After Love, 2020. Directed by Aleem Khan. Starring Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss and Nasser Memarzia. SYNOPSIS: After the death of her husband, a woman travels across the English Channel to find the woman with whom he was having an affair. Joanna Scanlan is one of the most underrated and versatile actors in Britain. […]
Movie Review – The Human Voice (2020)
The Human Voice, 2020. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A woman waits for a phonecall from her ex-lover of 5 years, after he has recently left her. In 1930, Jean Cocteau’s monologue The Human Voice premiered at the Comedie-Francaise. The piece at that time would have seemed dazzlingly experimental – an audience […]
Movie Review – Limbo (2020)
Limbo, 2020. Directed by Ben Sharrock. Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Kwabena Ansah, Ola Orebiyi, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Sanjeev Kohli. SYNOPSIS: A group of immigrants housed on a remote Scottish island wait anxiously for the response to their asylum claims. It’s such a cliché to refer to a movie as “timely”, particularly this year […]
Movie Review – Possessor (2020)
Possessor, 2020. Directed by Brandon Cronenberg. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rossif Sutherland, Gabrielle Graham, Kaniehtiio Horn, and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) is a special operative for a secret organisation who carry out assassinations for high-paying clients. The USP is that they use brain-implant technology to inhabit […]
Movie Review – If It Were Love (2020)
If It Were Love, 2020. Directed by Patric Chiha. SYNOPSIS: Documentary exploring the process of constructing a dance piece inspired by 1990s rave culture. Dance is inherently cinematic. In fact, the widescreen delight of elaborate bodily contortions has featured in a number of movies at this year’s LFF, including the booze-soaked Danish drama Another Round […]
Movie Review – A Common Crime (2020)
A Common Crime, 2020. Directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martinez and Eliot Otazo. SYNOPSIS: A woman is tormented by guilt when she comes to believe that her actions contributed to someone being killed. Genre fans would be forgiven for getting excited during the opening moments of A Common Crime. The movie rolls […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival – Bad Tales
Bad Tales, 2020. Directed by the D’Innocenzo brothers. Starring Elio Germano, Max Malatesta, Gabriel Montesi, Cristina Pellegrino, Giulia Melillo, Justin Korovkin, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Tommaso Di Cola, Ileana D’Ambra and Laura Borgioli. SYNOPSIS: A series of families living in or close to Rome intersect as the actions of parents exert a corrupting influence on their children. […]
Movie Review – Cicada (2020)
Cicada, 2020. Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Sandra Bauleo, Michael Potts, Jason Greene and Cobie Smulders. SYNOPSIS: A bisexual man swaps casual sex for commitment when he finally meets someone with whom he believes he can truly be himself. If gay people are under-represented […]
Movie Review – Ultraviolence (2020)
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 – The Human Voice
The Human Voice, 2020. Co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment. All […]
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