Roma: a triumph of cinema or the pinnacle of home viewing?
A ‘Netflix Original’ by nature— it’s a monumental shame that most will not discover this gem on the big screen.
LISFF: A Celebration of the Possibilities of Short Film
After two years of sold-out screenings, premieres, and dozens of excellent short films, LISFF is delighted to return to Kino Bermondsey for a third year. LISFF 2018 will run December 9th – 12th, showcasing new talent, and filmmakers of independent spirit making creative and innovative use of low budgets. For any
It’s a Wonderful Felix Film Christmas: The Lowdown of Must Watch Christmas Films this Holiday Season
With a combined score of 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, these three movies will give you a great excuse to torture that annoying cousin who’s visiting, or provide a great drinking game by encouraging you to drink to forget.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Bad Storytelling
Film Editor Aidan Chan sat through the latest film in the Harry Potter franchise.
First Man: Review
*Spoiler Alert: THEY LANDED ON THE MOON!*
Russian Film Week returns to London in November!
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
Johnny English’s Third Strike
A sequel that doesn’t work, in a franchise that never worked.
Venom: The Worst Kind of Bad Film
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.
Don’t Burn Your Bridges Before You Get To Them!
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.
Masters of the Melancholic Movie Music
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
Go Watch The Wife, If Only for Glenn Close
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
BlacKkKlansman: A Klever koncious Komedy
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