The third Annual Russian Film Week will be held on November 25 to December 2, 2018 in landmark venues across London: BFI Southbank, Regent Street Cinema, Curzon Mayfair, Empire IMAX Leicester Square as well as in Edinburgh, Cambridge and Oxford. The eight-day festival celebrates the best of new films from
A sequel that doesn’t work, in a franchise that never worked.
The latest superhero blockbuster with a dark edge to it hits our screens, and although doing incredibly well in the box office, fails to convince the critics. Film writer Sam Welton tells us more.
The BFI London Film Festival ran from 10th to 21st Oct, with 14 cinemas across London previewing some of the most exciting new upcoming movies. Among Widows, Roma, Shoplifters, and Sorry to Bother You featuring on the festival programme, is a South Korean indie movie, Burning.
The Wife, directed by Björn Runge and starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, is a story about Joan Archer, the wife of Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Joseph Castleman (Jonathan Pryce). Glenn Close, as the eponymous “Wife” proves to be the most stunning and transcendent feature of the film. As
A month ago, in the throes of feeling ill and in the dumps, I turned not to Netflix but my old DVD collection. After wiping away the dust and sifting through the selection, I found, tightly tucked at the back of the drawer, a bunch of DVDs all created by
Ah, the seventies — a vibrant era of yesteryear, whose key highlights include the heinous hairdos, sleaze-core fashion, disco music, and of course, the racial tension between white and black peoples of America. However, BlacKkKlansman is far from a period piece, as director Spike Lee embellishes what is essentially a buddy-cop
Following on from Film Editor Sung Soo Moon’s review of American Animals in last week’s issue of Felix, fellow Film Editor , Aidan Chan, gives his take
So, you’ve just moved into halls and have some idle time to spare – check out these coming-of-age gems that every student should see.
Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or last month for his drama Shoplifters – it’s a long-overdue recognition for the spiritual successor of Yasujiro Ozu.
The psychodrama should see Ozon back on home turf, but falls flat.
This new found footage documentary sheds light on the Beales.