FrightFest celebrates 25 years of Horror
This August Bank Holiday Weekend, FrightFest, one of the UK’s most important film festivals and the most important for horror movie devotees, reaches its 25th anniversary. Back in 2000, it…
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Mum’s the Word: Revisiting Lady Bird
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s Golden Globe winning 2017 film, depicts the story of a young woman’s experience in her high school year leading up to college in the early 2000s.…
Powell and Pressburger at the BFI
Click here for further details on the BFI Powell and Pressburger season Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. When discovering my passion for cinema many moons ago these two names kept…
This London Film Festival, look East!
From Wednesday 4th to Sunday 15th October, cinemas across the capital (and others around the country) will be hosting electrifying movies at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. 2023’s event…
Indiana Jones 5 Is Just a Flash in the Pan
Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers for both Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and The Flash Keeping up with the Joneses ain’t what it used to be Indiana…
Ian Haydn Smith Talks Kurosawa at the BFI
Film fans rejoice. In January and February, the BFI Southbank presents Kurosawa: A Complete Film Season. All thirty solo directorial films are showing, often with introductions from experts on the…
The Talking Camera: Alexis Bruchon discusses The Eyes Below
For anyone who has ever been jolted awake from a nightmare, The Eyes Below is a film for you. A dreamlike voyage into a malevolent netherworld, Alexis Bruchon’s second movie…
Must-See Movies at Arrow FrightFest 2022
As temperatures stubbornly sit at apocalypse levels, you know what you need? A good chiller. Preferably more than one. Luckily, this year’s Arrow FrightFest has over 70 movies to shiver…
EIFF’s Kristy Matheson on Kinuyo Tanaka: A Life in Film
Other than when referring to the name of the BFI season or the Kinuyo Tanaka Award, Japanese names are presented in the traditional format of family name first, followed by…
Branko Tomovic On His Full-Blooded Debut Vampir
For those who like their vampire films loaded heavy on atmosphere and striking visuals, Branko Tomovic’s Vampir is a welcome arrival. Tomovic himself takes the lead role as Arnaut, a…