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“Empathy is about the best tool to help shift opinions”: Director Phyllis Nagy on Call Jane
Call Jane is one of those pieces of American cinema that seem to come around at just the…
By Matthew McMillanSpecial
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“At a certain point there’s enough stuff in your notes you start to feel it wants to be a story”: Fridtjof Ryder and Rory Alexander on Inland
After years of attending the London Film Festival as a young lad, Fridtjof Ryder finally makes his feature-length…
By Mae Trumata
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The English
Hugo Blick’s western miniseries, The English is something of a meeting of subgenres. The sweeping odyssey of Emily…
By Matthew McMillan
Cinema & Tv
“There’s a paradoxical relationship in which you know you’re really loved but also really hated”: Martine Syms on The African Desperate
With The African Desperate, Martine Syms channels her skills as a visual artist and her experience of the…
By Sarah Bradbury
LFF
Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters
Each year, during the lead up to Mardi Gras, the Island of Haiti celebrates its history and the…
By Matthew McMillan
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“I feel like we’ve caught a nice wave of people re-discovering the joys of the genre”: The cast and director of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at the London Film Festival 2022 press conference
The first we see of Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, the world’s greatest detective, in Glass Onion: A Knives…
By Matthew McMillan
LFF
She Said
Based on the 2019 book of the same name by Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor – the New…
By Umar Ali
LFF
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2019's Knives Out saw Rian Johnson nudge Agatha Christie’s golden age murder mystery template into the 21st century,…
By Matthew McMillan
LFF
The Menu
The surprise film screened at this year’s London Film Festival was The Menu. Directed by Mark Mylod and…
By Selina Sondermann
LFF
The Banshees of Inisherin: On the red carpet with Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh at London Film Festival 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin is the new Irish dramedy that reunites acclaimed playwright and filmmaker Martin McDonagh with…
By Sarah Bradbury