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BFI Player review: Mark Jenkin Short Films
August 30, 2020 | Laurence BoyceThis quartet of Mark Jenkin’s shorts is a striking snapshot of a playful, impassioned and pointedly political filmmaker.Read More
VOD film review: She Dies Tomorrow
August 28, 2020 | Anton BitelAmy Seimetz’s low-key memento mori delivers a panicky relay race of existential dread. Read More
Last and First Men review: Dazzling and unique
July 30, 2020 | David FarnorThe first and last directorial work from composer Jóhann Jóhannsson is a dazzling and unique piece of art.Read More
VOD film review: Good Manners
July 19, 2020 | David FarnorDirector: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Cast: Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano Certificate: TBC
Let the Right One In meets The Orphanage in this brilliant little Brazilian horror, which follows Clara, a care worker who is hired to look after Ana, the … Read More
Clemency review: Alfre Woodard is heartbreaking in this powerful drama
July 17, 2020 | David FarnorAlfre Woodard delivers a heartbreaking performance in Chinonye Chukwu’s powerful death row drama.
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Lynn + Lucy review: An intensely moving drama
July 8, 2020 | David FarnorNichola 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 CuratoloCéline Sciamma’s 2014 drama is as poignant now as it’s ever been.Read More
VOD film review: Family Romance, LLC
July 3, 2020 | Luke ChannellWerner Herzog’s fun exploration of a family-for-hire business leaves its most intriguing questions unanswered.Read More
Little Joe review: Brilliantly creepy sci-fi horror
June 15, 2020 | David FarnorEmily Beecham and Ben Whishaw are sensational in this brilliantly creepy sci-fi horror.Read More
VOD film review: Women Make Film (Mark Cousins)
May 21, 2020 | David FarnorDirector: Mark Cousins Cast: Tilda Swinton Certificate: 15 Watch Women Make Film online in the UK: BFI Player / Curzon Home Cinema / iTunes
Katherine Bigelow. Ava DuVernay. Andrea Arnold. Jane Campion. Lulu Wang. Ask anyone to name a list … Read More