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Anora (2024)- BFI London Film Festival 2024

Posted by Gui on October 20, 2024

Review 219min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance Director:   Sean Baker Cast:       Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelshtein, Karren Karagulian…and more Writers:   Sean Baker -Synopsis- A spirited young New York exotic dancer and working girl finds a seemingly fairytale way out of the sex industry when she beguiles and swiftly marries a wild and wealthy young Russian, only […]

A Real Pain (2024)- BFI London Film Festival 2024

Posted by Gui on October 7, 2024

Review 90min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Jesse Eisenberg Cast:         Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey…and more Writers:     Jesse Eisenberg -Synopsis- Two estranged and very different American cousins come together on a trip to Poland to honour their grandmother’s origins and re-connect with their Jewish roots, only to get on each other’s last nerve and […]

The Book of Clarence (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on December 22, 2023

Review 136min Genre:       Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama Director:     Jeymes Samuel Cast:         LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Omar Sy…and more Writers:     Jeymes Samuel -Synopsis- In Jerusalem of 33 AD an aimless highfalutin hustler sees an opportunity in the rise of Jesus Christ where others see salvation, as he carves out a piece of the worship and adulation […]

Poor Things (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 22, 2023

Review 221min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-fi Director:     Yorgos Lanthimos Cast:         Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo…and more Writers:     Tony McNamara and Alasdair Gray -Synopsis- In a surrealist Victorian Britain, a tragically deceased young woman is re-born and given a second shot at life when she’s re-animated by an eccentric mad scientist, as her […]

Saltburn (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 17, 2023

Review 127min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Thriller Director:     Emerald Fennell Cast:         Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike…and more Writers:     Emerald Fennell -Synopsis- A young outsider from humble origins studying at Oxford University becomes drawn into high society when he befriends a charming aristocratic fellow student, and is invited to spend a fateful summer at his eccentric […]

Hit Man (2023)- BFI London Film Festival 2023

Posted by Gui on October 2, 2023

Review 113min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Romance Director:     Richard Linklater Cast:         Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio…and more Writers:     Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth -Synopsis- A mild-mannered straight-laced American professor who moonlights as a contractor for the cops unexpectedly ends up deep undercover as a fake hitman to catch those who order the killings, taking […]

Asteroid City (2023)

Posted by Gui on June 25, 2023

Review 105min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Wes Anderson Cast:         Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Jake Ryan…and more Writers:     Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola -Synopsis- A quirky collection of astronomers, students and their guardians of the mid-1950s gather in the American desert for a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention, only for it to take on a whole new […]

Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) (Spanish Language) (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on December 11, 2022

Review 161min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Alejandro G. Iñárritu Cast:         Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano… Writers:     Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu -Synopsis- A Mexican filmmaker/journalist who made his name with acclaimed socially-conscious work has his identity challenged and is plunged into an existential crisis upon his celebratory return home after 20 […]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2022

Review 139min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Mystery Director:     Rian Johnson Cast:         Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe…and more Writers:     Rian Johnson -Synopsis- A mysterious invitation brings renowned detective ‘Benoit Blanc’ and a rag-tag group of “disruptors” to a luxurious coastal getaway and the Greek private island home of a tech billionaire, where a seemingly friendly […]

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2022

Review 109min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Martin McDonagh Cast:         Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon…and more Writers:     Martin McDonagh -Synopsis- A lifelong friendship on an isolated island off the Irish coast is unexpectedly ended when one shuns the other for an incomprehensible reason, and the other refuses to accept it, leading to a feud which […]

Triangle of Sadness (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 16, 2022

Review 147min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Ruben Östlund Cast:         Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson…and more Writers:     Ruben Östlund -Synopsis- In the lap of luxury on a swanky private cruise, a young model couple find themselves trapped with an array of morally questionable mega rich passengers when disaster strikes, as cliques and hierarchies are turned […]

