AwardsWatch - BFI london film festival

‘Paris, 13th District’ review: Noémie Merlant shines in a tender, yet dreamy tale of human connection [Grade: A] (London Film Festival)

Ben Rolph October 14, 2021

Jacques Audiard’s latest is a tender, dream-like tale about people seeking true connection. Paris, 13th District marks Audiard’s first step back to his native language... Read More

‘Ali & Ava’ review: A well-rounded, typically British, social realist study [Grade: B] (London Film Festival)

Ben Rolph October 13, 2021

Coming off the Ruth Wilson-starring film Dark River, Clio Bernard’s new film, Ali & Ava, is a sensitive exploration of two complexly troubled people, who... Read More

‘Great Freedom’ review: Franz Rogowski is transformative in this sombre period prison drama [Grade: A-] (London Film Festival)

Jack King October 13, 2021

Take it from someone who has lived here for all of his twenty-five years: Englanders, for the most part, are so blinded by exceptionalism as... Read More

‘The Tender Bar’ review: Ben Affleck raises the bar in George Clooney’s largely inept newest directorial outing [Grade: D+] (London Film Festival)

Jack King October 11, 2021

When you’re at a festival populated by indie slow-burners, a maudlin, easy-to-watch soap opera can be a wonderful, soupy balm. Just before the pandemic sent... Read More

2020 BFI London Film Festival will world premiere Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ ‘Ammonite’ to close fest

Erik Anderson September 8, 2020

The BFI London Film Festival will play the UK from October 7-18 The 2020 edition of the BFI London Film Festival will be a hybrid... Read More

We Are One: YouTube to Host Free Virtual Film Festival with Cannes, Berlin, New York and more

Erik Anderson April 27, 2020

The 10-day digital festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises, will feature programming from 20 festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Venice... Read More

LFF Review: The fascinating, abstract ‘Monos’ marvels as much as it confounds

Paddy Mulholland September 19, 2019

There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters take a combative stance against the earth that gave... Read More

LFF Review: Shoddy, messy ‘Little Monsters’ is a waste of Lupita Nyong’o

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LFF Review: Shoddy, messy ‘Little Monsters’ is a waste of Lupita Nyong’o

Paddy Mulholland September 19, 2019

Little did Lupita Nyong’o know, I suppose, that when she signed onto a zombie comedy called Little Monsters, the zombies would be behind the camera,... Read More

‘Destroyer,’ ‘Widows’ highlight 62nd BFI London Film Festival

Erik Anderson August 29, 2018

Widows, the new film from Academy Award winner Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), will open the 62nd BFI London Film Festival, and the official... Read More