Category Archives: Festival Reviews

Release Date – 28th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 40 minutes, Director – Richard Linklater Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) leaves the premiere of Oklahoma! to visit his trusted bar, knowing the afterparty is imminent there, alongside his former creative partner Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). “Do you ever feel like you’re entireContinue reading “LFF 2025: Blue Moon – Review”

Release Date – 28th November 2025, Cert – 18, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Harry Lighton Quiet parking officer Colin (Harry Melling) becomes the submissive partner of tough-exterior biker Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), however while the relationship allows Colin to discover more of himself a lack of communication and expression from his partnerContinue reading “LFF 2025: Pillion – Review”

Release Date – 28th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 15 minutes, Director – David Michôd Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney) rises through the ranks of 90s boxing, establishing a stronger place for women in the sport, however is held back and undermined by her family and abusive husband (Ben Foster). Christy certainlyContinue reading “LFF 2025: Christy – Review”

Release Date – 26th November 2025, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 24 minutes, Director – Rian Johnson Arriving in a small, New England town, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is called to assist in investigating an unexplainable murder in a closed-off church, could the cause actually be spiritual? Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) describes himselfContinue reading “LFF 2025: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Review”

Release Date – 14th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 12 minutes, Director – Noah Baumbach In an attempt to reconnect with his daughter (Grace Edwards), a famous Hollywood actor (George Clooney) follows her across Europe, confronting his past and other relationships in the process. Jay Kelly (George Clooney) is a richContinue reading “LFF 2025: Jay Kelly – Review”

Release Date – 7th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 59 minutes, Director – Lynne Ramsay After moving to an isolated house in Montana and giving birth, Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) finds her mental health and relationship with her partner (Robert Pattinson) starting to spiral. Die My Love was shown towards the endContinue reading “LFF 2025: Die My Love – Review”

Release Date – 7th November 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 6 minutes, Director – Ronan Day-Lewis Former soldier Ray (Daniel Day-Lewis) has isolated himself in the woods for years, one day his brother, Jem (Sean Bean) turns up trying to convince him to come home to abandoned familial ties. Halfway through AnemoneContinue reading “LFF 2025: Anemone – Review”

Release Date – 31st October 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 58 minutes, Director – Yorgos Lanthimos Cousins Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis) kidnap a major CEO (Emma Stone) believing that she’s an alien intent on destroying the Earth. I’ve begun to go into Yorgos Lanthimos films with the same giddyContinue reading “LFF 2025: Bugonia – Review”

Release Date – 24th October 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Director – Nia DaCosta Hedda Gabler (Tessa Thompson) and her husband (Tom Bateman) are hosting a lavish party in the hope of persuading others into giving him a professorship, however an old face (Nina Hoss) from Hedda’s past, with anContinue reading “LFF 2025: Hedda – Review”