Is This Thing On? at London Film Festival: Bradley Cooper’s hilarious homage to John Bishop October 14, 2025 Is This Thing On? starring Bradley Cooper, review and star rating from the London Film Festival: ★★★★ It is the strangest-sounding premise of any of the films premiering at the London Film Festival 2025: in Is This Thing On?, Bradley Cooper directs a biopic inspired by the life of Liverpudlian comedian John Bishop. It is [...]
We saw the new Kate Moss movie first – here’s our honest review October 9, 2025 Kate Moss movie Moss & Freud at the London Film Festival review: ★★★ It’s often a red flag when stars executive produce their own biopics. Elton John’s Rocketman was viewed as too sympathetic to its subject, and Kate Moss has certainly been too close to this saccharine but not meritless Kate Moss film premiering at [...]
This Kate Moss movie at London Film Festival 2025 will be a massive talking point October 7, 2025 When you think of Kate Moss and men, the mind goes to Pete Doherty, or perhaps the Dazed Media editor Jefferson Hack, but there was another creative mind before them: Lucian Freud. The two shared an intense personal relationship in the early noughties when Freud, then in his eighties, painted Moss, then in her late [...]
AI made this London Film Festival movie about love and loss October 6, 2025 Amid waves of criticism against AI, one film at London Film Festival 2025 has been proudly harnessing artificial intelligence. Memory of Princess Mumbi is set in a retro-futuristic Africa in 2093, and much of the landscapes and scenic shots have been developed using AI. Although the filmmaker Damien Hauser’s intentions were to “make a movie [...]
Inside Hundred Nights of Hero, the Charli xcx London Film Festival must-see film October 6, 2025 Charli xcx is taking a break from playing festival main stages and feuding with Taylor Swift to make her acting debut this month at the London Film Festival 2025. The musician has a remarkable seven films in production, including Hundred Nights of Hero, a historical fantasy film based on the book of the same name [...]
Is This Thing On? at London Film Festival 2025 is inspired by comedian John Bishop October 6, 2025 One of the most surprising films at the London Film Festival 2025 is surely Is This Thing On?, a comedy-drama loosely based on the rise of the British comedian John Bishop. The Liverpudlian is now one of Britain’s most famous acts, but he was fairly late to find fame, breaking through in his late-thirties and [...]
London Film Festival 2025: Londoners should just turn up, say organisers October 6, 2025 Organisers for this year’s London Film Festival 2025 are urging Londoners to just show up and see what’s available on the day. Many of the most popular films at the London Film Festival sell out immediately, so it can feel as if the festival is hard to attend, especially for the bigger screenings – but [...]
London Film Festival 2025: 9 amazing movies to book right now October 3, 2025 The return of the London Film Festival: 2025’s programme is predictably packed with intrigue. Here are some of the films not to miss One year shy of its 70th anniversary, the London Film Festival returns this October, bringing hundreds of new films to the capital. Some have never played anywhere before, while others have been [...]
Prince Charles Cinema: Pearl & Dean backs campaign to save icon January 30, 2025 Don’t let the credits roll on The Prince Charles Cinema, says Clare Turner, chief commercial officer at Pearl & Dean I was shocked to hear the news that the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square is under threat of closure. For many years this cinema has been a sanctuary for film fans in London. It [...]
London Film Festival cancels far-right documentary screening over safety concern October 19, 2024 The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) has cancelled a screening of a documentary about the far-right over “safety” concerns. Undercover: Exposing The Far Right, which uses hidden cameras to cover far-right figures across the UK and Europe, was to be part of the 68th festival over the weekend, but has been withdrawn. Kristy Matheson, director [...]