The Secret Agent Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
The Secret Agent’s opening scrawl playfully refers to its setting – 1970s Brazil – as ‘’a time of great mischief,’’ a dramatic understatement for the…
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Anemone Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Three time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting with Anemone Anemone marks a return for Daniel Day-Lewis – his first acting role in 8…
Frankenstein Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Guillermo Del Toro reanimates a classic monster in Frankenstein Is there a more perfect film/director pairing possible than Frankenstein and Guillermo Del Toro? The Mexican…
The Mastermind Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Josh O’Connor thinks he’s planned the perfect crime in The Mastermind J.B (Josh O’Connor) is an unemployed carpenter in early 1970s New England. His parents…
After the Hunt Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
The latest from Luca Guadagnino, After the Hunt is a dark and twisty tale about misconduct in academia Alma (Julia Roberts) is a leading professor…
H Is for Hawk Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
A grieving woman channels her sadness into falconry in H Is for Hawk H Is for Hawk left me slightly cold, but that is perhaps…
Train Dreams Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon star in meditative Western Train Dreams Near the turn of the 20th century, Robert Grenier (Joel Edgerton) is…
Lurker Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
A celebrity attracts the wrong sort of attention in Lurker It seems like a dream. A famous musician comes into the store where you’re working…
Dreamers Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor’s detention centre drama Dreamers is a solid debut Isio (Ronkę Adékoluęjo) is sent to an immigration detention centre after living and working in…
Peter Hujar’s Day Review: BFI London Film Festival 2025
Ira Sachs latest recounts a day in the life of celebrated photographer Peter Hujar In 1974 author Linda Rosencrantz had the idea to interview several…