It’s my 25th year of existence. I survived the chaos. I can travel by myself on the overground, the underground and the bus. I know how to get myself to the ICA, I thirst for celluloid more than ever before, I have a lifetime membership at the Prince Charles Cinema and the BFI Southbank is screening animation all year round. Also, the cinema at my favourite shopping centre now has reclining seats. Right. Let’s do this.
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001 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ed Wood (1994)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: January 3rd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
002 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Sorcerer's Scissors (1907)
From Sorcerer’s Scissors to Adolph’s Busy Day: A New History of British Animation Part One
- Sorcerer’s Scissors (★★★★½)
- Jealous Doll, Or, The Frustrated Elopement (★★★★½)
- Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus (★★★½)
- Ever Been Had (★★★★½)
- Geni and a Genius (Series 1) (★★★½)
- Geni and a Genius (Series 2) (★★★½)
- Popski’s Early Life (★★★½)
- Booster Bonzo; Or, Bonzo in Gay Paree (★★★★)
- Shadows! (★★★★)
- Experimental Animation 1933 (★★★½)
- Carmen (★★★½)
- Fox Hunt (★★★★)
- Adolf’s Busy Day (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: January 4th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
003 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
All the Money in the World (2017)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: January 5th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
004 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hostiles (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: January 10th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
005 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Darkest Hour (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: January 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
006 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Coco (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Advanced, Recliner
DATE: January 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
007 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Prince of Nothingwood (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: ourscreen
DATE: January 14th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Stratford East
008 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Greatest Showman (2017)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
009 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Little Screw (1927)
Merry Without Melodies: A World of Silent Animation
- A Love Affair in Toyland (★★★½)
- En route (★★★½)
- The Beautiful Leukanida (★★★★★)
- How Plimps and Plumps Outwitted the Detective (★★★★½)
- Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker (★★★½)
- Hunter and Dog (★★★)
- Knocking the 'H' Out of Heinie (★★★½)
- Four Musicians of Bremen (★★★)
- Symphonie Diagonale (★★★★½)
- The Little Street Singer (★★★★)
- The Little Screw (★★★★)
- Felix Shatters the Sheik (★★★★)
- Sleigh Bells (★★★½)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: January 19th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: All shorts up to Felix Shatters the Sheik were screened from 35mm prints.
010 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Early Man (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Nick Park), Film Funday
DATE: January 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
011 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Post (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 25th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
012 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
L.A. Confidential (1997)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: January 26th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
013 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Commuter (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
014 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Groundhog Day (1993)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: February 2nd
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
015 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Phantom Thread (2017)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: February 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
016 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Journey's End (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: February 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
017 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Autobahn (1979)
The Legacy of Halas & Batchelor
- Fable of the Fabrics (★★★★)
- Snakes and Laddersland* (★★★★)
- Flow Diagram (★★★★)
- Children and Cars (★★★★★)
- Animation Has Changed (★★★½)
- Autobahn* (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Vivien Halas in Conversation, Animation 2018
DATE: February 9th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
*This short was screened on 35mm. Everything else was a digitised copy.
018 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Room (2003)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Wiseau & Greg Sestero)
DATE: February 10th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
019 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Mercy (2017)
★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: February 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
020 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Black Panther (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: February 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
021 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
★
SCREENING: RiffTrax Live!
DATE: February 15th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: The Calendar: How to Use It (0/10)
022 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
I, Tonya (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: February 16th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
023 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Mr. Pascal (1979)
Coming of Age: A New History of British Animation Part Two
- The Figurehead (★★★★)
- Parents Take Hart (★★★★)
- The Wardrobe (★★★★)
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (★★★★½)
- Automania 2000 (★★★★★)
- Springtime For Samantha (★★★★½)
- Note from Above (★★★★)
- The Ladder (★★★½)
- The Transformer (★★★★)
- Damon the Mower (★★★½)
- Green Men, Yellow Woman (★★★★½)
- Ubu (★★★★½)
- Mr. Pascal (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: February 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
024 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Preview
DATE: February 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
025 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Black Dog (1987)
Top of the World: A New History of British Animation Part Three
- Nightclub (★★★★½)
- The Victor (★★★★)
- The Black Dog (★★★★★❤)
- Feet of Song (★★★★)
- Clothes (★★★★)
- Manipulation (★★★★★)
- The Kings of Siam (★★★★½)
- Britannia (★★★★★)
- The Queen’s Monastery (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Osbert Parker & Emma Calder), Animation 2018
DATE: March 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
026 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Game Night (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: March 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
027 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Bambi (1942)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: March 4th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
028 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Alternative Fringe (1988)
Funny Women Get Animated: Revisiting ‘Crapston Villas’ and ‘Pond Life’
- Alternative Fringe (★★★★)
- Fantastic Person (★★★★½)
- Nights - “First Night” excerpt
- Crapston Villas - Episode 5
- Pond Life - “Bitter and Twisted”
- The Bag Lady excerpt
- Family Favourites excerpt
- On Rail to Europe + various SAK college film excerpts
SCREENING: Q&A (Sarah Ann Kennedy & Candy Guard), Animation 2018
DATE: March 6th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
029 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Red Sparrow (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: March 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Cut for a 15 (as if it needed to be).
