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London Film Festival (LFF) – What’s It Like As Press?

24th December 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

UPDATE 2021: This was written a few years ago, pre-COVID, and pre any changes the organisers have made to their systems, so bear that in mind. I haven’t updated the article as I don’t know how LFF is operating now (sadly I’m not going this year but if you are I hope you have a good time — and stay safe!) Got a movie website? (Let’s not call it a blog…. London Film Festival (LFF) – What’s It Like As Press? Read More

Filed Under: London Film Festival Tagged With: critics, film festival, film writers, filmmaker teas, london film festival, off, press

London Film Festival Round-Up 2018

24th December 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I saw some films! I met Jessica Hynes! I saw more films! I interview people! I met Jessica Hynes! And I spent a fortune on rail travelcards to meet Jessica Hynes! The 2018 BFI London Film Festival (LFF) ran from 10-21 October, finishing with me meeting Jessica Hynes, I mean with a red carpet world… London Film Festival Round-Up 2018 Read More

Filed Under: London Film Festival Tagged With: assassination nation, border, colette, film festivals, LFF, london film festival, mandy, sometimes always never, sorry to bother you, stan and ollie, suspiria, the favourite, the fight, the front runner, the guilty

Sometimes Always Never (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

24th December 2018 by Sarah 6 Comments

*** Read my interview with director Carl Hunter *** Finally, a story about the beautiful game that isn’t boring or dependent on stereotypical ideas of its players. Yes, I’m talking about Scrabble. Set near Liverpool in the North West, director Carl Hunter’s delightful film is witty and moving – and beautifully written by Frank Cottrell Boyce… Sometimes Always Never (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: family, games, puzzles, relationships, scrabble, tailor

“The Guilty” Star Jakob Cedergren On The Making Of The Blindsiding Danish Thriller

25th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The Guilty, a nervy, tense Danish thriller set solely in the claustrophobic confines of an emergency dispatcher’s office, is released in the UK on 26 October. Asger Holm is a policeman working on the emergency phones, often dealing with timewasters and fakers – until he receives a call from Iben, a woman who is being… “The Guilty” Star Jakob Cedergren On The Making Of The Blindsiding Danish Thriller Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: denmark, gustav moller, jakob cedergren, london film festival, off, the guilty, thriller

Sorry To Bother You (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

25th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

With so many of us well-boiled frogs now, the only way to demonstrate how crazily evil our world has become is to take the metaphors and make them concrete. That’s what Boots Riley has done with his blunt satire Sorry To Bother You. In this alternative reality which isn’t that alternative, America has continued the… Sorry To Bother You (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival, Support Indie Film Tagged With: business, racism, satire, telemarketing

Jessica Hynes On Freedom In Filmmaking & Her “Kurosawa Scene”

24th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Jessica Hynes, writer and star of Channel 4 comedy Spaced and star of W1A and The Royle Family (among many, many other shows and movies), has recently directed her first feature film, the micro budget seaside-set family drama The Fight. The movie follows frazzled mum Tina who takes up boxing when she’s forced to find ways to acknowledge… Jessica Hynes On Freedom In Filmmaking & Her “Kurosawa Scene” Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, London Film Festival, Support Indie Film Tagged With: boxing, family, indie filmmaking, jessica hynes, LFF, london film festival, micro budget, ryan eddleston, the fight

The Fight (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

24th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** I chatted to Jessica Hynes at the London Film Festival – check it out here *** There are plenty of altercations in Jessica Hynes’ directorial debut, both internal and physical; as mum Tina fights her past and her resultant self-worth to stand up and take control, by climbing through the ropes into the boxing ring. Boxing is… The Fight (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival, Support Indie Film Tagged With: boxing, bullying, family, stress

Stan & Ollie (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

21st October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Unlike those comedians who are determined not to be funny in real life, Laurel and Hardy – and particularly Stan Laurel – are always on. Their act bleeds off the stage and the page, and into every day. “I’m just going to find a woman I hate and buy her a house” says Stan Laurel… Stan & Ollie (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: black and white movies, comedy, laurel and hardy, oliver hardy, slapstick, stan laurel

They Shall Not Grow Old (London Film Festival) 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th October 2018 by Sarah 3 Comments

This year marks 100 years since the end of – ahem – the War To End All Wars. It’s estimated 10 million military personnel died during World War 1, which ran from 1914-1918. My grandad Bill was injured by shrapnel during the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front, and eventually they had to… They Shall Not Grow Old (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: britain, commonwealth, first world war, germany, no mans land, soldiers, western front, world war 1, ww1

The Favourite (London Film Festival) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th October 2018 by Sarah 1 Comment

You had to make your own fun in 18th century England, and if you were rich this might involve taking a pet duck for a walk, throwing fruit at a naked man in a long pink wig, or being the naked man in the long pink wig (who seems to be delighted with his involvement)…. The Favourite (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: duchess of marlborough, marlborough, queen anne

The Front Runner (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

18th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

“Six points, four if it’s windy”. That’s the opinion poll boost the Democrats jokingly expect from the hair of handsome democratic would-be presidential candidate Gary Hart. It is a marvel, thick and brown, and considerably wider than his head, the odd strand tipped with silver. It shouldn’t matter but it does, and Jason Reitman’s film… The Front Runner (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival

Suspiria (2018) (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

17th October 2018 by Sarah Leave a Comment

*** Read my review of the 1977 Suspiria *** Suspiria is a feminist film, if you use the 1970s definition that it’s a movement dedicated to the liberation of women – a dance academy, run entirely by women (the often ignored older women, to boot), with only female students, its roots going back to prehistory. Though… Suspiria (2018) (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: berlin, coven, dance, religion, three mothers, witches

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Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

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Reviews

Netflix and chill: the film club discusses The Pale Blue Eye 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

See How They Run 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Maneater 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

The Reef: Stalked 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Persuasion 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

GATLOPP: Hell Of A Game 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

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