Beats, 2019. Directed by Brian Welsh. Starring Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser and Brian Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: It’s Scotland, 1994. Two young friends in West Lothian with a love for techno head for one last night together, before life sends them their separate ways. For all its horrific, stillborn visage and unforgiving portrait of drug culture, Trainspotting […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Benjamin
Benjamin, 2019. Directed by Simon Amstell. Starring Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Anna Chancellor and Jack Rowan. SYNOPSIS: A young, aggressively anxious filmmaker navigates his way through a burgeoning relationship as he battles with his own personality. Films are often segregated by their sexual orientation. Look at Netflix and Sky Movies, you can categorise […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2019 Review – Ray & Liz
Ray & Liz, 2018. Directed by Richard Billingham. Starring Ella Smith, Justin Salinger, Patrick Romer, and Tony Way. SYNOPSIS: Just outside of Birmingham, Ray and Liz struggle to survive and raise their sons, including future photographer Richard Billingham. Richard and his brother Dean do all they can to fend for themselves, despite their situational poverty […]
Movie Review – The Lodge (2019)
The Lodge, 2019. Directed by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. Starring Riley Keough, Richard Armitage, Jaeden Lieberher, Alicia Silverstone, Lia McHugh, and Danny Keough. SYNOPSIS: The Lodge tells the psychologically chilling tale of a woman (Riley Keough) and her new stepchildren isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of […]
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Review – The Farewell
The Farewell, 2019. Directed by Lulu Wang. Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Chen Han, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Hanwei, and Li Xiang. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese family discover their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to […]
Sundance 2019 Review – Fighting With My Family
Fighting With My Family, 2019. Directed by Stephen Merchant. Starring Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson. SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY follows reformed gangster Ricky, wife Julia, daughter Paige and son Zak as they make a living wrestling together in tiny venues. When […]
Fantasia Film Festival 2018 Review – The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, 2018. Directed by Park Hoon-jung. Starring Kim Da-mi, Cho Min-soo, Park Hee-soon, Choi Woo-shik. SYNOPSIS: A high school student with amnesia tries to uncover what has happened to her. All leading her into deeper troubles ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined. Don’t let the blatant sequel […]
Steve McQueen’s Widows will open 62nd BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival has announced that this year’s Opening Night gala will be Academy Award winner Steve McQueen’s new feature Widows, with its international premiere set to take place on October 10th an Cineworld in Leicester Square. “I am absolutely delighted that Widows will be opening this year’s BFI London Film Festival,” said McQueen. […]
Five films we are excited to see at Fantasia Fest 2018!
Rafael Motamayor with five films are are excited to see at Fantasia Fest 2018… We are mere days away from the 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival, and we can’t contain ourselves! The Montreal festival is one of the world’s foremost festivals for genre lovers, shining a light on new and established filmmakers from all around […]
Sundance London 2018 Review – The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, 2018. Directed by Desiree Akhavan Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., and Forrest Goodluck. SYNOPSIS: Teenager Cameron is sent away to a “de-programming” centre when her relationship with another girl is discovered. But instead of helping her follow a more conventional lifestyle, it makes her […]
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