by Joanna Orland Every year at this time I make a last ditch effort to make sure that my movie viewing has not been in vain.  While this year I’m not going as hardcore on ensuring that I see all potential Oscar nominees (this year is a bit of a mixed bag), I’ve hit the […]

by Joanna Orland The BFI London Film Festival has come to a close for another year.  The 59th edition had quite an impressive selection of 240 films in its lineup including opening gala Suffragette, closing gala Steve Jobs and other memorable movies such as The Lobster, Youth, Room, Beasts of No Nation, Son of Saul, […]

by Joanna Orland High-Rise is a dark, humorous and savage adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel of the same name. Directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Tom Hiddleston, Luke Evans, Sienna Miller, Elisabeth Moss and a huge cast of outstanding talent, the film held a gala presentation at this year’s BFI London Film Festival. We managed […]

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High-Rise Directed by Ben Wheatley Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss and James Purefoy by Joanna Orland Taking on an adaptation of a J.G. Ballard novel is no easy feat. Known primarily for his dystopian portrayal of society, Ballard’s High-Rise is one of his more extreme takes on class division […]

    The programme for the 59th BFI London Film Festival has officially been unveiled.  The Festival will screen a total of 238 fiction and documentary features, including 16 World Premieres, 8 International Premieres, 40 European Premieres and 11 Archive films including 5 Restoration World Premieres.  There will also be screenings of 182 live action […]