BFI London Film Festival 2026, London, out now, Reviews

BFI LFF 2026: Films in Official Competition: 7–18 October

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
BFI LFF 2026

out now, Reviews, Venice, Venice 2026

Venice Film Festival 2026: 2–12 September: All Info

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Venice Film Festival 2026

★★★★, Chris Drew, India, out now, queer, Reviews, Sundance

Cactus Pears (2025) (Sabar Bonda)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Anand, a gay man in his early 30s, is drawn back from Mumbai for the 10 days of mourning for his father in the countryside of his youth. There he reconnects with a young farmer in writer-director Rohan Kanawade’s beautiful and groundbreaking Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda).

★★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2025, festivals, France, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2025

The Stranger (2025) (L’Étranger)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The Stranger by François Ozon is an atmospheric adaptation of Camus’ classic.

★★★, Argentina, BFI Flare 2026, Chris Drew, Drama, out now, queer, Reviews, romance, USA

BFI Flare 2026: Drunken Noodles (2025)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
With artistic and poetic inspirations, Lucio Castro’s Drunken Noodles unfolds across four chapters following Adnam, and the people he encounters, across two summers in and around New York.

★★★★, BFI Flare 2025, Brazil, Chris Drew, out now, Reviews, thriller

BFI Flare 2025: Night Stage (2025) (Ato Noturno)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
The affair between a young actor and a politician comes under increasing threat as their public profiles grow and the stakes rise in erotic thriller Night Stage from writer/directors Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon.