The 64th BFI London Film Festival ran from 7th-18th October, in greatly reduced circumstances. Given the Covid-19 pandemic has taken up almost the entire year, film festivals worldwide have been forced to rethink things. Some have opted to scale down significantly, while others decided to go online. LFF 2020 held select screenings at a handful […]
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10 Best Films From BFI London Film Festival 2019
The 63rd BFI London Film Festival recently wrapped and here’s a list of our favourite films this year. While always coming at the end of the festival calendar year, the “BFI London Film Festival” was packed with big stars and big films. Many titles selected appeared at Cannes back in May, so we haven’t included […]
10 Best Films From BFI London Film Festival 2018
The BFI London Film Festival 2018 provided plenty of movies to savour and enjoy, with programmers boldly ensuring female directors were well represented in the line-up. In Tricia Tuttle’s first year as festival director, the opportunity presented itself to tackle the media debate surrounding female representation and make the programme even and diverse. There are […]
10 Best Films From the BFI London Film Festival 2017
In its 61st year, the BFI London Film Festival saw another bumper crop of world cinema titles on offer. Featuring over 246 features, 128 shorts and special guest talks from David Fincher, Guillermo del Toro and Cate Blanchett, the 2017 edition of the LFF was jam-packed with titles from Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and Venice. That’s […]
Top Ten Films from BFI London Film Festival 2016
The 60th BFI London Film Festival will go down as a vintage year. The programme, consisting of over 200 features and shorts from all across the world, was an embarrassment of cinematic riches. Looking through the schedule and selecting what to see was something of a challenge (a great one, mind you). Films which Illusion […]
The Top 10 Films From London Film Festival 2015
The 59th BFI London Film Festival closed on 18th October with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s biopic of Apple guru, Steve Jobs, starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet. During the annual eleven-day event, well over 200 films screened across venues in the city and, although many of the big movies selected had already screened at […]
Top 10 Films: BFI London Film Festival 2014
The BFI London Film Festival lacks the prestige of Cannes and Venice. Its position, coming towards the tail end of the year, right before the full-on assault of awards seasons, means that it struggles to be a truly major event. However, the festival’s position in the movie calendar means that it can pick the best […]
Ten Great Movies Featured at the London Korean Film Festival 2016
Now in its eleventh edition, this year’s London Korean Film Festival boasts some 40 features, a smaller number of which toured beyond London to Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham, Glasgow and Belfast. Amid the usual programme of Korea’s latest hits and indie titles, shorts and documentaries, there was also a welcome showcase of work directed by women […]
The 10 Best Movies From FrightFest 2018
One of the world’s leading genre festivals, “Arrow Video FrightFest” kicked off this year with “The Ranger” by Jenn Wexler, the first female-directed movie to open FrightFest in its illustrious—and gory—19-year history. The programme (as ever) is a rich and varied assortment of brand names, discoveries and the occasional classic revisited (the iconic “Halloween” screened […]
10 Best Films of 2018 … So Far
Upon the year’s midpoint, here’s Scene360’s roundup of 2018’s best films so far. The biggest film event of the year so far wasn’t “Avengers: Infinity War” or “The Great Showman” proving a surprising box-office juggernaut in the face of bad reviews, it’s “Annihilation” being sold to Netflix and bypassing theatrical release internationally. A movie of […]