Matt Rodgers with the must-see movies of the 2018 BFI London Film Festival… With the labyrinthine streets of Venice emptying to the sound of effusive praise for First Man, and Toronto readying themselves to herald the breakout performance of Lady Gaga in A Star is Born, (though surely this happened when she won a Golden Globe […]
Stan & Ollie to close the 62nd BFI London Film Festival
The 62nd BFI London Film Festival has announced that it will close with the world premiere of Stan & Ollie, the upcoming biopic of Laurel and Hardy, starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as the legendary comedy double act. Check out a first look image here… SEE ALSO: Laurel and Hardy biopic Stan & […]
Steve McQueen’s Widows will open 62nd BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival has announced that this year’s Opening Night gala will be Academy Award winner Steve McQueen’s new feature Widows, with its international premiere set to take place on October 10th an Cineworld in Leicester Square. “I am absolutely delighted that Widows will be opening this year’s BFI London Film Festival,” said McQueen. […]
Exclusive Interview – Directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on The Endless, Lovecraft and how they make movies
Ben Robins chats with filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead… In the last 6 years, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have pretty much turned genre on its head, taking a deeper, more heady twist on everything from movie-monsters to ancient mythology. Their latest, the critically acclaimed and Arrow Video-backed The Endless is quite possibly their […]
The Best Short Films from the 61st BFI London Film Festival
Ben Robins with the best short films from the BFI London Film Festival… This year’s LFF was another seriously star-studded affair, with talks of Oscars and hefty awards-season releases sewn into almost every single conversation around. But some of the best talent on show this year actually ended up coming from the festival’s smallest showcase […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Veronica (2017)
Veronica, 2017. Directed by Paco Plaza. Starring Sandra Escacena, Bruna Gonzalez, and Claudia Pacer. SYNOPSIS: Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates. In 2007 Spanish director Paco Plaza obliterated audiences’ nerves with found-footage zombie horror REC. Co-directed by Jaume Balaguero the movie […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project 2017 Directed by Sean Baker Starring Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones and Macon Blair. SYNOPSIS: In the shadow of Disney World is a motel called The Magic Castle. Among the residents is six year old Moonee, who spends the summer months getting into mischief with her […]
61st London Film Festival Review – The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 2017. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bob Camp, and Alicia Silverstone. SYNOPSIS: A highly successful surgeon takes a teenage boy under his wing. But the boy’s behaviour turns sinister and the surgeon’s life starts to fall apart. Beware, as […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Gemini (2017)
Gemini, 2017. Directed by Aaron Katz. Starring Lola Kirke, Zoë Kravitz, Greta Lee, Michelle Forbes, Nelson Franklin, Reeve Carney, Jessica Parker Kennedy, James Ransone, Ricki Lake, and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Flag Flying (2017)
Last Flag Flying, 2017. Directed by Richard Linklater. Starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne and J. Quinton Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Thirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry “Doc” Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine […]