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★★★, BFI LFF: 2026, out now, queer, Reviews, UKOctober 27, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Merc (2026)

By Chris Drew

A young man moves from job to job as he vies to find his true identity and discover his place in the independent drama…

★★, BFI LFF: 2026, Chris Drew, out now, queer, Reviews, UKOctober 24, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Black Church Bay (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Life in a Welsh fishing village for teacher Barry is disrupted when a student goes missing, leaving him battling to keep his private life secret in writer-director Rhys Marc Jones’ Black Church Bay.

★★★★, BFI LFF: 2026, out now, queer, Reviews, USAOctober 24, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Club Kid (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
The wild life of a New York party promoter is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of the young son he never know of in writer-director Jordan Firstman’s comedy-drama Club Kid.

★★★★, BFI LFF: 2026, Chris Drew, comedy, Drama, music, out now, Reviews, USAOctober 21, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: The Debut (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Unfilled housewife Mona auditions for a community theatre show on a whim and powered by powerhouse director Jerry, finds herself in creative places she could never imagined in writer-director Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy-drama

★★★★★, BFI LFF: 2026, Drama, out now, Reviews, UKOctober 20, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Tender Loving Care

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Tender Loving Care follows the lives of best friends Rosie and Amy, working in the care system in London, alongside Amy’s elderly parents Birdie and Geoff in celebrated writer-director Mike Leigh’s latest comedy-drama.

Alexa Dalby, Awards, BFI LFF: 2026, festivals, out now, ReviewsOctober 18, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Award Winners

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
BFI LFF 2026: Award Winners

BFI LFF: 2026, Canada, Mubi, out now, Reviews, UKOctober 16, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: A LONG WINTER (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
In the Colorado mountains, Mike and his family live a simple rustic life. Soon after learning of his mother’s alcohol struggles, she disappears into the snow and Mike’s life is forever changed in writer-director Andrew Haigh’s latest drama A Long Winter.

★★★★, Austria, BFI LFF: 2026, Germany, out now, queer, ReviewsOctober 15, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Rose (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Returning from war, an unknown soldier arrives in a small village claiming inheritance to a farm. Secretly the soldier is actually Rose, who has been successfully passing as a man for years, in director Markus Schleinzer’s absorbing drama Rose.

★★★★, Belgium, BFI LFF: 2026, Chris Drew, out now, queer, Reviews, warOctober 13, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Coward (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Serving on the Belgian front in World War I, rookie Pierre meets leader of the troop entertainment Francis and the two begin a secret relationship in director Lukas Dhont’s romantic drama Coward.

★★★★, BFI LFF: 2026, Chris Drew, Female Filmmakers, Finland, horror, out now, ReviewsOctober 12, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Nightborn (2026) (Yön lapsi)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
;A couple living deep in the Finnish forest welcome their first child, but happiness is short-lived when life with their unique son becomes a living nightmare in director Hanna Bergholm’s folk-horror Nightborn.</strong>

★★★★, bfi lff, BFI LFF: 2026, Chris Drew, out now, Reviews, UKOctober 9, 2026

BFI LFF 2026: Elsinore (2026)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
Renowned actor Ian Charleson gets the opportunity to take over the role of Hamlet at the National Theatre he learns of his AIDS diagnosis. Charleson’s health battles, as he attempts to deliver the role of a lifetime, are at the heart of director Simon Stone’s emotional dramaI Elsinore.