Trader, 2022 Directed by Corey Stanton. Starring Kimberly Sue-Murray, Shaun Benson, Stephen Bogaert SYNOPSIS: When a mysterious sociopath discovers a passion for stock market trading, they set out to overthrow the entire financial world, all from the confines of their basement apartment. The high-risk world of insider trading is compellingly brought out in Corey Stanton’s […]
Movie Review – Mad Cats (2023)
Mad Cats, 2023. Directed and written by Reiki Suono. Starring Sho Mineo, Ayane, Yuya Matsuura, So Yamanaka, Hikari Aiko, Asachill, and Amanda B. SYNOPSIS: A shiftless young man sets off on a quest to find his missing archaeologist brother. Along the way, he teams up with a quirky new friend and a mysterious young woman. […]
Movie Review – Driving Madeleine (2022)
Driving Madeleine, 2022. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz. SYNOPSIS: Madeleine, 92 years old, orders a taxi to take her to the retirement home where she will be living. Her driver, Charles, agrees on a drive through the streets of Paris visiting places important to her. Along the way they […]
Movie Review – Is There Anybody Out There? (2023)
Is There Anybody Out There, 2023. Directed by Ella Glendining. SYNOPSIS: Filmmaker Ella Glendining conducts a global search for someone with a body that looks like hers, and explores what it takes to love yourself as a disabled person in an ableist world. Ella Gledining’s powerful documentary is a rallying call for how society views […]
Movie Review – Piaffe (2022)
Piaffe, 2022 Directed by Ann Oren Starring Simone Bucio, Sebastian Rudolph, Simon[e] Jaikiriuma Paetau SYNOPSIS: When their sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara’s job as a Foley artist. Then, a horsetail starts growing out of their body. Visual artist and filmmaker Ann Oren’s debut feature Piaffe […]
Movie Review – Once Within a Time (2023)
Once Within a Time, 2023. Directed by Godfrey Reggio and Jon Kane. Starring Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Sussan Deyhim, John Flax, Tara Khozein, Apollo Garcia Orellana, and Mike Tyson. SYNOPSIS: A dreamlike journey through an apocalyptic vision of the end of a world and the possible beginning of a new one. If you’re looking for something […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – HAAR
Haar, 2023. Directed by Ben Hecking. Starring Kate Kennedy, Balász Czukor, Fehinti Balogun, Jack Morris, Claudia Jolly, Éva Magyar, Maddie Rice, Will Brown, Grace Chilton and Ágota Dunai. SYNOPSIS: While stranded on location in Budapest, Hungary, Jef, a busy film production manager, contemplates her life, relationships and memories. Shot entirely on Super 8, Haar has […]
Fragments Festival launches at London’s Genesis Cinema
The 3rd Fragments Festival is set to open its doors at London’s Genesis Cinema on the 28th of September. Celebrating inclusivity in film, the festival opens with Ken Loach’s new film The Old Oak. Rumoured to be the acclaimed British filmmaker’s last production, the film completes his ‘Northeast Trilogy’ that began with I, Daniel Blake […]
Movie Review – Brightwood (2022)
Brightwood, 2022. Directed by Dane Elcar. Starring Dana Berger and Max Woertendyke. SYNOPSIS: A couple having relationship troubles find themselves running around in circles after going for a jog at a local beauty spot. There is a nightmarish quality about Dane Elcar’s debut Brightwood that recalls the darkest conceptual anxieties found in the best of […]
Chuck Chuck Baby celebrates its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival
Janis Pugh’s musical comedy Chuck Chuck Baby is set to make its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this week. As our Edinburgh Film Festival review of Chuck Chuck Baby puts it, the film is a life-affirming work that ‘makes you feel that sometimes – just sometimes – good things really […]
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