The Power of the Dog, 2021.Written and Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Thomasin McKenzie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, and Sean Keenan.SYNOPSIS:Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – True Things
True Things, 2021.Directed by Harry Wootliff. Starring Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider and Frank McCusker.SYNOPSIS:A JobCentre worker strikes up a romantic relationship with a mysterious ex-convict who visits her office.Harry Wootliff delivered one of the absolute gems of the London Film Festival back in 2018, when her debut feature Only You premiered […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – King Richard
King Richard, 2021.Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring Will Smith, Demi Singleton, Saniyya Sidney, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Susie Abromeit, Dylan McDermott, Judith Chapman, Katrina Begin, Erin Cummings, Andy Bean, Kevin Dunn, Craig Tate, Calvin Clausell Jr., Noah Bean, Vaughn W. Hebron, and Chet Grissom.SYNOPSIS:A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter, 2021.Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Domińczyk and Ed Harris.SYNOPSIS:A translator on an idyllic holiday becomes obsessed with a young mother, inspiring her to think back to her own parenting methods.I often wonder how I would’ve reacted if someone had tapped me […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021.Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Colman, Sope Dirisu and Glenda Jackson.SYNOPSIS:A maid meets with her posh boy lover, as he prepares to marry a woman approved by his parents.There comes a point in every film festival experience when you question why you’ve even bothered […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – King Richard
King Richard, 2021.Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton and Jon Bernthal.SYNOPSIS:The story of the Williams sisters, and the father who helped to position them for tennis superstardom.Sporting underdog stories are ten a penny, but they seldom come as enormous as the tale of the Williams sisters – […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hit the Road
Hit the Road, 2021.Directed by Panah Panahi. Starring Hasan Majuni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak and Amin Simiar.SYNOPSIS:A family travels on a mysterious road trip across the Iranian landscape.One of the great joys in cinema is a properly exciting child actor. Often, kids on the big screen can be wooden or a little bewildered, but occasionally […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Passing
Passing, 2021.Written and Directed by Rebecca Hall. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Justus Davis Graham, Ethan Barrett, Ashley Ware Jenkins, and Amos J. Machanic.SYNOPSIS:Passing follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho, 2021.Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham.SYNOPSIS:A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s.Edgar Wright loves horror and Edgar […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Belfast
Belfast, 2021.Written and Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Jude Hill, Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Ciarán Hinds, Lara McDonnell, Gerard Horan, Turlough Convery, Gerard McCarthy, Bríd Brennan, Sid Sagar, Colin Morgan, and Olive Tennant.SYNOPSIS:Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a […]
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