Donbass: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Sergei Loznitsa once again turns the spotlight on Ukraine with fake news and absurdist characters in this collection of vignettesContinue Reading
Category: London Film Festival
Birds of Passage / Pájaros de verano: London Film Festival 2018 Review
From the makers of Embrace of the Serpent, Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) again explores the mysticism, folklore andContinue Reading
Capernaum: London Film Festival 2018 Review
A tough yet remarkable film from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, Capernaum puts a young runaway in the spotlight at TheContinue Reading
Burning: London Film Festival 2018 Review
A not-quite-what-it-seems story from Lee Chang-dong has the audience wondering what is true in the Korean director’s latest offering. Continue Reading
If Beale Street Could Talk: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Barry Jenkins takes on James Baldwin for his next feature, and it’s a match made in heaven. I wasContinue Reading
The White Crow: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Ralph Fiennes directs for the third time in The White Crow, a biography of a crucial moment in the careerContinue Reading
The Favourite: London Film Festival Review 2018
An excellent cast heads up the latest offering from Yorgos Lanthimos, which gets its UK premiere at London Film Festival.Continue Reading
Étangs Noirs: London Film Festival 2018 Review
A wrongly-delivered package is the beginning of a search for its true recipient. Marie joins in the hunt for theContinue Reading
Lazzaro felice / Happy as Lazzaro: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Alice Rohrwacher’s fable of Italian modern history rightly won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes this year. Marie went alongContinue Reading
Border / Gräns: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Screening as part of the Dare strand at London Film Festival, this modern day Swedish fairy tale provokes and surprises. Continue Reading