Limbo, 2020.Directed by Ben Sharrock. Starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Kwabena Ansah, Ola Orebiyi, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Sanjeev Kohli.SYNOPSIS:A group of immigrants housed on a remote Scottish island wait anxiously for the response to their asylum claims.It’s such a cliché to refer to a movie as “timely”, particularly this year in the wake of […]
Movie Review – If It Were Love (2020)
If It Were Love, 2020.Directed by Patric Chiha.SYNOPSIS:Documentary exploring the process of constructing a dance piece inspired by 1990s rave culture.Dance is inherently cinematic. In fact, the widescreen delight of elaborate bodily contortions has featured in a number of movies at this year’s LFF, including the booze-soaked Danish drama Another Round and Steve McQueen’s brilliantly […]
Movie Review – A Common Crime (2020)
A Common Crime, 2020.Directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martinez and Eliot Otazo.SYNOPSIS:A woman is tormented by guilt when she comes to believe that her actions contributed to someone being killed.Genre fans would be forgiven for getting excited during the opening moments of A Common Crime. The movie rolls its opening credits over […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival – Bad Tales
Bad Tales, 2020.Directed by the D’Innocenzo brothers. Starring Elio Germano, Max Malatesta, Gabriel Montesi, Cristina Pellegrino, Giulia Melillo, Justin Korovkin, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Tommaso Di Cola, Ileana D’Ambra and Laura Borgioli.SYNOPSIS:A series of families living in or close to Rome intersect as the actions of parents exert a corrupting influence on their children.If parents are messed […]
Movie Review – Cicada (2020)
Cicada, 2020.Directed by Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare. Starring Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, Sandra Bauleo, Michael Potts, Jason Greene and Cobie Smulders.SYNOPSIS:A bisexual man swaps casual sex for commitment when he finally meets someone with whom he believes he can truly be himself.If gay people are under-represented on the big screen […]
Movie Review – Ultraviolence (2020)
Ultraviolence, 2020.Directed by Ken Fero.SYNOPSIS:A very timely and powerful look at cases of deaths in police custody in the UK.In 2001, documentary filmmaker Ken Fero unveiled his ground-breaking, controversial movie Injustice, which told numerous stories of deaths in police custody in Britain. Almost two decades later, he’s returning to the subject with spiritual sequel Ultraviolence, […]
Movie Review – Rose: A Love Story (2020)
Rose: A Love Story, 2020.Directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Starring Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, Olive Gray and Nathan McMullen.SYNOPSIS:A couple living in an isolated woodland cottage, away from the rest of humanity, for unique reasons must reckon with the risk that their secret home may be discovered.Vampirism has been around on the big screen since the […]
Movie Review – The Intruder (2020)
The Intruder, 2020.Directed by Natalia Meta. Starring Erica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth, Mirta Busnelli and Agustín Rittano.SYNOPSIS:A dubbing artist and singer is plagued by troubling noises and an unravelling mental state in the wake of trauma.There’s an interesting little sub-genre of horror movies and dark thrillers set in the world of […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Salt In Our Waters
The Salt In Our Waters, 2020.Directed by Rezwan Shahriar Sumit. Starring Titas Zia, Tasnova Tamanna, Fazlur Rahman Babu and Ashok Bepari.SYNOPSIS:When a sculptor visits a remote fishing village in Bangladesh, he finds himself beloved by some locals and treated as a dangerous invader by others.Multiple films at this year’s LFF focus on developing countries as […]
Movie Review – One Night in Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango and Christian Magby.SYNOPSIS:Four icons of Black history in America meet in a hotel room to celebrate 22-year-old Cassius Clay’s surprise world heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston.On paper, a project like One Night […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- …
- 72
- Next Page »
