By Orla Smith. The first of 12 days of LFF began this Wednesday with the UK premiere of Andy Serkis’ Breathe. I didn’t see it. That kind of film can wait: a bio-pic being released in less ...
By Angelique Halliburton. Dina – An unlikely lesson in love An unconventional romantic tale, this documentary follows 48 year-old widow, Dina Buno, as she plans her low-key wedding to her younge...
By Orla Smith. Jenny Lu’s The Receptionist lets us know we’re in London through a series of establishing shots: recognisable landmarks amongst a sea of towering buildings, shot through cin...
By Marti Dols Roca. Ghostroads: a Japanese rock’n roll ghost story. With a title as explicit as it gets, Ghostroads (2017, Mike Rogers, Enrico Ciccu, Les Decidious Jr., and Ken Nishikawa) proposes a c...
By Orla Smith. Blood Simple is an apt title for the Coen brothers’ debut feature. The phrase originated in Dashiell Hammett’s 1929 novel Red Harvest, in which ‘blood simple’ de...
