Lucky Grandma, 2019.Directed by Sasie Sealy. Starring Tsai Chin, Hsiao-Yuan Ha, Michael Tow, Yan Xi and Mason Yam.SYNOPSIS:When she steals a large amount of money from a dead criminal boss, a grandmother hires a gangland bodyguard to protect her from the crooks who come to reclaim the cash.The influence of the Coen Brothers runs far […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019.Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, Mari Kearney, Tonya Glanz, Thora Birch, and Finn Wittrock.SYNOPSIS:A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.The prospect of a white young filmmaker […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Cold Case Hammarskjöld, 2019.Directed by Mads Brügger. Starring Mads Brügger and Göran Björkdahl.SYNOPSIS:Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.Documentary filmmakers en masse have […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Synchronic
Synchronic, 2019.Directed by Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead. Starring Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Ally Ioannides, Katie Aselton, Bill Oberst Jr., Sam Malone, Shane Brady and Betsy Holt.SYNOPSIS:Two New Orleans paramedics’ lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.Synchronic is an odd meld of […]
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 state of perplexed anxiety […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Peanut Butter Falcon, 2019.Directed by Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz. Starring Zack Gottsagen, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern, John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, Yelawolf, Jake Roberts, and Mick Foley.SYNOPSIS:A man with Down syndrome and a passion for wrestling escapes from a nursing home and joins a man on the run to […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Workforce
Workforce, 2019.Directed by David Zonana. Starring Luis Alberti, Jessica Galvez, Ramiro Resendiz, Rodrigo Mendoza and Jonathan Sanchez.SYNOPSIS:The marginalised workers helping to decorate a luxurious home take advantage of an opportunity to move into the property, and make it their own.Inequality is an issue all over the world, with those at the top taking every opportunity […]
Pick of the London Film Festival Special #3 with Alistair Ryder | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast
During the course of the BFI London Film Festival 2019, The Pick of the Flicks Podcast is devoting itself to looking at the best of the fest. This time around, the proper festival has started in earnest, so there’s plenty to talk about…On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, host Tom […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019.Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Dev Patel, Ben Whishaw, Hugh Laurie, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar, and Tilda Swinton.SYNOPSIS:A haunting semi-autobiographical tale of a boy who is sent away by his stepfather after his mother dies but manages to triumph over incredible adversities. Set in the 1840s, chronicling […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ghost Town Anthology
Ghost Town Anthology, 2019.Directed by Denis Côté. Starring Robert Naylor, Josée Deschênes, Jean-Michel Anctil, Diane Lavallée and Larissa Corriveau.SYNOPSIS:An isolated rural community is locked in a fugue of grief after the potential suicide of one of its residents.Grief is one of the most intimate human emotions. It’s deeply private and intensely powerful. In Ghost Town […]
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