Reviews and interviews from the British Film Institute London Film Festival 2016.
Mike Birbiglia may be a more unfamiliar name to British audiences, but is a renowned comic and filmmaker in his native country of the USA. Don’t Think Twice is his follow up to his 2012 […]
After making his mark with some gritty and dark indie titles such as Sicario and Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve has his Sci-Fi moment with The Arrival. The world descends into chaos and a climate of fear […]
A bus driver and poet is the latest of unassuming character portrayals from American auteur Jim Jarmusch. Presented over the course of a week, it portrays the life of Paterson, (Adam Driver), a bus driver […]
The baker of Kokkola, Olli Mäki a Finnish featherweight boxer whom in 1962 fought for the world championship in his home nation. Thrusted into Finnish limelight, the gentile and canny Olli feels at odds with […]
With classified documents now available for revision, director Ziga Viric looks at the Yugoslav Space Programme and how it created a time of prosperity under Tito’s reign after selling it to the American’s, yet may have […]
Based around the record cocaine seizure in Ireland in 2007, when bales of cocaine landed ashore, presenting a get a rich quick for anyone daring or stupid enough to risk going against the law, cue […]
Adapting from the real life story of the murder of porn producer Bryan Cochis, (Christian Slater) as Stephen in the film, after two rival low time producers Joe (James Franco) and Harlowe try to buy […]
Grief-stricken, Sophia (Catherine Walker) rents a secluded estate home in the country, ensuring its privacy with a lot of cash. Believing she will find what she seeks via the dark arts, she enlists the help […]
Michael Dudok De Wit was apparently surprised after being asked by animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli if he would make a feature for them. Free from dialogue, The Red Turtle is a story of a cast […]
From the land that has brought cult comedy classics such as The Castle, Muriel’s Wedding, Kenny, writer director and actor Abe Forsythe makes his mark with the seemingly Four Lions Inspired, Down Under. Set in […]
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