The El Duce Tapes, 2019. Directed by Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, and Ryan Sexton. Starring Eldon Hoke and Steve Broy. SYNOPSIS: A posthumous examination of the life and times of controversial shock rocker Eldon Hoke, better known as El Duce, the lead singer of Seattle-based “rape-rock” band The Mentors. To many – this critic included […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lara
Lara, 2019. Directed by Jan Ole Gerster. Starring Corinna Harfouch, Tom Schilling, Volkmar Kleinert, Rainer Bock, Gudrun Ritter and André Jung. SYNOPSIS: On her 60th birthday, a woman prepares to attend a piano concert being given by her virtuoso son. At the beginning of Jan Ole Gerster’s patient character study Lara, the title character stands […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, 2019. Directed by Midge Costin. Starring Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, and Ryan Coogler. SYNOPSIS: An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rewind
Rewind, 2019. Directed by Sasha Joseph Neulinger. Starring Sasha Joseph Neulinger. SYNOPSIS: Digging through the vast collection of his father’s home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed through generations. Is there a more noble use of filmmaking, especially the documentary form, than to lay one’s […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – A White, White Day
A White, White Day, 2019. Written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason. Starring Ingvar E Sigurðsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir. SYNOPSIS: In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nocturnal
Nocturnal, 2019. Directed by Nathalie Biancheri. Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Lauren Coe, and Sadie Frost. SYNOPSIS: Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds and nurtures a secret friendship with Pete, an older man who’s apparently obsessed with her. Nathalie Biancheri makes a bold and distinctive narrative feature debut with a tricky relationship drama which holds viewers in a […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Honey Boy
Honey Boy, 2019. Directed by Alma Har’el. Starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe. SYNOPSIS: A young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father and deal with his mental health. Braced somewhere between film-as-therapy and surreal performance-art project, Honey Boy is a Shia LaBeouf-penned collaboration with Alma […]
Movie Review – The King (2019)
The King, 2019. Directed by David Michôd. Starring Timothée Chalamet,Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Sean Harris, Dean-Charles Chapman, Lily Rose-Depp, Andrew Havill, Edward Ashley, and Thomasin McKenzie. SYNOPSIS: Hal (Timothée Chalamet) is a reluctant prince, one who drinks and womanises his way around the Kingdom, as those in power look on with disdain, concerned […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Tremors
Tremors, 2019. Directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadua, Sabrina de la Hoz, Maria Telon and Rui Frati. SYNOPSIS: In Guatemala, a man’s decision to come out as gay causes problems with his evangelical Christian family, not to mention his wife and kids. The opening scenes of Guatemalan drama […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Disappearance of My Mother
The Disappearance of My Mother, 2019. Directed by Beniamino Barrese. Starring Beniamino Barrese and Benedetta Barzini. SYNOPSIS: A once-iconic fashion model strives to escape the world of images and disappear for good, but her son’s determination to make a final film about her sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera’s gaze. Beniamino Barrese’s […]
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