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“A casting director might say that's ‘uncastable’ – lesson learned!” We talk to CALIF CHONG about her feature debut HIGH WIRE | Screened as part of #BFI #LFF2025

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December 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Brendan Fraser stars in Hikari’s film about Japan’s infamous acting services, RENTAL FAMILY | Screened as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025 and released in the US today via #searchlightpics

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Rental Family | easternkicks.com
Brendan Fraser stars in Hikari’s film about Japan’s infamous ‘rental family’ services… All aboard for the latest entry in the Brendan Fraser comeback trail. Next stop: Japan, as we explore that Japane...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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With Sean Baker co-writing the results are perhaps not unexpected, but still a joy | Screened as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025 and on limited release from 14 November @netflix.com

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Movie review: Left-Handed Girl | easternkicks.com
With Sean Baker co-writing the results are perhaps not unexpected, but still a joy… Only Taiwanese-American Shih-Ching Tsou’s second film as director, and first single-handed (no pun intended), Left-H...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Isabella Wei stars as a young woman stuck in her family’s takeaway business who dreams of something more: HIGH WIRE | Screened as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025

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Movie review: High Wire | easternkicks.com
Isabella Wei stars as a young woman stuck in her family’s takeaway business who dreams of something more… Rising star Isabella Wei leads Calif Chong’s debut feature had its world premiere at the BFI L...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
filmphonic.bsky.social
Bleak but droll & wacky dark dramedy & latest surreal quirky Yorgos Lanthimos concoction with a big twist & a final sting in the tail 'Bugonia' screened at the London Film Festival this month & is out in cinemas today. Check out our review for the verdict. #LFF2025 filmphonic.com/2025/10/bugo...
October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
josephfahim.bsky.social
Wrote about the Arab films featured in fall fest season, including Yanis Koussim's brilliantly unhinged Algerian horror 'Roqia' and Said Zagha's daring Palestinian thriller 'Coyotes,' winner of best short at #LFF2025

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From Roqia to Coyotes: The movies to watch out for this winter
One of the scariest Algerian horror movies ever made, a Sudanese coming-of-age drama, an Iranian comedy about censorship, and a subversive Palestinian short film
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October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Coming out of #LFF2025 Bethany Lola makes her review writing debut with TRT, discussing 100 NIGHTS OF HERO 👇🏽

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‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: A Delectable Fairy Tale Fantasy - THE ROLLING TAPE
Overall, 100 Nights of Hero is a success. That aside, the tasteful costumes and strong acting performances bring the film to many heights.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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LFF2025 Review: Hedda intheirownleague.com/2025/10/25/l... -We're big fans of #tessathompson and we know you are too so join us for her latest opening this weekend and hot from #LFF2025 thanks to @cazzylimepie.bsky.social
LFF2025 Review: Hedda
Year: 2025 Runtime: 107 minutes Director: Nia DaCosta Writers: Nia DaCosta, Henrik Ibsen Actors: Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Nicholas Pinnock, Tom Bateman, Finbar Lynch, Kathryn Hunter…
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October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Episode 133 is out now! It's a London Film Festival special as @samwellpv.bsky.social and @bonicholson.bsky.social share their spoiler-free thoughts on #WakeUpDeadMan and #Frankenstein at #LFF2025. Available on all major platforms.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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London Film Festival Review: The Secret Agent – “defies easy classification.” Read it here bit.ly/4o6MSbn by Becky Lima-Matthews

#TheSecretAgent #film #review #KleberMendonçaFilho #LFF #LFF2025 #WagnerMoura #CarlosFrancisco #TaniaMaria
October 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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London Film Festival Review: High Wire – “It’s an impressive and personal debut by Calif Chong.” Read it here bit.ly/4owwwsb by Becky Lima-Matthews

#HighWire #film #CalifChong #IsabellaWei #KaWaLam #ElizabethTan #LondonFilmFestival #LFF #LFF2025
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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LFF2025 Review: Train Dreams intheirownleague.com/2025/10/21/l... -From the creative team that brought us #singsing a stunning new film just in from #LFF2025 here at the League! #joeledgerton #felicityjones #traindreams
LFF2025 Review: Train Dreams
Year: 2025 Runtime: 102 minutes Director: Clint Bentley Writers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, based on the novella by Denis Johnson Actors: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Clifton Collins, Jr., Alfre…
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October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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here's my 41-movie #LFF ranking - I caught Die My Love before the festival at an advance screening

(rankings are a stupid way of judging art etc etc)

