The Antenna, 2019. Directed by Orçun Behram. Starring Ihsan Önal, Gül Arici, Elif Cakman. SYNOPSIS: As an ominous midnight government bulletin draws nearer, a tower block and its inhabitants come under siege from a mysterious, deadly liquid seeping from the building’s antenna. A clunky mix-match of familiar genre tropes and far-from-subtle social commentary permeates Turkish […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians, 2019. Directed by Ciro Guerra. Starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik. SYNOPSIS: In a distant, unnamed colonial outpost in the Middle Eastern desert, a Magistrate begins to question his loyalty to the Empire after the arrival of state security officers with morally questionable methods. […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, 2019. Directed by Matt Wolf. SYNOPSIS: A Philadelphia librarian-turned-activist secretly recorded television 24-hours a day for 30 years. In November of 1979, Marion Stokes pressed the record button on her television set and didn’t stop until her death in December, 2012. In that time, she amassed hundreds of thousands of […]
Movie Review – Inna de Yard (2019)
Inna de Yard, 2019. Directed by Peter Webber. Featuring Ken Boothe, Kiddus I, Jah9, Winston McAnuff, Judy Mowatt, Cedric Myton, Lloyd Parks. SYNOPSIS: British filmmaker Peter Webber follows a group of pioneering reggae artists as they reunite in the hills overlooking Kingston to record an acoustic album. Initially, it might appear something of an oddity […]
Movie Review – Eaten By Lions (2018)
Eaten By Lions, 2018. Directed by Jason Wingard. Starring Antonio Aakeel, Jack Carroll, Asim Chaudhry, Johnny Vegas. SYNOPSIS: After the death of their beloved Gran, stepbrothers Omar and Pete swap Bradford for Blackpool in search of Omar’s biological father. Depending on how hungry you’ve been for the weekend of hefty feline visual feasting we’ve just […]
Exclusive Interview – The Keeper actors David Kross and Freya Mavor talk humour, horror and kickabouts on set
George Nash sits down with David Kross and Freya Mavor, stars of the upcoming biographical drama The Keeper, ahead of the film’s forthcoming UK release… Unless you’re a die-hard Manchester City fan, the name Bert Trautmann probably doesn’t mean a great deal. A former German soldier and British POW, Trautmann went on to make over […]
Second Opinion – Us (2019)
Us, 2019. Written and Directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Madison Curry. SYNOPSIS: A relaxing vacation soon turns into a night of terror when a family are tormented by four mysterious strangers who look exactly like them. From […]
Movie Review – Ben Is Back (2018)
Ben Is Back, 2018. Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones and David Zaldivar. mater SYNOPSIS: A mother’s loyalty to her drug addicted teenage son is pushed to the limits when he unexpectedly returns home. It’s a family affair in more ways than one in […]
Spielberg v Streaming Services – Even The Best In The Business Can Get It Wrong
The celebrated filmmaker’s crusade against streaming service film’s recognition at the Oscars seems to challenge the progressive strides being taken in the industry. As a measure of how exciting my life is, I often ponder at length over how someone like Steven Spielberg spends his evenings. In my mind, I envisage him splashing around with […]
Netflix Review – Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
Abducted in Plain Sight, 2017. Directed by Skye Borgman. SYNOPSIS: Pocatello, Idaho. 1974. A young girl is sexually abused and then kidnapped by a close family friend, right in front of her parents’ eyes. Two years later, she is abducted once again, by the same man. Nothing seems to capture the essence of the binge-watching […]
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