Ali & Ava, 2021. Directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Shaun Thomas, Ellora Torchia and Natalie Gavin. SYNOPSIS: Romance sparks between two lost souls amid the housing estates of Bradford. Clio Barnard is one of the foremost chroniclers of working class Britain. Set in and around Yorkshire, her films are occasionally bleak […]
Shaun’s Top 50 Films of 2021
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 […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Ali & Ava
Ali & Ava, 2021. Written and directed by Clio Barnard. Starring Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar. SYNOPSIS: Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his […]