Jessie Robertson reviews the premiere episode of Batwoman…In our premiere episode of Batwoman, we are introduced to Kate Kane, distant (but close) relative of Bruce Wayne and the Wayne family. We find her training in the Arctic, being locked in feet cuffs and dropped in the freezing cold water, only to have to escape by […]
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 deeply intimate directorial debut […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Perfect 10
Perfect 10, 2019. Directed by Eva Riley. Starring Frankie Box, Alfie Deegan, Sharlene Whyte, Billy Mogford, William Ash and Nicola Wright. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring teen gymnast’s world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had. Perfect 10 is the poignant charting of a new relationship between a brother […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 6 – The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon, 2016.Directed Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks and Keanu Reeves.SYNOPSIS:After the death of her parents, Jesse moves to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a model, with her youth and beauty unleashing intense dark feelings of jealousy and fascination.For today’s edition […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians, 2019.Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik.SYNOPSIS:In a distant, unnamed colonial outpost in the Middle Eastern desert, a Magistrate begins to question his loyalty to the Empire after the arrival of state security officers with morally questionable methods.Exploring the effects of […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Monsoon
Monsoon, 2019.Directed by Hong Khaou. Starring Henry Golding and Parker Sawyers.SYNOPSIS:Kit, a British Vietnamese man, returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after fleeing during the Vietnam-American War.Hong Khaou’s follow-up to his 2014 debut Lilting is a similarly sober offering that, despite its scant 86-minute runtime, is in no rush whatsoever to […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie, 2019. Directed by Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy. Starring Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen, Catherine Walker, Sadie Soverall, Annabell Rickerby, Joanne Crawford and Alan Howley. SYNOPSIS: An adopted girl seeks out her birth mother, only to be told she has no desire to meet her. With her interest piqued however, she […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Report
The Report, 2019.Directed by Scott Z. Burns Starring Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm, Corey Stoll, Linda Powell, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Scott Shepherd, Matthew Rhys, Lucas Dixon, and Sarah Goldberg.SYNOPSIS:When dedicated, idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is assigned the task of investigating the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Little Monsters
Little Monsters, 2019.Directed by Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England, Kat Stewart, Stephen Peacocke, Henry Nixon, Felix Williamson, Nadia Townsend, and Marshall Napier.SYNOPSIS:When perennial man-child and failed musician Dave (Alexander England) decides to use his nephew’s petting-zoo field-trip as a way of getting close to his teacher (Lupita Nyong’o), he wasn’t counting […]
Movie Review – Monos (2019)
Monos, 2019.Directed by Alejandro Landes. Starring Moisés Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Sofia Buenaventura, Karen Quintero, Julian Giraldo, Laura Castrillón, Deibi Rueda, Paul Cubides, Sneider Castro, Wilson Salazar, and Jorge Román.SYNOPSIS:On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.Colombia’s official entry for the upcoming Academy Awards – the second […]
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