While the London Film Festival is fresh in the mind, The Cinematologists bring you this round-up of some of the best films in this year's event. In order to help with this task, we have enlisted two smart and articulate young film critics to give their in-depth, considered opinions. Dario talks to Savina Petkova (MubiNotebook, Electric Ghost Magazine, Girls on Tops Tees) and James Maitre (Director's Notes, Albums in the Attic) about their festival highlights.

Before that Dario also talks to London Film Festival senior programmers Kate Taylor and Michael Blyth about the organisation, judging and the context of the festival (You can hear the full interview via our Patreon Page).

(Apologies for the somewhat echoey recording in certain parts of the show)

Shownotes

The Other Lamb (Malgorzata Szumowska)

Monos (Alejandro Landes)

The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers)

The Last Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot)

The Lodge (Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Celine Sciamma) 

Nocturnal (Nathalie Biancheri)

Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov)

Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)

Nimic (Yorgos Lanthimos)

The Report (Scott Z. Burns) 

Mr Jones (Agnieszka Holland) 

Rose Plays Julie (Joe Lawler & Christine Molloy)

James also mentions the Podcast The Evolution of Horror

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