Ultraviolence, 2020. Directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: A very timely and powerful look at cases of deaths in police custody in the UK. In 2001, documentary filmmaker Ken Fero unveiled his ground-breaking, controversial movie Injustice, which told numerous stories of deaths in police custody in Britain. Almost two decades later, he’s returning to the subject […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Shadow Country
Shadow Country, 2020. Directed by Bohdan Sláma. Starring Magdaléna Borová, Stanislav Majer, and Csongor Kassai. SYNOPSIS: Chronicles the events of a village on the Czech-Austrian border from the 1930s to 1950s, where genocide occurred due to fallout between German citizens and Czechs who collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. Intimate in style yet […]
Movie Review – One Night in Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami, 2020. Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango and Christian Magby. SYNOPSIS: Four icons of Black history in America meet in a hotel room to celebrate 22-year-old Cassius Clay’s surprise world heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston. On paper, a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – I Am Samuel
I Am Samuel, 2020. Directed by Pete Murimi. SYNOPSIS: A gay couple in Kenya deal with the fact their relationship is illegal, as well as their disapproving families. “This is Alex. I am Sammy. Alex is the love of my life.” So opens Kenyan documentary I Am Samuel, without a “can I make it any […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Herself
Herself, 2020. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, and Conleth Hill. SYNOPSIS: Young mother Sandra escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and rediscovers herself. Director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – 180 Degree Rule
180 Degree Rule, 2020. Written and directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, and Hassan Pourshirazi. SYNOPSIS: A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement. […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Farewell Amor
Farewell Amor, 2020. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi. Starring Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, and Jayme Lawson. SYNOPSIS: Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom, 2016. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng. SYNOPSIS: In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). […]
Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival Review – The MisEducation of Bindu
The MisEducation of Bindu, 2019. Directed by Prarthana Mohan. Starring Megan Suri, Philip Labes, Priyanka Bose, David Arquette, Gordon Winarick, Lurina Cornwell and Hannah Alline. SYNOPSIS: With one chance to test out of high school early, a girl faces up to fears and bullies in order to raise enough money to sit the test by […]
Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival Review – Roam Rome Mein
Roam Rome Mein, 2019. Directed by Tannishtha Chatterjee. Starring Nawazuddin Suddiqui, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Isha Talwar, Valentina Corti, Andrea Scarduzio and Cristina Puccinelli. SYNOPSIS: When his sister disappears, Raj travels to Rome, encountering many strange distractions as he tries to search. There isn’t anything quite like the romantic mysticism and the tantalising possibilities of a foreign […]
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