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The 69th BFI London Film Festival Programme 2025
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.
Zarah Hashim
Sep 194 min read


'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: 'The Play's The Thing'
Grand Theft Hamlet (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, 2024); Image courtesy of Tull Stories) In spite of all the surreal emotions that arise from...
Joe Breuer
Dec 12, 20245 min read


'The End We Start From' LFF 2023 Review: A Mother’s Odyssey
Adapted for the screen from Megan Hunter’s riveting 2017 book of the same name, The End We Start From tells the unique and gripping story...
Lara Milne
Nov 6, 20233 min read


'Pinocchio' Review: Guillermo del Toro's Dazzling Debut Into Animation
Competing with two other adaptions of Collodi’s legendary children’s novel this year, one might wonder how Del Toro, for the first time...
Alex Alcock
Dec 3, 20223 min read


'The Whale' Review: Just about stands on its own two feet
Darren Aronofsky’s first attempt at a narrative feature since the hit-or-miss that was Mother! is an equally divided affair, boasting a...
Alex Alcock
Nov 3, 20223 min read


'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' Review: A delicately layered tale that rarely cracks
Credit: AlloCiné Rian Johnson had large shoes to fill for the sequel to 2019’s Knives Out, especially regarding its star-studded cast....
Alex Alcock
Oct 21, 20224 min read


'Decision to Leave' Review: An exquisite detective story from a world-class filmmaker
Park Chan-wook’s love stories have always challenged dynamics, taste, and romantic convention. But at the heart of all of them remains a...
Charlie Taylor
Oct 20, 20224 min read


'The Good Nurse' Review: How well do you know anyone?
Charles Cullen was a good nurse. That is precisely what makes Tobias Lindholm’s first American feature so chilling. Based on a true...
Zara Farooq
Oct 19, 20224 min read


‘Bones and All’ Review: A Ravenous Romance for the Ages
Luca Guadagnino is very much the old-fashioned romantic. Into his 50s, the director still seems infatuated by incredibly tender stories...
Charlie Taylor
Oct 14, 20223 min read


'The Wonder' Review: stellar performances tarnished by questionable narrative choices
Credit: Netflix Rarely is there a film ruined for me by a single choice. It seems dismissive to delegate all of a film’s shortcomings to...
Alex Alcock
Oct 13, 20223 min read
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