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 – 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 […]
Netflix Review – The Haunting of Bly Manor
Shaun Munro reviews The Haunting of Bly Manor… Filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep) set a perilously high bar for himself with 2018’s masterful Netflix Original series The Haunting of Hill House, which used its 10 episodes to tell a daring, emotionally rich reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel of the same name. Flanagan returns now […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Relic
Relic, 2020. Directed by Natalie Erika James. Starring Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic, Jeremy Stanford, and Christina O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: A daughter, mother, and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. Ari Aster’s Hereditary recently proved the enormous artistic potential of horror which commits […]
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 – 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 – The Disciple
The Disciple, 2020. Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Starring Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, and Sumitra Bhave. SYNOPSIS: Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of old masters, his guru, and his father. But as years go by, Sharad starts to wonder whether it’s really possible […]
Video Game Review – Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Shaun Munro reviews Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time… Resurrecting a long-dormant video game franchise is a tricky task at the best of times, but given that Crash Bandicoot‘s last full-fat, critically acclaimed entry hit stores all the way back in 1998 – the terrific Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped – there’s an undeniably over-the-odds pressure on […]
Video Game Review – Mafia: Definitive Edition
Shaun Munro reviews Mafia: Definitive Edition… The astronomical success of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto III back in 2001 saw a glut of me-too open-world action games released in its wake, the majority of which failed to live on long in the public consciousness. Mafia stood apart, however, with its dishy period setting and uncommonly cinematic […]
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