Ep. 347: Elsinore, La Bola Negra, The Debut, and others from the London Film Festival
Claire and Gavia return with our annual lineup of spoiler-free reviews from the London Film Festival: queer Shakespearean theatre biopic Elsinore (starring Andrew Scott), Russian political thriller Minotaur (winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes), Norwegian-Romanian legal drama Fjord (starring Sebastian Stan; winner of the Palme d'Or), the widely acclaimed queer Spanish historical epic La Bola Negra, Martin McDonagh's star-studded spy comedy Wild Horse Nine, and Jesse Eisenberg's hilarious musical theatre satire The Debut.
Links:
“Making Light of a Dark Past,” Colm Tóibín, The New York Review
Related episodes: LFF 2025, Glasgow Film Festival 2024, LFF and NYFF review episodes 2026-2021.