Isn't it just wonderful? I didn't want it to end. Congrats on somehow being immune to Skarsgård, he turned me into a puddle of pathetic lust!

And ironically, very little provision for recreation in that part of Holbeck.

Possibly my favourite film of the year, saw it at @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social last week. So intricate and carefully constructed and yet so powerful. What an ending too!

This is lovely, Rick, but also lower-league football is so where it's at, man wise (Up the Minstermen)

2-2 and I was singing 🎵 Hello Darkness, My Old Friend 🎵

Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?

Done

An embarrassment of riches this year at @leedsfilmfest.bsky.social, but here are my top 5:

1. Sentimental Value
2. The Secret Agent
3. It Was Just An Accident
4. Pillion
5. A Poet

Honourable mentions: Nouvelle Vague, Rains Over Babel

See you next year, LIFFers! #LIFF2025

19. THE LOVE THAT REMAINS. #LIFF2025 rounds off in its usual fashion with a charming off-beat closer, a lovely, delicate Icelandic film about a family grappling with a divorce. Small but perfectly formed, with surreal moments that are totally earned. A perfect way to end a brilliant #LIFF2025. 4/5

Blimey, well I have now! So intrigued. It's such a smart, clever film but it's also about a pretty niche world that is going to challenge any latent homophobia in any audience that is anything other than super progressive. God, I hope it breaks out, it deserves to.

18. THE SECRET AGENT. A breathtaking epic set during the military junta in 70s Brazil with the bones of a political thriller but told with a freshness that made me want to jump with joy. Wagner Moura (aka Pablo Escobar, Narcos fans!) gives the performance of a lifetime. A masterpiece 5/5 #LIFF2025

17. MIRRORS No3. Well it had to happen at some point: a stone cold Euro-stinker, a lifeless and deeply pretentious German dirge full of unlikeable and utterly unbelievable characters played by dead-eyed actors who looked bored out of their minds. I certainly was. 1/5 #LIFF2025