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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.

Imagine entering a room filled to the brim with queer womenx who love queer womenx, all sat together to watch a film about Black Brooklyn lesbians(-ish) falling in love over coffee.

Back in April, the behind-the-scenes pictures leaked onto our social media feeds, and a buzz of autumnal excitement grew among rom-com...

Inspired by Chris Marker 's 1962 short film La Jetée, Asif Kapadia’s 2073 premiered to a full house at the London Film Festival....

Stranger Eyes , directed by Yeo Siew Hua, was advertised as a mystery thriller by the London Film Festival brochure. The still attached...

Gabrielle Brady’s hybrid documentary-drama The Wolves Always Come at Night screened at the London Film Festival as a submission for the...

Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches combines a deeply personal narrative with a range of striking interviews and artistic montages. Through...