BFI LFF 2016: ETHEL AND ERNEST (2016)
A beautiful, very moving animation of Raymond Briggs’ graphic novel Ethel and Ernest, voiced by Jim Broadbent and Brenda Blethyn. Ethel and Ernest CAUTION:…
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BFI LFF 2016: PREVENGE (2016)
Prevenge is a darkly funny directorial debut for Alice Lowe, who also stars as a pregnant serial killer. Prevenge CAUTION: Here be spoilers Alice…
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BFI LFF 2016: THEIR FINEST (2016)
★★★★☆
Danish director Lone Scherfig’s Their Finest is a very British romcom.
BFI LFF 2016: A Quiet Passion (2016)
★★★★☆
A portrait of the poet as a young revolutionary, Terence Davies’ Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion sees a fiercely independent woman martyred.
BFI LFF 2016 OPENING GALA: A UNITED KINGDOM (2016)
★★★★☆
The first film by a black woman director to screen as the Opening Gala of the BFI London Film Festival, Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom evokes a powerful interracial love story that threatened the British Empire.
60th BFI London Film Festival (2016)
Between 5 and 16 October, the BFI London Film Festival will screen a total of 193 fiction and 52 documentary features, including 18 world…
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Under the Shadow (2016)
An original supernatural horror movie set in Iran, Under the Shadow is an impressive debut for director Babak Anvari. Under the Shadow CAUTION: Here…
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The Brother (2016)
Slick, glossy, visually exciting, Ryan Bonder’s The Brother is an attention-grabbing thriller. The Brother CAUTION: Here be spoilers The Brother is a story of…
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Anthropoid (2016)
Sean Ellis’s gripping and gruesome Second World War thriller shines a light on a little-known true story of heroism. Anthropoid CAUTION: Here be spoilers…
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ChickLit (2016)
British comedy ChickLit is director Tony Britten’s satirical take on the popular publishing phenomenon. ChickLit CAUTION: Here be spoilers ChickLit is a film rooted…
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The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
Brady Corbet’s award-winning directorial debut in The Childhood of a Leader is an original concept of the making of a fascist monster. The Childhood…
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Sid and Nancy (1986)
Alex Cox’s biopic charts the downward spiral of a doomed relationship against the background of punk and the Sex Pistols. Sid and Nancy CAUTION:…
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The Carer (2016)
Acclaimed actor Brian Cox channels his inner King Lear in The Carer, directed by Hungarian János Edelényi. The Carer CAUTION: Here be spoilers The…
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The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016)
Maverick politician George Galloway’s The Killing$ of Tony Blair is everything you would expect of an opinionated character assassination of a highly criticised former…
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