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BFI London Film Festival 2020- Editors’ Picks

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

johnjones / October 15, 2018

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

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

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

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

oliverleigh / December 21, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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