Saw the UK premiere of Ken Russell's The Devils tonight, in 35mm at the BFI. The film is amazing, a fierce condemnation of hypocrisy and authoritarianism, passionately introduced by Mark Kermode. But amazingly, I was sat a few seats away from Dame Vanessa Redgrave. Top tier #lff experience

not every day you get to watch THE DEVILS (which is completely extraordinary) three seats away from Vanessa Redgrave 🤩 #LFF

Might have been at the UK premiere of Rogue Trooper.

I miiiiigght have been.

I was.

I was at the UK premiere of Rogue Trooper.

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#BFI #LFF

Gorgeous night at #HomeMCR watching #WildHorseNine as part of the #LFF satellite screenings.

Immediately one of my favourite McDonagh films 📽

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First film of #LFF Rogue Trooper! Great start, wonderful to see a big mad sci fi film like this, hope we get more! Cheers @manmademoon.bsky.social

I just saw The Fox at the London Film Festival. It was so funny, the animatronic animals stole every scene they were in. There's another showing on Sunday if you can get a ticket!
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Film 1: Elsinore

#LFF #ElsinoreMovie #IanCharleson #AndrewScott #BilliePiper #OliviaColman #SimonStone

Been looking forward to this for a while and it did not disappoint. John Malkovich on brilliant form.
#WildHorseNine #LFF

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Selling:

First film of London Film Festival:

Musk documentary by Alex Gibney

2 hours outlining why Musk is a pretty deplorable character

Interval

2 hours showing you that first half was the ceiling and he descends to unutterable depths.

Felt depressing and essential.

#LFF #BFI

Flawed but overall a decent watch by James Gray as two brothers get themselves entangled with the Russian mafia. Appreciate the focus on the family which makes it uniquely tense. But some moments are rushed and undeveloped, taking away its potential. Driver outstanding though. #LFF #PaperTiger

Martin McDonagh in fine form. Dark and funny, this was such an enjoyable treat. Very much in the vein of my favourite McDonagh film (In Bruges) with Malkovich having a blast. Rockwell shines but shout out to Steve Buscemi who has the line reading of the year 😂. #WildHorseNine #LFF

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Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS: Finally being shown as intended, after decades of censorship. And it is an extraordinary piece of filmmaking.

My first #LFF2026 review for Cinematic Sense…

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We’ll have multiple pieces each week for the rest of October thanks to #lff #londonfilmfestival & #horroctober (h/t @princecharlescinema.com), with one film that qualifies for both.

£1.00 a month for most of this stuff, with a free tier for a taste of it. #filmsky

www.patreon.com/cw/MiddayMat...

#InTheShadows #Film #Review – true tale of #RamlaAli’s remarkable rise through the #boxing ranks is a knockout

#JasmineJobson goes the distance as the #British-Somalian boxer battling pain from her past and her family’s disapproval

#LFF

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...

It begins! (for me, two days late) #lff

The problem with Alex Gibney’s new Elon Musk doc is that if you are interested enough in this topic to commit four hours to it, you will already know everything in this doc.

Review:

www.bina007.com/2026/10/Psyc...

#lff #filmsky