BFI London Film Festival 2021
The 65th BFI London Film Festival reaches in person and digital audiences of 291,000 over 12 days.
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Mamoru Hosada’s Belle reboots Beauty and the Beast for the internet age
The latest film from anime master Mamoru Hosada is a fairytale transposed to an online world. It exudes the director’s characteristic sincerity, writes Callie Petch, one of the critics on this year’s LFF Critics Mentorship Programme.
By Callie Petch
The 65th BFI London Film Festival reaches in person and digital audiences of 291,000 over 12 days
The 65th BFI London Film Festival reaches in person and digital audiences of 291,000 over 12 daysPod people: the legacy of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
By Mark Salisbury
The Crossing uses striking animation techniques but its story struggles to pick up momentum
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon puts a new spin on the terrifying girl-with-the-long-black-hair type
By Alexandria Slater
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