Cicada, 2020. Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Sandra Bauleo, Michael Potts, Jason Greene and Cobie Smulders. SYNOPSIS: A bisexual man swaps casual sex for commitment when he finally meets someone with whom he believes he can truly be himself. If gay people are under-represented […]
Movie Review – Ultraviolence (2020)
Ultraviolence, 2020. Directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: A very timely and powerful look at cases of deaths in police custody in the UK. In 2001, documentary filmmaker Ken Fero unveiled his ground-breaking, controversial movie Injustice, which told numerous stories of deaths in police custody in Britain. Almost two decades later, he’s returning to the subject […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘The One Who Got Away’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Helstrom… The big bad is warming up, bodies are being piled like airport luggage and flashbacks involving graphic torture are hinting at past atrocities. Elsewhere blatant flirting, bare faced lying and some psychological manipulation all broaden this Helstrom universe hinting at a gathering momentum. Dream sequences and visions […]
Movie Review – Bad Hair (2020)
Bad Hair, 2020. Written and Directed by Justin Simien. Starring Elle Lorraine, Vanessa Williams, Jay Pharoah, Lena Waithe, Blair Underwood, Laverne Cox, Yaani King Mondschein, Michelle Hurd, Judith Scott, Robin Thede, Ashley Blaine Featherson, Steve Zissis, MC Lyte, Zaria Kelley, Corinne Massiah, Kelly Rowland, James Van Der Beek, Usher Raymond, Chanté Adams, Moses Storm, Jon […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lovers Rock
Lovers Rock, 2020. Co-written and directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Amarah-Jae St Aubyn, Michael Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, and Kedar Williams-Stirling. SYNOPSIS: A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance, and music. The second entry into Steve McQueen’s five-part “Small Axe” anthology […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020. Written and Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle, Alec Secăreanu, and Fiona Shaw. SYNOPSIS: In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever. Though not quite […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Human Voice
The Human Voice, 2020. Co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton. SYNOPSIS: A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn’t understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment. All […]
October Horrors 2020 – From Beyond (1986)
From Beyond, 1986. Directed by Stuart Gordon. Starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ken Foree and Ted Sorel. SYNOPSIS: After taking a look at cult horror-comedy Re-Animator not too long ago, it’s time for another trip into the weird and wacky world of horror writer HP Lovecraft. Whereas Re-Animator dealt with a familiar story of a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – African Apocalypse
African Apocalypse, 2020. Co-written and directed by Rob Lemkin. Starring Femi Nylander, Amina Weira, and Boubacar Assan Midal. SYNOPSIS: A young man’s epic journey across Africa in search of a colonial killer. Rob Lemkin’s (Enemies of the People) new documentary confronts Europe’s grim imperial history with anger, accessibility, and a most unexpected through-line. African Apocalypse opens […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Viaticum’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Marvel’s Helstrom… As tagline titles go the literal translation of episode two refers to anyone seeking absolution prior to their passing. An admission and forgiveness of all transgressions before either ascension or otherwise takes place. It also opens up the faith debate in terms of whether or not […]
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