Director – Sébastien Vaniček – 2026 – New Zealand – Cert. 18 – 110m * A French-born widow visits her bereaved American husband’s family for his funeral, and demonic mayhem ensues – less fun than it sounds horror franchise entry is out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 10th After her husband Will (George Pullar) is killed […]
Director – Lucile Hadzihalilovic – 2025 – France, Germany, Italy – Cert. 15 – 117m ***** Midwinter. A homeless girl stumbles onto a film set where a notoriously difficult actress is shooting an adaptation of The Snow Queen – screens exclusively on BFI Player from Monday, January 12th Opening with microscopic images of of snowflakes and more […]
Director – Jonathan Entwhistle – 2025 – US – Cert. 12a – 94m ***** Latest franchise entry plays by all the rules that you would expect, yet somehow manages to completely break the mould and come up with something fresh and original – out in UK cinemas on Wednesday, May 28th All a Karate Kid […]
Director – Stéphanie Clément – 2022 – France – 11m ***** A nine-year-old struggles with the trauma that befalls her at her grandpa’s – nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2024 Academy Awards, VoD details below review She’s nine (voice-over: Christa Theret), and in the Summer she goes to stay with granny and grandpa. […]
Director – Ali Ray – 2023 – UK – Cert. 12a – 90m ***** A look at one of the world’s favourite paintings, housed in Vienna’s Belvedere Museum, and the wider body of work of the artist who created it – out in UK cinemas on Monday, October 30th for one day only All lovers […]
Director – Stephen Kijak – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 104m ***1/2 Matinée idol Rock Hudson epitomised the Hollywood dream until he died of AIDS in 1985 – documentary portrait available on digital platforms from Monday, 23 October It was only when Rock Hudson tragically died of AIDS in 1985 that the fact […]
Director – Matthew Jacobs, Vanessa Yuille – 2022 – UK – Cert. 12a – 80m **** Screenwriter Jacobs’ entry into US Dr. Who fan subculture follows his scripting of the 1996 Dr. Who TV movie that was supposed to launch the franchise Stateside but flopped – out in UK cinemas on Thursday, October 27th and […]
Directed by Matthew Jacobs & Vanessa YuilleCertificate 12a, 80 minutesReleased in cinemas 27 October andDVD & Digital 28 November What is a church, and why do people attend it? This is a documentary about Doctor Who fandom and conventions. At no point does it suggest, at least not in so many words, that such gatherings […]
Director – Jim Archer – 2022 – UK – Cert. PG – 91m ***1/2 In rural Wales, an eccentric inventor builds a robot companion out of odds and ends, contends with the local bully and finds love – out in cinemas on Friday, July 8th, previews from Wednesday, July 6th Welcome to the reclusive world […]