Review 133min Genre:       Drama Director:    Joachim Trier Cast:         Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning…and more Writers:     Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt -Synopsis- A Norwegian actress’ attempt to repair a difficult relationship with her larger-than-life estranged director father becomes further convoluted when she turns down a part in what he hopes […]

Review 106min Genre:       Fact-based, Comedy, Drama Director:    Richard Linklater Cast:         Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin…and more Writers:     Holly Gent, Laetitia Masson, Vincent Palmo Jr. & Michèle Pétin -Synopsis- In Paris of the late 1950s, French film critic Jean-Luc Godard decides the best way to challenge the filmmaking conventions of […]

Review 118min Genre:       Drama, Thriller Director:    Lynne Ramsay Cast:         Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek…and more Writers:     Lynne Ramsay, Enda Walsh, Ariana Harwicz and Alice Birch -Synopsis- In rural contemporary America, the seemingly idyllic life of a wife and new mom in the remote countryside begins to fall apart when her behaviour becomes […]

Review 120min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Sci-fi Director:    Yorgos Lanthimos Cast:         Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis…and more Writers:     Will Tracy and Jang Joon-hwan -Synopsis- Tired of scraping a living whilst harbouring resentments and very personal bizarre conspiracy theories about the rich and powerful, a pair of lowly eccentric American cousins […]

Review 149min Genre:       Drama, Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi Director:    Guillermo del Toro Cast:         Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth…and more Writers:     Guillermo del Toro and Mary Shelley -Synopsis- A brilliant and ambitious but troubled and egotistical 18th century Swiss scientist goes too far in his obsession with playing God by creating […]

After another challenging year in 2024 for a film industry in flux, true cinema returned to the London and UK cinemas beyond, courtesy of the the British Film Institute (BFI), as the 69th edition of one of the world’s most accessible major film festivals— the London Film Festival (LFF)—gathered global cinema players in the British […]

Review 140min Genre:       Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller Director:    Rian Johnson Cast:         Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close…and more Writers:     Rian Johnson -Synopsis- A young priest’s new assignment to a small town upstate New York Catholic parish becomes complicated when he begins to clash with its domineering preacher, and turns into […]

Review 158min Genre:       Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Director:    Kleber Mendonça Filho Cast:         Wagner Moura, Robério Diógenes, Maria Fernanda Cândido… Writers:     Kleber Mendonça Filho -Synopsis- In Brazil under military rule in the late 1970s a former scientific researcher turned agitator with a difficult recent past is on the run, returning […]