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Bugonia – first-look review | Little White Lies

Although Lanthimos has moved away from the stilted hyper-stylised hallmarks which announced him to the filmmaking world at large, his preoccupation with misfits and oddballs

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The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup

This year Mike Flanagan, known best for turning horror’s greatest novels into palatable limited television series for Netflix, is switching it up! His latest, The

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The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix

Looking at his last four projects, it seems that Phoenix perfected his precise working formula – hyper-ambitious, complex-to-realise films from directors he has worked with

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Sorry, Baby review – a film about holding on to…

Something very bad happened to Agnes. It’s hinted at in the first segment of Sorry, Baby, when her best friend Lydie (Naomi Ackie) arrives for a visit,

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My Grandmother Trelotótó review – a world of…

Hoping to resurrect her late grandmother, Júlia, Catarina Ruivo combines family archives with rich visuals in a non-fiction film which successfully immortalises a cherished loved one. Old

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Unmoored review – jars its own style

A huge sigh releases from deep within Maria (Mirja Turestedt) as she is greeted by a mob of photographers and journalists at her door asking ​“Are

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Weapons review – fun but familiar horror hijinks

If you’ve been to the cinema in the past few months, specifically to watch a horror film, you might have seen an intriguing teaser for Zach

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Freakier Friday review – nothing quite compares…

For many millennials and Gen Z cinephiles, Mark Waters’ Freaky Friday is a cornerstone of early 2000s cinema. The third adaptation of Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel of the

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Inside the inaugural edition of the Collective Film Festival London

A dispatch from a passionate grassroots project over in Finsbury Park. ‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become corporate buzzwords, vibe-free boxes to be ticked on BFI

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Bring Her Back + Directors Danny and Michael Phillipou | The Naked Gun | Naked Gun (1988)

On the show this week we discuss Bring Her Back and speak to its delightful directors Danny and Michael Phillipou. The spoof returns in The