That They May Face the Rising Sun, 2023. Directed by Pat Collins. Starring Barry Ward, Anna Bederke, Ruth McCabe, Lalor Roddy, and Sean McGinley. SYNOPSIS: Based on internationally acclaimed Irish author John McGahern’s award winning novel of the same name, That They May Face the Rising Sun is a vivid evocation of nature, humanity and […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – All of Us Strangers
All of Us Strangers, 2023. Directed by Andrew Haigh. Starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, and Claire Foy. SYNOPSIS: A screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor as he then discovers his parents appear to be living just as they were on the day they […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Perfect Days
Perfect Days, 2023. Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Sayuri Ishikawa, and Arisa Nakano. SYNOPSIS: A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music. Wim Wenders is a titan of European cinema with acclaimed German language films like Kings of the Road, Wings of Desire and Wrong Move, he is […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Eileen
Eileen, 2023. Directed by William Oldroyd Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Shea Whigham, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sam Nivola, Tonye Patano and Owen Teague SYNOPSIS: A woman’s friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. Thomasin McKenzie’s Eileen is habitually on the cusp of something. Things that threaten […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, William Belleau, Jason Isbell, Louis Cancelmi, Scott Shepherd, John Lithgow, and Sturgill Simpson. Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered […]
BFI London Film Festival 2023 Review – In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, 2023. Directed by Alex Gibney. Starring Paul Simon. SYNOPSIS: In Restless Dreams follows Paul Simon inside the studio making his new album Seven Psalms while looking back on his six-decade career with countless musical peaks from Sounds of Silence to Graceland. Paul Simon is one of popular […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders, 2023. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Emory Cohen, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Sparks, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Jeff […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Memory
Memory, 2023. Directed by Michel Franco. Starring Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Jackson Dorfmann, Elsie Fisher, and Jessica Harper. SYNOPSIS: Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will […]
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal are losing themselves in the latest trailer for Foe
MGM Studios has dropped a new teaser trailer for Lion director Garth Davis’ latest film Foe, an unsettling science fiction drama set in a dystopian near future that hits U.S. theatres this Friday and plays at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival. Based on Ian Reid’s novel of the same name, the Foe stars Saoirse Ronan […]
