Hit the Road, 2021. Directed by Panah Panahi. Starring Hasan Majuni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak and Amin Simiar. SYNOPSIS: A family travels on a mysterious road trip across the Iranian landscape. One of the great joys in cinema is a properly exciting child actor. Often, kids on the big screen can be wooden or a […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham. SYNOPSIS: A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s. Edgar Wright […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival – The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog, 2021. Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Thomasin McKenzie. SYNOPSIS: A rancher torments his brother’s new stepson as they work in the sweltering environment of the American West. Jane Campion rewards those who are willing to wait for her. It has been […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hellbound
Hellbound, 2021. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah and Yang Ik-june SYNOPSIS: People hear predictions on when they will die from a mysterious angel apparition. When that time comes, a trio of demons appears in front of them and kills them. Having gone all Fast and Furious with […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, 2021. Directed by Mark Cousins. Featuring Jeremy Thomas, Mark Cousins, Debra Winger, Tilda Swinton, and Rebecca O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: Film historian Mark Cousins takes a look back at the life and work of film producer Jeremy Thomas, a driving force in movies for over thirty years. There is no denying the […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – King Richard
King Richard, 2021 Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green Starring Will Smith, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Mikayla Lashae Bartholomew, Layla Crawford, Daniele Lawson, Christopher Wallinger and Chase Del Rey SYNOPSIS: A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Lamb
Lamb, 2021. Co-written and Directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson. SYNOPSIS: A childless couple, María and Ingvar, discover a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland. The unexpected prospect of family life brings them much joy, before ultimately destroying them. Valdimar Jóhannsson’s directorial debut Lamb is a tricky […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bergman Island
Bergman Island, 2021. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love. Starring Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth, Grace Delrue, Mia Wasikowska, Anders Danielsen Lie, Hampus Nordensen and Clara Strauch. SYNOPSIS: Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth) are writers looking for an idyllic setting in which to write. Tony is an avid Ingmar Bergman fan and convinces Chris to spend […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Petrov’s Flu
Petrov’s Flu, 2021. Written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Starring Semyon Serzin, Chulpan Khamatova, and Yuri Kolokolnikov. SYNOPSIS: A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Six years after a devastating tragedy, two couples gather in a room to talk about the day that destroyed their lives. About two thirds of the way through Mass, the bracing debut feature from writer-director Fran […]