Wednesday 7 – Sunday 18 October 2026 · from 10:00
BFI London Film Festival 2026
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Film Review: Clarissa (London Film Festival) (opens joyzine.org in a new tab)
Directed by Nigerian twins Arie and Chuko Esiri, Clarissa is a reimagination of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, based across two timelines in Lagos. The London Film Festival hosted its UK premiere after excellent response at its European debut at Cannes earlier in the year. We are introduced to Clarissa (Sophie…
London Film Festival Review: Luca Guadagnino's 'Artificial' (opens vaguevisages.com in a new tab)
7 Miles Out Review (BFI London Film Festival 2026) (opens thepeoplesmovies.com in a new tab)
Gentle Monster (London Film Festival 2026 Review) (opens filmhounds.co.uk in a new tab)
Gentle Monster is a huge success at exploring the many responses that come with an explosive revelation, but that doesn’t mean you’ll necessarily agree with it.
'Animol' Review: A Hard Hitting, Impressive Prison Drama (opens thecosmiccircus.com in a new tab)
Animol (2026) is reviewed by Latoya Austin after screening at BFI London Film Festival. Directed by Ashley Walters and releasing 10/30/26.
Mouse (London Film Festival 2026) (opens filmhounds.co.uk in a new tab)
The impact of losing a friend at a time in your life when you need them the most can scar you, even altering who you may become. But losing a child? That is irreplaceable. Mouse is an emotionally…
In the Shadows Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival) (opens thepeoplesmovies.com in a new tab)
Concrete Turned to Sand (London Film Festival 2026 Review) (opens filmhounds.co.uk in a new tab)
The extraordinary documentary Concrete Turned to Sand starts with a perfect quote from Ursula K. Le Guin: “the sunlights differ, but there is only one darkness”
Film Review: Club Kid (London Film Festival) (opens joyzine.org in a new tab)
Club Kid has already won multiple awards at the Cannes, Chicago, Deauville and Stockholm film festivals and it’s not even out until January. Trying to get tickets for the screening at the London Film Festival was like securing golden circle tickets at the Etihad for Oasis Live ‘27. Fortunately, the…
Ray Gunn (2026) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: Sometimes Inspired But Often Frustrating (opens highonfilms.com in a new tab)
Ray Gunn (2026) offers flashes of inspiration but its frustrating choices keep the film from reaching its full potential.
9 best London Film Festival movies – and when they’re in UK cinemas (opens cityam.com in a new tab)
Our 9 favourite movies screened at this year's London Film Festival, from AI biopic Artificial to legal drama Prima Facie
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review (opens flickeringmyth.com in a new tab)
A Good Little Soldier, 2026.Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, David Talbot, and Sharif Andoura.SYNOPSIS:Follows Carla, a 43-year-old high-performing e…
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review (opens flickeringmyth.com in a new tab)
The Face of Horror, 2026.Written and Directed by Anna Biller. Starring Jonah Hauer-King, Kristine Froseth, Leo Suter, Ellie Bamber, Bella Heathcote, and Ben Radcliffe.SYNOPSIS:A ghost in medieval Engl…
Film Review: Wildwood (London Film Festival) (opens joyzine.org in a new tab)
When stop motion master Phil Tippett first saw the CGI dinosaurs for Jurassic Park, he famously said, ‘I think I'm extinct’ - and many would have agreed. Stop motion looked like something from a bygone era, replaced with supposedly superior digital effects. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine those eventual raptors…
The Fox Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival) (opens thepeoplesmovies.com in a new tab)
Someone took a risk when they agreed to make The Fox, and I’m sure glad they did because this Australian film is an unexpected hit.
London Film Festival 2026: The Unknown (opens theupcoming.co.uk in a new tab)
Arthur Harari’s The Unknown opens at a costume party, where David Zimmerman (Niels Schneider) wanders among the guests, seemingly bewildered by the festivities around him. There is no obvious source of danger, yet an atmosphere of unease makes it difficult to establish whether the film is a psychological drama, a…
BFI London Film Festival 2026: A Bit of Light (opens thereviewshub.com in a new tab)
Writers: Ali Asgari and Shadmehr Rastin Director: Ali Asgari Bang up-to-date, Ali Asgari’s sixth feature explores one man’s decision to commit suicide as protests rock Iran and as President Trump threatens to bomb Tehran. Arash is packing up his apartment. The verdant houseplants will go to his sisters, and the…
BFI London Film Festival 2026: Club Kid (opens thereviewshub.com in a new tab)
Writer and Director: Jordan Firstman Despite the frequent references to drugs, dicks and darkrooms, Jordan Firstman’s debut Club Kid is the feel-good movie of this year’s BFI London Film Festival. While the plot of a man discovering that he has a child has been explored in films such as Three…
London Film Festival 2026 Review: Misty Green (opens liveforfilm.com in a new tab)
Life in LA is a frenetic mix of broken dreams, systemic racism and a growing mental health crisis in comedian Chris Rock’s uneven latest comedy drama, Misty Green. He has a lot to say about all of it, and these are points worth shouting about. But where he’s razor-sharp in…
London Film Festival 2026 Review: 7 Miles Out – “A triumph of indie cinema.” (opens liveforfilm.com in a new tab)
Writer and director Carol Morley is no stranger to mining her past in her work, having previously made the documentary The Alcohol Years. Her latest film, 7 Miles Out is a coming-of-age autofiction drama, adapted from her 2017 novel of the same name. Set in Stockport, crucially seven miles out…
London Film Festival 2026 Review: Flies – “A warm, naturalistic and poignant film.” (opens liveforfilm.com in a new tab)
Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s black-and-white comedy-drama Flies is a gentle study in compassion and the effect people can have on our lives, however briefly. Co-written with screenwriter Vanessa Garnica, the plot is simple and light on exposition. It’s all about the characters and the situations they find themselves in. The…
BFI London Film Festival 2026: The Debut (opens thereviewshub.com in a new tab)
Writer and Director: Jessie Eisenberg Theatre is a team sport but controversial techniques like The Method can place the individual at the centre of everything an actor does. Jessie Eisenberg’s new film The Debut, closing the BFI London Film Festival 2026, is a charming piece about the perils of going…
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review (opens flickeringmyth.com in a new tab)
Behemoth!, 2026.Directed by Tony Gilroy. Starring Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Eva Victor, Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, Jobeth Williams, Margarita Levieva, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett.SYNOP…
Review: 'The Debut' (2026) at the BFI London Film Festival (opens liamodell.com in a new tab)
Julianne Moore andf Paul Giamatti star in Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film, which closed the BFI London Film Festival.
Film Review: Elsinore (London Film Festival) (opens joyzine.org in a new tab)
One of the most eagerly awaited showings at this year’s London Film Festival, Elsinore – named after the castle in which Hamlet resided – sold out the Royal Festival Hall within the first few minutes of the members-only booking window. The big question was whether the experience would live up…
The Liberation Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival) (opens thepeoplesmovies.com in a new tab)
Guy Nattiv’s 1980s cult drama stars Carrie Coon as a Holocaust survivor who decides to leave her family in The Liberation...
The Debut Review (2026 BFI London Film Festival) (opens thepeoplesmovies.com in a new tab)
Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti soar in Jesse Eisenberg's joyously funny and satisfying theatrically-set dramady.
'Clarissa' Movie Review | BFI London Film Festival 2026 (opens thecosmiccircus.com in a new tab)
Clarissa (2026) is reviewed by Latoya Austin after a screening at the BFI London Film Festival. Releases in the U.S. December 11, 2026.
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