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London Film Festival Round-Up

London Film Festival Reviews

Twinless (2025) Review: A darkly comic, and painfully millennial cry for connection.

Roman and Dennis form a connection through the shared loss…

Hamnet (2025) Review: Jessie Buckley Takes the Reins and Holds Nothing Back

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s prize-winning novel of the same name,…

Film Review: The Chronology of Water

Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut drowns in symbolism but swims with…

Film Review: Pillion

pillion (noun): a seat for a passenger behind a motorcyclist. Harry…

Film Review: Christy (2025)

A structurally muddled biopic that manages an emotional punch thanks…

Film Review: Anemone (2025)

A Father-Son Drama That Says Very Little, Very Slowly. The…

Film Review: Die My Love (2025)

Jennifer Lawrence gives us a psychological spiral with no centre.…

Film Review: Frankenstein (2025)

Guillermo del Toro Successfully Shapes a Monster, But Fails To…

Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player

Colin Farrell gives it his all in Edward Berger’s neon-soaked…

Film Review: Bugonia (2025)

Yorgos Lanthimos Delivers a Darkly Comic Fairytale That Hits Uncomfortably…

Film Review: Hedda

Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson create a fearless and glamorous…

Film Review: Blue Moon

Richard Linklater and his muse Ethan Hawke continue to be…

Film Review: The Mastermind

A slow and steady heist that keeps your pulse in…

Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

A subdued Springsteen story that trades fireworks for feeling Jeremy…