Spank's LFF Diary, Saturday 05/10/2019

Reviewed today: Monos, Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Shooting The Mafia, Sid And Judy.

Spank's LFF Diary, Friday 04/10/2019

Reviewed today: I Lost My Body, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Workforce.

Spank's LFF Diary, Thursday 03/10/2019

Reviewed today: Jallikattu, The Lost Okoroshi, The Personal History Of David Copperfield, A Pleasure Comrades!

Spank's LFF Diary, Wednesday 02/10/2019

Reviewed today: Leap Of Faith, Maggie.

London Film Festival 2019

Being a poet helps, apparently. Last August marked the 30th anniversary of my first visit to the Edinburgh Festival. As regular readers will know, I attempted to mark the anniversary by seeing how many of the acts I saw in 1989 could be revisited at the 2019 festival. The answer was five, possibly six: and interestingly, two of them - Attila The Stockbroker and Roger McGough - were poets. Which either says something about my artistic tastes over the last three decades, or about the longevity of poets.

This year also marks the thirtieth anniversary of my first ever London Film Festival. Sooo... how many of the people I saw at LFF 1989 will be at LFF 2019?

Right, that's the cliffhanger set up. Let's move on.

Spank's LFF Diary: The Wrap Party 2018

I saw 27 films at the 2018 London Film Festival, only four of which appear in this year's promo - see if you can spot them. (Useful hint if you get stuck: the clips are always lifted straight from the movie trailers.)

So which were the good ones and which were the bad ones? As ever, The Belated Birthday Girl and I have tried to work as independently as possible when writing our overviews, but inevitably you can expect some overlap. Ladies first, as usual.

Spank's LFF Diary, Sunday 21/10/2018

Reviewed today: Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mr SOUL!, My Little Chickadee.

Spank's LFF Diary, Saturday 20/10/2018

Reviewed today: Of Love And Law, The Prey, Shadow.

Spank's LFF Diary, Friday 19/10/2018

Reviewed today: Dead Pigs, Two Plains And A Fancy.

Spank's LFF Diary, Thursday 18/10/2018 [incorporating BrewDogging #57: Canary Wharf]

Reviewed today: Birds Of Passage, Etangs Noirs.