Genus Pan, 2020. Written and directed by Lav Diaz. Starring Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, and Don Melvin Boongaling. SYNOPSIS: A look at how much human beings are like animals. Lav Diaz’s (Norte, the End of History) new 157-minute film will likely seem like a positively restrained effort to his followers, given that it isn’t uncommon for […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Supernova
Supernova, 2020. Directed by Harry Macqueen. Starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. SYNOPSIS: Sam and Tusker are traveling across England in their old RV to visit friends, family, and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. In these times of […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers, 2020. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Starring Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumoured to […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – One Night In Miami
One Night in Miami, 2020. Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. SYNOPSIS: A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the ’60s. Regina King […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mogul Mowgli
Mogul Mowgli, 2020. Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, and Aiysha Hart. SYNOPSIS: A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break. Glib though it might be to suggest that Riz Ahmed has cornered the market […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump, 2020. Directed by Jerry Rothwell. Starring Jordan O’Donegan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world. First published in Japan in 2007 and translated into English in 2013, “The Reason I Jump” was a groundbreaking novel written by 13-year-old […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Time
Time, 2020. Directed by Garrett Bradley. Starring Sibil Fox Richardson and Robert G. Richardson. SYNOPSIS: Fox Rich fights for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60-year sentence in prison. Garrett Bradley’s towering – if perhaps too-hurried – documentary powerfully highlights a near-indisputable truth; black Americans are playing a rigged game that so […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Herself
Herself, 2020. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, and Conleth Hill. SYNOPSIS: Young mother Sandra escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and rediscovers herself. Director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – 180 Degree Rule
180 Degree Rule, 2020. Written and directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, and Hassan Pourshirazi. SYNOPSIS: A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement. […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Farewell Amor
Farewell Amor, 2020. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi. Starring Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, and Jayme Lawson. SYNOPSIS: Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome […]
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