This year I had the immense privilege as a lesbian to cover the BFI Flare Film Festival as press. In this round up podcast I go through each film I went to see describing it and giving a few bits about why I loved each film. I have left the time stamps for each film and the Letterboxd page and trailer (if there is one available). There will also be longer form written reviews coming out as the week goes on which I will link below.
THERE IS A MISTAKE IN THIS PODCAST IF I MAKE IT TO THE MORNING IS THE SHORT FILM AND LUCKY APARTMENT IS THE FEATURE FILM!
Here is everything I watched at the festival:
Intro: 00:00 - 01:50
Dreams in Nightmares - 01:51 - 03:55 - Letterboxd - No Trailer - BFI
Where You Find Me - 03:56 - 06:13 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Mea Culpa - 06:13 - 10:38 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Drive Back Home - 10:39 - 12:06 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
CORRECTION: If I Make It To The Morning (SHORT FILM)/ Lucky Apartment (FEATURE FILM) - 12:07 - 14:32 - Letterboxd/ short film - Trailer - BFI
Hot Milk - 14:33 - 17:22 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Night Stage - 17:23 - 19:18 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
The Astronaut Lovers - 19:19 - 20:45 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Grace/ Drip Like Coffee - 20:46 - 22:29 - Letterboxd/ short film - Trailer - BFI
High Tide - 22:30 - 24:07 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
The Wedding Banquet (2025) - 24:08 - 25:59 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Lakeview - 26:00 - 28:35 - Letterboxd - Trailer - BFI
Hi All
Here is this week's podcast of EmilyLovesLondon - Get Rec'd episode 13. If you are looking for short recommendations of films, books and TV shows this is the place to be! I give you three film, three book and three TV show recommendations each week. I have broken down the episode in case their is a particular film or section you want to listen to. There are links to the IMDB pages and a trailer. In this episode I didn't do too much reading in these last two weeks so there are no book recommendations:
Intro - 00:00 - 00:40
Films - 00:40 - 07:28
My Oxford Year - 00:40 - 02:50 - IMDB - Trailer
Together - 02:51 - 04:53 - IMDB - Trailer
Materialists - 04:54 - 07:28 - IMDB - Trailer
TV Shows - 07:29 - 13:45
Alien Earth Season 1 - 07:29 - 09:26 - IMDB - Trailer
F1 Academy Season 1 - 09:27 - 11:11 - IMDB - Trailer
America’s Team: The Gambler and his Cowboys Season 1 - 11:12 - 13:45 - IMDB - Trailer
Hi All
Here is this week's podcast of EmilyLovesLondon - Get Rec'd episode 12. If you are looking for short recommendations of films, books and TV shows this is the place to be! I give you three film, three book and three TV show recommendations bi-weekly. I have broken down the episode in case their is a particular film or section you want to listen to. There are links to the IMDB pages and a trailer. For the books there are affiliate links to bookshop.org or Waterstones. Today is just books and films:
Intro - 00:00 - 00:49
Films - 00:49 - 10:19
Weapons - 00:49 - 04:15 - IMDB - Trailer
The Naked Gun - 04:16 - 07:23 - IMDB - Trailer
Sense and Sensibility - 07:24 - 10:19 - IMDB - Trailer
Books - 10:20 - 17:47
Everything but Money by Jessica Moorhouse - 10:20 - 12:08 - Amazon
Verity by Colleen Hoover - 12:09 - 14:27 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Losing It by Sophia Smith Galer - 14:28 - 17:47 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
This is my diary of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2024. I went to see a whopping 41 films last year. It is such a privilege each year to get to go as press to the festival so thank you so much BFI for giving me my pass so I get to watch and write about the incredible films you screen each year at the festival. It is a truly wonderful part of my year where I have met so many incredible people and made some lifelong friends.
I do go into spoilers here so if you are not a fan of hearing them skip over that film or watch it then come back. As always I would love to hear your opinions on the films I saw so lets have a discussion in the comments.
So here is the list of all the films and the time stamps of where they are in the podcast:
Intro - 00:00 - 1:00
Four Mothers - Letterboxd - Trailer - 1:00 - 2:22
Queer - Letterboxd - Trailer - 2:23 - 3:49
Bring Them Down - Letterboxd - Trailer - 3:50 - 4:49
Nightbitch - Letterboxd - Trailer - 4:50 - 6:19
Bird - Letterboxd - Trailer - 6:20 - 7:29
When Fall is Coming - Letterboxd - Trailer - 7:30 - 8:50
A Real Pain - Letterboxd - Trailer - 8:51 - 9:58
A Traveler's Needs - Letterboxd - Trailer - 9:59 - 11:11
Sofa, So Good - Letterboxd - Trailer - 11:12 - 12:14
Mother Vera - Letterboxd - Trailer - 12:15 - 13:09
Black Box Diaries - Letterboxd - Trailer - 13:10 - 14:13
Julie Keeps Quiet - Letterboxd - Trailer - 14:14 - 15:11
Sister Midnight - Letterboxd - Trailer - 15:12 - 16:23
That Christmas - Letterboxd - Trailer - 16:24 - 17:54
The Piano Lesson - Letterboxd - Trailer - 17:55 - 18:54
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree - Letterboxd - Trailer - 18:55 - 19:44
Emilía Perez - Letterboxd - Trailer - 19:45 - 21:17
HappyEnd - Letterboxd - Trailer - 21:18 - 22:15
Skincare - Letterboxd - Trailer - 22:16 - 22:51
The Weekend - Letterboxd - Trailer - 22:52 - 23:45
Aicha - Letterboxd - Trailer - 23:46 - 24:41
Anora - Letterboxd - Trailer - 24:42 - 25:36
Piece by Piece - Letterboxd - Trailer - 25:37 - 26:27
The Wild Robot - Letterboxd - Trailer - 26:28 - 27:19
Last Swim - Letterboxd - Trailer - 27:20 - 28:08
Blitz - Letterboxd - Trailer - 28:09 - 28:55
Joy - Letterboxd - Trailer - 28:56 - 29:39
The Apprentice - Letterboxd - Trailer - 29:40 - 30:17
Hard Truths - Letterboxd - Trailer - 30:18 - 31:23
We Live in Time - Letterboxd - Trailer - 31:24 - 31:57
The Room Next Door - Letterboxd - Trailer - 31:58 - 32:40
Maria - Letterboxd - Trailer - 32:41 - 33:20
Nickle Boys - Letterboxd - Trailer - 33:21 - 34:17
The Extraordinary Miss Flowers - Letterboxd - Trailer - 34:18 - 34:42
On Falling - Letterboxd - Trailer - 34:43 - 35:21
My Everything - Letterboxd - Trailer - 35:22 - 36:01
All of You - Letterboxd - NO Trailer (Very disappointing! As this is a great film!) - 36:02 - 36:49
The Other Way Round - Letterboxd - Trailer - 36:50 - 37:34
The Cats of Gokogu Shrine - Letterboxd - Trailer - 37:35 - 38:20
Saturday Night - Letterboxd - Trailer - 38:21 - 39:39
Conclave - Letterboxd - Trailer - 39:40 - 42:47
End - 44:16
Hi All
Here is this week's podcast of EmilyLovesLondon - Get Rec'd episode 11. I have broken down the episode in case their is a particular film or section you want to listen to. There are links to the IMDB pages and a trailer. For the books there are affiliate links to bookshop.org or Waterstones:
Intro - 00:00 - 00:58
Films - 00:59 - 13:53
Heretic - 00:59. - 03:39 - IMDB - Trailer
Venom Trilogy - 03:40 - 15:40
Venom - 03:40 - 05:31 - IMDB - Trailer
Venom Let There Be Carnage - 05:32 - 06:53 - IMDB - Trailer
Venom The Last Dance - 06:54 - 10:38 - IMDB - Trailer
The Mirror Crack’d - 10:39 - 13:39 - IMDB - Trailer
Books - 13:54 - 22:39
The Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio - 13:54 - 16:23 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar - 16:24 - 18:56 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Survive the Night by Riley Sager - 18:57 - 22:39 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
TV Shows - 22:40 - 28:45
Cold Case Season 1 - Amazon Prime - 22:40 - 25:05 - IMDB
Love is Blind Habibi Season 1 - Netflix - 25:06 - 26:42 - IMDB - Trailer
Happy Valley Season 1 - BBC Iplayer - 26:43 - 28:45 - IMDB - Trailer
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it The Kitchen and One Life:
Watch on: Netflix
Watch on: Now/ Sky
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it Poor Things, The Book of Clarence and Maestro:
Watch on: Disney+
The Book of Clarence - Trailer - IMDB
Watch on: To Buy on Amazon Prime
Watch on: Netflix
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it The End We Start From and Cobweb:
The End We Start From - Trailer - iMDB
Watch on: Netflix
Watch on: Nowhere at the Moment
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it NYAD and Foe:
Watch on: Netflix
Watch on: Amazon Prime
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it Priscilla:
Watch On: Mubi
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it All of Us Strangers and The Boy and the Heron:
All of Us Strangers - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: Disney+
The Boy and the Heron - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: You can preorder on Apple TV+ to buy on the 16th September but it will be coming to Netflix later this year.
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it Killers of the Flower Moon, Perfect Days and Inshallah a Boy:
Killers of the Flower Moon - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: Apple TV+
Perfect Days - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: Mubi
Inshallah A Boy - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: Nowhere at the moment
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it Hoard, May December and Memory:
Watch on: Mubi
Watch on: Sky or Now
Watch on: BFI Player
This is the day journal of all the films I went to see at the BFI London Film Festival 2023.
Here are the films I went to see and where to watch it:
The Bikeriders - IMDB - Trailer
Watch on: Buy on Amazon Prime
Hi All
Here is this week's podcast of EmilyLovesLondon - Get Rec'd episode 10. I have broken down the episode in case their is a particular film or section you want to listen to. There are links to the IMDB pages and a trailer. For the books there are affiliate links to bookshop.org or Waterstones:
Intro - 00:00 - 1:48
Books - 1:49 - 09:30
Survive the Night by Riley Sager - 1:49 - 4:04 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
You Are Here by David Nicholls - 04:05 - 07:35 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Adventures of a Young Naturalist by David Attenborough - 07:36 - 09:30 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Films - 09:31 - 17:03
Float - 09:31 - 12:59 - IMDB - Trailer
Do Revenge - 13:00 - 15:40 - IMDB - Trailer
The Lesson - 15:41 - 17:03 - IMDB - Trailer
TV Shows - 17:04 - 26:49
Bridgerton Season 1 - Netflix - 17:04 - 22:51 - IMDB - Trailer
I Kissed a Girl Season 1 - Netflix - 22:52 - 26:49 - IMDB - Trailer
Hi All
Here is this week's podcast of EmilyLovesLondon - Get Rec'd episode 9. I have broken down the episode in case their is a particular film or section you want to listen to. There are links to the IMDB pages and a trailer. For the books there are affiliate links to bookshop.org or Waterstones:
Intro - 00:00 - 1:18
Films - 1:18 - 17:20
Wicked Little Letters - 1:18 - 6:10 - IMDB - Trailer
American Fiction - 6:11 - 12:33 - IMDB - Trailer
Madame Web - 12:34 - 17:08 - IMDB - Trailer
Books - 17:21 - 28:19
Argylle by Elle Conway - 17:21 - 22:20 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid - 22:21 - 22:49 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
Wandering Souls by Cecil Pine - 22:50 - 28:19 - Waterstones - Bookshop.org
TV Shows - 28:20 - 38:40
Fool Me Once Season 1 - Netflix - 28:20 - 31:30 - IMDB - Trailer
Drive to Survive Season 4-6 - Netflix - 31:31 - 33:50 - IMDB - Trailer
Charmed Season 2 - Amazon Prime - 33:51 - 38:40 - IMDB - Trailer
Hi Beautiful People! Here is episode seven where I discuss three films, three books and three TV shows that I have watched and read this week. It is a working progress so I would love your feedback on what you enjoyed and what you didn't. Here is the breakdown of the episode if there something specific you want to listen to:
Intro - 00:00 - 01:08
Films - 01:08 - 07:40
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - Cinema - 01:09 - 03:45
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28814949/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_1_nm_7_q_taylor
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon - Sky/ Now - 03:46 - 07:40
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760670/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
TV Shows - 07:41 - 15:06
The Good Wife - Season 3 - 07:41 - 09:46
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442462/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520good
Clarice - Season 1 - 09:47 - 12:20
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177268/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_clarice
Correction: This series is set after the film The Silence of the Lambs. The politician is not a politician but the FBI Chief.
F1 Drive to Survive - Season 4 - 12:21 - 15:06
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8289930/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Books - 15:07 - 20:46
Past Mortem by Carla Valentine - 15:07 - 17:12
Violet and the Pearl of the Orient by Harriet Whitehorn - 17:13 - 18:45
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay - 18:46 - 20:46
End - 20:47 - 21:36
I occasionally make mistakes, I am not perfect, so I will endeavor to correct myself in the description.
I hope you enjoy this episode and look out for more on the horizon! Blog: https://emilyloveslondon.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyloveslondon_booklover/?next=%2F
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyCCannings
Hi Beautiful People! Here is episode seven where I discuss three films, three books and three TV shows that I have watched and read this week.
It is a working progress so I would love your feedback on what you enjoyed and what you didn't. Here is the breakdown of the episode if there something specific you want to listen to:
Introduction - 00:00 - 1:07
Films - 01:08 - 12:44
Fear Street Trilogy - Netflix - 01:08 - 06:19
Part 1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6566576/
Part 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9701940/
Part 3
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9701942/
Asteroid City - Cinema - 06:20 - 09:32
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230388/
The Little Mermaid - Cinema - 09:33 - 12:44
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5971474/
Books - 12:45 - 20:42
Are You There God It’s Me, Margaret? By Judy Blume - 12:45 - 15:12
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37732
Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobb - 15:13 - 18:47
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61237032
Assassination Classroom Vol 2 by Yusei Matsui - 18:48 - 20:42
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16078334
TV Shows - 20:43 - 28:45
Rizzoli and Isles Season 1 - Amazon Prime - 20:43 - 22:49
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632/
Break Point Season 1 - Netflix - 22:50 - 25:05
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17048442/
Emily in Paris Season 3 - Netflix - 25:06 - 28:45
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8962124/
Ending - 28:46- 29:33
I occasionally make mistakes, I am not perfect, so I will endeavor to correct myself in the description.
I hope you enjoy this episode and look out for more on the horizon! Blog: https://emilyloveslondon.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyloveslondon_booklover/?next=%2F
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyCCannings
Hi Beautiful People! Here is episode six where I discuss three films, two books and three TV shows that I have watched and read this week. It is a working progress so I would love your feedback on what you enjoyed and what you didn't. Here is the breakdown of the episode if there something specific you want to listen to: Introduction - 00:00 - 00:30
Films - 00:31 - 08:44
Return to Seoul - Picturehouse Cinema/ Curzon Home Cinema - 00:31 - 04:09
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19719836/
The Kissing Booth Trilogy - Netflix - 04:10 - 06:54
The Kissing Booth
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799232/
The Kissing Booth 2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9784456/
The Kissing Booth 3 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12783454/
Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse - Cinema - 06:55 - 09:45
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362722/
Books - 09:46 - 16:25
Seven Faceless Saints by M.K. Lobbb - 09:46 - 12:52
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61237032
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling - 12:53 - 16:25
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56554626
TV Shows - 16:26 - 26:22
Charmed Season 2 - Amazon Prime - 16:26 - 19:39
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158552/
Bosch Season 3 - Amazon Prime - 19:40 - 23:29
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3502248/
Rizzoli & Isles Season 1 - Amazon Prime - 23:30 - 26:22
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1551632/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32263
Ending - 26:23 - 28:03
I occasionally make mistakes, I am not perfect, so I will endeavor to correct myself in the description.
I hope you enjoy this episode and look out for more on the horizon! Blog: https://emilyloveslondon.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyloveslondon_booklover/?next=%2F
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyCCannings
Hi Beautiful People!
Here is episode four where I discuss three films, three books and three TV shows that I have watched and read this week.
It is a working progress so I would love your feedback on what you enjoyed and what you didn't.
Here is the breakdown of the episode if there something specific you want to listen to:
Introduction - 00:00 - 00:27
Films - 00:28 - 16:12
Bones and All - 00:28 - 06:23
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10168670/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_Bones%2520and%2520All
Empire of Light - 06:24 - 13:25
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14402146/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Empire%2520of%2520Light
Corsage - 13:26 - 16:12
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11992694/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Books - 16:13 - 24:54
Agents of Shield Vol 1 The Coulson Protocol by Marc Guggenheim, German Peralta, Rachelle Rosenberg, Joe Caramagna, Mike Norton, F.C.O. Plascencia - 16:13 - 18:16
Just Beyond Vol 2 + 3 by R.L. Stine - 18:07 - 21:27
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53712775-just-beyond-vol-2?ref=nav_sb_ss_3_15
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55769251-just-beyond-vol-3?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_16
Princess Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie - 21:28 - 24:54
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29081927-princesses-behaving-badly
TV Shows - 24:55 - 33:41
The Spying Game Season 1 - History Hit - 24:55 - 27:56
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27162032/?ref_=fn_al_tt_12
Bosch Season 2 - Amazon Prime - 27:57 - 29:57
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3502248/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_Bosch
Father Brown Season 10 - BBC Iplayer - 29:58 - 33:41
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215842/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_Father%2520Brown
Ending - 33:42 - 34:05
I occasionally make mistakes, I am not perfect, so I will endeavor to correct myself in the description.
I hope you enjoy this episode and look out for more on the horizon!
Blog: https://emilyloveslondon.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyloveslondon_booklover/?next=%2F
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyCCannings