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.
Reviews
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Festivals
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.
Festivals
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.
Film
Parthenope
Parthenope the movie is surprisingly not as superficial as it appears on the surface - just like Parthenope the woman.
Plays
🇬🇧🇪🇸Retrograde (Apollo Theatre, London): Moving Forward by Looking Back
"In merely 90 minutes, the play explores personal & professional betrayals in regards to politics and the arts which remain as relevant as ever, and reminds us that in the face of regression, the only option is to charge forward"
Spanish
🇬🇧🇪🇸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"
Film
Sinners
A genre-blending feast for the senses that challenges its audience to confront horrors, both human and supernatural
TV
Government Cheese: American C.R.E.A.M
With a brilliant sense of humour and an earnest spirit, this stylised story of the righteous path might be the dose of nail-bitingly cathartic weekly conflict you're looking for.
Film
The Ugly Stepsister: It's all rotten
At the heart of female fantasy lies the painful, drastic, desperate core.
Film
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.
Film
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 2025
'Schwarze Früchte/Black Fruit' 🫐
There is an untapped well of Afro-German talent that gets to shine in 'Schwarze Früchte/Black Fruit' and we are SO here for it!