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BFI London Film Festival 2020- Editors’ Picks

/ October 24, 2020

Kajillionaire (by Miranda July) By Pui Kuan Cheah ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿà I started off my virgin London Film Festival experience with the […]

/ October 15, 2018

Alfonso Cuar├│n is a rarity. A director with barely a blemish on his filmography ÔÇô which now spans more than

/ April 8, 2018

BFI Flare is an event that celebrates and showcases the best of LGBTQ+ cinema every year without fail and is

/ April 7, 2018

Stories of the AIDS epidemic have been told through film before, be it through Tom Hanks’ meek, wronged lawyer in

/ March 29, 2017

Foreign Television Drama as a Window Into the Rest of the World: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Walter Presents

/ December 21, 2016

Why Donnie Darko is still as relevant as ever “It’s so easy to be complacentÔÇª take some risks and be

/ November 11, 2016

In 2005, Werner Herzog released Grizzly Man, a film that explores the world of an environmentalist called Timothy Treadwell who

/ October 24, 2016

On the Milky Road (Na Mlje─ìnom Putu)┬ádir. Emir Kusturica -┬áSerbia On the Milky Road (Na Mlje─ìnom Putu) is a metaphorical

/ October 21, 2016

During the post-screening Q+A, director Paul Schrader stated that there were too many filmmakers that thought ‘inside the box’, and

/ October 19, 2016

The 60th annual BFI London Film Festival┬áwas an experience to remember. With over 245 films from 74 countries lasting for

/ February 26, 2016

Between 17-21 February, Quench editors Beau Beakhouse and Sadia Pineda Hameed went along to the 6th BFI Future Film Festival.

/ December 9, 2015

As part of the BFI Love Season, Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff have screened a choice selection of films spanning