Mogul Mowgli, 2020. Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha Hart, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Abdul Hakim Joy, Hussain Manawer, Nabhaan Rizwan, Sudha Bhuchar, Ali Barouti, Mitesh Soni, Jeff Mirza, Khariis Ubiaro and Afraz Hussain. SYNOPSIS: A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rose: A Love Story
Rose: A Love Story, 2020. Directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Starring Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, and Olive Gray. SYNOPSIS: Gripped by a violent, terrifying illness, Rose lives in seclusion with her husband, but the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built. Isolation is very much the theme of 2020 in a uniquely global […]
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 – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, 2020. Directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross. Starring Peter Elwell, Michael Martin, and Shay Walker. SYNOPSIS: A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called The Roaring 20s. The term “slice of life” rarely applies more aptly than it does in Bill Ross IV and […]
Movie Review – Supernova (2020)
Supernova, 2020. Written and directed by Harry Macqueen. Starring Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Lori Campbell, James Dreyfus, Ian Drysdale, Daneka Etchells, Pippa Haywood, Peter MacQueen, Nina Marlin, Tina Louise Owens, John Alan Roberts and Sarah Woodward. SYNOPSIS: Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family and places from […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – One Man and His Shoes
One Man and His Shoes, 2020. Directed by Yemi Bamiro. Starring David Falk, Jemele Hill, Scoop Jackson, David Stern, and Rick Telander. SYNOPSIS: The story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers, showing their social, cultural, and racial significance, and how ground-breaking marketing strategies created a multi-billion-dollar business. Yemi Bamiro’s feature debut chronicles the distinctly American […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ultraviolence
Ultraviolence, 2020. Written and directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: Since 1969, there have been over 2000 deaths in police custody in the UK. It is a frightening statistic that Ken Fero approaches with seasoned conviction. Ultraviolence employs unflinching archival footage to document the tragic and undignified deaths that took place between 1995 and 2005. Ken Fero’s […]
Movie Review – 180 Degree Rule (2020)
180 Degree Rule, 2020. Directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, Hassan Pourshirazi and Mohammad Heidari. SYNOPSIS: In the wake of a traumatic event, a mother becomes trapped in a rapidly unravelling web of deceit. Everyone does strange things in the wake of trauma. That’s something with which we can all sympathise. And […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Cicada
Cicada, 2020. Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, and Sandra Bauleo. SYNOPSIS: New York City, 2013. A young bisexual man enters an interracial relationship. In the midst of the Sandusky trial, against the backdrop of a cicada summer, he comes to terms with his own childhood trauma. Multi-hyphenate filmmaker […]
Movie Review – Siberia (2020)
Siberia, 2020. Co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A barman in Siberia heads to a nearby cave where he explores his dreams and memories. Abel Ferrara’s sixth collaboration with Willem Dafoe is by a measure their most challenging – if perhaps not their most successful – […]
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