A straight edge punk returns to town looking for the woman he loves and finds trouble, in Violence https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/violence-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #punk #horror #movies
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It's 1859, and a young Māori woman travels to England looking for secrets from her past, in Mārama https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/marama-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #horror #indigenous #movies
Documentary Being Ola follows a man with an intellectual disability and explores the community in which he lives https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/being-ola-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #disability #documentary #movies
An isolated, paranoid man is confronted by a young woman who wants to interview him about his daughter's death in Empire Of Lies https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/empire-of-lies-2026-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #conspiracy #cinema #movies
A salaryman reflects on the Bushido tradition, how it ruined six of his ancestors, and its legacy in the 1960s, in Cruel Tale Of Bushido - now out on Blu-ray https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/cruel-tale-of-bushido-1963-film-review-by-donald-munro #film #DVD #samurai #movies
A new collector's edition of Hammer thriller Fear In The Night has been released. We look at the extras https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/dvdreview/fear-in-the-night-blu-ray-review-by-donald-munro #film #horror #dvd #movies
"I wanted to create something light and tender" - Hugo Bienvenu chats to us about his animated adventure Arco https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-20-arco-director-hugo-bienvenu-on-how-he-managed-to-follow-his-dream-with-help-from-natalie-portman-feature-story-by-richard-mowe
"I think because I'm a self taught filmmaker, everything was instinctual and collaborative all the time" - Lily Vetch and Rahemur Rahman on Body Of Our Own https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-22-interview-with-rahemur-rahman-and-lily-vetch-about-body-of-our-own-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Four UK nonfiction productions/co-productions among Sundance Sandbox Films Fund recipients https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2026-03-23-sundance-announces-sandbox-fund-recipients-news-story-by-amber-wilkinson #Sundance #film #documentary #movies
A widower and the child with whom he is desperately trying to reconnect are trapped inside a supermarket during an outbreak of highly infectious, rage-inspiring disease, in Itch! https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/itch-2024-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #horror #cinema #movies
"The documentary is about a climb, but underneath the surface, it's really about me finding myself and coming back to who I was before this traumatic event occurred" - Mandy Horvath, Edward Drake and Scott Veltri discuss The Ascent https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-10-interview-with-mandy-horvath-edward-drake-and-scott-veltri-about-the-ascent-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #film #disability #movies
"As women, we've been socialised to meet other people's needs before our own. And as we get older, it's this challenge of how do I meet my own needs, or what are my needs?" - Bethany Brown, Gloria Mercer and Tandia Mercedes discuss A Safe Distance https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-30-interview-with-gloria-mercer-bethany-brown-and-tandia-mercedes-about-a-safe-distance-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #film #cinema #movies
What Will I Become? "does not explain trans pain from the outside. It sits with it, listens to it, and tries to make room for it without exploiting it." https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/what-will-i-become-2026-film-review-by-edin-custo #BFIFlare #documentary #film #movies
A theatre kid agrees to help a newbie learn lines for the school play, and they spend the night wandering in Their Town https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/their-town-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #SXSW2026 #film #cinema #movies
The family dream becomes a nightmare as 40-year-old Julia struggles to bond with her newborn child in Mother's Baby https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/mothers-baby-2025-film-review-by-marko-stojiljkovic #film #movies #cinema
Documentary Body Of Our Own follows three hijras through a series of transitional life experiences https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/body-of-our-own-2026-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
"We had a challenge because you can imagine how beautiful and seductive the landscape of the Amazon rainforest can be. We chose to be very precise to avoid being seduced by the forest’s beauty" - Gabriel Mascaro on The Blue Trail https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-07-interview-with-gabriel-mascaro-about-the-blue-trail-feature-story-by-paul-risker #film #forest #cinema #movies
"The observational style of Around Paradise means the film stops short of being truly illuminating" - https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/around-paradise-2026-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #documentary #film #movies
"I'd been looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, and when this opportunity arose, it was like the dream" - Lexi Powner, Friedel Dausab, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera and James Lewis discuss global LGBTQ+ issues and Out Laws https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-21-interview-with-lexi-powner-friedel-dausab-rosanna-flamer-caldera-and-james-lewis-about-out-laws-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
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And read our review of Colours Of Time, which sees an extended family come together to investigate their inheritance as the past begins to manifest itself https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/colours-of-time-2025-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson - out on Friday #films #movies #cinema #FrenchCinema
Tensions rise in a family as siblings gather for their mother's funeral in Dua Ji https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/dua-ji-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #SXSW2026
'You let people see what's happening and it makes its own argument' - Tony Jones on safeguarding and editorial choices in Sentient https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-04-tony-jones-on-undercover-footage-safeguarding-and-editorial-choices-in-sentient-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #film #documentary #cinema
"When you take a step back, and you watch the film, it does actually have a cohesive tone. It's just I don't know the word for whatever the tone is" - Arabella Oz on Mallory's Ghost https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-01-interview-with-arabella-oz-about-mallorys-ghost-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #film #cinema #movies
Mariinka's " jagged edges serve to illustrate the unpredictability of living – and in his case, working – in a warzone"
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/mariinka-2026-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #film #cinema #movies #documentary #ukraine
