Tag: London Film Festival
LFF Review: Courtney Hope Thérond’s new short film ‘Rehearsal’
Courtney Hope Thérond has routinely proven herself a cunning filmmaker, one who can deliver the rawness of intimate human interaction in a closed space. Her…
LFF Review: Our Ladies
Our Ladies is a surprisingly sweet coming-of-age film Did you go to a Catholic school where traditions and strictness rule or did you go to…
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…
LFF Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon
“Friends are the family you chose”. Only six words but so much truth behind them. It’s not only applicable for each one of us but…
LFF Review: The Lodge / Tremors / The Whistlers
For me, the biggest surprise of the London Film Festival thus far hasn’t been something I’ve seen on a cinema screen, but something I’ve discovered…
LFF Review: Synchronic
They always say that when death comes close, we finally understand what’s important in our lives and what isn’t. However, until that finite moment, we…
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 Raft
Dubbed ”Big Brother” at sea, in 1973 an anthropologist placed 11 demographically diverse strangers on a raft for 100 days, and gave them to cross…
LFF Exclusive Review: The Fight
This year’s BFI London Film Festival included the directorial debut of British comedy-actress Jessica Hynes, showing off her skill behind the camera with a slice-of-life…
LFF Exclusive: Where are all the Diverse Voices in Film Criticism?
Film festivals shouldn’t just be an opportunity to watch films, but a place where you can attend talks and panels with those working in the…
LFF Exclusive Review: Old Man and the Gun
Robert Redford is a national treasure of American cinema. His career is impressive, full of great performances in films such as Butch Cassidy and the…
LFF Exclusive Review: Mirai (Mirai no Mirai)
In this charming little Japanese animated film, a young boy named Kun feels forgotten by his family when his little sister Mirai arrives. Kun can’t…
LFF Exclusive – Utøya: July 22 Director Erik Poppe and Actress Andrea Berntzen talk to Filmotomy
After watching Utøya: July 22, the Norwegian film (Utøya 22. juli), not the Paul Greengrass one, I had the simple privilege of feeling alive. My recovery,…
