The BFI London Film Festival bowed out in style last Thursday with the premiere of Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’,  a story about Aron Ralston, an adrenaline-junkie always on the lookout for another adventure. Played by …

Angst-filled 16-year-old Craig (Keir Gilchrist) has ridden his bike to Brooklyn Bridge for no other reason than to jump off. He lays his bike down and starts clambering up onto the bridge when all of …

Derek Cianfrance’s ‘Blue Valentine’ is a heart-warming and heartbreakingly real account of falling in and out of love. The film follows the relationship between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) juxtaposing the present with their …

Matt Reeve’s ‘Let Me In’ is based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s best-selling Swedish novel ‘Låt den Rätte Komma In’ (Let The Right One In) and the 2009 film of the same title. It is a …

If you didn’t know any better, you’d never believe such an incredibly moving story to be true. However, Tony Goldwyn’s ‘Conviction’ (written by Pamela Gray) is based on the real life story of Betty-Anne Waters …

Those who have read Kazuo Ishiguro’s highly acclaimed, bestselling novel ‘Never Let Me Go’ will already know the intimate themes which go beyond the science fiction face-value of this dystopian story.
Mark Romanek’s screenplay (written by …

Director Darren Aronofsky delves into the mind of another physically intense occupation with this psychological thriller about one ballerina’s battle with herself.
Consumed with dance and the desire for perfection, fragile ballerina Nina (Natalie Portman) must …

Lisa Cholodenko’s ‘The Kids are All Right’ is not just a lesbian romcom; it’s a funny and honest story about family life which just so happens to involve lesbian partners/parents Nic and Jules.
Perfectionist Nic (Annette …

“Miral is a red flower that grows on the side of the road. You’ve probably seen millions of them”. The opening line to Rula Jebreal’s screenplay – directed by Julian Schnabel and based on Jebreal’s …

‘The King’s Speech’ has already won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is surely set to win many more.
Set from 1925-1939, Tom Hooper’s ‘The King’s Speech’ is the story …

In the first press conference of this year’s London Film Festival, we find out from Director Mark Romanek the pressures of making a very British movie, screenwriter Alex Garland on how he adapted the book …

“You are a good man but, you have a secret”, says an intuitive prostitute (Violante Placido) to a mysterious American, George Clooney. Anton Corbijn’s ‘The American’, an adaptation of Martin Booth’s Novel ‘A Very Private …

Leap Year, Michael Rowe’s debut feature film – which earned him the Camera D’Or at Cannes this year – is a graphic tale of Laura (Monica del Carmen) , an isolated woman living in Mexico City. Aside from …

  
In Jeanne Labrune’s tale of psychology and prostitution, a dry-humoured Alice Bergerac (Isabelle Huppert) goes through the motions of realising that antique fruit bowls and expensive chandeliers are not worth laying down the pipes for …

The 54th London Film Festival begins today and promises a host of screenings and events which will bring the world’s great film makers to the capital. Already sold out are events like Darren Aronofsky’s Q a& A about his work, …