BFI Film Festival

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS  The 55th BFI London Film Festival announced the shortlists and juries for the 2011 Festival Awards this week, heralding a star studded extravaganza that is due to take place at the prestigious LSO St Luke’s on 26th October. The Best Film Award celebrates original, inventive and distinctive film-making in the festival – given …

Dark Horse Written by Todd Solondz Directed by Todd Solondz USA, 2011 Todd Solondz doesn’t do feel-good comedies, but his latest tragicomedy, Dark Horse, does offer some hope to all those balding, paunchy guys who worry that they could never land a date with Selma Blair. Jordan Gelber plays Abe, a 35-year-old Jewish man who’s …