Honest Thief, 2020.Directed by Mark Williams. Starring Liam Neeson, Kate Walsh, Jai Courtney, Jeffrey Donovan, Anthony Ramos, and Robert Patrick.SYNOPSIS:Wanting to lead an honest life, a notorious bank robber turns himself in, only to be double-crossed by two ruthless FBI agents.Liam Neeson has certainly calmed things down on the action front over the last few […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lovers Rock
Lovers Rock, 2020.Co-written and directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Amarah-Jae St Aubyn, Michael Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, and Kedar Williams-Stirling.SYNOPSIS:A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance, and music.The second entry into Steve McQueen’s five-part “Small Axe” anthology series, capturing stories of […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020.Written and Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, and Fiona Shaw.SYNOPSIS:In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.Though not quite the filmmaker’s sophomore slump, […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Human Voice
The Human Voice, 2020.Co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton.SYNOPSIS:A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.All you need to make […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – African Apocalypse
African Apocalypse, 2020.Co-written and directed by Rob Lemkin. Starring Femi Nylander, Amina Weira, and Boubacar Assan Midal.SYNOPSIS:A young man’s epic journey across Africa in search of a colonial killer.Rob Lemkin’s (Enemies of the People) new documentary confronts Europe’s grim imperial history with anger, accessibility, and a most unexpected through-line.African Apocalypse opens with a quote from Joseph […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – New Order
New Order, 2020.Written and directed by Michel Franco. Starring Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta, and Mónica del Carmen.SYNOPSIS:A high-society wedding is interrupted by the arrival of unwelcome guests.In a feat as impressive as it is maddening, Michel Franco’s (After Lucia, Chronic) new film – which scooped Venice’s Grand Jury Prize – just might be his most […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nomadland
Nomadland, 2020.Co-written and directed by Chloé Zhao. Starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Charlene Swankie, and Bob Wells.SYNOPSIS:Follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.Chloé Zhao’s third feature comfortably catapults her into the A-list of […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Striding Into the Wind
Striding Into the Wind, 2020.Co-written and directed by Shujun Wei. Starring Zhou You, Zheng Yingchen, and Wang Xiaomu.SYNOPSIS:Kun seems to be messing up pretty much everything: his senior year at film school, the job on his friend’s graduation film, and the relationship with his girlfriend. But Kun just acquired the cheapest second-hand car he could find: […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Zanka Contact
Zanka Contact, 2020.Written and directed by Ismaël El Iraki. Starring Ahmed Hammoud, Khansa Batma, and Saïd Bey.SYNOPSIS:In hellish Casablanca, a car-crash sets ablaze a burning, passionate love story between has-been rocker Larsen and the streetwise amazon Rajae.Anyone who’s seen more than a few-dozen films in their life will find plenty familiar about writer-director Ismael El Iraki’s […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Limbo
Limbo, 2020.Written and directed by Ben Sharrock. Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, and Sidse Babett Knudsen.SYNOPSIS:Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.There’s an understandable seriousness and sobriety to most movies chronicling the asylum seeker experience, and so […]
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