Final day of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing 14th, All Of A Sudden, Pakeezah https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/19/spanks-lff-diary-sunday-18-10-2026/

Penultimate day of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing I Love Boosters, Look Back, Paper Tiger https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/18/spanks-lff-diary-saturday-17-10-2026/

Day ten of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Hanabi, It Will Happen Tonight, Too Many Beasts, Water Body https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/17/spanks-lff-diary-friday-16-10-2026/

Day nine of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Az Zeeb, La Derive, A Long Winter, Rebellion https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/16/spanks-lff-diary-thursday-15-10-2026/

Day eight of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Carl Sagan: We Are Made Of Star Stuff, Short Film Competition (part 2), Wicker https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/15/spanks-lff-diary-wednesday-14-10-2026/

Day seven of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Ana En Passant, Concrete Turned To Sand, Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/14/spanks-lff-diary-tuesday-13-10-2026/

Day six of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Rogue Trooper, Screen Talk: Ava DuVernay, Short Film Competition (part 1) https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/13/spanks-lff-diary-monday-12-10-2026/

Day five of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Chronovisor, The Difficult Bride https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/12/spanks-lff-diary-sunday-11-10-2026/

Day four of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty!, The Station, Wild Horse Nine https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/11/spanks-lff-diary-saturday-10-10-2026/

Day three of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Life/Drawing, Nightborn, Supporting Role https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/10/spanks-lff-diary-friday-09-10-2026/

Day two of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Cameron Winter At Carnegie Hall, The Match https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/09/spanks-lff-diary-thursday-08-10-2026/

Day one of London Film Festival 2026 #LFF, reviewing Gone To Earth https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/08/spanks-lff-diary-wednesday-07-10-2026/

Time to start hitting the #LFF hashtag like it owes me money. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/07/london-film-festival-2026/

First-of-the-month post ahoy! Featuring Kiwis, coyotes, monkeys and the Essex version of Helen of Troy. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/10/01/simian-substitute-site-for-october-2026-vers-la-foret/

One month after it all happened, it's time for the first part of my 2026 What I Did On My Holidays post. We're starting in Niigata. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/09/30/rising-monkey-x-i-niigata/

Death, music, spelling and Ikea's most gratuitous product placement: just your usual first-of-the-month post. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/09/01/simian-substitute-site-for-september-2026-follow-punch/

Putting a 20-year-old blog post back into circulation, for some reason. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/21/earth_celebrati/

I saw seven John Woo films last month, which is probably more exit wounds than it's healthy to experience in so short a timeframe. But here's the review anyway. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/14/bullets-and-brotherhood/

First-of-the-month post is up right now, if you'd like to find out what my least favourite book of 2026 is. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/08/01/simian-substitute-site-for-august-2026-max-fulhams-monkey-business/

As has become traditional in years when I'm not going to the Edinburgh Festival, here's a list of what I'm not going to see there. https://spank-the-monkey.co.uk/2026/07/30/edinburgh-festival-preview-2026-and-all-that-jazz-but-nothing-else/