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BFI London Film Festival 2025: Jay Kelly - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3h

#FILM #REVIEW Jay Kelly
'Clooney is game enough to explore what it means to achieve real fame and the weighty regrets about the life his character could have had instead.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer Director: Noah Baumbach What must it be like to be one of the most famous movie stars in the world? Does the world-wide adoration make up for the sacrifices y...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Miroirs No 3 - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3h

#FILM #REVIEW Miroirs No 3
'a slow burn approach that hides its big themes among a restrained everyday domesticity' ⭐️⭐️⭐️#LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer and Director: Christian Petzold Christian Petzold presents an unusual doppelganger drama at this year’s BFI London Film Festival when a young woman becomes ensconced in a grieving family. A qui...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Short Summer - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3h

#FILM #REVIEW Short Summer
'the film’s long shots of summer life in a village are hypnotic' ⭐️⭐️⭐️#LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Mikhail Bushkov and Nastia Korkia Director: Nastia Korkia Nothing much happens in Nastia Korkia’s elegant portrait of a Russian childhood. However, the film’s long shots of summer life in a v...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box) - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3h

#FILM #REVIEW The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)
'the mixture of social realism and the Gothic doesn’t quite work as it should.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Ernesto Martínez Bucio and Karen Plata Director: Ernesto Martínez Bucio This Mexican drama is a little like an arthouse Home Alone. Five siblings must fend for themselves when their parents g...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Human Resource - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 3h

#FILM #REVIEW Human Resources
'Prapamonton Eiamchan is excellent as the weary and powerless Fren.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer and Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Those thinking of having children in the near future might want to steer well clear of Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s meditative study of a young woman ap...

Be Careful - Project Arts Centre, Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 11h

#THEATRE #REVIEW Be Careful @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social "powerful" 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
www.thereviewshub.com/be-careful-p... #DUBLIN

Creator: Mallika Taneja Devised by Indian born Mallika Taneja, Be Careful begins with Taneja standing alone and completely naked on stage. She is surrounded by various items of clothing hung up or str...

Caligula - Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 11h

#THEATRE #REVIEW Caligula @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social "compelling"🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2
www.thereviewshub.com/caligula-sam... #DUBLIN

Writer: Albert Camus Director: Ivan Uryvskyl Brought to stage as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival 2025 by The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater from Ukraine, Albert Camus’s 1944 play abou...

Breaking the Code - Oxford Playhouse - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 22h

#THEATRE #REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐ ½ Breaking The Code @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social www.thereviewshub.com/breaking-the... "a well-acted, high-quality production … [but] the strength of the acting cannot mask the flaws in the text" #Oxford

Writer: Hugh Whitemore Director: Jesse Jones There is no denying that we need to remember, honour and celebrate the life and achievements of Alan Turing. Without him, we would not be living the lives ...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Ballad of a Small Player - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Ballad of a Small Player
'the depiction of excessive luxury is immersively created' #LFF ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer: Rowan Joffe Director: Edward Berger Addiction is haunting, a ghost that attaches itself to any individual who must try to exorcise it, certainly in Edward Berger’s new film written by Rowan Jo...

Iron Ladies - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Iron Ladies
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'places their contribution in a lifetime of political protest, revealing the deep scars that remain.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/iron-ladies/

Director: Daniel Draper One of the most significant events in postwar history, the Miner’s Strike of 1984 has fundamentally shaped Britain today as the consequences of deindustrialisation and the fail...

BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Songs of Forgotten Trees - The Reviews Hub

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The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Songs of Forgotten Trees
'lots of loose ends but the journey towards a particularly female solidarity offers a touch of hope.' #LFF ⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer and Director: Anuparna Roy The gendered experience of Mumbai is the focus for Anuparna Roy’s 80-minute drama Songs of Forgotten Trees that places a sex worker still pining for her lost childhoo...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Fwends - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #Review Fwends
'may mirror the purposeless lives of people in their 20s, but it doesn’t make for compelling viewing' #LFF ⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Melissa Gan, Emmanuelle Mattana and Sophie Somerville Director: Sophie Somerville Two young women shoot the breeze in Sophie Somerville’s rambling examination of female friendship set in Melb...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Romería - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Romería
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'this well-made movie begins to grip with its examination of privilege and shame.'⭐⭐⭐⭐
#LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer and Director: Carla Simón Set in the Spanish resort of Vigo, Carla Simón’s Romería takes a while to come alive. Marina’s quest to have her name added as offspring to her father’s death certific...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Promised Sky - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Promised Sky
'Estelle Kenza Dpgbo’s performance as Kenza is a beacon of light in a dark world.' #LFF ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Anna Ciennik, Malika Cécile Louati and Erige Sehiri Director: Erige Sehiri So much is unsaid and unexplained in Erige Sehiri’s examination of immigrant life in Tunisia. Promised Sky’s opening...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Bad Apples - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 1d

#FILM #REVIEW Bad Apples
'a spiky film, full of wry wit; this cider is definitely not rosy' ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-film-festival-2025-bad-apples/

Writer: Jess O’Kane Director: Jonatan Etzler Wouldn’t life be so much easier of all the bad apples could be rounded up, allowing the rest of society to flourish? The premise of Jess O’Kane’s new dark ...

Black Sabbath – The Ballet – The Lowry, Salford - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 2d

#DANCE #REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Black Sabbath - The Ballet #TheLowry www.thereviewshub.com/black-sabbat... "A clever balance of ‘sticking to the script’ and creating something completely new … a good introduction for the ballet-curious too." #Salford

Music: Black Sabbath, Christopher Austin, Marko Nyberg, Sun Keting Director: Carlos Acosta Choreographers: Pontus Lidberg, Cassi Abranches, Raul Reinoso, It must have been a traumatic moment in 1968, ...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Exit 8 - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 2d

#FILM #REVIEW Exit 8
'a horror film with a sentimental narrative' ⭐️⭐️½ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writers: Hirase Kentaro and Genki Kawamura Director: Genki Kawamura Exit 8 was once a video game, and now it is a horror film with a sentimental narrative. The unnamed protagonist, simply called The ...

BFI London Film Festival 2025: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - The Reviews Hub

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 2d

#FILM #REVIEW Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
'The victim may not last long, but greed, guilt and vengeance is eternal. A knotted and well managed mystery' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #LFF thereviewshub.com/bfi-london-f...

Writer and Director: Rian Johnson Following his classic country house mystery and a group of people trapped on an island, Rian Johnson unpacks his latest box of tricks at the London Film Festival 2025...

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 2d

#THEATRE #REVIEW Jane Austen's Emma @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social "consistently stylish and pacy" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.thereviewshub.com/jane-austens... #Sheffield

The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.social · 2d

#THEATRE #REVIEW Lost Atoms at York Theatre Royal "highly recommended viewing" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.thereviewshub.com/lost-atoms-y... #York