Category: Film
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Love London Love Culture’s Favourite Films 2022
Emma Clarendon selects some of her favourite films in 2022. The Banshees of Inisherin: if I’m being honest I’m more familiar with Martin McDonagh’s work for theatre than with his film work – but oh my goodness what a gripping, darkly funny film this is. Featuring two stellar performances from Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson […]
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REVIEW: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, Netflix
While still managing to capture the strangeness and darkness of the original fairytale, there is also something heartwarming in the way in which it explores grief and family. I think we can all agree that Carlo Collodi’s story of the little wooden boy is by turns terrifying and bizarre to many of us who perhaps […]
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Review Round Up: I Wanna Dance With Somebody
This new film about the life of Whitney Houston is out in cinemas later this month. The Guardian: *** “It does however deliver the big scenes and big moments, especially her amazing performance of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl. But a boilerplate music biopic like this usually runs in four stages: tough beginnings, success, […]
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NEWS: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Announces 2023 Dates
The annual festival will return to the BFI Southbank in 2023. It has been announced that the 2023 edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will return from the 15th to the 26th March 2023. The festival celebrates the best in contemporary LGBTQIA+ cinema from around the globe at the BFI Southbank as well […]
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Five Reasons to Love The Holiday
Emma Clarendon names her five reasons for loving this classic and warm hearted film…. Kate Winslet portrays a character so grounded and relatable: it has to be said Kate Winslet has never been type cast – but I feel as though as Iris in the Holiday she is at her most grounded and likeable. The […]
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REVIEW: Mr Malcolm’s List
While comparisons could be made to Bridgerton, this historical romance film is charming in its own right. There is no denying that the appeal of regency romances is seeing a bit of resurgence on the big screen – thanks to the popularity of Bridgerton, which has led to a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion […]
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Review Round Up: Avatar 2: The Way of Water
The reviews are in for the anticipated sequel to the 2009 film directed by James Cameron. The Guardian: ** “The effects now, technically impressive as they are, amount to high frame-rate motion smoothness which is soulless and inert, creating not so much an uncanny valley but an uncanny Mariana Trench down in the depths. Cameron’s […]
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NEWS: Teaser Trailer Released Greta Gerwig’s Film Barbie
The film is set to head to cinemas in July 2023. A brand new teaser trailer has been released for Greta Gerwig’s (Little Women, Ladybird) latest film which brings the doll (which was originally launched in 1959) to life and will head to cinemas in 2023. This new trailer gives us the first look at […]
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NEWS: The BFI Announce Programme Highlights for January 2023
The programme for January is set to include seasons dedicated to master Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and the beginning of a three-month countdown of Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022. The BFI has confirmed the programme for January 2023 at BFI Southbank. Highlights include the first month of a complete two-month retrospective dedicated to master Japanese […]
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REVIEW: Falling for Christmas, Netflix
While it is suitably corny and sweet, there are moments in which this new Christmas film tries too hard to be likeable. With so many Christmas films now been churned out on streaming platforms there is certainly plenty to choose from to help you feel cosy and warm – no matter how corny they are […]