Kajillionaire, 2020. Directed by Miranda July. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re planning. Miranda July’s new film is an acquired taste. But, while it’s far from the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mangrove
Mangrove, 2020. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Sam Spruell, Jack Lowden and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: In 1970s London, police harassment of a crucial community hub for local Black people leads to a peaceful protest, which ends up in a court room. Steve McQueen is effectively a lucky […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stray
Stray, 2020. Directed by Elizabeth Lo. SYNOPSIS The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul. In her feature debut, short filmmaker Elizabeth Lo (who also filmed, produced and edited the project herself) primarily follows Zeytin around the streets of Turkey’s busiest city. Occasionally accompanied by fellow strays Nazar and […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Disciple
The Disciple, 2020. Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Starring Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, and Sumitra Bhave. SYNOPSIS: Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of old masters, his guru, and his father. But as years go by, Sharad starts to wonder whether it’s really possible […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)
A United Kingdom, 2016. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng. SYNOPSIS: In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike). […]
Full programme for BFI London Film Festival 2020 announced
The British Film Institute has announced the full programme for this year’s BFI London Film Festival, which includes 58 films from around the world including the previously announced opening night European premiere of Mangrove from director Steve McQueen and closing night film Ammonite from director Francis Lee. Here’s the full list of films for the […]
Movie Review – Koko-di Koko-da (2019)
Koko-di Koko-da, 2019. Directed by Johannes Nyholm. Starring Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Peter Belli, Katarina Jakobson, Morad Baloo Khatchadorian, Brandy Litmanen. SYNOPSIS: Three years after a devastating tragedy, a couple go camping in the woods to reconnect with one another. But, rather than reconciliation, what they find instead is something truly horrifying. Of the many […]
Movie Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Aneurin Barnard, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Gwendoline Christie, Paul Whitehouse, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong, Darren Boyd, Anthony Welsh, Aimee Kelly, Jairaj Varsani and Nikki Amuka-Bird. SYNOPSIS: Based on the acclaimed novel by […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Monos
Monos, 2019. Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julian Giraldo, Paul Cubides, Karen Quintero, Julianne Nicholson, Deiby Rueda, Sneider Castro, Laura Castrillón and Wilson Salazar. SYNOPSIS: A gang of child soldiers are left adrift in the Colombian jungle, far away from any adult authority to guide their violent antics. Sometimes, it’s nice […]
Movie Review – Knives Out (2019)
Knives Out, 2019. Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, LaKeith Stanfield, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome and Katherine Langford. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family after his 85th birthday […]
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