All London Film Festival 2020 articles
Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen’s euphoric ode to Black joy
The second part of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe series is Lovers Rock, a tale of budding romance at an ecstatic house party in 1980s London. Sensual and authentic, it was born from a place of fond familiarity, says Kofi Oteng, one of the critics on this year’s LFF Critics Mentorship Scheme.
By Kofi Oteng
Telling Black stories: Kemp Powers on the universality of Soul and One Night in Miami
By Kofi Oteng
One Night in Miami: Regina King invites us to an evening with 4 African-American legends
By Andrea Arhagba
Chicken director Alana Hicks: “The industry is shifting radically. People are being held accountable for their bias”
By Whelan Barzey
“The political will is still not there”: Ken Fero on his potent police brutality documentary Ultraviolence
By Flora Spencer Grant
Why Pixar’s Soul is a watershed moment for Black animation
By Whelan Barzey
64th BFI London Film Festival draws to a close after highest attendance on record
64th BFI London Film Festival draws to a close after highest attendance on recordWinners announced for Virtual LFF Audience Awards 2020
Winners announced for Virtual LFF Audience Awards 2020What to watch at LFF: Possessor, Brandon Cronenberg’s dazzling and brutal sci-fi
By Paul Ridd
Time audio review: How Garrett Bradley’s temporal symphony clocks the cruelty of mass incarceration
By Chrystel Oloukoi
The woman who fell to earth: Tilda Swinton, Peter Wollen and Friendship’s Death
By Henry K Miller
What to watch at LFF: Siberia, Abel Ferrara’s dazzling trip into existential angst
By Paul Ridd
On maps and compasses – reflecting on storytelling with Bassam Tariq
By Elhum Shakerifar
What to watch at LFF: Shorts to see – the programmers’ picks
By Nellie Alston, Philip Ilson and others
What to watch at LFF: Joining the dots between David Byrne, Delia Derbyshire and a dive bar in Las Vegas
By Sophie Brown
What to watch at LFF: Why this is the year to try our Experimenta programme
By Helen DeWitt
New XR commission from Asif Kapadia announced by BFI London Film Festival and StoryFutures Academy
New XR commission from Asif Kapadia announced by BFI London Film Festival and StoryFutures AcademyAn interview with Lav Diaz, the Filipino master of slow cinema
By Hyun Jin Cho
What to watch at LFF: Stray, The Reason I Jump and the new era of immersive documentaries
By Lynn Nwokorie
George Clooney joins Screen Talks programme for 64th BFI London Film Festival
George Clooney joins Screen Talks programme for 64th BFI London Film FestivalWhat to watch at LFF: Almodóvar and the best of Spanish-language cinema
By Maria Delgado
What to watch at LFF: The Disciple, an alluring puzzle about the quest for musical excellence
By Jonathan Romney
Industry programme unveiled for 64th BFI London Film Festival
Industry programme unveiled for 64th BFI London Film FestivalWhat to watch at LFF: 4 experimental tales of youth gone wild
By Sarah Perks
Free programme of Screen Talks and events announced for 64th BFI London Film Festival
Free programme of Screen Talks and events announced for 64th BFI London Film FestivalExpanding realities: An interview with Ulrich Schrauth, the man behind the LFF’s XR and immersive programme
Expanding realities: An interview with Ulrich Schrauth, the man behind the LFF’s XR and immersive programme