Never Gonna Snow Again, 2020. Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert. Starring Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra and Łukasz Simlat. SYNOPSIS: Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a guru-like figure in a wealthy gated community where his clients […]
Movie Review – Relic (2020)
Relic, 2020. Directed by Natalie Erika James. Starring Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic, Jeremy Stanford, and Christina O’Neill. SYNOPSIS: When Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) visit the home of their grandmother (Robyn Nevin), her strange behavior starts to cause things to go bump in […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers, 2020. Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Starring Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumoured to […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – One Night In Miami
One Night in Miami, 2020. Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. SYNOPSIS: A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the ’60s. Regina King […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mogul Mowgli
Mogul Mowgli, 2020. Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, and Aiysha Hart. SYNOPSIS: A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break. Glib though it might be to suggest that Riz Ahmed has cornered the market […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Siberia
Siberia, 2020. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Dounia Sichov and Simon McBurney. SYNOPSIS: A man who abandoned his whole life to tend bar in Siberia embarks on a voyage of self-discovery when he visits a strange cave. Few people do narration like Willem Dafoe. That distinctive, unsettling voice has provided a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Reason I Jump
The Reason I Jump, 2020. Directed by Jerry Rothwell. Starring Jordan O’Donegan. SYNOPSIS: Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world. First published in Japan in 2007 and translated into English in 2013, “The Reason I Jump” was a groundbreaking novel written by 13-year-old […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Time
Time, 2020. Directed by Garrett Bradley. Starring Sibil Fox Richardson and Robert G. Richardson. SYNOPSIS: Fox Rich fights for the release of her husband, Rob, who is serving a 60-year sentence in prison. Garrett Bradley’s towering – if perhaps too-hurried – documentary powerfully highlights a near-indisputable truth; black Americans are playing a rigged game that so […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Farewell Amor
Farewell Amor, 2020. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi. Starring Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, and Jayme Lawson. SYNOPSIS: Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival – Shirley
Shirley, 2020. Directed by Josephine Decker. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Victoria Pedretti, Robert Wuhl, and Logan Lerman. SYNOPSIS: When a young couple take up residence in the home of a reclusive horror writer (Elisabeth Moss), a symbiotic relationship begins which sparks inspiration and infatuation. Half glimpsed through a crowd of people transfixed […]
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