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 more obvious?” for the […]
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 Lady) eschews the splashy […]
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.Whether Farnoosh Samadi’s directorial […]
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 the distance between […]
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). Despite opposition from […]
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 7th period.It’s a […]
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 country. Old Hollywood films […]
Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival Review – Cargo
Cargo, 2020.Directed by Arati Kadav. Starring Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Biswapati Sarkar.SYNOPSIS:Alone on a spaceship, a demon awaits the arrival of his cargo – deceased humans from earth who he prepares for re-incarnation.Religious beliefs about the afterlife can be a tricky subject to navigate for a filmmaker, and for […]
Movie Review – The Lodge (2019)
The Lodge, 2019.Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Jaeden Lieberher, Alicia Silverstone, Lia McHugh, and Danny Keough.SYNOPSIS:The Lodge tells the psychologically chilling tale of a woman (Riley Keough) and her new stepchildren isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past […]
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Review – Saint Maud
Saint Maud, 2020.Directed by Rose Glass. Starring Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight and Lily Frazer.SYNOPSIS:A pious nurse begins caring for a terminally ill patient, and takes the task of saving her soul extremely personally, leading the nurse down an increasingly dangerous and violent path.The new horror, Saint Maud, is arguably the centrepiece of this […]
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