BFI London Film Festival

It was good to spend some time at BFI London Film Festival last week and meet some of the makers. I enjoyed Killers of the Flower Moon, Saltburn and Maestro but couldn't find much to like about Foe (the otherwise admirable Paul Mescal looking rather overstretched, I felt). The Holdover Boys was a film that really grew on me (once you get over the initial similarities to Dead Poets Society, though it ends up being something quite different) and Paul Giamatti gives a standout leading performance. It was a particular pleasure to meet with director Alexander Payne afterwards and chat about some of his previous work.