Relic, 2020.Directed by Natalie Erika James. Starring Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic, Jeremy Stanford, and Christina O’Neill.SYNOPSIS:A daughter, mother, and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home.Ari Aster’s Hereditary recently proved the enormous artistic potential of horror which commits as hard to painful […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Painter and the Thief
The Painter and the Thief, 2020.Directed by Benjamin Ree.SYNOPSIS:A Czech artist forms a surprising friendship with a Norwegian man who stole two of her paintings.For journalist-turned-documentary-filmmaker Benjamin Ree, the desire to make an art heist movie had been simmering away since the release of his acclaimed chess-champ doc Magnus in 2016. But even at the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Honeymood
Honeymood, 2020.Directed by Talya Lavie. Starring Avigail Harari and Ran Danker.SYNOPSIS:Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem.Israeli filmmaker Talya Lavie’s new comedy is a disappointing and unfunny tale of a petty couple bickering on […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Kajillionaire
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 level of her wonderful […]
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 charm for LFF at […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stray
Stray, 2020.Directed by Elizabeth Lo.SYNOPSISThe 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 Kartal, she wanders aimlessly […]
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 to achieve the […]
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). Despite opposition from […]
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 2020 […]
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 things associated with the […]
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