Sofía Korous Vázquez explores the exquisite visuals of a Kieślowski masterpiece. This past week FilmSoc screened Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique (1991), a …
Visual poetry in The Double Life of Veronique
Film Soc Shares their Favourite Frightening Films
A selection of our writers review and recommend their favourite horror films to add to your Halloween watch list. Check them out if you dare. …
‘The Lighthouse’ Review
Kirese Narinesingh reviews Robert Eggers’ acclaimed new film. This review contains minor spoilers. At one point in The Lighthouse, Robert Pattinson’s forlorn, spiritually exhausted character …
‘Our Ladies’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Editor KC Wingert reviews Michael Caton-Jones’ female-led film at BFI LFF 2019. The Scottish comedy Our Ladies made its world premiere on Friday, 4th October, …
‘Joker’ Review
Audrey Ciancioni and Margot Lumb review Todd Phillips’ divisive new take on the infamous DC villain. This review contains minor spoilers. The newly released Joker …
‘Family Romance, LLC’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Milo Garner reviews Werner Herzog’s intimate new film at BFI LFF 2019. Werner Herzog has a penchant for representing the alienated. His great films of …
‘The Antenna’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Milo Garner meets Orçun Behram’s horror debut, The Antenna, at BFI LFF 2019. I met The Antenna at a party and he wouldn’t shut the fuck …
‘Waiting for the Barbarians’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Emma Davis reviews Ciro Guerra’s latest colonial drama. Waiting for the Barbarians follows a man called the Magistrate (Mark Rylance) over the course of a …
‘Clemency’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
Editor KC Wingert reviews Chinonye Chukwu’s powerful debut. With her sophomore feature Clemency, writer-director Chinonye Chukwu made history as the first black woman to win …
‘Lucky Grandma’ Review – BFI London Film Festival 2019
KC Wingert reviews the buzzed-about dark comedy at LFF 2019. With her debut feature Lucky Grandma, a film about an elderly Chinese-American woman with a …