030 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Sweet Country (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: March 9th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
031 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Wallace and Gromit: The Restored Shorts
- Adam (★★★★½)
- A Grand Day Out (★★★★★)
- The Wrong Trousers (★★★★★❤)
- A Close Shave (★★★★★❤)
- War Story (★★★★)
- Wat’s Pig (★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (David Sproxton), Animation 2018/Film Funday
DATE: March 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
032 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ready Player One (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Show Film First
DATE: March 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
033 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Isle of Dogs (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tobias Fouracre, Mark Waring & Tristan Oliver)
DATE: March 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
034 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
My Days of Mercy (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 22nd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
035 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Unsane (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: March 23rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
036 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
My Own Private Hell (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Guto Parente), BFI Flare
DATE: March 25th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
037 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Close-Knit (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 30th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
038 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hard Paint (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 31st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
039 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Good Manners (2017)
★★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 31st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
040 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
A Quiet Place (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Advanced
DATE: April 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
041 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Blockers (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
042 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Love, Simon (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
043 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Chicken Run (2000)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: April 7th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Creature Comforts (★★★★★)
044 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)
★★★½
SCREENING: Film Funday
DATE: April 8th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
045 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Exclusive Fan Preview, Gallery
DATE: April 10th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Mary and the Witch’s Flower Featurette
046 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Western (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
047 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Mari Okada)
DATE: April 16th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
048 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Custody (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 18th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
049 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Guernsey (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: April 20th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
050 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Funny Cow (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Basement
DATE: April 21st
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
051 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ghost Stories (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 22nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
052 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Separation (2003)
British Animation Meets the 21st Century
- The Emperor (★★★½)
- The Separation* (★★★★★)
- Doubled Up (★★★★)
- Guy 101 (★★★★)
- Rabbit (★★★★½)
- Love Paintballing (★★★★)
- The Black Dog’s Progress (★★★★)
- Rabbit Punch (★★★½)
- Mother of Many (★★★½)
- Cows & Cows & Cows (★★★★½)
- Robots of Brixton (★★★½)
- Z (★★★★)
- Mother’s Song (★★★)
- Brave New Old (★★★★)
- Animate (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: April 23rd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
*This short was screened on 35mm. Everything else was a digitised copy.
053 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 26th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
054 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Land Before Time (1988)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: May 5th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
055 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Tully (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: May 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: First film in years I actually missed on my first attempt seeing it, due to heavy, accident-related, pre-Bank-Holiday traffic. Brought in an emergency ticket from cancelling Maquia at Showcase so that I didn’t waste any Insider points.
056 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: May 9th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
057 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Sandman (1991)
Mackinnon and Saunders talk event
SCREENING: Q&A (Ian Mackinnon), Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival
DATE: May 10th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
058 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Philippa Goslett, Neil Gaiman & Elle Fanning)
DATE: May 11th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: This is the first screening I’ve been to where the projection froze at one point.
059 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Deadpool 2 (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: May 16th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
060 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★★
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: May 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
061 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Citizen Kane (1941)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: May 24th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
062 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Casablanca (1942)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: May 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
063 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Tale (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Jennifer Fox & producers), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: May 31st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
064 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hair Wolf (2018)
2018 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
- Maude (★★★½)
- Baby Brother (★★★★)
- The Burden (★★★★★)
- Hair Wolf (★★★★½)
- JEOM (★★★★)
- Fauve (★★★★½)
- Matria (★★★★★)
SCREENING: Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 1st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
065 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Half the Picture (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Amy Adrion), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 1st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
066 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Skate Kitchen (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Crystal Moselle, producers & Skate Kitchen), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
067 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Eighth Grade (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Bo Burnham), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
068 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Never Goin' Back (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
069 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
American Animals (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Bart Layton), Sundance Film Festival (Surprise Film)
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
070 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Jim Hosking), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
071 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
McQueen (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 8th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
072 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hereditary (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 15th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
073 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Incredibles 2 (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Nicole Paradis Grindle, John Walker & Brad Bird), Film Funday
DATE: June 17th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Bao (★★★★★)
074 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ocean's Eight (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: June 19th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
075 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Patrick (2018)
★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 29th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: This film, distributed by Disney UK, is why the UK release for Ant-Man and the Wasp was so late, besides Incredibles 2 and the World Cup. I saw this film because I was among the couple of people who knew about this. Walking out I’m even more baffled than I used to be.
076 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Adrift (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 29th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
077 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Leave No Trace (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 30th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
078 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm, Animation 2018
DATE: July 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
079 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Team America: World Police (2004)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: July 4th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
080 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Whitney (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
081 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Uncle Drew (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Unless you count one of the many moths infesting this cinema, nobody else attended this screening.
082 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
First Reformed (2017)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
083 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: July 14th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: This screening was moved from NFT3 to NFT2 on the day due to a supposed fault in the 35mm projectors in NFT3.
