The Intruder, 2020.Directed by Natalia Meta. Starring Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth, Mirta Busnelli and Agustín Rittano.SYNOPSIS:A dubbing artist and singer is plagued by troubling noises and an unravelling mental state in the wake of trauma.There’s an interesting little sub-genre of horror movies and dark thrillers set in the world of […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Another Round
Another Round, 2020Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe and Magnus Millang.SYNOPSIS: Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood.‘It’s not just a film about drinking. Our ambition was to make a film […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Notturno
Notturno, 2020.Written and directed by Gianfranco Rosi.SYNOPSIS:Gianfranco Rosi’s new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.Gianfranco Rosi’s (Fire at Sea) new documentary affirms both the strengths and weaknesses of his quasi-observational filmmaking style, delivering a deeply-felt yet flawed collage of life lived on the borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Salt In Our Waters
The Salt In Our Waters, 2020.Directed by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit. Starring Titas Zia, Tasnova Tamanna, Fazlur Rahman Babu and Ashok Bepari.SYNOPSIS:When a sculptor visits a remote fishing village in Bangladesh, he finds himself beloved by some locals and treated as a dangerous invader by others.Multiple films at this year’s LFF focus on developing countries as […]
Movie Review – Wildfire (2020)
Wildfire, 2020.Directed by Cathy Brady. Starring Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Kate Dickie, Martin McCann and Olga Wehrly.SYNOPSIS:The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past but […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – American Utopia
American Utopia, 2020.Directed by Spike Lee. Starring David Byrne, Jaqueline Acevedo, and Gustavo di Dalva.SYNOPSIS:Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.On the face of things, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and director Spike Lee are hardly the most natural […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – If It Were Love
If It Were Love, 2020.Written and directed by Patric Chiha. Starring Gisèle Vienne.SYNOPSIS:They are fifteen young dancers of various origins and horizons. They are touring “Crowd,” Gisèle Vienne’s dance piece on the ’90s rave scene. Following them from theatre to theatre, If It Were Love documents their work as well as their strange, intimate relationships.The intermingling […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Shadow Country
Shadow Country, 2020.Directed by Bohdan Sláma. Starring Magdaléna Borová, Stanislav Majer, and Csongor Kassai.SYNOPSIS:Chronicles the events of a village on the Czech-Austrian border from the 1930s to 1950s, where genocide occurred due to fallout between German citizens and Czechs who collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war.Intimate in style yet epic in scope, Bohdan […]
Movie Review – Wolfwalkers (2020)
Wolfwalkers, 2020.Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Featuring the voice talents of Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Simon McBurney.SYNOPSIS:A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Common Crime
A Common Crime, 2020.Co-written and directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martínez, and Eliot Otazo.SYNOPSIS:Cecilia is a sociology teacher. One night the son of her maid desperately knocks on the door of her house. She doesn’t open. The next day, his body shows up murdered by the police. Cecilia begins to be haunted by […]
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