We Are Faheem and Karun Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025
Forbidden love flourishes in Kashmir set We Are Faheem and Karun Groundbreaking writer/director Onir continues his mission to bring marginalised stories to mainstream Indian cinema…
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Sandbag Dam Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025
A forbidden romance causes ripples through the community of a rural Croatian village in Sandbag Dam The film’s Croatian title, director Cejen Cernic tells us…
Summer’s Camera Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025
It’s first love in Korean coming of age drama Summer’s Camera Summer is a person, a season and a moment of change all at once…
Dreams in Nightmares Review: BFI Flare Festival 2025
Three friends make the best of a reluctant roadtrip in Dreams in Nightmares Dreams in Nightmares is the second feature from American writer/director Shatara Michelle…
Saturday Night Review: LFF 2024
Comedy legends are born in Jason Reitman’s SNL movie Saturday Night The annual ‘Surprise Film’ slot at the BFI London Film Festival is the hottest…
Hard Truths Review: LFF 2024
Marianne Jean-Baptiste wages war on the world in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is a deeply unpleasant woman. An agoraphobic, germophobic hypochondriac she…
Bird Review: LFF 2024
Bird is a coming of age tale on the edges of society from Andrea Arnold 12-year-old Bailey (newcomer Nykiya Adams) lives in a squat in…
All We Imagine as Light Review: LFF 2024
All We Imagine as Light is an achingly romantic ode to female friendship In modern day Mumbai two nurse room mates are troubled by their…
Maria Review: LFF 2024
Angelina Jolie is entrancing as fading opera star Maria Callas Maria charts the last days in the life of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, played…
Queer Review: LFF 2024
Luca Guadagnino channels William S Burroughs at the height of hedonism in Queer In post second world war Mexico expat William Lee (Daniel Craig) is…