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 […]
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 […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020. Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, Fiona Shaw, James McArdle, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secareanu and Sam Parks. SYNOPSIS: Fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) is the foremost expert in her field. Living and working in Lyme Regis during the 1800s, her world is turned upside down by the […]
Movie Review – Ammonite (2020)
Ammonite, 2020. Written and Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Fiona Shaw, Gemma Jones, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secăreanu, and James McArdle. SYNOPSIS: 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever It’s […]