White Noise (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 14, 2022

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Thriller Director:     Noah Baumbach Cast:         Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach and Don DeLillo -Synopsis- A quirky academic and his anxious wife struggle to lead their paranoid young family through the turmoil of everyday life in suburban 1980s America, only to be forced onto a […]

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2022

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Family, Musical Director:     Matthew Warchus Cast:         Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson…and more Writers:     Dennis Kelly and Roald Dahl -Synopsis- Sent by her spiteful neglectful parents to a notorious school run by a monstrous headmistress with an iron fist, a young English girl genius is nurtured by a loving teacher and […]

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Posted by Gui on July 8, 2022

Review 118min Genre:       Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Director:     Taika Waititi Cast:         Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale…and more Writers:     Taika Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson -Synopsis- Fresh from helping the Avengers resurrect half the universe, a newly in-shape God of Thunder’s misadventures with the Asgardians of the Galaxy are cut short by […]

Belfast (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 23, 2021

Review 98min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Kenneth Branagh Cast:         Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan…and more Writers:     Kenneth Branagh -Synopsis- The political tumult, social and cultural change of late 1960’s Britain and Northern Ireland is seen through the eyes of a young boy and his working-class family, as the joy, pain and innocence of […]

The French Dispatch (2021)- BFI London Film Festival 2021

Posted by Gui on October 15, 2021

Review 108min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:     Wes Anderson Cast:         Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright…and more Writers:     Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola…more -Synopsis- A picturesque fictional mid-20th century French town brings together a collection of colourful journalists and their stories, published by a French outpost of an American paper on the […]

Zola (2021)

Posted by Gui on August 4, 2021

Review 86min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Janicza Bravo Cast:         Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo…and more Writers:     Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris and A’Ziah King -Synopsis- A young Detroit stripper embarks on a saucy road trip to Florida with a fellow exotic dancer and her two companions, only for things to take a turn […]

Another Round (2020) (Danish Language)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 5, 2020

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Thomas Vinterberg Cast:         Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang…and more Writers:     Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm -Synopsis- An indifferent, straight-laced pushover Danish high school teacher in an existential rut and his three scholarly colleagues think they have found the key to a successful and fulfilling life within […]

Kajillionaire (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2020

Review 104min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Miranda July Cast:         Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins…and more Writers:     Miranda July -Synopsis- The curious life of scrounging a living on the streets of Los Angeles is thrown into turmoil for a family of con artists and petty thieves when a stranger enters the […]

Babyteeth (2020)

Posted by Gui on August 21, 2020

Review 118min Genre:        Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:      Shannon Murphy Cast:          Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Ben Mendelsohn…and more Writers:      Rita Kalnejais -Synopsis- The quiet but complex lives of a suburban Australian couple are thrown into turmoil when their cancer-stricken teenage daughter develops a relationship with a local petty criminal and addict, as cracks in the […]

The King of Staten Island (2020)

Posted by Gui on June 26, 2020

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Judd Apatow Cast:         Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr…and more Writers:     Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and Dave Sirus -Synopsis- Still haunted by the childhood passing of his firefighter hero dad, a twentysomething Staten Islander with no direction and little motivation struggles with the transition into adulthood, living with his […]

Deerskin (2019) (French Language)

Posted by Gui on May 20, 2020

Review 77min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Horror Director:     Quentin Dupieux Cast:         Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy…and more Writers:     Quentin Dupieux -Synopsis- A curious French man develops an obsession with a brown suede deerskin jacket with its own personality, as he sequesters himself in a small country town and assumes the identity of a […]

Color Out of Space (2020)

Posted by Gui on February 29, 2020

Review 111min Genre:       Comedy, Horror, Sci-fi Director:     Richard Stanley Cast:         Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur…and more Writers:     Richard Stanley, Scarlett Amaris and H.P. Lovecraft -Synopsis- Things get weird in small town rural America when a meteorite strikes the Gardner farm, as their behaviour becomes increasingly bizarre and the lines of reality are blurred […]

