London Film Festival Archives

Live Review: Sounds From the Other City Festival, Salford – 30.04.2023

Sounds from the Other City is Salford and Greater Manchester’s annual festival of new music & art. It was created for music lovers by music lovers and has been a…

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LFF Review: The Origin of Evil

They say money makes the world go round, but having a lot of it comes with a price. It puts a target on your back. People know you have it…

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LFF Review: Autobiography

Although we’re well into the twenty-first century now, corruption is just as rife as it has ever been. You could argue, in fact, that in many parts of the world…

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LFF Review: Crows Are White

There’s something almost ingrained within humans to look for a purpose. A higher calling. Something other than what’s in front of us in our daily lives. A compulsion to find…

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LFF Review: Jeong-sun

Growing up is never easy at the best of times but doing so in an era of smartphones, social media and unlimited data contracts must be an absolute nightmare. Our…

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LFF Review: Sick of Myself

It has been a profitable couple of years for Norwegian cinema and there are few hotter actors at the minute than Kristine Kujath Thorp. Indeed, since her breakout performance in…

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LFF Review – Bobi Wine: The People’s President

Like many of its neighbours, Uganda has had a bumpy road since independence. While it currently describes itself as a democracy, there’s not much democratic about the current regime. Following…

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LFF Review: The Woman in the White Car

One of the most compelling areas of crime fiction is that of the police procedural. A book, TV show or film which concentrates on the investigative process. Following the police…

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In 1973, President Salvador Allende’s left-wing political alliance was overthrown by a military coupe d’état. This followed a period of social unrest and political turmoil. Led by General Augusto Pinochet,…

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LFF Review: Nayola

While it clearly had its benefits, colonialism was a blight on the African continent and continues to be so. Although independence began a new chapter in their history for many…

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