Lou Thomas

Lou is the Digital Production Editor of bfi.org.uk and writes for Sight & Sound, Little White Lies, Den of Geek and The Skinny. Previously he produced and wrote commerical content for The Guardian and Time Out and wrote about music for bbc.co.uk. He tweets as London_Lou.

Articles by Lou Thomas

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The Flood director Anthony Woodley: ‘Refugees are entrepreneurs – they’re trying for a better life’

The director of one of the few British features about the immigration crisis talks about the cinematic nature of migration, humanising immigrants through drama, and why the pressure put on immigration officials is an undertold side of the story.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Interviews
X-Men: Dark Phoenix: five influences on the final mutant blockbuster

As the last instalment in the mutant franchise turns up the heat in UK cinemas, we picked out five of its key influences.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Lists
Shooting Stanley Kubrick: how we took photos of the great director

The on-set photographers from A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey share their memories of snapping Stanley Kubrick while he worked. Perfectionist or not, it appears the great auteur also had a mischievous sense of humour.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Interviews
From the Magazine

Diego Maradona review: Asif Kapadia brings us a touch of god

The team behind Amy and Senna brings their own sure hands to this compendious bird’s-eye documentary portrait of the Argentina and Napoli football legend, writes Lou Thomas.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Reviews and recommendations
Five great scenes with Peter Mayhew as Star Wars’ Chewbacca

As a tribute to the late Peter Mayhew, we look at the British actor’s finest moments in his most famous role, as Wookiee warrior Chewbacca in the Star Wars saga.

Friday, May 3, 2019

Lists
Wild Rose: director Tom Harper on his Glasgow country music saga

A star is born in Jessie Buckley, as she plays a Scottish ex-con with a passion for country music. War & Peace director Tom Harper tells us about shooting Wild Rose on the streets of Glasgow.

Friday, April 12, 2019

Interviews
Five reasons to watch cyberpunk body-horror Tetsuo: The Iron Man – 30th anniversary

Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in the mind-melting 30-year-old Japanese body-horror benchmark Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Here are five reasons to stick it in your eyes.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Features
Marielle Heller on Can You Ever Forgive Me? – ‘I love that this movie’s bringing up people’s love for Withnail’

At the end of its run on awards season, we nabbed director Marielle Heller to discuss working with Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant on her comic forging drama Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Monday, March 4, 2019

Interviews
Chiwetel Ejiofor: The story behind my first feature

Netflix’s latest film, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, sees Chiwetel Ejiofor stepping behind the camera for an inspiring tale of a Malawian boy with a cunning plan to save his village. Here he tells us why making movies is like hitting turbulence mid-flight.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Interviews
A Private War director on Marie Colvin: ‘I empathise with that perverse desire to go to conflict zones’

Rosamund Pike stars as war correspondent Marie Colvin in A Private War, exploring the late reporter’s taste for danger on the frontlines of conflict. Making his switch from documentary to drama, director Matthew Heineman tells us what drew him to her story.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Interviews