084 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Last Night (1998)
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm (Mystery Movie)
DATE: July 15th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
085 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ex Libris – New York Public Library (2017)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 18th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
086 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Receptionist (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 20th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
087 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Summer 1993 (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 20th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
088 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)
Geoff Dunbar and Paul McCartney’s Animated Projects
- Tropic Island Hum (★★★★)
- Rupert and the Frog Song (★★★★★)
- Tuesday (★★★★★)
- The Cunning Little Vixen
SCREENING: Q&A (Geoff Dunbar), Animation 2018
DATE: July 22nd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
089 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: July 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
090 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Pin Cushion (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 26th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
091 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 28th
CINEMA: Pathé Theater Tuschinski
LOCATION: Amsterdam, Netherlands
092 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 30th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
093 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: XPlus, Recliner
DATE: August 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
094 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: #TheLateBatsby (★★★★)
095 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: August 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
096 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Silver Screen, Basement
DATE: August 7th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
097 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 8th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
098 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
An American Tail (1986)
★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 11th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
099 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
100 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Desiree Akhavan), BFI Flare preview
DATE: August 13th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
101 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Heiresses (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 15th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
102 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Christopher Robin (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
103 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
104 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Three Colors: White (1994)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
105 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Three Colors: Red (1994)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
106 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Truman Show (1998)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 22nd
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
107 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: August 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
108 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Piercing (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 24th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
109 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 25th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
110 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Chuck Steel : Night of the Trampires (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 25th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
111 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
112 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Bodied (2017)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Joseph Kahn), FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
113 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Issa López), FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
114 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Possum (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Matthew Holness), FrightFest
DATE: August 27th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
115 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Climax (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 27th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
116 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
The Solutrean (2017)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 29th
CINEMA: Cineworld
LOCATION: The O2, Greenwich
117 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Searching (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
118 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: September 8th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
119 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Best F(r)iends: Unmasked (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Wiseau & Greg Sestero)
DATE: September 10th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
120 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Film Noir (2005)
Black British Animators
- Clothes
- Film Noir (★★★★★)
- Go West Young Man (★★★★)
- Mama Lou (★★★★)
- the words i do not have yet (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Osbert Parker, Maybelle Peters, Phoebe Boswell & Keith Piper), Animation 2018
DATE: September 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
121 Listed: Feb 25, 2019
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 14th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
122 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Tale of Tales (1979)
Michael Dudok de Wit introduces the short animated films of Yuri Norstein
- 25th - The First Day (★★★★)
- The Fox and the Rabbit (★★★★½)
- The Heron and the Crane (★★★★★)
- The Hedgehog in the Fog (★★★★★)
- Tale of Tales (★★★★★❤)
SCREENING: Screen Epiphany
DATE: September 17th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
123 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Back to the Moon (2018)
Animate and Innovate: Animation Craft in the New World of Stories
SCREENING: Q&A (Fx Goby, Felix Massie, Mark Davies & Claire Cook), Animation 2018
DATE: September 18th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
124 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
A Simple Favor (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
125 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: September 23rd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
126 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 27th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
127 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Wife (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: September 28th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
128 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Smallfoot (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Film Funday preview
DATE: September 29th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Cut for a U (when it would've passed for a U anyway ten years ago).
129 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: September 29th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
130 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
A Star is Born (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: October 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
131 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Blindspotting (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 5th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
132 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
What is Beauty? (2009)
Using Animation to Make an Impact: Passion Animation Studios
- Together Again (★★★★)
- What is Beauty? (2018) (★★★★★)
- Tired Parents - “Night Out at the Restaurant”
- Enough (★★★★½)
- Tired Parents - “Oh No! It’s the New Parents”
SCREENING: Q&A (Reuben McNaughton, Anna Ginsburg, Tim Hope & Anna Mantzaris), Animation 2018
DATE: October 5th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
133 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Shining (1980)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Extended cut, 35mm
DATE: October 7th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
134 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Venom (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
135 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Norway (2018)
★★
SCREENING: Preview
DATE: October 10th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
136 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Avallone), London Film Festival
DATE: October 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
137 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Border (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Ali Abbasi), London Film Festival
DATE: October 11th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
138 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
139 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Mandy (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Rented from iTunes with an American account and first watched on September 14th, the day of US release. Went to this screening for the full experience, and it was paradise, especially since having already watched it I did not have to worry about the toilet-breakers constantly rushing past the screen.
140 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Breaker Upperers (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Madeleine Sami & Ana Scotney), London Film Festival
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
141 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Green Book (2018)
★½
SCREENING: London Film Festival (Surprise Film)
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
142 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Non-Fiction (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Olivier Assayas & Vincent Macaigne), London Film Festival
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
143 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Beautiful Boy (2018)
★½
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
144 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Gordon & Paddy (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Linda Hambäck), London Film Festival
DATE: October 14th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
145 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Invaders (2017)
Real Horrorshow
-It’s Easier to Raise Cattle (★★★★)
- Salt (★★★½)
- The Invaders (★★★★½)
- Catcalls (★★★★)
- Corvidae (★★★★)
- Sunscapades (★★★★½)
- Right Place, Wrong Tim (★★★★★)
- Coyote (★★★★½)
- Good Intentions (★★★★★)
- Piggy (★★★★)
- Leash (★★★★)
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 14th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
146 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Front Runner (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy & Brady Corbet), London Film Festival
DATE: October 15th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: This was announced late in September when I had already booked the premiere of Wild Rose. After two and a half weeks of panic and failed attempts at getting the ticket sold (which hurt even worse when they delayed the film’s release from February to April), a kind delegate cancelled the ticket and added the ticket price onto my account despite of the BFI’s rather bogus refund policy.
147 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Vox Lux (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Isabella Eklöf), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: Tottenham Court Road
148 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Holiday (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Isabella Eklöf), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: Tottenham Court Road
149 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Sunset (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm, Q&A (Juli Jakab & László Nemes), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
150 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Green Fog (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Galen Johnson & Evan Johnson), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: BFI IMAX
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Accidence (★★★★)
151 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Alice Rohrwacher), London Film Festival
DATE: October 17th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: It’s a miracle that I got to see this film at all. I didn’t think to check my ticket and aimed for the 15:30 screening when I was supposed to attend the 15:00. Thankfully, box office arranged the best seat in the left aisle for the screening I thought I was going to attend for free.
