London Film Festival 2026 Review: 7 Miles Out – “A triumph of indie cinema.”
Writer and director Carol Morley is no stranger to mining her past in her work, having previously made the documentary The Alcohol Years....
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London Film Festival 2026 Review: Flies – “A warm, naturalistic and poignant film.”
Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s black-and-white comedy-drama Flies is a gentle study in compassion and the effect people can have on...
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London Film Festival 2026 Review: Misty Green – “A remarkable performance.”
Life in LA is a frenetic mix of broken dreams, systemic racism and a growing mental health crisis in comedian Chris Rock’s uneven latest...
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London Film Festival Review: The Secret Agent – “defies easy classification.”
As with most of Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s films, The Secret Agent defies easy classification. Even its relatively simple...
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London Film Festival Review: High Wire – “It’s an impressive and personal debut by Calif Chong”
The circus coming to town is a chance to dream big for a young British Chinese woman in Calif Chong’s debut feature High Wire....
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London Film Festival 2024 Review: I’m Still Here – “The film captures the horror of a kidnap disguised as bureaucracy.”
The personal is political in Walter Salles’ latest film, his first back in his home country since 2008’s Linha De Passe. It’s the early...
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London Film Festival 2024 Review: The Assessment – “At times, the film plays out like a twisted chamber piece.”
Prospective parenthood is a nightmare for one couple in this dystopian, near-future society. Scientist couple Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and...
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LFF 2023 Review: Shortcomings – “Randall Park’s directorial debut about young Asian Americans evokes the spirit of 90s slacker comedies”
Actor Randall Park’s directorial debut Shortcomings about young Asian Americans in Berkeley evokes the spirit of 90s slacker comedies....
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LFF 2023 Review: All Of Us Strangers – “A beautifully tender supernatural romantic drama.”
Past and present live side by side in Andrew Haigh’s beautifully tender supernatural romantic drama. The film is based on the 1987 book...
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LFF 2023 Review: Power Alley (Levante) – “The film is a rallying call for bodily autonomy and queer sisterhood”
Intersectional feminist solidarity fights back hard against religious conservatism in this confronting debut feature by Brazilian director...
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