London Film Festival
LFF 2016 reviews: Prevenge, Mindhorn, Christine, Dog Eat Dog, Bleed for This
October 12, 2016 | David FarnorFrom Netflix’s Black Mirror and Amazon’s originals to MUBI’s Cannes acquisitions and Dogwoof’s live-streaming premiere of Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, the 2016 London Film Festival is embracing VOD like never before. We head to Leicester Square to check out … Read More
LFF 2016 reviews: Arrival, La La Land, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
October 10, 2016 | David FarnorFrom Netflix’s Black Mirror and Amazon’s originals to MUBI’s Cannes acquisitions and Dogwoof’s live-streaming premiere of Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, the 2016 London Film Festival is embracing VOD like never before. We head to Leicester Square to check out … Read More
LFF 2016 reviews: Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, A United Kingdom, A Monster Calls
October 8, 2016 | David FarnorFrom Netflix’s Black Mirror and Amazon’s originals to MUBI’s Cannes acquisitions and Dogwoof’s live-streaming premiere of Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, the 2016 London Film Festival has embraced VOD like never before. We head to Leicester Square to check out … Read More
London Film Festival 2016: Top 30 things to see
September 15, 2016 | David FarnorThe London Film Festival returns to – you guessed it – London this October and streaming services are all over Leicester Square and beyond.
Netflix is previewing new episodes of Black Mirror, Werner Herzog is beaming his new film live … Read More
Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold to premiere at London Film Festival and online
September 3, 2016 | David FarnorWerner Herzog’s Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World will premiere at the London Film Festival this October – and, in a first for the festival, will simultaneously be available to stream live online.
The film’s premiere will take … Read More
Netflix’s The 13th and Black Mirror join London Film Festival 2016 line-up
September 1, 2016 | David FarnorAva DuVernay’s The 13th and new episodes of Black Mirror will premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival this October, with Amazon’s Chi-Raq competing for the red carpet spotlight.
Netflix and the BFI event first joined forces in 2015, … Read More
Interview: Meet Abraham Attah, star of Beasts of No Nation
October 16, 2015 | David FarnorBeasts of No Nation is remarkable for many reasons. It’s Netflix’s first original film. It’s the first movie by Cary Fukunaga since True Detective. And it could be the movie that earns Idris Elba his first Oscar nomination. Most of … Read More
BFI Player lines up festival favourites for 2015 LFF
September 8, 2015 | David FarnorThe British Film Institute is lining up a selection of festival favourites to stream on VOD during the 2015 London Film Festival.
The event, which runs from Wednesday 7th to Sunday 18th October, sees the capital taken over by everything … Read More
Beasts of No Nation joins London Film Festival as Netflix wows Venice
September 3, 2015 | David FarnorNetflix’s first feature, Beast of No Nation, has joined the line-up for the 2015 London Film Festival in the same week that it has wowed audiences at Venice.
The movie will screen in the LFF’s Official Competition on 8th and … Read More
VOD film review: Blancanieves
October 18, 2014 | David FarnorDirector: Pablo Berger Cast: Maribel Verdu, Sofía Oria, Macarena Garcia, Daniel Giminez Cacho Certificate: 15 Watch Blancanieves online in the UK: BFI Player+ / BFI Player / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / iTunes
After Mirror Mirror and Snow White and … Read More