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Photo by aj_aaaab on Unsplash A relative of mine recently said to me: “Films aren’t the same anymore, I don’t want to see anything at the cinema nowadays.” She worked in the film industry for 50 years. I had just finished asking her about her career and she reflected fondly, but to see her disappointment at what was once her scene saddened me. I thought back to the last time we had been to the cinema together. We saw The Naked Gun (2025), a legacy sequel to the original fra

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2025); Image courtesy of London Palestine Film Festival When the world around you is burning and you feel all alone, what do you have left? What sustenance keeps you going? What cannot be taken from you?  Your voice.  Your voice is the most powerful tool you have when you are the voiceless figure, spoken for by those who do not know you. The Voice of Hind Rajab  (2025) acts as this protest, a protest against letting the voices of P

Will romance survive the age of instant gratification?

Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025); Image courtesy of BFI London Film Festival 2025 Headlining the London Film Festival, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein  (2025) was one of the most highly anticipated premieres. Starring Oscar Isaac as the titular scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and Jacob Elordi as The Creature, the film’s supporting cast also features Christopher Waltz, Mia Goth, David Bradley, and Lars Mikkelson, who bring a mixture of warmth, melancho

Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt, 2025); Image courtesy of BFI London Film Festival 2025 The recent Louvre robbery has caught the world’s attention. This short eight-minute heist reads like a movie – speedy and brazen. Does our fascination with this crime reveal how drawn we are to such plots? Clearly, the allure of such a heist captures our interest. And coincidentally, Kelly Reichart’s recent feature, The Mastermind , shown at the BFI London Film Festival an

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

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

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

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.