Shaun Munro presents his top 50 films of 2021… And like that, 2021 has come to a close. While hardly heralding cinema’s great return at the box office, the past 12 months have seen the industry inch closer to something approaching “normality,” even as mid-budget films largely seemed to enjoy much greater success streaming at […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Cop Movie
A Cop Movie, 2021. Co-written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Starring Mónica Del Carmen and Raúl Briones. SYNOPSIS: A radical experiment combining documentary and fictional elements. The film gives voice to one of Mexico’s most controversial institutions: the police force, and unravels the causes of the impunity crisis that plagues the justice system. Alonso Ruizpalacios’ […]