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Rehana Nurmahi wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

★★★★✰

Andrea Levy’s powerful novel about the life of a woman in plantation-era Jamaica is transported to the stage in Chichester Festival Theatre’s new adaptation. Suhayla El-Bushra’s brings Levy’s work to l […]

Ella McLaren wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

As the year draws to a close and the cold weather creeps in, many of us are beginning to think of cosy nights beside fires, hands wrapped around hot mugs of tea. Berlin-based singer-songwriter Ed Prosek’s music s […]

Ethan Soffe wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival here

In BFI London Film Festival’s ‘Special Presentation’ strand this year, […]

Elizabeth Sorrell wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival here.

A dark tale of ghostly grief set in rural Ireland, Shepherd calls upon […]

Verity Cartwright wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Taking film noir influences and giving them a modern twist, The Ballad of Billy McCrae is the latest psychological thriller from Welsh director Chris Crow. Delving into themes of sex and crime, the film follows […]

George Walker wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

The Matrix is a spellbinding enmesh of challenging ideas about the world, its end, and humanity, asking more of the audience than mainstream science fiction ever bothered to before.

Revisiting it sets your […]

George Nash wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Do you like scary movies? If so, you’re in for a treat: the trailer for the upcoming Scream reboot has now dropped online. After weeks of cryptic posts on the movie’s official social media channels, the relea […]

Elisabetta Pulcini wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival here.

After tragedy strikes her family, high-schooler Suzu finds herself […]

Will Millar wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

For years, the pendulum has swung back and forth in James Blake’s music, from beautiful ballads to bass-heavy beats. Friends That Break Your Heart will still leave the listener unclear on his overall direction b […]

Jake Abatan wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

*Please note: this review discusses spoilers concerning The Souvenir (2019)

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival […]

Alex Crisp wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Bringing full-blooded action realism to a famous franchise drowning in spy-fi, Casino Royale seemingly heralded a new golden age of James Bond films.

Adroit, confident, and bruising, its new-look approach […]

Alex O'Leary wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Will Poulter has joined the all-star cast of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in the role of artificial ‘perfect human’ Adam Warlock.

Rumours began swirling on social media after Deadline reported t […]

Cameron Swan wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

*Disclaimer: Far Cry 6 review code was provided by Ubisoft UK for the purposes of this review. That being said, all opinions expressed in this review are entirely that of the author.

Odds are, you’ve […]

James Hanton wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival here.

Winner of the Silver Bear the Berlin Film Festival, Wheel Of Fortune And […]

Ed Bedford wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

History of Forgetfulness by Shahé Mankerian is a stark record of life during the 1975 Beirut civil war. From starvation, to a learnt familiarity with death, Mankerian does not shy away from visceral descriptions […]

Alex O'Leary wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

From embarrassing technical glitches to the departure of its lead presenter and director of programming, GB News has faced a turbulent first few months on air. And in the words of former chairman Andrew Neil […]

George Nash wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Indie cinema’s jack-of-all-trades filmmaker Jim Cummings returns with his third and most ambitious feature yet: an erotic thriller that takes aim at everything from social media to superficiality; masculinity t […]

Julius Lawless-Master wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Any long-time Pokémon fan will have fond memories (or perhaps lingering nightmares) of beating Gym Leader Whitney and her durable Miltank in Pokémon Gold and Silver. This was a paradigm of a typical gym battle i […]

Megan Roxburgh wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

Players of Amazon’s multiplayer online role-playing game New World have been taking to Reddit and other online platforms to express their concern over people exploiting the game’s anti-ban feature to win fac […]

Libby Briggs wrote a new post 4 years, 2 months ago

This film is being screened as part of the 2021 BFI London Film Festival and you can find all of our coverage of the festival here.

Edgar Wright’s bold return to cinema is a gripping and stylish tale of no […]