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BFI Player film review: Identifying Features
May 5, 2021 | Daniel Broadley
Fernanda Valadez’s accomplished feature debut is a quietly shocking picture of Mexico’s migrant and missing persons crises.
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VOD film review: Throne of Blood
April 25, 2021 | Ivan Radford
Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada Certificate: 15 Where to watch Throne of Blood online in the UK: BFI Player (subscription) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent)
“This is a wicked world. To save yourself you … Read More
VOD film review: Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
November 30, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Kelly Reichardt’s deliberately slow-paced revisionist Western is an acquired taste, but one that rewards revisits.Read More
VOD film review: Mogul Mowgli
November 6, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Riz Ahmed is remarkable is this evocative, layered, thoughtful study of identity.Read More
VOD film review: Strings (2012)
September 3, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Rob Savage’s micro-budget debut perfectly captures the awkwardness of adolescence.Read More
BFI Player review: Mark Jenkin Short Films
August 30, 2020 | Laurence Boyce
This quartet of Mark Jenkin’s shorts is a striking snapshot of a playful, impassioned and pointedly political filmmaker.Read More
VOD film review: The Last Tree
August 17, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Shola Amoo’s moving study of identity and belonging in modern Britain is a personal, poetic gem.Read More
Last and First Men review: Dazzling and unique
July 30, 2020 | Ivan Radford
The first and last directorial work from composer Jóhann Jóhannsson is a dazzling and unique piece of art.Read More
Lynn + Lucy review: An intensely moving drama
July 8, 2020 | Ivan Radford
Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw are fantastic in this intensely moving tale of friendship and suspicion.Read More
VOD film review: Girlhood (2014, Bande de filles)
July 5, 2020 | Victoria Curatolo
Céline Sciamma’s 2014 drama is as poignant now as it’s ever been.Read More