152 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Birds of Passage (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Ciro Guerra), London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
153 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Étangs Noirs (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Pieter Dumoulin), London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
154 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Favourite (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: American Express Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
155 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
In Fabric (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
156 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Amy Nauiokas, Melissa McCarthy & Richard E. Grant), Headline Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
157 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Burning (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Lee Chang-dong & Steven Yeun), Thrill Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
158 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Bilby (2019)
Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences
- The Pig on The Hill (★★★½)
- Bird Karma (★★★★½)
- Colourbirds (★★★★)
- Funny Fish (★★★½)
- I Want to Live in the Zoo (★★★½)
- A Walk in the Woods* (★★★)
- Vivat Musketeers! (★★★★)
- Penguin (★★★★)
- A Bit Lost (★★★½)
- Bilby (★★★½)
- Ernest and Celestine – The Blizzard (★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (John Kelly, Evgenia Golubeva, Lyla McLeod & Myles McLeod) London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: *The dialogue track was missing throughout the first half of this short.
159 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Benjamin (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
160 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Barry Jenkins, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Nicholas Britell, Caitlin Sullivan & Sara Murphy), Love Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
161 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Dilili in Paris (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
162 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Pachamama (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Didier Brunner & Juan Antín), London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
163 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Only You (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Harry Wootliff), London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
164 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
First Man (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: October 22nd
CINEMA: BFI IMAX
LOCATION: London
165 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: October 23rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
166 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 24th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
167 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Hate U Give (2018)
★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 25th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
168 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 26th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
169 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
U – July 22 (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 27th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
NOTE: Meant to take the train and double-bill this with They Shall Not Grow Old in the 26th so I could finally have some rest the next day, but was driven instead despite of the heavy traffic. Didn’t know there wouldn’t be ads, and ended up missing the beginning. Came back the next day despite it being more expensive at the weekend.
170 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Halloween (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: October 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
171 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Great (1975)
Bob Godfrey’s Great
- Great (★★★★½)
- 40 Great Years (★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Tom Lowe), Animation 2018
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
172 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Other Side of the Wind (2015)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 2nd
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
173 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Mirai of the Future (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: November 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
174 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Parallel (2017)
★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest Halloween
DATE: November 3rd
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
SHORTS: Deep Clean (★★★½)
175 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Widows (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
176 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Overlord (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
177 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Wildlife (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 9th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
178 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Speed Racer (2008)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: November 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
NOTE: You either die a critic of the Wachowski fanbase, or you live long enough to see yourself become part of it. I used to nitpick this movie to death for its hyperactive visuals, its story and Spritle, but I went to this screening because I also felt that I have been misjudging it. I was left so excited that from a combination of the final race and possibly all the mucus I was trying to blow out my brain suffered from anxiety for over two weeks. This movie ruined my life but I've slandered it enough already.
179 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 14th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Yellow is the New Black (★★)
NOTE: Cut for a U.
180 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Suspiria (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 16th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: Missed some of the epilogue because I was suffering from severe hypertension that I got from a combination of a long-lasting cold and Speed Racer.
181 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Time Drive (2015)
Special CG Anime Screenings
- Robber’s Company (★★★★)
- TIME DRIVER The Future We Drew (★★★½)
SCREENING: Hyper Japan Winter
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Hyper Theatre
LOCATION: Olympia
182 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 18th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
183 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Quarantine (2018)
Animation 2018
- The Penguin Who Couldn’t Swim (★★★★)
- Outside the Box (★★★★)
- Quarantine (★★★★½)
- Childhood Memories (★★★★)
- Meteorlight (★★★★)
- Uki (★★★★)
- Frank’s Joke (★★★★)
- The Three Crow Boys (★★★½)
- //_sleeper (★★★★)
- Ladder to You (★★★½)
- Hair (★★★★)
- O, Hunter Heart (★★★★½)
- Slug Life (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Cassian Harrison, Helen Brunsdon & Jez Stewart, feat. Emma Calder & Osbert Parker), Animation 2018
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
184 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Tower (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Mats Grorud), London Palestine Film Festival
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
SHORTS: One Minute (★★★★½)
185 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Twisted Pair (2018)
★★★★★
SCREENING: UK premiere
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
186 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Roma (2018)
Rating withheld
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 29th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
187 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: November 30th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
188 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Japanese, Gallery
DATE: December 4th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
189 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Intimity (2017)
Female Figures 2
- Simbiosis Carnal (★★★★★)
- Crying and Wanking (★★★★)
- The Hat (★★★★½)
- How to Make a Ghost (★★★★½)
- What She Wants (★★★★)
- Vanilla Whip (★★★★)
- Barbeque (★★★★½)
- Egg (★★★★★)
- Green Men, Yellow Woman
- Tales from Pussy Willow - Coming Into the Station
- Intimity (★★★★)
- Chromosome Sweetheart (★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (Thalma Goldman Cohen, Kate Jessop, Jez Stewart & Jenny Jokela), London International Animation Festival
DATE: December 5th
CINEMA: Barbican Cinema Café
LOCATION: Barbican
190 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Shoplifters (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Silver Screen
DATE: December 6th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
NOTE: Was supposed to see this on November 27th but my anxiety got the better of me in my sleep.
191 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: The Studio
DATE: December 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
192 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
The Snowman (1982)
The Christmas Short Films
- Father Christmas (★★★★)
- The Snowman (★★★★★❤)
- A Christmas Carol (★★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (Dave Unwin & Richard Williams), Animation 2018
DATE: December 9th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Father Christmas was a digitised restoration, The Snowman’s copy was from a VHS that included David Bowie’s introduction, and A Christmas Carol was screened from a 35mm print restored by the AMPAS.
193 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Creed II (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 11th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
194 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: December 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
195 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Aquaman (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Edited for a 12A.
196 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Bumblebee (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Advanced
DATE: December 15th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Cut for a PG.
197 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Free Solo (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 19th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
198 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: December 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
199 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Stan & Ollie (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: 12 Days of Christmas
DATE: December 22nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
SHORTS: The Music Box (★★★★★)
200 Listed: Feb 27, 2019
Paris, Texas (1984)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: December 30th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
002
The Sorcerer's Scissors (1907)
From Sorcerer’s Scissors to Adolph’s Busy Day: A New History of British Animation Part One
- Sorcerer’s Scissors (★★★★½)
- Jealous Doll, Or, The Frustrated Elopement (★★★★½)
- Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus (★★★½)
- Ever Been Had (★★★★½)
- Geni and a Genius (Series 1) (★★★½)
- Geni and a Genius (Series 2) (★★★½)
- Popski’s Early Life (★★★½)
- Booster Bonzo; Or, Bonzo in Gay Paree (★★★★)
- Shadows! (★★★★)
- Experimental Animation 1933 (★★★½)
- Carmen (★★★½)
- Fox Hunt (★★★★)
- Adolf’s Busy Day (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: January 4th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
003
All the Money in the World (2017)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: January 5th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
004
★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: January 10th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
005
★★★★
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: January 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
006
★★★★★
SCREENING: Advanced, Recliner
DATE: January 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
007
The Prince of Nothingwood (2017)
★★★★★
SCREENING: ourscreen
DATE: January 14th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Stratford East
008
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
009
Merry Without Melodies: A World of Silent Animation
- A Love Affair in Toyland (★★★½)
- En route (★★★½)
- The Beautiful Leukanida (★★★★★)
- How Plimps and Plumps Outwitted the Detective (★★★★½)
- Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker (★★★½)
- Hunter and Dog (★★★)
- Knocking the 'H' Out of Heinie (★★★½)
- Four Musicians of Bremen (★★★)
- Symphonie Diagonale (★★★★½)
- The Little Street Singer (★★★★)
- The Little Screw (★★★★)
- Felix Shatters the Sheik (★★★★)
- Sleigh Bells (★★★½)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: January 19th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: All shorts up to Felix Shatters the Sheik were screened from 35mm prints.
010
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Nick Park), Film Funday
DATE: January 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
011
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 25th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
012
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: January 26th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
013
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
014
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: February 2nd
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
015
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: February 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
016
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: February 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
017
The Legacy of Halas & Batchelor
- Fable of the Fabrics (★★★★)
- Snakes and Laddersland* (★★★★)
- Flow Diagram (★★★★)
- Children and Cars (★★★★★)
- Animation Has Changed (★★★½)
- Autobahn* (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Vivien Halas in Conversation, Animation 2018
DATE: February 9th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
*This short was screened on 35mm. Everything else was a digitised copy.
018
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Wiseau & Greg Sestero)
DATE: February 10th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
019
★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: February 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
020
★★★★½
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: February 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
021
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
★
SCREENING: RiffTrax Live!
DATE: February 15th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: The Calendar: How to Use It (0/10)
022
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: February 16th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
023
Coming of Age: A New History of British Animation Part Two
- The Figurehead (★★★★)
- Parents Take Hart (★★★★)
- The Wardrobe (★★★★)
- The Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit (★★★★½)
- Automania 2000 (★★★★★)
- Springtime For Samantha (★★★★½)
- Note from Above (★★★★)
- The Ladder (★★★½)
- The Transformer (★★★★)
- Damon the Mower (★★★½)
- Green Men, Yellow Woman (★★★★½)
- Ubu (★★★★½)
- Mr. Pascal (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: February 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
024
Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Preview
DATE: February 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
025
Top of the World: A New History of British Animation Part Three
- Nightclub (★★★★½)
- The Victor (★★★★)
- The Black Dog (★★★★★❤)
- Feet of Song (★★★★)
- Clothes (★★★★)
- Manipulation (★★★★★)
- The Kings of Siam (★★★★½)
- Britannia (★★★★★)
- The Queen’s Monastery (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Osbert Parker & Emma Calder), Animation 2018
DATE: March 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
026
★★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: March 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
028
Funny Women Get Animated: Revisiting ‘Crapston Villas’ and ‘Pond Life’
- Alternative Fringe (★★★★)
- Fantastic Person (★★★★½)
- Nights - “First Night” excerpt
- Crapston Villas - Episode 5
- Pond Life - “Bitter and Twisted”
- The Bag Lady excerpt
- Family Favourites excerpt
- On Rail to Europe + various SAK college film excerpts
SCREENING: Q&A (Sarah Ann Kennedy & Candy Guard), Animation 2018
DATE: March 6th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
029
★★★½
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: March 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Cut for a 15 (as if it needed to be).
031
Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Wallace and Gromit: The Restored Shorts
- Adam (★★★★½)
- A Grand Day Out (★★★★★)
- The Wrong Trousers (★★★★★❤)
- A Close Shave (★★★★★❤)
- War Story (★★★★)
- Wat’s Pig (★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (David Sproxton), Animation 2018/Film Funday
DATE: March 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
032
★★½
SCREENING: Show Film First
DATE: March 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
033
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tobias Fouracre, Mark Waring & Tristan Oliver)
DATE: March 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
034
★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 22nd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
035
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: March 23rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
036
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Guto Parente), BFI Flare
DATE: March 25th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
039
★★★★½
SCREENING: BFI Flare
DATE: March 31st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
040
★★★★
SCREENING: Advanced
DATE: April 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
041
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
042
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
043
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: April 7th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Creature Comforts (★★★★★)
044
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)
★★★½
SCREENING: Film Funday
DATE: April 8th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
045
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
★★★★
SCREENING: Exclusive Fan Preview, Gallery
DATE: April 10th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Mary and the Witch’s Flower Featurette
046
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
047
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Mari Okada)
DATE: April 16th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
049
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: April 20th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
051
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 22nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
052
British Animation Meets the 21st Century
- The Emperor (★★★½)
- The Separation* (★★★★★)
- Doubled Up (★★★★)
- Guy 101 (★★★★)
- Rabbit (★★★★½)
- Love Paintballing (★★★★)
- The Black Dog’s Progress (★★★★)
- Rabbit Punch (★★★½)
- Mother of Many (★★★½)
- Cows & Cows & Cows (★★★★½)
- Robots of Brixton (★★★½)
- Z (★★★★)
- Mother’s Song (★★★)
- Brave New Old (★★★★)
- Animate (★★★★)
SCREENING: Animation 2018
DATE: April 23rd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
*This short was screened on 35mm. Everything else was a digitised copy.
053
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 26th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
054
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: May 5th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
055
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: May 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: First film in years I actually missed on my first attempt seeing it, due to heavy, accident-related, pre-Bank-Holiday traffic. Brought in an emergency ticket from cancelling Maquia at Showcase so that I didn’t waste any Insider points.
056
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: May 9th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
057
Mackinnon and Saunders talk event
SCREENING: Q&A (Ian Mackinnon), Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival
DATE: May 10th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
058
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Philippa Goslett, Neil Gaiman & Elle Fanning)
DATE: May 11th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: This is the first screening I’ve been to where the projection froze at one point.
059
★★★
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: May 16th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
060
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★★
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: May 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
062
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: May 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
063
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Jennifer Fox & producers), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: May 31st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
064
2018 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
- Maude (★★★½)
- Baby Brother (★★★★)
- The Burden (★★★★★)
- Hair Wolf (★★★★½)
- JEOM (★★★★)
- Fauve (★★★★½)
- Matria (★★★★★)
SCREENING: Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 1st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
065
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Amy Adrion), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 1st
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
066
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Crystal Moselle, producers & Skate Kitchen), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
067
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Bo Burnham), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 2nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
068
★★★★
SCREENING: Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
069
★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Bart Layton), Sundance Film Festival (Surprise Film)
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
070
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Jim Hosking), Sundance Film Festival
DATE: June 3rd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
072
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 15th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
073
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Nicole Paradis Grindle, John Walker & Brad Bird), Film Funday
DATE: June 17th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Bao (★★★★★)
074
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: June 19th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
075
★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 29th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: This film, distributed by Disney UK, is why the UK release for Ant-Man and the Wasp was so late, besides Incredibles 2 and the World Cup. I saw this film because I was among the couple of people who knew about this. Walking out I’m even more baffled than I used to be.
076
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 29th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
077
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: June 30th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
078
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm, Animation 2018
DATE: July 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
079
Team America: World Police (2004)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: July 4th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
080
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
081
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 6th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Unless you count one of the many moths infesting this cinema, nobody else attended this screening.
082
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
083
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: July 14th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: This screening was moved from NFT3 to NFT2 on the day due to a supposed fault in the 35mm projectors in NFT3.