"Rasmussen understands that what makes this quest cinematic is not merely its oddity, but its scale" - we take a look at We Are Stardust https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/we-are-stardust-2026-film-review-by-edin-custo #film #movies #documentary
"I think it helped me open up to new people, to become not so afraid of what people are going to think" - Ola Henningsen and Ragnhild Nøst Bergem on documentary Being Ola https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-31-interview-with-ragnhild-nst-bergem-and-ola-henningsen-about-being-ola-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #film #disability #documentary #movies
An ambitious young actor embarks on an affair with a man who can't afford to be seen with him, but who is excited by risk, in noirish thriller Night Stage https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/night-stage-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #lgbtq #cinema #movies
The story of a Welsh teacher who turned an alcoholic miner's son into a film star is told in Mr. Burton https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/mr-burton-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #teaching #acting #movies
One man goes on a journey to explore the world of Gaelic psalm singing and his own relationship to it in documentary Psalms Of The People (aka Sailm Nan Daoine) https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/psalms-of-the-people-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #GFF26 #Gaelic #film #movies
Sexual freedom leads to a series of escapades with visiting officials and repairmen in Two Women https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/two-women-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #sex #cinema #movies
"Our segment, MLM, is definitely very cult-like. So, it was fun for me" - Barbara Crampton on Grind https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-23-interview-with-barbara-crampton-about-grind-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #film #horror #movies
Travolta flies into Cannes with his directorial debut https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2026-04-02-travolta-flies-into-cannes-with-directorial-debut-news-story-by-amber-wilkinson #Cannes2026 #film #movies #cinema
A fortysomething woman used to living life on her own terms suddenly finds herself evicted and single in The Snake https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-snake-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #SXSW2026 #film #cinema #movies
English and Northern Irish directors among filmmakers selected for Cannes La Résidence programme https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2026-03-22-lighton-and-mcgoldrick-join-la-residence-news-story-by-amber-wilkinson #Cannes2026 #cinema #movies #film
"Candidates Of Death becomes a quiet celebration of all the positive things that can come from creative endeavour besides the end product itself." https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/candidates-of-death-2026-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #documentary #film #movies
'I did tend to stay in the character after the filming had finished' - Benjamin Voisin on his journey from extrovert to introvert for The Stranger https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-03-benjamin-voisin-on-camus-ozon-and-learning-not-to-act-in-the-stranger-feature-story-by-richard-mowe #film #movies #cinema
Five short films on the subject of home combine in Abode https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/abode-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #home #cinema #movies
Exhibition on Screen compares the work of two great English landscape artists in Turner & Constable https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/turner-constable-2026-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #art #cinema #movies
A businessman takes on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge in documentary Don't Be Prey https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/dont-be-prey-2026-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #swimming #cinema #movies
"I'll forever find humans fascinating and try and zoom in on the little details about them" - Paloma Schneideman discusses Big Girls Don't Cry https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-04-02-interview-with-paloma-schneideman-about-big-girls-dont-cry-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSW2026 #BFIflare #lgbtq #movies
It's time for our Stay-at-Home 7 selection of films to catch on telly or stream this week, including a doc, kids' animation and an erotic thriller classic https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-23-films-to-watch-on-tv-or-stream-this-week-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson-jennie-kermode #StayAtHome7 #FilmsOnTV
"I think I was the most surprised guy in this whole story" - stardust sleuth Jon Larsen talks to us about becoming the subject of documentary We Are Stardust https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-25-we-are-stardusts-jon-larsen-on-his-micrometeorite-quest-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #documentary #movies #micrometeorites
Out Laws looks at the origins of anti-LGBTQ+ laws around the world, and meets some of the individuals who have dedicated their lives to challenging them https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/out-laws-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #BFIflare #film #lgbtq #movies
Lunar Sway is "the kind of film that seems to drift rather than move in straight lines, guided by intuition, memory and the pull of recurring images." https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/lunar-sway-2026-film-review-by-edin-custo #BFIFlare2026 #movies #film
In Four Minus Three "Goiginger once again proves that he is a keen student of human nature, behaviour, interactions with society and the eternal pursuit of living one’s life in one's own way" https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/four-minus-three-2026-film-review-by-marko-stojiljkovic #film #movies #cinema
The bizarre story behind the making of Exorcist 2: The Heretic is told in documentary Boorman And The Devil https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/boorman-and-the-devil-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode #film #cinema #documentary #movies
It's Monday, so here's this week's Stay-at-Home selection of films to catch on telly or stream - from classic horror to sensitive documentary and a soft-pawed kitty https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-30-films-to-stream-or-catch-on-tv-this-week-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson-jennie-kermode #StayAtHome7 🎬📺 #FilmsOnTV
"Her experience could be Exhibit A for anyone trying to articulate the reasons survivors stay silent through fear of blowing up their own lives rather than their attackers’" - we take a look at documentary Ask E. Jean https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/ask-e-jean-2026-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #documentary #film #movies
"Life is a horror comedy" - Ed Dougherty, Brea Grant and Chelsea Stardust discuss Grind https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026-03-24-interview-with-brea-grant-ed-dougherty-and-chelsea-stardust-about-grind-feature-story-by-paul-risker #SXSX2026 #film #cinema #movies