Samuel Abrahams’ feature debut is outlandishly British, but surprisingly personal. Lady (Abrahams, 2025) follows Lady Isabella, played by Sian Clifford, who takes on a starkly different role from Claire in Fleabag. The film is “dramatic, haunting,” as Lady Isabella describes herself as an artist, but, much like Abrahams’ short Connect (2010), Lady is unusually sincere. The relationship between Isabella and filmmaker Sam (Laurie Kynaston) is serendipitous. Sam arrives at the a

After Spain won the World Cup last week, I found myself wanting to explore Spanish Cinema more. Having thus far only touched the surface with the likes of Pedro Almodóvar and Alejandro González Iñárritu, I decided to watch three films by three Spanish directors I hadn’t heard of before. Jamón Jamón (Bigas Luna, 1992) This still from Jamón Jamón, featuring Javier Bardem, basically sums up the whole film. It’s macho, it’s raunchy, it’s Spanish. Jamón Jamón encapsulates the stag

My thoughts on the festival, the musicians’ performances, and a tangent on why I get bored at electronic gigs but only just discovered...

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film is perhaps the most idiosyncratic yet, but it lacks the jocular protagonist that we had from Poor Things ....

Jamie XX at The Floor 7 (Source: Instagram @jamie__xx) When I was 17, I went to my first festival- Boardmasters 2021. By a mile, the best...