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October 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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#AlexanderSkarsgård #PillionMovie #LFF2025 🔥
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
andyyan.bsky.social
My @sightsoundmag.bsky.social 2025 Top 10 Films post #LFF2025 Edition:
1. The Secret Agent
2. Sirat
3. One Battle After Another
4. The Voice of Hind Rajab
5. No Other Choice
6. The Sound of Falling
7. A Simple Accident
8. The Mastermind
9. Hamnet
10. Resurrection
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
mxsyf.bsky.social
My ranking for all the films seen in #bfi #lff2025
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
adeioctober.bsky.social
Since my last imagepost, I did one more thing at #LFF2025 ("Rental Family" Gala, review soon) but yeah, got to my average of seeing 5 films again and no movie was a dud. Another great fest, thank you London~ <3
Side of the BFI Southbank's entrance, alternatively known as the National Film Theatre, on an overcast last-afternoon in London's Southbank. Lights and lit-up signs have already been turned on in advance of the coming night. A colourful BFI London Film Festival 2025 banner adorns the side of the marquee. To the right side of an entrance into the Southbank Centre is a colourful wall adorned with BFI London Film Festival 2025 logos and above that, an electronic sign utilising a poster for the film "Rental Family" besides a poster for the festival with words at the bottom saying "American Express Gala". A red carpet adorns the floor that follows into the building and several people in front of the colourful wall mingle ahead of going inside. It's an overcast last-afternoon, rendered slightly darker looking by the lighting choice of the photo. Evening in London, the skyline surrounding St. Paul's Cathedral is our focus with the buildings lit up, a bridge lit from below with colourful fluorescent lighting and the river Thames illuminated by the reflections of it all. London Blackfriars train station, nighttime. An empty wide shot of the station with a sign signalling the name of the station and directions to the left and right to outside locations hovering above a set of metal chairs. The windows have a deep blackness to them that the lights of buildings from a London skyline decorate. As of when this was taken, there's no trains visible as of yet. (Fun fact: this was taken 2 days before the other photos, which were taken in my last LFF trip of the year on Thursday 16th October 2025.)
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
filmphonic.bsky.social
The 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival wrapped up last night, so check out our recap for the big news, reviews and screenings this year, and stay tuned for more reviews to follow. #LondonFilmFestival #LFF #LFF2025 filmphonic.com/2025/10/bfi-...
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
griggs79.bsky.social
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

Too Much News to Use

#LFF2025 Film No. 14

There’s no denying the ambition here — a collage of art, news, and culture that wants to rewrite how we see information. BLKNWS Now: Terms & Conditions looks stunning, moves boldly…

Continues at boxd.it/bq4IvH

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A review of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025)
LFF 2025 Film No. 13 There’s no denying the ambition here — a collage of art, news, and culture that wants to rewrite how we see information. BLKNWS Now: Terms & Conditions looks stunning, moves boldl...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Sholay
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

Guns, Glory, and the Spirit of the West(ern)

#LFF2025 Film No. 12

Catching the newly restored 4K version of Sholay was like seeing a legend scrubbed clean of dust — and finally breathing again. The restoration gleams, the colours blaze…

Continues at boxd.it/bq4EEZ

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A ★★★★½ review of Sholay (1975)
LFF 2025 Film No. 12 Catching the newly restored 4K version of Sholay was like seeing a legend scrubbed clean of dust — and finally breathing again. The restoration gleams, the colours blaze, and the ...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Nouvelle Vague
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Graceful Echo

#LFF2025 Film No. 11

It’s fitting that a film about the birth of cinematic cool should look this good. Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater’s playful, monochrome homage to the making of À Bout de Souffle — a…

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A ★★★★ review of Nouvelle Vague (2025)
LFF 2025 Film No. 11 It’s fitting that a film about the birth of cinematic cool should look this good. Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater’s playful, monochrome homage to the making of À Bout de Souff...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
keithjknight.bsky.social
And that’s it for #LFF2025. A high standard of films seen with SIRĀT and THE SECRET AGENT the stand-outs. World Cinema looks in pretty good shape on this evidence.
October 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
keithjknight.bsky.social
#LFF2025 Park Chan-Wook’s NO OTHER CHOICE is a ‘man out of work’ drama vaguely reminiscent of Laurent Cantet’s TIME OUT but far broader in its delivery as it swerves into broad, dark comedy and horror. Although enjoyable this is quite a step down from the superb DECISION TO LEAVE.
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
keithjknight.bsky.social
#LFF2025 LA GRAZIA is another Paolo Sorrentino / Tony Servillo team up which again delivers. Servillo is inevitably excellent as a popular retiring Italian president with a few final decisions to make. Engrossing throughout.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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An inventively whacky comic premise that turns to dark commentary: A USEFUL GHOST | Screened as part of #BFI London Film Festival #LFF2025 #Halloween #SpookySeason

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Movie review: A Useful Ghost | easternkicks.com
An inventively whacky comic premise that turns to dark commentary… A Useful Ghost hoovers up its narrative with one of the whackiest appliance possessions since Shake, Rattle & Roll’s ‘Fridge’ segment...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM