Spank's LFF Diary, Saturday 13/10/2018

Reviewed today: The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs, Doozy, Green Book, The Hummingbird Project.

Spank's LFF Diary, Friday 12/10/2018

Reviewed today: Freedom Fields, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.

Spank's LFF Diary, Thursday 11/10/2018

Reviewed today: Widows.

Spank's LFF Diary, Wednesday 10/10/2018

Reviewed today: Asako I & II.

London Film Festival 2018

I went to my first ever London Film Festival in 1989. I've been going every year since. This will therefore be my thirtieth LFF. An anniversary like that makes you ask questions of yourself. Questions like: why on earth have I spent more than half my life doing this?

Coincidentally, someone else has just made a film which answers that question for me.

Spank's LFF Diary: The Wrap Party 2017

As noted elsewhere, I saw a total of 39 things at the 2017 London Film Festival. And using the now-infamous programme category system (this year commemorated with a set of free postcards), here's how they break down:

- Headline Galas: 1
- Flare Special Presentation: 1
- Official Competition: 1 (not the winner, that was Loveless)
- First Feature Competition: 1 (not the winner, that was The Wound)
- Documentary Competition: 1 (not the winner, that was Kingdom Of Us)
- Love: 3
- Debate: 1
- Laugh: 4
- Dare: 5
- Thrill: 5
- Cult: 3
- Journey: 6
- Create: 5
- Screen Talks: 1
- Uncategorised VR Events: 1

So, apparently, the sort of things I like best are "films to transport you and shift your perspective," a description so woolly they didn't even make a postcard for it. As for which individual films were the best and worst, I'll tell you that in a few paragraphs time. First up, though, here's The Belated Birthday Girl to tell you about what she liked. Including a spectacular video bonus!

Spank's LFF Diary, Sunday 15/10/2017

Reviewed today: Bad Genius, Funny Cow, Grain, A Matter Of Life And Death, You Were Never Really Here.

Spank's LFF Diary, Saturday 14/10/2017

Reviewed today: Here To Be Heard, Our Time Will Come, Salesman, Scarface.

Spank's LFF Diary, Friday 13/10/2017

Reviewed today: 78/52, Abu, Jane, Untitled.

Spank's LFF Diary, Thursday 12/10/2017

Reviewed today: Good Manners, Mother's Ghost, On The Beach At Night Alone.