Ed Film Fest At Home Review – A White, White Day (2019)
The first five minutes of Hlynur Palmason’s A White, White Day introduce a trio that will become familiar as the...
Film Festivals
Alongside our in-depth reviews from some of the world’s biggest film festivals, you’ll also find the latest film news, exclusive features, trailers, interviews, and everything in between. We cover festivals from across the globe, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Fantasia International Film Festival, and FrightFest, bringing you the latest from the world of cinema all year round.
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – Saint Frances (2019)
Who would you trust to look after your children? Cinema’s nannies come in many guises, from the magical Mary Poppins...
Ed Film Fest At Home Review – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019)
Thomas Clay’s Fanny Lye Deliver’d was shot back in 2016 and when a film is a long time coming, it...
BFI Flare Film Festival Review – The Lawyer (2020)
The Lawyer (or Advokatas, as it was originally titled) is a potently political, interpersonal exploration of queer identity within Europe....
Film Review – Suicide Tourist (2019)
Suicide remains a very sensitive and controversial topic, even more when it's assisted suicide. Religion plays a big part in...
BFI Flare Film Festival Review – My Fiona (2019)
Selected as part of the BFI Flare Film Festival 2020 (now available online here), My Fiona is a stunning directional...
BFI Flare Film Festival – Short Film Reviews (2020)
Despite the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic preventing the 2020 BFI Flare Film Festival from running, the British Film Institute have made...
Glasgow Film Festival 2020 Review – The Other Lamb (2019)
A visually poetic film with a daring philosophy, The Other Lamb bleeds with female defiance. Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s 1985...
Short Film Review – The Game Of The Clock (2019)
The Game of the Clock is a short horror film from director Michele Olivieri and co-written by Ian Reid. The...
Review – Waves (2019 Rome Film Festival)
The first thing that will strike you about Waves is the soundtrack. Sensory music pounds through the speaks, engulfing the...
BFI London Film Festival Strand Reviews
Nocturnal (UK, 2019) - LOVE Screening at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival, Nocturnal is Nathalie Biancheri's debut feature starring...
London Film Festival Review – The Lighthouse (2019)
It is the late 19th century and Tom Wake (Willem Dafoe), a superstitious semi crippled ex-mariner, is the dictatorial keeper...
London Film Festival Review – Knives Out (2019)
The backlash that followed the release of 2018’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi may have annoyed, even broken, a less...
London Film Festival Review – Waiting For The Barbarians (2019)
Award winning director, Ciro Guerra – he of Embrace Of The Serpent fame – returns to the London Film Festival...