Deerskin. 2019 Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux Starring Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, and Pierre Gommé SYNOPSIS: A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime. An exercise in unabashed bizarreness, Deerskin sees French director Quentin Dupieux getting a committed and straight performance […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close 61st BFI London Film Festival
The 61st BFI London Film Festival has announced that Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will serve as the Closing Night gala of this year’s event, receiving its UK premiere on Sunday October 15th with McDonagh and stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in attendance. “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic […]
10 best films of Film4 FrightFest 2015
Luke Owen looks at this year’s FrightFest… What a year this was. Every time FrightFest rolls around, the four madmen behind the festival promise the ‘best line-up ever’, and this year was no different. Each screen was packed out, there was plenty of surprises on offer and some great interviews with the likes of Barbara […]
Fantasia International Film Festival Review – The Phantom Detective (2016)
The Phantom Detective. 2016 Directed by Jo Sung-Lee. Starring Lee Je-Hoon, Go Ara, Park Geun-Hyung, Roh Jeong-Eui and Kim Ha-Na. SYNOPSIS: Private detective HONG Gil-dong is seeking revenge for his mother who was murdered in front of him when he was a child. An investigation determines that the assailant is a man named Kim, but when […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – Birdman (2014)
Birdman, 2014. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough and Naomi Watts. SYNOPSIS: A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory. Birdman, Alejandro […]
58th Chicago Film Festival Review – Close
Close, 2022. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel, and Marc Weiss. SYNOPSIS: Thirteen-year-olds Leo and Charlie have always been incredibly close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to […]
58th Chicago International Film Festival Review – The Lost King (2022)
The Lost King, 2022. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd, Mark Addy, James Fleet, Lee Ingleby, Amanda Abbington, Lewis Macleod, Alison Peebles, Jenny Douglas, Helen Katamba, Shonagh Price, Benjamin Scanlan, Adam Robb, Robert Jack, Sarah MacGillivray, John-Paul Hurley, James Rottger, David Ireland, Bruce Fummey, Kern Falconer, Harvey Reid, Annie Griffin, […]
58th Chicago International Film Festival Review – A Compassionate Spy
A Compassionate Spy, 2022. Directed by Steve James. Featuring Theodore Hall and Joan Hall. SYNOPSIS: The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia. The latest effort from celebrated documentary filmmaker Steve James (Life Itself, Abacus), A Compassionate Spy, follows Ted Hall, responsible for physician work on The […]
Movie Review – I Love My Dad (2022)
I Love My Dad, 2022. Written and Directed by James Morosini. Starring James Morosini, Patton Oswalt, Lil Rel Howery, Amy Landecker, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Sarah Helbringer, and Ricky Velez. SYNOPSIS: A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect. Take yourself back to the days of middle school pre-public presentation anxiety. […]
2022 Sundance Film Festival Review – Something in the Dirt
Something in the Dirt, 2022. Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead. Starring Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson. SYNOPSIS: When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their […]
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