Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television After the Hunt (BFI London Film Festival) review – Guadagnino’s picture feels uncharacteristically uncertain of itself by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Hamnet (BFI London Film Festival) review – a tender, heart-aching ode to family and how loss forms the basis of great art and humanity by Calum Cooper 13th October 2025
Film and Television The Smashing Machine (review) – a step up for Johnson and a step back for Safdie by Calum Cooper 4th October 2025
Film and Television Him (review) – slapdash and ludicrous, this movie is about as far from a touchdown as one can get by Calum Cooper 2nd October 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Little Trouble Girls (review) – a visually spellbinding and strikingly acted gem of a film by Calum Cooper 8th September 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Long Walk (review) – a bloody, visceral, intense and compelling dystopian thriller by Calum Cooper 4th September 2025
Film and Television The Conjuring: Last Rites (review) – a competent but ultimately disappointing final case for the Warrens by Calum Cooper 3rd September 2025
Film and Television The Roses (review)- a pale imitation of DeVito’s superior film rather than a modern interpretation of the same story by Calum Cooper 27th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Life of Chuck (review) – Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards by Calum Cooper 21st August 2025
Film and Television Eddington (review) – a suitably off-kilter new entry into the canon of Ari Aster pictures by Calum Cooper 20th August 2025
1 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
2 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
3 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
4 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
5 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
6 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
7 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
8 The Last Snow (BFI London Film Festival) review – a masterclass in using light, colour, and shadow to create nail-biting moments of terror
9 The Last Ship (review) – the vast stage is filled not only by the ship itself, but by the voices of the people who built it
10 A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October
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