084
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm (Mystery Movie)
DATE: July 15th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
085
Ex Libris – New York Public Library (2017)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 18th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
088
The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)
Geoff Dunbar and Paul McCartney’s Animated Projects
- Tropic Island Hum (★★★★)
- Rupert and the Frog Song (★★★★★)
- Tuesday (★★★★★)
- The Cunning Little Vixen
SCREENING: Q&A (Geoff Dunbar), Animation 2018
DATE: July 22nd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
089
Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: July 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
091
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 28th
CINEMA: Pathé Theater Tuschinski
LOCATION: Amsterdam, Netherlands
092
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 30th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
093
★★★
SCREENING: XPlus, Recliner
DATE: August 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
094
Teen Titans GO! to the Movies (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: #TheLateBatsby (★★★★)
095
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: August 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
096
★★★★
SCREENING: Silver Screen, Basement
DATE: August 7th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
097
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 8th
CINEMA: ICA
LOCATION: The Mall
098
★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 11th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
099
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
100
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Desiree Akhavan), BFI Flare preview
DATE: August 13th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
101
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 15th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
102
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 17th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
103
★★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
104
★★★★½
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
105
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm triple bill
DATE: August 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
106
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: August 22nd
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
107
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: August 24th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
108
★★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 24th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
109
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 25th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
110
Chuck Steel : Night of the Trampires (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 25th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
111
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
112
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Joseph Kahn), FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
113
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Issa López), FrightFest
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
114
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Matthew Holness), FrightFest
DATE: August 27th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
115
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: FrightFest
DATE: August 27th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
116
★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 29th
CINEMA: Cineworld
LOCATION: The O2, Greenwich
117
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
118
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
★★★★½
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: September 8th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
119
Best F(r)iends: Unmasked (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Wiseau & Greg Sestero)
DATE: September 10th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
120
Black British Animators
- Clothes
- Film Noir (★★★★★)
- Go West Young Man (★★★★)
- Mama Lou (★★★★)
- the words i do not have yet (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Osbert Parker, Maybelle Peters, Phoebe Boswell & Keith Piper), Animation 2018
DATE: September 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
121
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 14th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
122
Michael Dudok de Wit introduces the short animated films of Yuri Norstein
- 25th - The First Day (★★★★)
- The Fox and the Rabbit (★★★★½)
- The Heron and the Crane (★★★★★)
- The Hedgehog in the Fog (★★★★★)
- Tale of Tales (★★★★★❤)
SCREENING: Screen Epiphany
DATE: September 17th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
123
Animate and Innovate: Animation Craft in the New World of Stories
SCREENING: Q&A (Fx Goby, Felix Massie, Mark Davies & Claire Cook), Animation 2018
DATE: September 18th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
124
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
125
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: September 23rd
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
126
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. (2018)
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: September 27th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
127
★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: September 28th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
128
★★★
SCREENING: Film Funday preview
DATE: September 29th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Cut for a U (when it would've passed for a U anyway ten years ago).
129
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 70mm
DATE: September 29th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
130
★★★½
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: October 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
131
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 5th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
132
Using Animation to Make an Impact: Passion Animation Studios
- Together Again (★★★★)
- What is Beauty? (2018) (★★★★★)
- Tired Parents - “Night Out at the Restaurant”
- Enough (★★★★½)
- Tired Parents - “Oh No! It’s the New Parents”
SCREENING: Q&A (Reuben McNaughton, Anna Ginsburg, Tim Hope & Anna Mantzaris), Animation 2018
DATE: October 5th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
133
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Extended cut, 35mm
DATE: October 7th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
134
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
136
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Tommy Avallone), London Film Festival
DATE: October 11th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
137
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Ali Abbasi), London Film Festival
DATE: October 11th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
138
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
139
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Rented from iTunes with an American account and first watched on September 14th, the day of US release. Went to this screening for the full experience, and it was paradise, especially since having already watched it I did not have to worry about the toilet-breakers constantly rushing past the screen.
140
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Madeleine Sami & Ana Scotney), London Film Festival
DATE: October 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
141
★½
SCREENING: London Film Festival (Surprise Film)
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
142
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Olivier Assayas & Vincent Macaigne), London Film Festival
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
143
★½
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 13th
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
144
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Linda Hambäck), London Film Festival
DATE: October 14th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
145
Real Horrorshow
-It’s Easier to Raise Cattle (★★★★)
- Salt (★★★½)
- The Invaders (★★★★½)
- Catcalls (★★★★)
- Corvidae (★★★★)
- Sunscapades (★★★★½)
- Right Place, Wrong Tim (★★★★★)
- Coyote (★★★★½)
- Good Intentions (★★★★★)
- Piggy (★★★★)
- Leash (★★★★)
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 14th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
146
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy & Brady Corbet), London Film Festival
DATE: October 15th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: This was announced late in September when I had already booked the premiere of Wild Rose. After two and a half weeks of panic and failed attempts at getting the ticket sold (which hurt even worse when they delayed the film’s release from February to April), a kind delegate cancelled the ticket and added the ticket price onto my account despite of the BFI’s rather bogus refund policy.
147
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Isabella Eklöf), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: Tottenham Court Road
148
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Isabella Eklöf), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: Tottenham Court Road
149
★★★★
SCREENING: 35mm, Q&A (Juli Jakab & László Nemes), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
150
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Galen Johnson & Evan Johnson), London Film Festival
DATE: October 16th
CINEMA: BFI IMAX
LOCATION: London
SHORTS: Accidence (★★★★)
151
★★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Alice Rohrwacher), London Film Festival
DATE: October 17th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: It’s a miracle that I got to see this film at all. I didn’t think to check my ticket and aimed for the 15:30 screening when I was supposed to attend the 15:00. Thankfully, box office arranged the best seat in the left aisle for the screening I thought I was going to attend for free.
152
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Ciro Guerra), London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
153
★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Pieter Dumoulin), London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
154
★★★★★
SCREENING: American Express Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 18th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
155
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
156
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Amy Nauiokas, Melissa McCarthy & Richard E. Grant), Headline Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
157
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Lee Chang-dong & Steven Yeun), Thrill Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 19th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
158
Animated Shorts for Younger Audiences
- The Pig on The Hill (★★★½)
- Bird Karma (★★★★½)
- Colourbirds (★★★★)
- Funny Fish (★★★½)
- I Want to Live in the Zoo (★★★½)
- A Walk in the Woods* (★★★)
- Vivat Musketeers! (★★★★)
- Penguin (★★★★)
- A Bit Lost (★★★½)
- Bilby (★★★½)
- Ernest and Celestine – The Blizzard (★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (John Kelly, Evgenia Golubeva, Lyla McLeod & Myles McLeod) London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: *The dialogue track was missing throughout the first half of this short.
