Apple Original Films has unveiled the trailer for 12 Years a Slave-director Steve McQueen’s latest epic Blitz, which tells the story of Saoirse Ronan’s wartime mother searching for her son amongst the perilous streets of WWII London. Written and directed by the Academy and BAFTA Award-winning McQueen, the film also stars Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, […]
Exclusive Interview – Critically-acclaimed director Kate Herron chats tentacled vagina monsters and her festival-favourite short Smear
Ben Robins chats with director Kate Herron about her festival favourite short Smear… There’s never been a better time for genre fans to dive into the British short film “scene”. Hot on the heels of the Alice Lowes and Ben Wheatleys of this world, are an entire new movement of young, cult-driven filmmakers, pushing old-school […]
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs will close the 59th BFI London Film Festival
The 59th BFI London Film Festival is just around the corner and today it has been announced that Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs is to close this year’s festival, which runs from October 7th to October 18th. SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Steve Jobs here The film, written by The Newsroom’s Aaron Sorkin, stars Michael […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Monos
Monos, 2019. Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julian Giraldo, Paul Cubides, Karen Quintero, Julianne Nicholson, Deiby Rueda, Sneider Castro, Laura Castrillón and Wilson Salazar. SYNOPSIS: A gang of child soldiers are left adrift in the Colombian jungle, far away from any adult authority to guide their violent antics. Sometimes, it’s nice […]
Movie Review — On a Magical Night (2019)
On a Magical Night, 2019. Directed by Christophe Honoré. Starring Chiara Mastroianni, Benjamin Biolay, Vincent Lacoste, Camille Cottin. SYNOPSIS: After ending her latest casual fling with an attractive young student, a University lecturer reveals her long history of affairs to her husband of twenty years. Leaving him devastated, she checks into a hotel room across […]
Pick of the London Film Festival Special #5 with Emily Murray and Tom Percival | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast
During the course of the BFI London Film Festival 2019, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is devoting itself to looking at the best of the fest. This time around, it’s the end of the festival and we’re having a chat about Martin Scorsese’s gangster opus The Irishman… On this week’s episode of The Pick […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bombay Rose
Bombay Rose, 2019. Directed by Gitanjali Rao. Starring Cyli Khare, Amit Deondi, Amardeep Jha, Makrand Deshpande, Gargi Shitole and Virendra Saxena. SYNOPSIS: Interlocking stories of people living in Mumbai, encompassing romance, grief and the world of crime. There has never been a better time to be a fan of animated cinema. The big guns of […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Scales
Scales, 2019. Directed by Shahad Ameen. Starring Baseema Hajjar, Yaqoub Alfarhan and Ashraf Barhom. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated island community, each family must sacrifice one daughter to the sea creatures who surround it. But one young girl has been spared that fate by her father, making her an outcast in the community. A few years […]
Pick of the London Film Festival Special #4 with Katie Smith-Wong and Sarah Miles | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast
During the course of the BFI London Film Festival 2019, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is devoting itself to looking at the best of the fest. This time around, it’s two guests for the price of one as we discuss Rian Johnson’s murder-mystery Knives Out and Noah Baumbach’s drama Marriage Story… On this week’s […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lucky Grandma
Lucky Grandma, 2019. Directed by Sasie Sealy. Starring Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Yan Xi and Mason Yam. SYNOPSIS: When she steals a large amount of money from a dead criminal boss, a grandmother hires a gangland bodyguard to protect her from the crooks who come to reclaim the cash. The influence of the […]
