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★★★★, features, Reviews, UKJanuary 28, 2017

T2 Trainspotting (2017)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
T2 Trainspotting is Danny Boyle’s brilliant follow-up reunites the original cast of the iconic original for more filmic pyrotechnics.

★★★, features, festivals, London Film Festival 2016, Reviews, UKOctober 22, 2016

BFI LFF 2016: SPACESHIP (2016)

By Alexa Dalby

Spaceship is a dreamlike, semi-psychedlic, free-flowing story of teenage cyber goths and alien abductions. Spaceship CAUTION: Here be spoilers A spaceship is what gets…

★★★★, features, festivals, India, London Film Festival 2016, ReviewsOctober 6, 2016

BFI LFF 2016: MIRZYA (2016)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s stunning Mirzya receives its European premiere at the 60th BFI London Film Festival.

★★★★, Africa, biopic, features, festivals, London Film Festival 2016, Reviews, UKOctober 5, 2016

BFI LFF 2016 OPENING GALA: A UNITED KINGDOM (2016)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
The first film by a black woman director to screen as the Opening Gala of the BFI London Film Festival, Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom evokes a powerful interracial love story that threatened the British Empire.

Berlin Film Festival 2016, featuresFebruary 21, 2016

The 66th Berlin Film Festival – Berlinale 2016

By Mark Wilshin

Focusing on the refugee crisis, the 66th Berlin Film Festival awards Gianfranco Rosi’s Fuocoammare the Golden Bear and underscores the importance of standing together.

features, London Film Festival 2015October 22, 2015

THE 59TH LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2015

By Mark Wilshin

Opening and closing with the crowning achievements of the 20th century, the 59th London Film Festival brings the battle of the sexes centre-stage.

features, Italy, ReviewsMarch 3, 2015

Cinema Made In Italy

By Laura Bennett

A showcase of the best of contemporary Italian cinema, Cinema Made In Italy offers a grand tour of the bel paese.

Berlin Film Festival 2015, features, festivalsFebruary 17, 2015

THE 65TH BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL – BERLINALE 2015

By Mark Wilshin

Pitting first-time directors against studio blockbusters, the 65th Berlin Film Festival reserves its glitz for the red carpet as Jafar Panahi’s Taxi takes the Golden Bear.

features, festivals, London Film Festival 2014October 21, 2014

THE 58TH LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2014

By Mark Wilshin

Bookended by battle stages of the Second World War, the 58th London Film Festival takes the sound and the fury to the home front, as human relationships come under fire.

Berlin Film Festival 2014, features, festivalsFebruary 22, 2014

The 64th Berlin Film Festival – Berlinale 2014

By Mark Wilshin

With jury president producer James Schamus at the helm, the 64th Berlin Film Festival sees a lot of Eastern promise with Awards for both China and Japan.