159
★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
160
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Q&A (Barry Jenkins, Colman Domingo, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Nicholas Britell, Caitlin Sullivan & Sara Murphy), Love Gala, London Film Festival
DATE: October 20th
CINEMA: Embankment Garden Cinema
LOCATION: London
161
★★★★
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
162
★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Didier Brunner & Juan Antín), London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
163
★★★★
SCREENING: Q&A (Harry Wootliff), London Film Festival
DATE: October 21st
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
165
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: October 23rd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
166
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 24th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
167
★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 25th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
168
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 26th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
169
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 27th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
NOTE: Meant to take the train and double-bill this with They Shall Not Grow Old in the 26th so I could finally have some rest the next day, but was driven instead despite of the heavy traffic. Didn’t know there wouldn’t be ads, and ended up missing the beginning. Came back the next day despite it being more expensive at the weekend.
170
★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: October 31st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
171
Bob Godfrey’s Great
- Great (★★★★½)
- 40 Great Years (★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Tom Lowe), Animation 2018
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
172
The Other Side of the Wind (2015)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 2nd
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
173
★★★★½
SCREENING: Recliner
DATE: November 2nd
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
174
★★½
SCREENING: FrightFest Halloween
DATE: November 3rd
CINEMA: Cineworld/Empire
LOCATION: Leicester Square
SHORTS: Deep Clean (★★★½)
175
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
176
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 8th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
177
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 9th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
178
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: November 12th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
NOTE: You either die a critic of the Wachowski fanbase, or you live long enough to see yourself become part of it. I used to nitpick this movie to death for its hyperactive visuals, its story and Spritle, but I went to this screening because I also felt that I have been misjudging it. I was left so excited that from a combination of the final race and possibly all the mucus I was trying to blow out my brain suffered from anxiety for over two weeks. This movie ruined my life but I've slandered it enough already.
179
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2018)
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 14th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Yellow is the New Black (★★)
NOTE: Cut for a U.
180
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 16th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
NOTE: Missed some of the epilogue because I was suffering from severe hypertension that I got from a combination of a long-lasting cold and Speed Racer.
181
Special CG Anime Screenings
- Robber’s Company (★★★★)
- TIME DRIVER The Future We Drew (★★★½)
SCREENING: Hyper Japan Winter
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Hyper Theatre
LOCATION: Olympia
182
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 18th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
183
Animation 2018
- The Penguin Who Couldn’t Swim (★★★★)
- Outside the Box (★★★★)
- Quarantine (★★★★½)
- Childhood Memories (★★★★)
- Meteorlight (★★★★)
- Uki (★★★★)
- Frank’s Joke (★★★★)
- The Three Crow Boys (★★★½)
- //_sleeper (★★★★)
- Ladder to You (★★★½)
- Hair (★★★★)
- O, Hunter Heart (★★★★½)
- Slug Life (★★★★½)
SCREENING: Q&A (Cassian Harrison, Helen Brunsdon & Jez Stewart, feat. Emma Calder & Osbert Parker), Animation 2018
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
184
★★★★½
SCREENING: Q&A (Mats Grorud), London Palestine Film Festival
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: Curzon
LOCATION: Soho
SHORTS: One Minute (★★★★½)
185
★★★★★
SCREENING: UK premiere
DATE: November 19th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London
187
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
★★★
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: November 30th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
188
My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes (2018)
★★★½
SCREENING: Japanese, Gallery
DATE: December 4th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
189
Female Figures 2
- Simbiosis Carnal (★★★★★)
- Crying and Wanking (★★★★)
- The Hat (★★★★½)
- How to Make a Ghost (★★★★½)
- What She Wants (★★★★)
- Vanilla Whip (★★★★)
- Barbeque (★★★★½)
- Egg (★★★★★)
- Green Men, Yellow Woman
- Tales from Pussy Willow - Coming Into the Station
- Intimity (★★★★)
- Chromosome Sweetheart (★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (Thalma Goldman Cohen, Kate Jessop, Jez Stewart & Jenny Jokela), London International Animation Festival
DATE: December 5th
CINEMA: Barbican Cinema Café
LOCATION: Barbican
190
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Silver Screen
DATE: December 6th
CINEMA: Picturehouse
LOCATION: Greenwich
NOTE: Was supposed to see this on November 27th but my anxiety got the better of me in my sleep.
191
★★★★½
SCREENING: The Studio
DATE: December 7th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
192
The Christmas Short Films
- Father Christmas (★★★★)
- The Snowman (★★★★★❤)
- A Christmas Carol (★★★★★)
SCREENING: Q&A (Dave Unwin & Richard Williams), Animation 2018
DATE: December 9th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London
NOTE: Father Christmas was a digitised restoration, The Snowman’s copy was from a VHS that included David Bowie’s introduction, and A Christmas Carol was screened from a 35mm print restored by the AMPAS.
193
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 11th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
194
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: XPlus Laser, Recliner
DATE: December 12th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
195
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 13th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Edited for a 12A.
196
★★★½
SCREENING: Advanced
DATE: December 15th
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: Cut for a PG.
197
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 19th
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
198
★★½
SCREENING: IMAX
DATE: December 21st
CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux
LOCATION: Bluewater
199
★★★
SCREENING: 12 Days of Christmas
DATE: December 22nd
CINEMA: Picturehouse Central
LOCATION: West End
SHORTS: The Music Box (★★★★★)
200
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 35mm
DATE: December 30th
CINEMA: Prince Charles Cinema
LOCATION: London