IN CONVERSATION WITH: Becki Douglass and Esme Michaela
Reading Time: 4 minutesBlurred Lines is a feminist, queer-led short film, starring Emmerdale’s Matthew Wolfenden, that explores the impact of county lines through a feminist horror lens.
Category Film
REVIEW: Cotton Queen + Intro
Reading Time: 2 minutesCotton Queen is a coming-of-age story, but it is also about inheritance, women’s power and the long afterlife of colonialism. At the BFI preview screening of Cotton Queen, film journalist Leila Latif introduced the film by situating…
REVIEW: Rose of Nevada
Reading Time: 3 minutesJenkin delivers a tour-de-force time-slip fantasy, rugged and unkempt as the seas on which it’s set, but with a twinkling heart which floats well above the waterline. Seven years after his seminal BAFTA winning debut Bait, Mark Jenkin returns…
FEATURE: Million Dollar Baby
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of the BFI’s ‘The Cinematic Life of Boxing’ season, a screening of Million Dollar Baby (2004) was followed by a Q&A with broadcaster and former athlete Jeanette Kwakye
FEATURE: The Boxer and Q&A with Barry McGuigan
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year the BFI is hosting a season celebrating The Cinematic Life of Boxing, showcasing a diverse range of films that represent the sport on the big screen. As part of the season, BFI Southbank screened Jim Sheridan’s 1997 film, The Boxer, loosely inspired by the life of prolific boxer Barry McGuigan.
REVIEW: HOUSE23 Presents Short Shorts: Comedy
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fun collection of comedy shorts
FEATURE: Emma at Barbican Cinemas
Reading Time: 2 minutesIntroduced by composer Rachel Portman in an onstage conversation, it plays like a case study in how score can become structure, not just accompaniment, but the very thing that gives a film its tone and emotional coherence.
REVIEW: Shooting From Below
Reading Time: 2 minutesReynolds constantly balances the gut-punch with the punchline, weaving serious critique through moments of effortless hilarity.
FEATURE: Double bill- “Plan 9 From Outer Space” and “Ed Wood”
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo monochrome fever dreams that perfectly capture the B-Movie noir aesthetic of yesteryear Being dubbed “The worst film of all time” is not usually an indicator of a great night out. However, Ed Wood is no usual…
REVIEW: Interstellar
Reading Time: 3 minutesInterstellar at the Royal Albert Hall. The venue’s recent film-to-live-score event offered what can only be described as one of the most profound sensory experiences available to modern audiences.