LFF 2019 Review: Judy and Punch – “It is the quirky darkness that really holds your interest”
An Australian film about the traditionally British Punch and Judy puppet show is set in the fictional town of Seaside (a town nowhere near...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron’s latest feature Rocks walks a seamless line between energetic coming-of-age and social realism. The film...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Last year you may recall I reviewed Score, a documentary on the history and evolution of music in cinema. Making Waves is a perfect...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”
It’s what many of us hope for, the knowledge that based-on-a-true-story cinema can do more than entertain, it can actually redress...
Read MoreLFF 2019: Lucky Grandma -“A very assured first feature”
Lady luck takes a glance in the wrong direction for a gambling Grandma in writer-director Sasie Siely’s debut feature. Grandma Wong (Tsai...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Bad Education – “Dripping with righteous anger”
The sound of Greta Thunberg’s name is enough to make most cheer and some fume. As the poster child for the climate change movement,...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon – “A wonder to behold”
It’s not often that a film conveys the feeling of being really dirty. Not the gritty city realism of a kitchen-sink drama, nor...
Read MoreBFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: Girl
Back in 2013 whilst reviewing the 10th volume of Boys on Films, Peccadillo Pictures’ illustrious anthology of queer shorts from across the...
Read MoreBFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: The Fight – “A debut film that more than punches its weight”
Jessica Hynes might best known as a comedy actress, but it’s the drama of the everyday she ’s exploring in her first feature as a...
Read MoreBFI London Film Festival 2018 Review: Been So Long – “A celebration of love”
A musical based in London’s Camden, Tinge Krishnan’s Been So Long is a romantic drama that follows Simone (Michaela Coel), a single mother...
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