Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is to open the 69th BFI London Film Festival by Neil Baker 5th August 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television A Real Pain (review) – a life-affirming road trip that will leave many teary-eyed by Calum Cooper 8th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television·LGBTQ+ Queer (BFI LFF Review) – erotic yet distant, beautiful but ugly and melancholic yet jubilant by Neil Baker 9th December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Anora (BFI LFF Review) – an electric tale of sex, transactional love, and youthful fantasy vs stark reality by Neil Baker 30th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Conclave (BFI London Film Festival) review – Berger turns a mundane religious ritual into a hypnotic game of power by Calum Cooper 28th November 2024
Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Rumours (review) – cinema at its most imaginative, cutting, and bizarre by Neil Baker 24th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Blitz (BFI LFF Review) – a ‘boy’s own’ tale of bravery, resilience and hope in the face of adversity by Neil Baker 21st November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Bring Them Down (review) – a gripping and windswept tale of conflict and cruelty by Neil Baker 13th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Eephus (BFI LFF and Belfast Film Festival Review) – an emotionally resonant triumph from Carson Lund by Calum Cooper 12th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television The Stimming Pool (BFI LFF Review) – daring, visceral, artful filmmaking by Theo Smith 8th November 2024
1 Coward (BFI London Film Festival) review: Achingly beautiful and deeply intimate, this is Lukas Dhont’s best film to date
2 Whalefall (review): Austin Abrams is swallowed whole by a sperm whale in a bizarre rather than exciting survival movie
3 TV Choice: Brad Caleb Kane breathes new life into the Friday the 13th franchise this Halloween as we return to Crystal Lake
4 Iván & Hadoum (BFI London Film Festival) review: Ian de la Rosa’s sun-drenched love story is tender, real and organic in construction
5 Nightborn (BFI London Film Festival) review: Hanna Bergholm’s movie revels in wince-inducing horror, leaving the audience squirming
6 These Violent Delights (review): Hampson and Sansom’s passionate take on Romeo and Juliet marks the arrival of a new generation
7 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
8 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
9 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
10 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
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