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What’s Worth Seeing at the London Film Festival 2024, according to the BFI’s Kristy Matheson

9th October 202416th December 2024Jason Korsner

New tax breaks for independent British films come into force from today. Under the scheme – announced by the Conservatives in March – [click for more...]

Taking a short film to Clermont-Ferrand

10th February 20243rd October 2024Don Barak

LOST AND FOUND IN CLERMONT-FERRAND The train arrived at the station on time – which I was later told made me ‘very lucky’ [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing – or not – from 2023

31st December 202322nd December 2024Jason Korsner

As another year draws to a close, the film industry is still coming to terms with the impacts of two devastating strikes that [click for more...]

New London Film Festival boss tells us What’s Worth Seeing this year

3rd October 20233rd October 2024Jason Korsner

The London Film Festival is getting under way, under the watchful eye of a new BFI Director of Festivals, with Kristy Matheson having [click for more...]

An uplifting film about bereavement opens Sundance London

6th July 202325th August 2023Jason Korsner

Sundance conjures up images of quirky American independent cinema – but this year’s London showcase from the Sundance Film Festival opens with a [click for more...]

Book to Screen: Elle McNicoll on A Kind of Spark

22nd April 202310th October 2024Jason Korsner

They say “write what you know,” and this maxim gave the autistic children’s author Elle McNicoll the inspiration and motivation for her debut [click for more...]

Blockbuster nominees boost Oscar viewing figures

15th March 202315th March 2023Carly Mayberry

Whether or not this year’s Oscars elevated ratings are enough to equate a Hollywood comeback story for the beleaguered telecast, reports seem to [click for more...]

Mushroom hunting, Icelandic Elves and volcanoes: meet Oscar-nominated documentarian, Sara Dosa

19th February 202319th February 2023Jason Korsner

As Sara Dosa waxes lyrical about her newfound passion for volcanoes, after an Awards-Season screening at the BFI IMAX in London, she sounds [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing – or not – from 2022

31st December 20222nd January 2023Jason Korsner

Another year has come and gone – and the film industry still hasn’t really quite recovered from the pandemic. A handful of blockbuster [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing from the 2022 London Film Festival?

16th October 202228th May 2023Maria Duarte

The BFI London Film Festival returned in all its former glory this year with an exciting line up of cinematic offerings, launching and [click for more...]

London Film Festival boss tells us What’s Worth Seeing in 2022

2nd October 202212th September 2024Jason Korsner

It’s been a long, hard slog for the film industry, and finally, one by one, the world’s biggest film festivals are returning to [click for more...]

How To Make Friends and Influence People: Brian And Charles wins at Sundance London

12th June 202212th June 2022Jason Korsner

Imagine you’re a bit of a loser. You live on your own in a small Welsh village. You don’t have a job and [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing – or avoiding – from another Covid-affected year

27th December 2021Jason Korsner

After the world was struck by Covid in 2020, many people hoped 2021 would be back to normal, but despite efforts to encourage [click for more...]

Maria Duarte tells us What’s Worth Seeing from the 2021 London Film Festival

18th October 202114th August 2022Maria Duarte

It was largely back to business as usual for this year’s BFI London Film Festival despite the ongoing pandemic. Our reviewer Maria Duarte [click for more...]

LFF Director tells us What’s Worth Seeing at this year’s Festival

6th October 202112th September 2024Jason Korsner

A year on from a London Film Festival that was unrecognisable because of the Covid pandemic, the BFI has taken many of the [click for more...]

The HFPA has backed widespread reform – but can the Golden Globes be saved?

7th August 20218th August 2021Jason Korsner

The body behind the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has backed a new set of by-laws, in the first step towards [click for more...]

Golden Globes organisers pledge to admit 13 black members in race row

17th March 202117th March 2021Jason Korsner

“Thank you to the all-white Hollywood Foreign Press,” the British star Sacha Baron Cohen said as he accepted his Golden Globe, when Borat [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing – or avoiding – from 2020?

31st December 20203rd January 2021Jason Korsner

Well, that’s a year that many people will be glad to see the back of – not least a cinema industry where social [click for more...]

What’s Worth Seeing from an unconventional, largely online LFF 2020

19th October 20203rd December 2020Maria Duarte

This year’s London Film Festival has to be the most unusual to date, with many features being screened virtually for the first time, [click for more...]

LFF boss tells us What’s Worth Seeing in 2020

7th October 202012th September 2024Jason Korsner

As coronavirus infections continue to gather pace across the UK – and the world – the London Film Festival is getting started in [click for more...]