No Other Choice, 2025. Directed by Park Chan-wook. Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon. SYNOPSIS: After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. Park Chan-wook has proven adept at seamlessly flitting between genres over the past 30 years, from dark, psychological drama […]
Slow Horses Season 5 Episode 4 Review – ‘Missiles’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Slow Horses season 5… The previous episode of Slow Horses saw Slough House on lockdown and tensions continuing to escalate, and episode four, ‘Missiles’, sees Ho’s continued questioning at The Park, this time with Flyte leading the charge. Ruth Bradley and Chris Chung a treat to watch. Does […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Is This Thing On?
Is This Thing On?, 2025 Directed by Bradley Cooper. Starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Sean Hayes, Bradley Cooper, Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, and Scott Icenogle. SYNOPSIS: As their marriage unravels, Alex faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess confronts sacrifices […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hamnet
Hamnet, 2025. Directed by Chloe Zhao. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal. Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Shakespeare’s works are known the world over, and his personal life has been examined before on screen, notably […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Saipan
Saipan, 2025. Directed by Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa. Starring Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Jack Hickey, Harriet Cains, Alice Lowe, Jamie Beamish, Alex Murphy, and Peter McDonald. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team’s preparation base in […]
2025 London Film Festival Review – The Mastermind
The Mastermind, 2025. Directed by Kelly Reichardt. Starring Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, and Bill Camp. SYNOPSIS: An unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief plans his first big heist, and when things go haywire, his life unravels. Kelly Reichardt is a hard director to pin down; she has built a […]
2025 London Film Festival Review – Father Mother Sister Brother
Father Mother Sister Brother, 2025. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat. SYNOPSIS: Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents. Jim Jarmusch has been […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bad Apples
Bad Apples, 2025. Directed by Jonatan Etzler. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eddie Waller, Jacob Anderson, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder. SYNOPSIS: A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured. There has been something of an education crisis in the UK for some time now with […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ballad of a Small Player
Ballad of a Small Player, 2025. Directed by Edward Berger. Starring Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton, and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation. Edward Berger […]
2025 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Private Life
A Private Life, 2025. Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, and Mathieu Amalric. SYNOPSIS: The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered. Jodie Foster has already achieved so much in her career, from child […]
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