Festivals
My Father’s Shadow | OBSCURAE at Cannes
The best film I watched at Cannes, and, I believe, the one with the brightest year ahead of it.
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Eddington: A kid playing with Knives | OBSCURAE at Cannes
Though a noble pursuit with a talented crew and cast, Eddington fails at saying anything by trying to say everything from somewhere just adrift of centre.
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I am not too cool to cry at the "Mission Impossible" movie | OBSCURAE at Cannes
One of the most expensive films ever made, "The Final Reckoning" is a masterpiece of blockbuster filmmaking that is as earnest as it is big. This is storytelling at its most complicated, and most difficult -- and most heartfelt.
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Parthenope
Parthenope the movie is surprisingly not as superficial as it appears on the surface - just like Parthenope the woman.
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🇬🇧🇪🇸Thunderbolts*: Running Up That Attic
"Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts* manages to present a simple and clear to understand story that even first timers [of the MCU] can enjoy"
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Audience Etiquette and Minecraft Memes.
The biggest movie in the world right now is kind of a mess, but not for the reasons a movie that's based on yet another intellectual property might have you think it is.
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Sinners
A genre-blending feast for the senses that challenges its audience to confront horrors, both human and supernatural
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The Ugly Stepsister: It's all rotten
At the heart of female fantasy lies the painful, drastic, desperate core.
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Freaky Tales will blow your mind.
An immediate cult hit that's about to take over and revive local storytelling as global conversation -- gorey, funky and satisfying from start to finish.
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People Will Die…Of Fun!; The Sunny Bright But Horrific Delights of Hell of a Summer
A joyful breath of fresh pinewood air, indebted to a great legacy of 80s slasher classics yet still wholly (and funnily) original.
BFI Flare (All Years)
The filmmakers behind Departures on how they crafted the golden comedy of the film
BFI Flare 2025
The filmmakers behind Departures on why we don't see more working class queer stories on screen
The team from Departures talk to Juana about making working class British cinema