FILM REVIEWS AND NEWS

View the best movies screening at the 2026 SXSW London Film Festival. A curated list from film critic Chris Olson for UK Film Review.

It seems fitting that Brick Lane, the iconic creative corner of the capital, has been chosen as the staging ground for the upcoming Spring Edition of the Day Job Film Festival. As someone who spends a significant portion of my life immersed in the world of independent cinema, I find myself increasingly drawn to events that eschew the velvet ropes of the West End in favour of something more tangible, more raw, and more human.