First Love (2019) (Japanese Language)

Posted by Gui on February 17, 2020

Review 108min Genre:        Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance Director:      Takashi Miike Cast:          Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Becky…and more Writers:      Masa Nakamura -Synopsis- After receiving a bleak diagnosis, a young Japanese boxer’s life is forever changed when he inadvertently gets caught in the middle of a Yakuza drug-smuggling conspiracy and gang war, after he meets a […]

Parasite (2019) (Korean Language)

Posted by Gui on February 6, 2020

Review 132min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Drama Director:     Bong Joon Ho Cast:         Song Kang-ho, Jo Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik…and more Writers:     Bong Joon Ho and Jin Won Han -Synopsis- Struggling on the margins of Korean society, a young man and his unemployed family find their fortunes changed when they infiltrate an all-too-trusting wealthy local family, only to […]

The Gentlemen (2020)

Posted by Gui on January 3, 2020

Review 113min Genre:     Action, Crime, Comedy Director:  Guy Ritchie Cast:       Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant…more Writers:   Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies -Synopsis- When an American drug kingpin in London looks to cash out of the business, a whole cast of the city’s gangsters converge on an opportunity, triggering a turf war as […]

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Posted by Gui on December 13, 2019

Review 123min Genre:     Action, Adventure, Comedy Director:  Jake Kasdan Cast:       Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart…and more Writers:   Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg… and more -Synopsis- Now college students who’ve drifted apart, the group of small-town teens reunite and return to the immersive video game to rescue their buddy, only to unexpectedly find an […]

Marriage Story (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on December 2, 2019

Review 136min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Romance Director:    Noah Baumbach Cast:         Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson…and more Writers:     Noah Baumbach -Synopsis- When their personal relationship breaks down as they begin to grow apart, a stage actress returns to L.A. with her young son to restart a Hollywood career, while her estranged New York theatre director […]

Knives Out (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 30, 2019

Review 130min Genre:     Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery Director:  Rian Johnson Cast:       Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas…and more Writers:   Rian Johnson -Synopsis- When the wealthy author patriarch of a combative and dysfunctional American family unexpectedly dies at one of their gatherings, a police detective and a celebrated private investigator are sent to investigate, but […]

JoJo Rabbit (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 18, 2019

Review 108min Genre:     Comedy, Drama, War Director:  Taika Waititi Cast:       Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi… more Writers:   Taika Waititi and Christine Leunens -Synopsis- In the final days of Nazi Germany, a young boy deals with childhood strife and his struggles in the Hitler youth by turning to his imaginary friend and constant companion—Adolf […]

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 15, 2019

Review 121min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:     Joe Talbot Cast:         Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Danny Glover…and more Writers:     Joe Talbot, Jimmie Fails and Rob Richert -Synopsis- In the modern day San Francisco Bay Area, a young black man teams up with his best friend to reclaim his family’s former large Victorian house in the Fillmore District, […]

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 11, 2019

Review 119min Genre:      Comedy, Drama Director:   Armando Iannucci Cast:        Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie…and more Writers:    Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell and Charles Dickens -Synopsis- When his idyllic country childhood is abruptly ended by tragedy and the arrival of a callous step-family, an aspiring young author is bludgeoned by the harsh realities of life and […]

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)- BFI London Film Festival 2019

Posted by Gui on October 5, 2019

Review 97min Genre:     Adventure, Comedy, Drama Director:  Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Cast:       Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson…and more Writers:   Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz -Synopsis- Armed with the ambition to break free and the dream of becoming a wrestler, a young man with Down’s Syndrome escapes his care home and embarks on an […]

Good Boys (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 19, 2019

Review 89min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Gene Stupnitsky Cast:         Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon…and more Writers:     Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky -Synopsis- On a quest to replace a broken drone and get to an epic kissing party, a trio of twelve-year-old misfit friends embark on an epic foul-mouthed suburban American journey that’ll turn them […]

