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★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2025, Chris Drew, Female Filmmakers, out now, Reviews, UKOctober 14, 2025

BFI LFF 2025: H is for Hawk (2025)

By Chris Drew

★★★☆☆
Claire Foy plays an academic devastated by bereavement who finds solace in a connection with a goshawk in Philippa Lowthorpe’s true-story drama H is for Hawk.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2025, Female Filmmakers, Germany, out now, TorontoOctober 11, 2025

BFI LFF 2025: Sound of Falling (2025): (In die Sonne schauen)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Mascha Schilinsky’s superb Sound of Falling is an immersive, fractured reflection on childhood, telling the story of four young girls from different eras.

★★, BFI London Film Festival 2025, biopic, Chris Drew, Female Filmmakers, festivals, out now, Reviews, UK, USAOctober 10, 2025

BFI LFF 2025: The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

By Chris Drew

★★☆☆☆
Amanda Seyfried portrays the founder of the Shaker movement in director Mona Fastvold’s historical drama The Testament of Ann Lee, co-written by Brady Corbet.

★★★★, Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2024, festivals, France, out now, ReviewsOctober 8, 2025

Suleymane’s Story (2024) (L’Histoire de Suleymane)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆

Souleymane’s Story, directed by Boris Lojkine, is a searingly realistic two days in the life of one of the invisible asylum seekers – a bicycle courier in Paris.

★★★★, debut director, Drama, festivals, First-time filmmakers, out now, Picturehouse, Reviews, UKOctober 3, 2025

Urchin (2025)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
In , the pacy, heart-breaking, award-winning first feature by actor Harris Dickinson, a young man on the streets of London embarks on an urban odyssey in hopes of re-assimilating into society.

★★, comedy, France, out now, ReviewsOctober 3, 2025

The Kitchen Brigade (2022)

By Alexa Dalby

★★☆☆☆
The Kitchen Brigade is a wish-fulfilment comedy about the topical issue of migration to the European Union.

★★★★, documentary, Female Filmmakers, out now, Reviews, Sundance, USASeptember 21, 2025

★★★★☆
Oscar-nominated The Librarians, directed by Kim A Snyder and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is a documentary about the unlikely defenders of intellectual freedom in schools in Trump’s changing USA.

★★★★, Canada, Chris Drew, Female Filmmakers, festivals, out now, ReviewsSeptember 12, 2025

Solo (2023)

By Chris Drew

★★★★☆
The rush of a new love turns sour for young drag queen Simon, whilst also dealing with the return of his absent mother, in writer-director Sophie Dupuis’s excellent drama Solo.

★★★★, festivals, out now, Palestine, ReviewsSeptember 8, 2025

From Ground Zero (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
From Ground Zero, compiled by Rashid Masharawi and executive produced by Michael Moore, is a poignant compilation of short films showing everyday life in a destroyed Gaza.

★★★, debut director, festivals, out now, Reviews, UKSeptember 1, 2025

Paul and Paulette Take A Bath (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Paul and Paulette Take A Bath is a macabre twist on the romcom trope, a first feature by writer/director Jethro Massey.

★★★★, BFI London Film Festival 2024, documentary, Female Filmmakers, festivals, Locarno Film Festival 2024, out now, Sundance London 2024, TIFF 2024, Venice Biennale 2024August 25, 2025

Mother Vera (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Mother Vera is an award-winning documentary by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson that enthrallingly reveals the life of a nun in Belarusia both pre- and post-convent.