BFI London Film Festival 2025 Emirati director Majid Al Ansari’s latest feature, The Vile (2025), is a masterclass in bringing the modern Gothic to your doorstep. When Amani, a loving wife and mother, finds herself playing second fiddle to the new (and younger) bride her husband ushers in without telling her, her life begins to unravel from the inside out, outside in. The hour and a half that follows narrates the lives of A

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.

The 69th BFI London Film Festival is set to join us once again this October. Festival director, Kristy Matheson, has curated a programme which highlights this year’s themes surrounding family, love, and belonging.