Category Archives: Festival Reviews

Release Date – 2nd February 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Jonathan Glazer A Nazi commandant (Christian Friedel) and his wife (Sandra Hüller) try to live their most idyllic life, living next door to Auschwitz. I’m willing to admit that I’m very likely not the best voice to listenContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Zone Of Interest – Review”

Release Date – 19th April 2024 , Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 16 minutes, Director – Jeymes Samuel As debts begin piling up Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) poses himself as the messiah in order to make money, however this comes with its own consequences. When being interviewed about the controversy surrounding the then newly-releasedContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Book Of Clarence – Review”

Release Date – 21st June 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 56 minutes, Director – Jeff Nichols A photographer and reporter (Mike Faist) tracks the lives of a 60s motorcycle club as their dynamic shifts with the changing times and faces. The Bikeriders is dominated by an aesthetic of ‘old school cool’. TheContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Bikeriders – Review”

Release Date – 26th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 45 minutes, Director – Andrew Haigh Struggling to write a script and potentially entering into a relationship with a neighbour (Paul Mescal), Adam (Andrew Scott) finds himself exploring what life would be like if his parents (Claire Foy, Jamie Bell) hadn’t passedContinue reading “LFF 2023: All Of Us Strangers – Review”

Release Date – 19th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 13 minutes, Director – Alexander Payne Forced to stay at the boarding school he teaches at to look after kids with nowhere to go at Christmas, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) finds himself forming an understanding with a particularly troublesome student (Dominic Sessa).Continue reading “LFF 2023: The Holdovers – Review”

Release Date – 12th January 2024, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 47 minutes, Directors – Kibwe Tavaras, Daniel Kaluuya Whilst planning to move to a better apartment, Izi (Kane Robinson) takes in a bereaved child (Jedaiah Bannerman) to his home in The Kitchen, a block of flats regularly attacked by police trying toContinue reading “LFF 2023: The Kitchen – Review”

Release Date – 24th November 2023, Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 9 minutes, Director – Bradley Cooper Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) looks back on his life, particularly his changing relationship with Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). Perhaps one of the best sequences in Maestro is a sequence solely focusing on an orchestra being conductedContinue reading “LFF 2023: Maestro – Review”

Release Date – 12th January 2024, Cert – 18, Run-time – 2 hours 21 minutes, Director – Yorgos Lanthimos Since being brought to life Bella (Emma Stone) has been confined to the home and lab of her creator, Dr Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), until she escapes with a debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo), learning about theContinue reading “LFF 2023: Poor Things – Review”

Release Date – 1st January 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 49 minutes, Director – James Hawes Looking back on his life, Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins) tries to find a home for his personal documents recounting his efforts in World War II to save child refugees in Prague. The clip of Nicholas Winton’sContinue reading “LFF 2023: One Life – Review”

Release Date – 26th December 2023, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 4 minutes, Director – Hayao Miyazaki After the passing of his mother, 12-year-old Mahito (Soma Santoki) is whisked to an unfamiliar new home, where a heron (Masaki Suda) takes him to a fantastical other world claiming that his mother is still alive.Continue reading “LFF 2023: The Boy And The Heron – Review”