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‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover’ review: Little to love beyond Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell’s performances in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s listless adaptation | LFF

A spirit of thoughtless anachronism looms over Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Netflix’s crude and cynical attempt at seeing… Read More

October 17, 2022

‘Blue Jean’ review: Georgia Oakley’s searing feature debut is a remarkably poignant British drama of the viciously homophobic Thatcher era [A] | LFF

It’s 1988 in Tyneside, North East England, and Margaret Thatcher has been Prime Minister for a year when the conservative… Read More

October 10, 2022

‘The Phantom of the Open’ review: Mark Rylance hits an ace in endearing sports comedy [Grade B+] (London Film Festival)

Craig Roberts’ latest sees Mark Rylance delivering the most endearing performance of the year, he is incredibly lovable. Obviously, with… Read More

October 15, 2021

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

Take it from someone who has lived here for all of his twenty-five years: Englanders, for the most part, are… Read More

October 13, 2021

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

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

October 11, 2021

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

The BFI London Film Festival will play the UK from October 7-18 The 2020 edition of the BFI London Film… Read More

September 8, 2020

London Film Festival Review: Rose Glass’ slow-burn horror ‘Saint Maud’ is a potent debut feature

Courtesy of BFI London Film Festival and Film 4 Productions As the nights turn longer and the weather turns colder,… Read More

October 9, 2019

London Film Festival Review: ‘The House of Us’ is an utter delight

It's no wonder kids find us adults so baffling so much of the time. After all, even us curmudgeonly critics… Read More

October 8, 2019

London Film Festival Review: The arresting and experimental ‘Krabi, 2562’

An insider's view of her home country intertwines with an outsider's view in Krabi, 2562, an accessible experimental work from Anocha Suwichakornpong… Read More

October 7, 2019

LFF Review: Alfre Woodard is mesmerizing in ‘Clemency’

Alfre Woodard in CLEMENCY (Courtesy of LFF / Paul Sarkis) A stark, sombre drama with barely a second's worth of… Read More

September 23, 2019

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