The Voice of Hind Rajab, 2025. Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Starring Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, and Amer Hlehel. SYNOPSIS: Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they […]
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 […]
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 […]