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 16, 2019

Review 161min Genre:     Comedy, Drama Director:  Quentin Tarantino Cast:       Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie…and more Writers:   Quentin Tarantino -Synopsis- Against the backdrop of the final years of Hollywood’s ‘Golden Age’ in the late 1960s, and the death of American innocence, a washed-up actor and his loyal stunt double to take one last shot at […]

Blinded by the Light (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 10, 2019

Review 117min Genre:     Comedy, Drama, Music Director:  Gurinder Chadha Cast:       Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams…and more Writers:   Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor -Synopsis- Struggling to fit in and find his voice in Thatcher’s austere late 1980s Britain, a British-Pakistani teen discovers a melodic beacon of hope to guide him through his […]

Animals (2019)

Posted by Gui on August 3, 2019

Review 109min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Sophie Hyde Cast:         Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee…and more Writers:     Emma Jane Unsworth -Synopsis- When one of them becomes engaged to a responsible musician, the lives of two hard-drinking, fast-living thirty-something Dubliners are inevitably changed, as the limits of their co-dependent friendship are tested and their lifestyle choices […]

Toy Story 4 (2019)

Posted by Gui on June 21, 2019

Review 100min Genre:       Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family Director:    Josh Cooley Cast:         Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts…and more Writers:     Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom, John Lasseter…more -Synopsis- When ‘Bonnie’s’ new favourite makeshift comfort toy ‘Forky’ goes AWOL while on a family road trip, ‘Woody’ and the gang launch an ambitious rescue mission which soon turns into […]

Booksmart (2019)

Posted by Gui on May 28, 2019

Review 102min Genre:       Comedy Director:    Olivia Wilde Cast:         Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Skyler Gisondo…and more Writers:     Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins… and more -Synopsis- Headed to college after surviving the high school meat-grinder, a couple of academically focused and awkward best friends—determined to have fun and prove they’re more than just brains and conformity—embark […]

Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

Posted by Gui on May 10, 2019

Review 104min Genre:      Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery Director:   Rob Letterman Cast:        Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Kathryn Newton…and more Writers:    Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Rob Letterman…and more -Synopsis- When his estranged private detective father disappears and is presumed dead, a young man’s trip to the modern metropolis of ‘Ryme City’ turns into a mystery when […]

Eighth Grade (2018)

Posted by Gui on April 26, 2019

Review 93min Genre:       Comedy, Drama Director:    Bo Burnham Cast:         Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Luke Prael…and more Writers:     Bo Burnham -Synopsis- On the cusp of full teendom but struggling to get over the line, an outwardly shy and awkward solitary fourteen-year-old toils with the distinct 21st century struggles and timeless tribulations of early adolescence, as she […]

Shazam! (2019)

Posted by Gui on April 2, 2019

Review 124min Genre:     Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy Director:  David F. Sandberg Cast:       Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong…and more Writers:   Henry Gayden, Darren Lemke, Bill Parker… and more -Synopsis- In and out of foster homes and placed with a quirky new family, a street-smart teenage loner is chosen by an ancient wizard to become […]

What Men Want (2019)

Posted by Gui on March 14, 2019

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Romance Director:    Adam Shankman Cast:         Taraji P. Henson, Josh Brener, Tracy Morgan…and more Writers:     Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory…and more -Synopsis- Tired of being overlooked by the men at her sport management agency, a determined woman turns her life around when an accident gives her the gift (and curse) of […]

Fighting with My Family (2019)

Posted by Gui on February 26, 2019

Review 108min Genre:     Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:  Stephen Merchant Cast:       Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Dwayne Johnson…and more Writer:    Stephen Merchant -Synopsis- A girl from a wrestling family in unassuming East England dreams of making it in the world of global wrestling entertainment, and has her dreams turned into a reality when the WWE rolls into […]