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BFI Review – When Harry Met Sally (1989)

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When Harry Met Sally, 1989. Directed by Rob Reiner. Starring Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. SYNOPSIS: Harry and Sally are destined to be together but it takes ten years (and lots of laughs) together before they figure it out… There’s something quietly satisfying about Harry Burns’ sweeping statements. As he confidently […]

BFI Review – True Romance (1993)

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True Romance, 1993 Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Val Kilmer and Brad Pitt. SYNOPSIS: Two lovers are on the run after killing a small-time pimp and stealing his drugs … “You’re so cool”. The three words Patricia Arquette’s […]

BFI Review – I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

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I Know Where I’m Going!, 1945. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey, Pamela Brown, Finlay Currie and Petula Clark. SYNOPSIS: Due to marry on the isle of Kiloran, Joan Webster sets off to Scotland to meet her future husband. At the final hurdle, she is stuck at the waters […]

Second Opinion – Legend (2015)

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Legend, 2015. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany and Chazz Palminteri. SYNOPSIS: A biopic on the infamous twins, The Krays, charting their life of crime in the 1960’s. Ronnie and Reggie Kray have become the UK equivalent of Al Capone. East End gangsters, Brian […]

Movie Review – Pasolini (2015)

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Pasolini, 2015. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Ninetto Davoli and Riccardo Scamarcio. SYNOPSIS: The final few days of Pasolini’s life, told through dreams and reconstruction. He had plans. The last shot of Abel Ferrara’s Pasolini leaves us in no doubt toward the plans Pier Paolo Pasolini had for the future. On his passport, […]

Movie Review – Mistress America (2015)

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Mistress America, 2015. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Heather Lind and Cindy Cheung. SYNOPSIS: New to New York, student Tracy has trouble finding her place at University until she gets in contact with sister-to-be, Brooke. This is an exciting year for Noah Baumbach fans. The release of two films – While We’re Young […]

Movie Review – Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film (1899-1917)

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Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film, 1899-1917 Various Directors Music composed and performed by Lillian Henley SYNOPSIS: A collection of short news reels and comedies filmed between 1899-1917, revealing primarily the pre-War suffragette movement. Part of the beauty of cinema is the birth of the medium, and how it managed to pick up enormous […]

59th BFI London Film Festival Review – Beasts of No Nation (2015)

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Beasts of No Nation, 2015 Directed by Cary Fukunaga Starring Idris Elba, Ama K. Abebrese, Abraham Attah, Grace Nortey, David Dontoh, and Opeyemi Fagbohungbe SYNOPSIS: Agu, a boy in an unnamed West African country, falls into the clutch of a murderous child soldier army led by a passionate and influential leader. Beasts are fearsome. Creatures of […]

Movie Review – The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2014)

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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, 2014. Directed by Isao Takahata. Featuring the voice talents of Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen (English)/Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora and Takeo Chii (Japanese). SYNOPSIS: A girl is born of the bamboo trees, and she is brought up to be a Princess … During the Studio Ghibli season at the BFI last […]