An emotional depiction of friendship, trauma and the power of art, Benjamin Ree’s documentary ‘The Painter and the Thief’ (2020) focusing on Barbora Kyslikova and Karl Bertil-Norland, reviewed by Charlie Gardiner.
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Riz Ahmed stars as MC Zed, a British-Pakistani rapper facing his toughest challenge in his life away from music, in the debut feature of Bassam Tariq. Leoni Horton reviews this BFI London Film Festival 2020 release.
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A war drama and true life story that combines the early narrative accomplishments of screenwriter-director Terrence Malick’s earlier career with the visual motifs of his later work. Starring August Diehl. Joseph Wade’s review.
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“One of the most alive, bustling, energetic and effervescent movies of 2019”, ‘Ema’ from ‘Jackie’ director Pablo Larraín, starring Gael Garcia Bernal is “a film of the year”. Joseph Wade’s review.
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Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ (2019) starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Taylor Russell “is a cautionary tale about lack of communication” with strong, potentially award earning performances. Pagan Carruthers reviews.
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“A moving reflection, perhaps even an exorcism” from the pen of Shia LaBeouf, directed by Alma Har’el and starring Lucas Hedges – our review from Pagan Carruthers.
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New Martin Scorsese film ‘The Irishman’, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino, is “a thrilling, nostalgic and self-retrospective gangster movie” according to Joseph Wade in his review.
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New Céline Sciamma film ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ offers “some of the most extraordinary filmmaking this century” according to Joseph Wade in his review of the Queer Palm winning film.
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Read Kat Lawson’s preview of the ‘dare’ strand of the BFI London Film Festival, here.
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Tonight is the opening night of BFI’s London Film Festival. Kat Lawson has previewed the opening night in her final preview piece for the festival, here.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'