Waves, 2019.Directed by Trey Edward Shults Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Lucas HedgesSYNOPSIS:Chronicling the trials of life for an affluent African-American family, headed by a domineering father (Sterling K. Brown), the son (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) he both pushes and puts on a pedestal, and the […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space, 2019.Directed by Richard Stanley. Starring Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, and Madeleine Arthur.SYNOPSIS:A town is struck by a meteorite and the fallout is catastrophic.The trio of Nicolas Cage, H.P. Lovecraft and cult filmmaker Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil) make for compelling bedfellows in this unexpectedly hilarious sci-fi horror, which with an atmosphere […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Tremors
Tremors, 2019.Directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadua, Sabrina de la Hoz, Maria Telon and Rui Frati.SYNOPSIS:In Guatemala, a man’s decision to come out as gay causes problems with his evangelical Christian family, not to mention his wife and kids.The opening scenes of Guatemalan drama Temblores (Tremors) could be […]
Movie Review – Synchronic (2019)
Synchronic, 2019.Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. Starring Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, and Katie Aselton.SYNOPSIS:Two New Orleans paramedics’ lives are ripped apart after encountering a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are two of the most distinctive indie genre filmmakers working today, their […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Disappearance of My Mother
The Disappearance of My Mother, 2019.Directed by Beniamino Barrese. Starring Beniamino Barrese and Benedetta Barzini.SYNOPSIS:A once-iconic fashion model strives to escape the world of images and disappear for good, but her son’s determination to make a final film about her sparks an unexpected collaboration and confrontation with the camera’s gaze.Beniamino Barrese’s deeply intimate directorial debut […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Perfect 10
Perfect 10, 2019. Directed by Eva Riley. Starring Frankie Box, Alfie Deegan, Sharlene Whyte, Billy Mogford, William Ash and Nicola Wright. SYNOPSIS: An aspiring teen gymnast’s world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had. Perfect 10 is the poignant charting of a new relationship between a brother […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians, 2019.Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik.SYNOPSIS:In a distant, unnamed colonial outpost in the Middle Eastern desert, a Magistrate begins to question his loyalty to the Empire after the arrival of state security officers with morally questionable methods.Exploring the effects of […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Monsoon
Monsoon, 2019.Directed by Hong Khaou. Starring Henry Golding and Parker Sawyers.SYNOPSIS:Kit, a British Vietnamese man, returns to Saigon for the first time in over 30 years, after fleeing during the Vietnam-American War.Hong Khaou’s follow-up to his 2014 debut Lilting is a similarly sober offering that, despite its scant 86-minute runtime, is in no rush whatsoever to […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rose Plays Julie
Rose Plays Julie, 2019. Directed by Joe Lawlor & Christine Molloy. Starring Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen, Catherine Walker, Sadie Soverall, Annabell Rickerby, Joanne Crawford and Alan Howley. SYNOPSIS: An adopted girl seeks out her birth mother, only to be told she has no desire to meet her. With her interest piqued however, she […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Movie Review – The Report
The Report, 2019.Directed by Scott Z. Burns Starring Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm, Corey Stoll, Linda Powell, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Scott Shepherd, Matthew Rhys, Lucas Dixon, and Sarah Goldberg.SYNOPSIS:When dedicated, idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones (Adam Driver) is assigned the task of investigating the […]
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