Lou Thomas

Lou is Digital Production Editor of bfi.org.uk. He also writes for publications including Sight and Sound, Empire, Time Out and NME, is a member of the London Critics’ Circle and can be found on X as @London_Lou

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Reviews

Wicker: Olivia Colman’s fisherwoman finds love with a wicker man in a bawdy autumn romp

Directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson bring a funny, fantastical tone to their adaptation of Ursula Wills’ folk-fable, but is there anything being said here other than “loners deserve happiness too”?

By Lou Thomas

Wicker: Olivia Colman’s fisherwoman finds love with a wicker man in a bawdy autumn romp

Interviews

Danny Boyle on his tabloid chronicle Ink: “The attention economy, clickbait, the dopamine economy – this is its hatching point”

By Lou Thomas

Danny Boyle on his tabloid chronicle Ink: “The attention economy, clickbait, the dopamine economy – this is its hatching point”

Interviews

Javier Bardem on Bunker and The Beloved: “I’ve been in some toxic environments”

By Lou Thomas

Javier Bardem on Bunker and The Beloved: “I’ve been in some toxic environments”

Interviews

“We’re being asked to check our humanity at the door”: Cate Blanchett and Shahrbanoo Sadat on cinema’s power to reconnect us

By Lou Thomas

“We’re being asked to check our humanity at the door”: Cate Blanchett and Shahrbanoo Sadat on cinema’s power to reconnect us

Interviews

Saoirse Ronan on Bad Apples, bad teachers and her ambitions as a director

By Lou Thomas

Saoirse Ronan on Bad Apples, bad teachers and her ambitions as a director

Interviews

The Incomer: director Louis Paxton on his darkly funny tale of siblings, islands and isolation

By Lou Thomas

The Incomer: director Louis Paxton on his darkly funny tale of siblings, islands and isolation

Interviews

“It’s never quite brutal enough for Chris”: The Odyssey cast reveal how they created Christopher Nolan’s epic adventure

By Lou Thomas

“It’s never quite brutal enough for Chris”: The Odyssey cast reveal how they created Christopher Nolan’s epic adventure

Discoveries

11 discoveries from Cannes 2026

By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others

11 discoveries from Cannes 2026

Interviews

Sigourney Weaver on Star Wars: “It was a view of the future where different aliens worked and lived side by side”

By Lou Thomas

Sigourney Weaver on Star Wars: “It was a view of the future where different aliens worked and lived side by side”

Interviews

Mike Figgis looks back on Leaving Las Vegas: “My credit rating had gone down a lot. I was known as a troublemaker”

By Lou Thomas

Mike Figgis looks back on Leaving Las Vegas: “My credit rating had gone down a lot. I was known as a troublemaker”

Interviews

Elijah Wood on Ready or Not 2 and the appeal of horror movies: “The stakes have to feel real”

By Lou Thomas

Elijah Wood on Ready or Not 2 and the appeal of horror movies: “The stakes have to feel real”

Interviews

Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Project Hail Mary: “We wanted the movie to feel like you were in the guts of a machine”

By Lou Thomas

Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Project Hail Mary: “We wanted the movie to feel like you were in the guts of a machine”

Reviews

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Tommy Shelby takes on the Nazis in a violent Peaky Blinders spin-off

By Lou Thomas

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Tommy Shelby takes on the Nazis in a violent Peaky Blinders spin-off

Interviews

“The bride is very disobedient”: Penélope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noirish Frankenstein spin-off

By Lou Thomas

“The bride is very disobedient”: Penélope Cruz and Peter Sarsgaard on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s noirish Frankenstein spin-off

Interviews

Plague and panic in 1870s Wisconsin: inside the apocalyptic western A Prayer for the Dying

By Lou Thomas

Plague and panic in 1870s Wisconsin: inside the apocalyptic western A Prayer for the Dying

Interviews

“Friedkin saw American Animals and summoned me to lunch”: Bart Layton on his LA heist thriller Crime 101

By Lou Thomas

“Friedkin saw American Animals and summoned me to lunch”: Bart Layton on his LA heist thriller Crime 101

Interviews

Nia DaCosta on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple: “This whole movie is a tonal tightrope walk”

By Lou Thomas

Nia DaCosta on 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple: “This whole movie is a tonal tightrope walk”

Interviews

“This one is a little more gothic horror”: Josh O’Connor and Rian Johnson on Wake Up Dead Man

By Lou Thomas

“This one is a little more gothic horror”: Josh O’Connor and Rian Johnson on Wake Up Dead Man

Interviews

Rob Reiner: how we made This Is Spinal Tap

By Lou Thomas

Rob Reiner: how we made This Is Spinal Tap

Interviews

Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love: “I found the ferocity and the wildness so exciting”

By Lou Thomas

Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love: “I found the ferocity and the wildness so exciting”

Interviews

Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac on Frankenstein: “Guillermo has dedicated his entire being to cinema and to dreams”

By Lou Thomas

Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac on Frankenstein: “Guillermo has dedicated his entire being to cinema and to dreams”

Interviews

“We get to dive into humanity’s difficulties like weird soul explorers”: Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield on After the Hunt

By Lou Thomas

“We get to dive into humanity’s difficulties like weird soul explorers”: Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield on After the Hunt

Interviews

“Stephen King’s work comes from a very wise understanding of the experience of being alive”: Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck

By Lou Thomas

“Stephen King’s work comes from a very wise understanding of the experience of being alive”: Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor on The Life of Chuck

Interviews

“Hollywood has been very timid these days”: Terry Gilliam on his 50-year directing career

By Lou Thomas

“Hollywood has been very timid these days”: Terry Gilliam on his 50-year directing career

Interviews

“You can only truly tell stories if they’re in your skin”: Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk

By Lou Thomas

“You can only truly tell stories if they’re in your skin”: Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Fiona Shaw on Hot Milk

Interviews

From Top Gun to F1: Jerry Bruckheimer on 40 years as Hollywood’s blockbuster producer

By Lou Thomas

From Top Gun to F1: Jerry Bruckheimer on 40 years as Hollywood’s blockbuster producer

Discoveries

13 discoveries from Cannes 2025

By John Bleasdale, Thomas Flew and others

13 discoveries from Cannes 2025

Interviews

“We’re recreating the devil’s music”: composer Ludwig Göransson on Sinners

By Lou Thomas

“We’re recreating the devil’s music”: composer Ludwig Göransson on Sinners

Interviews

Night Stage: Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon on their public-sex thriller

By Lou Thomas

Night Stage: Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon on their public-sex thriller

Discoveries

5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025

By Joseph Fahim, Savina Petkova and others

5 discoveries from Berlin Film Festival 2025