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Falling Into Place review – Sally Rooney-core for the big screen

by David Jenkins

Aylin Tezel writes, directs and stars along­side Chris Ful­ton in this meet-cute roman­tic dra­ma set between Lon­don and the Isle of Skye.

A new film festival aims to build a community for filmmakers

by Thomas Boyd

Launch­ing in July, Col­lec­tive Film Fes­ti­val Lon­don will offer a vari­ety of inclu­sive, inter­na­tion­al film screen­ings along­side mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary, DIY workshops.

What to watch at the first ever SXSW London festival

We delve into the juicy screen offer­ings that are com­ing to the cap­i­tal this June, from pre­mieres to indus­try pan­els and more.

Inside the cinema hidden beneath a London pub

by Lee Wakefield

Nes­tled beneath a local booz­er in Lewisham, there’s a lov­ing­ly restored, 86-seat cin­e­ma wait­ing to be discovered.

Sebastian review – bland character study

by Marina Ashioti

A young, Lon­don-based writer begins a dou­ble life as a sex work­er in Mikko Mäkelä’s queer psy­cho­log­i­cal drama.

Last Swim review – fresh blood in British film!

by Rógan Graham

A‑Level results day gives way to a com­pelling look at late teen­hood in Sasha Nathani’s Lon­don-set debut feature.

Trauma ripples through time at the London Film Festival

by Erin Mussett

Jesse Eisen­berg, Mal­colm Wash­ing­ton and Christo­pher Andrews explored the diverg­ing man­i­fes­ta­tions of gen­er­a­tional trau­ma at this year’s Lon­don Film Festival.

Smile 2 | The Wild Robot | London Film Festival

On Truth & Movies this week we dis­cuss the sequel to 2022 hor­ror block­buster Smile, the uncre­ative­ly titled Smile 2. We then review Dreamwork’s lat­est ani­mat­ed fam­i­ly film The Wild Robot. Final­ly we hear about the Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val from Hannah’s mentee Erin Mussett.

London Film Festival + Elizabeth Sankey | Timestalker +Alice Lowe | The Story of Adele H (1975)

On Truth & Movies this week, we dis­cuss the start of The Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val and spoke Eliz­a­beth Sankey, direc­tor of Witch­es, one of its most excit­ing films. We also reviewed Alice Lowe’s won­der­ful com­e­dy Timestalk­er and spoke to the direc­tor. Final­ly, for film club we looked at one of Alice’s inspi­ra­tions, The Sto­ry of Adele H.

Blitz – A vital fragment of the Steve McQueen saga

by Rógan Graham

A moth­er and son reunion takes place on the bomb-shat­tered streets of World War Two-era Lon­don in this sweep­ing his­tor­i­cal melodrama.