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Scene Report

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

by Lucy Peters

Helena Whittingham and Harlan Whittingham’s careful curation enthusiastically invites audiences to consider porn as artefact and art.
Woman with dark hair lying on rocky surface, eyes closed, wearing white top. Dramatic lighting creates shadows across face.
Review

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You review – rages with true catharsis

by Lucy Peters

17 years after her cult mumblecore classic, Mary Bronstein returns with a bracing study of motherhood starring a career-best Rose Byrne.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Woman with long hair driving car, viewed from passenger side. Warm orange lighting creates golden glow on face and interior.
Festivals

Seven Unexpected Gems from the 2025 BFI London Film Festival

by Lucy Peters

Future screenings of these films are absolutely worth snapping up a ticket for, and guaranteed to be unlike anything else you watch this year.
Review

Mr Burton review – elevated by a dynamic performance

by Lucy Peters

A gentle, fictionalised foray into stage and screen legend Richard Burton’s Welsh childhood.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Interviews

Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘The End is an artefact of barbarism’

by Lucy Peters

How the doc maestro turned his hand to (musical!) fiction in his compelling and singular new film, The End.
Review

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found review – a vital piece of cine-portraiture

by Lucy Peters

Filmmaker Raoul Peck unearths the searing social realist photographs of an artist whose work was thought to be lost.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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