Release Date – 28th March 2025, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 7 minutes, Directors – Steven Eastwood, The Neurocultures Collective A set of vignettes by neurodivergent artists intersperse to create a portrait of what it’s like to live in the world with neurodivergence. Whilst creating a storybook one of the central creatives featuredContinue reading “LFF 2024: The Stimming Pool – Review”
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LFF 2024: Bionico’s Bachata – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – TBC, Run-time – 1 hour 20 minutes, Director – Yoel Morales Stoner Bionico (Manuel Raposo) is followed by a camera crew as he attempts to get sober by the time his girlfriend (Ana Minier) leaves rehab, however he’s met with a strong current of temptations, including from best friendContinue reading “LFF 2024: Bionico’s Bachata – Review”
The Contestant – Review
Release Date – 29th November 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 30 minutes, Director – Clair Titley Tomoaki Hamatsu (AKA Nasubi) becomes an unknowing overnight star in Japan when taking part in a TV show which leaves him confined to a room, naked for over a year, here he looks back on theContinue reading “The Contestant – Review”
LFF 2024: Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat – Review
Release Date – 15th November 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 30 minutes, Director – Johan Grimonprez Documentary examining the influence of and for jazz in relation to the decolonisation of Africa and the geopolitical response in the 1950s and 60s. The spirit of jazz permeates into every frame of Johan Grimonprez’s SoundtrackContinue reading “LFF 2024: Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat – Review”
Gladiator II – Review
Cert – 15, Run-time – 2 hours 27 minutes, Director – Ridley Scott Taken to Rome after his homeland is taken over, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to become a gladiator, with his eyes set on vengeance he becomes a pawn in multiple attempts to take control of the empire. There are two sides toContinue reading “Gladiator II – Review”
LFF 2024: The Balconettes – Review
Release Date – TBC, Cert – N/A, Run-time – 1 hour 44 minutes, Director – Noémie Merlant A late-night, mid-heatwave party between three friends (Sanda Codreanu, Soulheila Yacoub, Noémie Merlant) and a handsome neighbour (Lucas Bravo) takes a threatening and deadly turn, leading the trio to figure out how to dispose of a body. TheContinue reading “LFF 2024: The Balconettes – Review”
LFF 2024: The Surfer – Review
Release Date – 9th May 2025, Cert – 15, Run-time – 1 hour 39 minutes, Director – Lorcan Finnegan Waiting for a call to confirm his purchase of his childhood home, The Surfer (Nicolas Cage) is confined to a car park in the Australian heat, days before Christmas, being attacked and manipulated by a groupContinue reading “LFF 2024: The Surfer – Review”
LFF 2024: Maria – Review
Release Date – 10th January 2025, Cert – 12, Run-time – 2 hours 2 minutes, Director – Pablo Larraín As she tries to return to the operatic stage Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie) revisits her life with a journalist (Kodi Smit-McPhee) in Paris, where she has retreated to away from the public eye. “Book me aContinue reading “LFF 2024: Maria – Review”
LFF 2024: Hard Truths – Review
Release Date – 31st January 2025, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 37 minutes, Director – Mike Leigh Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is bitter about the world around her, constantly pushing away her family and bringing them down, despite this her sister Chantelle (Michele Austin) continues to extend a friendly hand. Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) isContinue reading “LFF 2024: Hard Truths – Review”
LFF 2024: Joy – Review
Release Date – 15th November 2024, Cert – 12, Run-time – 1 hour 57 minutes, Director – Ben Taylor Through the 60s and 70s a scientist (James Norton), surgeon (Bill Nighy) and nurse (Thomasin McKenzie) battle infertility, the church and media in their attempts to create the first ‘test tube baby’. For a straightforward, silver-cinema-leaningContinue reading “LFF 2024: Joy – Review”
Just A Little Bit Random 