Kathleen Bondar BFI FLARE 2021 ROUND UP The British Film Institute’s LGBTQI+ Flare film festival offers a platform for debut directors and what's trending. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar AMMONITE Kate Winslet exults as the Victorian palaeontologist Mary Anning in Francis Lee's appropriation of a woman of passion. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME Natasa Stork plays a love obsessed neurosurgeon in Lily Horvat’s psychological feature set in contemporary Budapest. REVIEW
Susan Gray THE WHEEL A fix of "Paris Texas", provoking a longing for big sky country where anything can happen in Emma Elizabeth Tillman's short film. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar HYMN What it means to be "bros". Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani in Lolita Chakrabarti's play on demand, Almeida Theatre, March 2021. PODCAST
Susan Gray SLALOM Charlene Fevier's debut feature with Noee Abita in an abusive instructor-student relationship set on the ski-slopes of France. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar SIMPLE PASSION Laetitia Dosch & principal ballet dancer Sergei Polunin in Danielle Arbid's adaptation of Annie Ernaux's erotic autofiction. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar COCOON German coming-of-age film with Lena Urzendowksi and Jella Haase. In cinemas/online 11 December. REVIEW
Susan Gray OVERFLOW Reece Lyons in Travis Alabanza's trans woman monologue at the Bush Theatre until 16 January 2021. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar SUPERNOVA Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth in Harry MacQueen's timely film about a couple facing dementia. In Cinemas & online 2020. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar SHIRLEY Elisabeth Moss & Odessa Young in Josephine Decker's psycho-sexual thriller. In cinemas & online October 2020. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar ARTEMISIA Artemisia Gentileschi's monographic exhibition at the National Gallery until 24 January 2021. REVIEW & PODCAST
Kathleen Bondar FRIDA KAHLO Exhibition on Screen's revealing documentary about the iconic artist and her art. In cinemas and online, October 2020. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar ITALIAN THREADS: ESTORICK Italian Avant Garde Textile Design by MITA at the Estorick Islington. Ends 17 January 2021. REVIEW
Kathleen Bondar YOUNG AHMED Le Jeune Ahmed winner of Best Director at Cannes, directed by the Dardenne brothers, about a 14 year old French Jihadist. REVIEW & PODCAST
Susan Gray PARASITE Korean director Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar and Palme d’Or-winner in monochrome. When the have-nots have their day. REVIEW & PODCAST
Kathleen Bondar SAINT FRANCES Kelly O'Sullivan plays nanny whilst recovering from an abortion in Alex Thompson's witty feature debut. REVIEW & PODCAST
Kathleen Bondar LYNN & LUCY Street cast Roxanne Scrimshaw with Nichola Burley in Fyzal Boulifa's raw, BFI, debut feature. REVIEW & PODCAST
Susan Gray PETER SCHUYFF Dutch Canadian artist Peter Schuyff at the heart of 1980s art scene. White Cube, Mason's Yard SW1 Ends August 2020.
Kathleen Bondar ISADORA NOW – BARBICAN Viviana Durante has gifted London audiences with ISADORA NOW at the Barbican until 29 Feb
