Tagged LFF 2018

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 16/10/2018. You can’t even look at a still of Destroyer without discussing the elephant in the room. Nicole Kidman blows...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 15/10/2018. It’s a tough time to talk about America; any film covering politics is drawn into the vortex of the...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 13/10/2018. If you’re not a fan of historical costume dramas, this won’t be the film to convert you – but don’t...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 03/10/2018. Lizzie wastes no time laying out its theories as to who committed the 1892 Borden murders, a grisly double...

This film was previously reviewed on 21/10/2018 as part of the London Film Festival. Assassination Nation kicks off with a slew of trigger warnings – a fun gag letting you know all the sordid topics to be...

A Private War dives right into two warzones. One is more literal, as we meet real-life journalist Marie Colvin chasing down leads in the Sri Lankan rainforest, the other raging within her psyche. Each is well...

Benjamin is a bleak and hilarious glimpse straight into the mind of Simon Amstell. His insecurities and witticisms are laid bare in a searing indictment of London, the arts and (of course) himself. “JUST...

Assassination Nation kicks off with a slew of trigger warnings – a fun gag letting you know all the sordid topics to be covered. Graphic and disorienting, the film spends about an hour and a half punching...

This review was originally published as part of our London Film Festival coverage on 19/10/18. The White Crow has to walk a tricky line between period drama and dance movie – think Step Up 2: The Soviets....

The Hummingbird Project chronicles a quest of unfathomable proportions. Unfathomably boring proportions. “We’re building a four-inch pipe from Kansas to New Jersey!” just isn’t a catchy idea, no matter...

To oversimplify, Celia Rico Clavellino’s deeply personal debut feature is an affecting tale about a daughter who craves change, and a mother who fears it. We think we’re about to watch the age-old story...

This review was originally published as part of our London Films Festival coverage on 16/10/2018. Wild Rose's Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) has all the trappings of a country star. A single mother and an...

You can’t even look at a still of Destroyer without discussing the elephant in the room. Nicole Kidman blows everything else out of the water – the confidence in her performance is astounding. While no...

If you’ve ever suffered the sudden and untimely death of a loved one, there’s much that will resonate in Last Child, director Dong-seok Shin’s slow-burning debut feature. The marriage of Sungcheol and...

The latest gem from Mamoru Hosoda is deceptively simple: a young boy named Kun worries about being eclipsed by his newborn baby sister. Through episodic little vignettes, we join Kun on an array of magical...