BFI LFF 2019: I Die of Sadness Crying for You (2019)
★★★★☆
I Die of Sadness Crying For You is for all those interested in how music, and the sound of a voice, can take us on journeys no other art form can.
Ready or Not (2019)
★★★☆☆
Comedy horror thriller Ready or Not is a high-speed roller-coaster ride between the gruesome and the absurd.
The Last Tree (2019)
★★★★☆
Shola Amoo’s The Last Tree powerfully focuses on the crisis in black masculinity through the story of a Nigerian-heritage boy growing up in Britain.
The Farewell (2019)
★★★★☆
The Farewell is a family comedy drama by Lulu Wang, starring Awkwafina as a young woman caught between the cultures of East and West through her love for her grandmother.
Phoenix (Føniks) (2018)
★★★☆☆
Phoenix, director Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s debut, is an understated, sad film cutting across genres, a realistic story of children and catastrophically selfish parents with supernatural elements.
For Sama (2019)
★★★★★
For Sama, a documentary about the last days of Aleppo filmed and directed by Waad Al-Khateab, Edward Watts, is the most moving film you’ll see this year.
Mrs Lowry & Son (2019)
★★★★☆
Mrs Lowry & Son showcases Timothy Spall and Vanessa Regrave in a claustrophobic two-hander of the abusive relationship that drove one of Britain’s great painters.
Pain and Glory (2019)
★★★★☆
In personal and revealing Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) award-winning director Pedro Almodóvar looks back on his life, loves and passion for films.
BFI LFF 2019: Films in Competition
★★★★☆
This year’s BFI LFF 2019 selection spans the genres from gothic psychodrama and hallucinogenic thriller, to provocative period piece and taut social commentary.
Transit (2018)
★★★★★
Transit is a disorienting Casablanca for our times by the renowned German director of Barbara and Phoenix, Christian Petzold.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
★★★★☆
Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, melds the obsessions of his previous films into a mature masterpiece.
Photograph (2019)
★★★☆☆
Photograph is another sweet and wistful love story from the director of The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra.
Opus Zero (2017)
★★☆☆☆
Willem Dafoe is central to Opus Zero, Daniel Graham’s nebulous, Mexico-set feature debut.
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love (2019)
★★★★☆
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love is Nick Broomfield’s poignant, moving documentary about an enduring relationship between soulmates.