Ammonite Directed by Francis Lee Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones and James McArdle by Laura Patricia Jones The picturesque cliffs of Lime Regis set the perfect backdrop for a wistful period romance, but this is no Persuasion. Far swept from the Austen iconography of the Jurassic coast, Francis Lee’s Ammonite is still very […]

Dilys Powell Award Honoree Kenneth Branagh The 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards May Fair Hotel, London January 17th, 2016 by Joanna Orland The 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards were held on January 17th at the May Fair Hotel, honouring the best film talent of 2015. In addition, Dame Judi Dench presented actor-filmmaker Kenneth […]

Audio: Danny Boyle, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels & Aaron Sorkin by Joanna Orland This year’s BFI London Film Festival closing gala is the fantastic Steve Jobs directed by Danny Boyle, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring the ridiculously talented Michael Fassbender in the title role. Boyle, Sorkin, Fassbender and […]

Steve Jobs Directed by Danny Boyle Written by Aaron Sorkin Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg and Katherine Waterston by Joanna Orland What Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin have created with the Steve Jobs biopic can only be described as a Jobs well done.  The film was initially tainted by […]

The 59th BFI London Film Festival has announced that this year’s closing night film will be Steve Jobs. Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs is the story of the man behind Apple.  Michael Fassbender stars in the title role, alongside Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg and Katherine […]

Alan Rickman by Joanna Orland Alan Rickman is director and star of A Little Chaos. The film is set in Versailles and co-stars Kate Winslet as a landscape gardener in the court of King Louis XIV. Alan Rickman and a star studded carpet attended the screening of the film at the 58th BFI London Film […]

by Laura Patricia Jones Eagerly awaited by film fans across the capital, today was the big day that the BFI announced the full programme for this year’s London Film Festival. Like for kids at Christmas, the reveal was a long anticipated treat to finally see what excitement the festival would be offering us this year. […]

Labor Day Directed by Jason Reitman Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire and Clark Gregg In UK Cinemas March 21st, 2014 by Ruth Thomson This is director Jason Reitman’s fifth film – previously he cranked up George Clooney’s air miles in Up in the Air and sprinkled sardonic indie fairy dust over […]

by Joanna Orland & Marko Domazet Where do I begin? Well… Christian Slater, John Cameron Mitchell and Gael Garcia Bernal for starters! This year’s London Film Festival certainly brought out the big guns from superstar directors (Anthony Minghella) to sexy A-listers (Kate Winslet) to my teenage pin-up (Christian Pump Up the Volume Slater) to EXCELLENT […]

Who did we see on the red carpet tonight? No… it wasn’t ABBA…