Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, 2021. Written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Kotone Furukawa, Ayumu Nakajima, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Shouma Kai, Fusako Urabe, and Aoba Kawai. SYNOPSIS: An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap, and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters […]
Movie Review – Drive My Car (2021)
Drive My Car, 2021. Co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, and Reika Kirishima. SYNOPSIS: Nishijima Hidetoshi is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s 2013 short story of the same name, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new drama Drive My Car […]
Movie Review – Azor (2021)
Azor, 2021. Written and directed by Andreas Fontana. Starring Fabrizio Rongione, Stéphanie Cléau, and Carmen Iriondo. SYNOPSIS: Yvan De Wiel, a private banker from Geneva, goes to Argentina in the midst of a dictatorship to replace his partner, the object of the most worrying rumours, who disappeared overnight. Swiss filmmaker Andreas Fontana makes an impressively […]
Movie Review – The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
The Real Charlie Chaplin, 2021. Co-written and directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. SYNOPSIS: Charlie Chaplin was a pivotal figure in cinema. In this documentary Peter Middleton and James Spinney explore what made this silent movie enigma tick, through unprecedented access to archive materials. For anyone who knows anything about cinema Charlie Chaplin is […]
Disney+ Review – Dopesick
Martin Carr reviews Dopesick… Michael Keaton might be filling column inches for his Batman return in The Flash right now, but there is something more sombre hitting Disney plus on November 12th. Dopesick is an eight part drama which explores the creation, marketing and impact of a drug called Oxycontin on America. A class two narcotic which […]
Exclusive Interview – Shepherd director Russell Owen discusses his new ghost story
Breakout British horror movie Shepherd makes for a striking directorial debut from Russell Owen. We caught up with him to discuss his love of folkloric legend and how he translated this onto the big screen… Horror movie Shepherd is being praised for its spooky Gothic atmosphere and brooding levels of portent. The movie recently played at the […]
Movie Review – Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest (2021)
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, 2021. Directed by Mads Hedegaard. Starring Kim Cannon Arm, Walter Day and Shigeru Miyamoto. SYNOPSIS: This documentary, which takes a nostalgic deep dive into video game culture, is drawn together by ‘Cannon Arm’ Kim Kobke. A man of singular talent, who attempts to play arcade cabinet classic Gyruss for […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – True Things
True Things, 2021. Directed by Harry Wootliff. Starring Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider and Frank McCusker. SYNOPSIS: A JobCentre worker strikes up a romantic relationship with a mysterious ex-convict who visits her office. Harry Wootliff delivered one of the absolute gems of the London Film Festival back in 2018, when her debut […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter, 2021. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Domińczyk and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: A translator on an idyllic holiday becomes obsessed with a young mother, inspiring her to think back to her own parenting methods. I often wonder how I would’ve reacted if […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021. Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Colman, Sope Dirisu and Glenda Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A maid meets with her posh boy lover, as he prepares to marry a woman approved by his parents. There comes a point in every film festival experience when you question […]
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