Sorry to Bother You, 2018.Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Armie Hammer.SYNOPSIS:In an alternate version of current-day Oakland, California, Cassius Green discovers a gift that helps him rapidly succeed in his new role as a telemarketer, propelling […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wildlife
Wildlife, 2018.Directed by Paul Dano. Starring Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould and Bill Camp.SYNOPSIS:A boy witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his mother finds another man.Paul Dano makes a staggering debut with this emotionally charged adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel, a meticulously assembled drama about family, masculinity and female agency in 1960s America topped […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018.Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen. Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Waits, Harry Melling, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Chelcie Ross, and Jonjo O’Neill.SYNOPSIS:A collection of six Western-style shorts set out on the frontier, taking in stories of a singing gunslinger, a […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nancy
Nancy, 2018.Directed by Christina Choe. Starring Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith-Cameron, Ann Dowd, John Leguizamo, and Steve Buscemi.SYNOPSIS:Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to wilful belief.Andrea Riseborough adds yet another towering performance to her impressive repertoire with […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead., 2018.Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring Neil Maskell, Bill Paterson, Doon Mackichan, Charles Dance, Sam Riley, Joe Cole, Hayley Squires, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Glover, Asim Chaudhry, Sarah Baxendale, Mark Monero, Peter Ferdinando, Sinead Matthews, Sura Dohnke, Sudha Bhuchar and Vincent Ebrahim.SYNOPSIS:Colin hires a lavish country manor for his extended family […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ash Is Purest White
Ash Is Purest White, 2018.Directed by Jia Zhangke. Starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan.SYNOPSIS:A story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017.The latest epic drama from revered Chinese director Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin, Mountains May Depart) feels less-assured than his prior efforts while also raking over similar themes and ideas to […]
Movie Review – Widows (2018)
Widows, 2018.Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Colin Farrell, Carrie Coon, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam Neeson, and Cynthia Erivo.SYNOPSIS:When a posthumous debt from her husband (Liam Neeson) lands at the feet of Veronica (Viola Davis), she decides to inherit so much more than a death sentence by planning a heist with the widows […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lizzie
Lizzie, 2018.Directed by Craig William Macneill. Starring Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart, Jay Huguley, Jamey Sheridan, Fiona Shaw, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, and Jeff Perry.SYNOPSIS:A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family.Craig William Macneill’s (The Boy) Lizzie Borden biopic couldn’t be further from prior campy adaptations of the iconic ax-murderer’s life (especially […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Breaker Upperers
The Breaker Upperers, 2018.Directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek. Starring Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola, and Ana Scotney.SYNOPSIS:Two professional cynics, Jen (Jackie van Beek) and Mel (Madeleine Sami), run an agency where they offer their unique talents in breaking up couples so that the individual can move on with their life. […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Sorry to Bother You
Sorry to Bother You, 2018.Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Armie Hammer.SYNOPSIS:In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.Rapper-activist Boots Riley makes […]
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