In England, every director of eligible age faces being conscripted into making a movie about the British experience of a world war of their…
In 1892, Ruth Belville took up the family business. It was a trade inherited from her mother, first founded by her father. He had…
Entering Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie, one is immediately faced with a decision. It’s a decision of considerable importance. Standing in the rotunda, one may either go…
Ammonite Three years on from Francis Lee’s terrific gay drama, God’s Own Country, and the director has moved on from the romantic union of…
Herself A patron of the British arts, Phyllida Lloyd’s transition from a director of theater to film could hardly have been more conspicuous. Her…
Another week, another festival. For this year’s BFI London Film Festival, it’s business as usual, which is to say the unusual business of 2020…
Our third and final dispatch from the 2019 BFI London Film Festival is offers thoughts on one of the upcoming awards season’s biggest players…
Our second dispatch from the 2019 BFI London Film Festival is heavy on likely awards season contenders — Jojo Rabbit, Ford v Ferrari, and The Two Popes…
Our first dispatch from the 2019 BFI London Film Festival takes a look at an eclectic array of films both major and minor on…
It’s been a long 10 days at the 2014 LFF, but I’m back with news of films from the United States, the United Kingdom,…