Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, 2018. Directed by Steve Sullivan. Featuring Frank Sidebottom, Ross Noble, Johnny Vegas, Mike Joyce, John Cooper Clarke, Mark Radcliffe, and John Thomson. SYNOPSIS: The story of musician-turned-comedian Chris Sievey, whose flamboyant creation Frank Sidebottom took the British comedy scene by storm in the 1980s and 90s. Steve Sullivan’s pop-y doc […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Peterloo
Waterloo, 2018. Directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear, Neil Bell, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton, Alastair Mackenzie, David Bamber and Tim McInnerny. SYNOPSIS: The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester. Peterloo […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blaze
Blaze, 2018. Directed by Ethan Hawke. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, David Kallaway, Richard Linklater, Jenn Lyon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Ritchie Montgomery, Wyatt Russell, D. Taylor Loeb, and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: A biopic of the largely unknown country musician Blaze Foley, charting his tumultuous life, from his early marriage to his short but […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wild Rose
Wild Rose, 2018. Directed by Tom Harper. Starring Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, James Harkness and Janey Godley. SYNOPSIS: A young woman and ex-offender from Glasgow dreams of becoming a Nashville country star. Wild Rose is a sweet and sincere but light-hearted film about a young single mum from Glasgow, with a […]
Exclusive Interview – Dragged Across Concrete director S. Craig Zahler and actor Tory Kittles
During this month’s London Film Festival, Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris was fortunate enough to get to sit down with Bone Tomahawk and Brawl on Cell Block 99 director S. Craig Zahler and actor Tory Kittles to discuss their new film Dragged Across Concrete. Watch the interview below, or check it out on our YouTube channel… […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie, 2018. Directed by Jon S. Baird. Starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, Nina Arianda, Rufus Jones, Danny Huston, Susy Kane and Stephanie Hyam. SYNOPSIS: Laurel and Hardy, the world’s most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song – a […]
Movie Review – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Michael Beach, Teyonah Parris, Finn Wittrock, Diego Luna, Emily Rios, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: With the father (Stephan James) of her unborn child wrongly incarcerated, Trish (Kiki Layne) must find strength in the face of the […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Private War
A Private War, 2018. Directed by Matthew Heineman. Starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay, Rita Williams, and Corey Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Marie Colvin (Rosamund Pike) was a professional addict, only she was drawn towards the lure of the war torn hostile territory of Libya, or Syria, in order to report on […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: Childhood sweethearts Tish and Fonny live in Harlem in the 1970s and are planning a life together, despite difficulties […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give, 2018. Directed by George Tilman Jr. Starring Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall, Russell Hornsby, Lamar Johnson, Issa Rae, Algee Smith, Sabrina Carpenter, Common, K.J. Apa, Rayven Symone Ferrell, Myles Evans, TJ Wright, Megan Lawless, Rhonda Johnson Dents, Al Mitchell, Karan Kendrick, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Drew Starkey, Kurt Yue, Susan Santiago, Brian Lafontaine, Tanya […]