Another week has arrived can only be one thing another fine episode of your favourite film podcast The Chronicle. For this episode 71 I’m joined by fellow writers James and Rosie who share their favourite films from this year’s BFI London Film Festival which ended earlier this month.
Every October the UK’s biggest film festival BFI London takes place. This year’s event had over 250 features, shorts and TV Shows from 88 countries from around the world. The actual festival taking place from 7th October and ran until 18th October, when it comes to reviews this was probably our best year. The proceedings opened up with Elsinore starring Andrew Scott with the closing film being Jesse Eisenberg‘s The Debut.
In this episode of The Chronicle James and Rosie cover several longer reviews, kicking off with Artificial. Luca Guadagnino’s drama thriller very much resonates with today’s technology, Ai starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman set in the world of artificial intelligence, around the period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.
Next up was La Bola Negra the critically acclaimed Spanish film which is set to be the nation’s Oscar entry. a sweeping, emotionally charged story of love, memory and inheritance spanning three generations. It’s set across 3 different years and a fearless exploration of queer identity and the lives erased by history. Out in UK and Irish cinemas 6th November, will it be on your watch list?
Other highlights include Mike Leigh‘s Tender Loving Care another powerful kitchen sink drama. It will hit emotions and hard truths in what might his last film? Finally Elsinore with Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor always known for his role in Chariots Of Fire. He gets a chance to showcase his greatest performance on stage in Hamlet before facing death.
You can head over to The People’s Movies to read the above mentioned reviews. Some films I may try review on future episodes of the podcast myself, stay tuned.
