#LFF 2023: ESSEX GIRLS (Short) Film Review
ESSEX GIRLS is a short but impactful film about identity, race and the power of female friendships. When you look up the term "Essex Girl" on Google, you'll come across a stereotype: a loud, materialistic white woman, typically with blonde hair and a fake tan. It's a stereotype we all know, but it doesn't fit […]
#LFF 2023: LAST SUMMER (L'ETE DERNIER) Film Review
LAST SUMMER is an oddly subdued affair about the impulsive and regrettable choices people make when desire takes control. French filmmaker Catherine Breillat returns to the screen with LAST SUMMER, an unsettling anti-romance, which is a remake of May el-Toukhy’s award-winning Danish film QUEEN OF HEARTS. The story revolves around Anne (Léa Drucker), a successful […]
BFI #LFF 2022: THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR Film Review
Shamelessly indulging in genre cliches, Christine Ko's twisty thriller, THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR, finds new ways to turn itself on its head. Originally conceived as a short, two-part TV drama, Christine Ko makes her feature film debut with THE WOMAN IN THE WHITE CAR, a twisty thriller that centres around three women. The […]
BFI #LFF 2022: SICK OF MYSELF Film Review
Dark, funny, and deeply disturbing, SICK GIRL is a sharp and biting satire about our desire to be seen. Following his debut feature, DRIB (2017), writer-director Kristoffer Borgli serves up a deliciously horrid treat with SICK OF MYSELF, an extremely grotesque satire about morbid attention seeking. On the surface, Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and boyfriend […]
BFI #LFF 2022: THE WOODCUTTER STORY Film Review
Strange, surreal, and deeply melancholy, THE WOODCUTTER STORY is a muted social comedy driven by Finland's famously deadpan, dark humour. Mikko Myllylahti delivers an unpredictable Nordic oddity with his debut feature, THE WOODCUTTER STORY, a deadpan philosophical fable with famously deadpan Finnish humour. Set in a snowbound area of Finland surrounded by mountains and forests, […]
BFI #LFF 2022: SUBTRACTION Film Review
Driven by strong cast performance and impressive cinematography, Mani Haghighi's twisty human drama SUBTRACTION keeps you guessing until the final frame. In his latest feature film, Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi delivers a tense Hitchcockian thriller about a married couple who meet their doppelgangers in Tehran. While out on a lesson, young driving instructor Farzaneh (Taraneh […]
BFI #LFF 2021: MASS Film Review
In his directorial debut, Fran Kranz’s opts for a theatrical approach with his new film MASS, a boilerplate chamber drama held together by its incredible performances. The parents of two boys involved in a school shooting strive for closure in Fran Kranz’s riveting directorial debut, MASS. Set six years after a fictional school shooting that […]
BFI #LFF 2021: BOILING POINT Film Review
Shot in one single, continuous take, Director-Writer Philip Barantini dazzles with his new thriller BOILING POINT. Following his award-winning short and feature debut VILLAIN (2020), actor-turned-director Philip Barantini dazzles with his new thriller BOILING POINT, which screens at this year's BFI London Film Festival. Taking place across an incredibly hectic evening at a top London […]
BFI #LFF 2021: QUEEN OF GLORY Film Review
Full of fresh humour, poignancy, and tenderness, Nana Mensah's self-assured comedy QUEEN OF GLORY captures the experience of a woman caught between two worlds. A young woman's life is thrown into disarray when she inherits her mother's Christian bookshop in Nana Mensah's self-assured and charming comedy QUEEN OF GLORY. The film centres on Sarah Obeng […]
BFI #LFF 2021: LANGUAGE LESSONS Film Review
Playing out entirely through phone and laptop screens, LANGUAGE LESSONS is a funny and heart-warming depiction of love and friendship in a virtually connected world. After over 18 months of Zoom calls, Skype chats and virtual meetups, you’d be given for thinking that a film shot during the COVID-19 lockdown on phones and video calls […]