Category Archives: Festival Reviews

Release Date – 6th February 2026, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Julia Jackman Noblewoman Cherry (Maika Monroe) is given 101 days to conceive a child, however her husband (Amir El-Masry) keeps rejecting her, with friend Manfred (Nicholas Galitzine) betting that he can seduce her in that time. But, couldContinue reading “LFF 2025: 100 Nights Of Hero – Review”

Release Date – 30th January 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 46 minutes, Director – Richard Linklater Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) turns his hand from film criticism to filmmaking, however it seems everyone else involved in the largely improvised production of Breathless has no clue what he’s trying to do. Nouvelle Vague isContinue reading “LFF 2025: Nouvelle Vague – Review”

Release Date – 23rd January 2026, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 8 minutes, Director – Oliver Hermanus World War I, two music students (Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor) find their relationship defined by folk music they share and archive, even as the war and years separates them. The History Of Sound isn’t an 8amContinue reading “LFF 2025: The History Of Sound – Review”

Release Date – 23rd January 2026, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 2 hours 19 minutes, Director – Park Chan-wook Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) is made redundant from his years-long, high-paying job, losing his and his family’s life of luxury. To get a new job, and reclaim that life, he desperately seeks to eliminate the competition. “LosingContinue reading “LFF 2025: No Other Choice – Review”

Release Date – 5th December 2025, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Jafar Panahi A group of former prisoners believe they’ve kidnapped the man who tortured them whilst imprisoned, but is it the right person and what should they do with him? Perhaps because of largely only seeing much ofContinue reading “LFF 2025: It Was Just An Accident – Review”

Release Date – 16th January 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 29 minutes, Director – Kaouther Ben Hania 52 miles from Gaza, a group of call centre volunteers try to get an ambulance to a 6-year-old trapped in a car surrounded by IDF soldiers. Navigating an endless process of requests and approvals. “ThisContinue reading “LFF 2025: The Voice Of Hind Rajab – Review”

Release Date – 9th January 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 50 minutes, Director – Hikari Small-time American actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser) gets a job working for a Tokyo-based company which sends people out to play small, often unknown, roles in strangers lives. Because of the way in which UK awards releases stillContinue reading “LFF 2025: Rental Family – Review”

Release Date – 9th January 2026, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Chloé Zhao The marriage between William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley) is put under consistent strain as he goes away to stage his plays, especially in the wake of familial tragedies where the pair struggleContinue reading “LFF 2025: Hamnet – Review”

Release Date – 5th December 2025, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Directors – Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus Documentary looking at the work of political journalist Seymour Hersh, who uncovered and reported on some of the biggest cover-ups and exposés of the last 60 years. Seymour Hersh appears to want to focusContinue reading “LFF 2025: Cover-Up – Review”