Film

The problem with Emilio Estevez finally growing up and getting serious with Bobby is that we may never see a sequel to Londonist fave Maximum Overdrive (pictured above). Emilio can still make us smile though: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has the looks to be …

There’s a chill in the air and the nights are getting longer but though it is tempting to stay indoors, with pipe and slippers (perhaps a slumbering medium-sized dog and roaring log fire too), to wait patiently until spring brings back some colour to the …

You may recall that a couple of weeks ago, we were quite excited about Punchdrunk’s ‘super-immersive’ staging of Faust. Well last Saturday evening we got the chance to see the performance for ourselves, and we certainly weren’t disappointed. For those not familiar with the story …

Let’s take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the …

This week – Sofia Coppola tells the story of the French queen, (Marie Antoinette), a tale from British ASBO land (The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael) and a family is torn apart by bigotted attitudes to immigration, (Gypo). When writing this column, reading all of …

A mixed bag for the weekend, as mixed as the weather (especially when you think of the snow involved in skiing…) Starting tonight, there’s Light It! Festival of Light in Myatt’s Fields Park in Camberwell This outdoor event has video installations, circus art, sculptural artworks, …

Due to a particularly vindictive university timetable scheduler, today and henceforth Friday Film News is upping sticks and moving to the so far uncharted territory of the weekend! This week’s housewarming will include a look at the reviews of Marie-Antoinette, The Great Ecstasy of Robert …

While the London Film Festival was having its gala opening in Leicester Square, a decidedly less glitzy and less James McAvoy-related film gathering was taking place down at BAFTA headquarters over on Piccadilly. Just Watch Me: Award Winning Canadian Short Films brought together some classic …

While arranging to meet friends for dinner in Banglatown this evening, we stumbled across something that sounds delightfully, and deliciously, complementary. As part of the Voices of Bengal exhibition at the British Museum, there will be a talk starting at 6.30pm tonight titled Bengal Food …

Enfield proves it’s not just famous for its Ikea riots, as The 2nd Edmonton African Film Festival kicks off next Monday 23rd October, as part of Black History Month. This week-long event will showcase a wide variety of films focusing both on issues in contemporary …