Tag: BFI London Film Festival
LFF Review: Honeymood (Talya Lavie)
Sometimes there’s nothing like a guitar strumming to set the scene and envisage a sense of humour. Talya Lavie‘s Israeli film, Honeymood, has enough organic…
LFF Review: Herself (Phyllida Lloyd)
Herself is a tale of the highs and lows in the life of Dublin based mother Sandra, who is a domestic abuse victim who finds…
LFF Review: 180 Degree Rule (Farnoosh Samadi)
Farnoosh Samadi’s feature debut is a chilling, quietly brutal drama that examines the real-life tensions caused by patriarchal society. Set in and around Tehran, Iran’s…
LFF Review: The Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane)
Indian filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane‘s second feature to return to the London Film Festival, The Disciple, opens with a classical vocal chorus inter-cutting between two men…
LFF Review: The Painter and the Thief – A Strange But Touching Tribute to a Singular Friendship
Many great film titles dilute their characters into basic descriptors: Stalker, The Graduate, Bicycle Thieves, The Passenger. All these examples attempt to define human lives…
LFF Review: Mogul Mowgli (Bassam Tariq)
In Bassam Tariq‘s first fiction feature film, Mogul Mowgli, his central character comes alive during his rap battles with other like-minded, energised young men. In…
London Film Festival 2020 Programme Lineup Announced
The BFI have revealed the full lineup of the latest London Film Festival, which is set to take place from 7-18 October 2020 in a…
More Essential London Film Festival Coverage from Paddy Mulholland at Screen on Screen
Since squatting himself somewhere in the basement of Vue to participate in our London Film Festival podcast, Paddy Mulholland, like so many other LFFers down…
Filmotomy Podcast 90: Live From the London Film Festival
As the London Film Festival land in the thick of it, Filmotomy’s 90th podcast jumps into the event to see what’s shaking. Stuck at home…
63rd BFI London Film Festival (LFF) Announces Programme for 2019
Honestly, my mouth was watering long before the BFI London Film Festival were to announce their official programme for the 2019 line-up. And now, quite…
LFF Exclusive Review: The Cannibal Club
The Cannibal Club (O clube dos canibais) is a very dark, violent and bloody comedy, a satire of Brazil’s ultra-decadent, ultra-wealthy from noteworthy up-and-comer Guto Parente….
