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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Notturno
Notturno, 2020. Written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi. SYNOPSIS: Gianfranco Rosi’s new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East. Gianfranco Rosi’s (Fire at Sea) new documentary affirms both the strengths and weaknesses of his quasi-observational filmmaking style, delivering a deeply-felt yet flawed collage of life lived on the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – American Utopia
American Utopia, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring David Byrne, Jaqueline Acevedo, and Gustavo di Dalva. SYNOPSIS: Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name. On the face of things, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and director Spike Lee are […]
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