The Turkish Coffee Table Review (Frightfest Halloween)
Can Evrenol reworks and relocates black comedy The Coffee Table, making it meaner, bloodier, and even darker than the infamous...
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.
Whitetail Review (Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2025)
Woods never disappoints, least of all on the big screen. Writer and director Nanouk Leopold (It's All So Quiet, 2013)...
Pillion Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
In the immortal words of Rihanna, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me.” Words...
Rental Family Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
It’s been two years since Brendan Fraser made his remarkable comeback with his Oscar-winning performance in Darren Aronofsky’s harrowing film...
Silent Friend Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
Silent Friend, the latest film from Ildikó Enyedi, attempts to communicate with unknowable life forms. A vast and intricate web...
Calle Malaga (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
Maria Angeles (Carmen Maura) has lived in Tangier for her entire life. Even if her husband has now passed away...
My Father’s Shadow Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
My Father's Shadow marks an impressive debut feature for director Akinola Davies Jr. It clearly stems from a place of...
The History Of Sound Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
It’s impossible to ignore the parallels between Oliver Hermanus’ The History Of Sound and Brokeback Mountain. Both are based on...
Die My Love Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
Sometimes there are changes in our lives that we can verbalise, or maybe we can, but it’s not enough, it’s...
After the Hunt Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
2024 saw Luca Guadagnino at the forefront of the cinematic scene, with his sweat-infused tennis love triangle in Challengers inspiring...
Hamlet Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
Aneil Kari and Riz Ahmed have formed a partnership to rival Scorsese and De Niro. In 2022, they won the...
Left-Handed Girl Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
“Why is she eating with her left hand?” asks a grandfather (Akio Chen) to his family when he sees his...
The Voice of Hind Rajab Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
As the initial intertitles tell us, The Voice of Hind Rajab takes place in Gaza on the 29th of January...
Blue Moon Review (2025 BFI London Film Festival)
For over twenty years, he was half of the biggest songwriting team on Broadway. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, Lorenz...