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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.

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 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.

Grand Theft Hamlet (Pinny Grylls, Sam Crane, 2024); Image courtesy of Tull Stories) In spite of all the surreal emotions that arise from...

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...

Competing with two other adaptions of Collodi’s legendary children’s novel this year, one might wonder how Del Toro, for the first time...

Darren Aronofsky’s first attempt at a narrative feature since the hit-or-miss that was Mother! is an equally divided affair, boasting a...

Credit: AlloCiné Rian Johnson had large shoes to fill for the sequel to 2019’s Knives Out, especially regarding its star-studded cast....

Park Chan-wook’s love stories have always challenged dynamics, taste, and romantic convention. But at the heart of all of them remains a...