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 […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Relic
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: A daughter, mother, and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. Ari Aster’s Hereditary recently proved the enormous artistic potential of horror which commits […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – 180 Degree Rule
180 Degree Rule, 2020. Written and directed by Farnoosh Samadi. Starring Sahar Dolatshahi, Pejman Jamshidi, and Hassan Pourshirazi. SYNOPSIS: A school teacher from Tehran is preparing to attend a wedding in northern Iran. When her husband suddenly forbids her to go, she makes a choice that will place her on a painful path to atonement. […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Painter and the Thief
The Painter and the Thief, 2020. Directed by Benjamin Ree. SYNOPSIS: A Czech artist forms a surprising friendship with a Norwegian man who stole two of her paintings. For journalist-turned-documentary-filmmaker Benjamin Ree, the desire to make an art heist movie had been simmering away since the release of his acclaimed chess-champ doc Magnus in 2016. […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Herself
Herself, 2020. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Starring Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, and Conleth Hill. SYNOPSIS: Young mother Sandra escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and rediscovers herself. Director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Honeymood
Honeymood, 2020. Directed by Talya Lavie. Starring Avigail Harari and Ran Danker. SYNOPSIS: Following a fight in their honeymoon suite on the night of their wedding, a bride and groom embark on a surreal urban odyssey through the streets of Jerusalem. Israeli filmmaker Talya Lavie’s new comedy is a disappointing and unfunny tale of a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Kajillionaire
Kajillionaire, 2020. Directed by Miranda July. Starring Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger. SYNOPSIS: A woman’s life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they’re planning. Miranda July’s new film is an acquired taste. But, while it’s far from the […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mangrove
Mangrove, 2020. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Shaun Parkes, Letitia Wright, Malachi Kirby, Rochenda Sandall, Sam Spruell, Jack Lowden and Alex Jennings. SYNOPSIS: In 1970s London, police harassment of a crucial community hub for local Black people leads to a peaceful protest, which ends up in a court room. Steve McQueen is effectively a lucky […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Stray
Stray, 2020. Directed by Elizabeth Lo. SYNOPSIS The world of Zeytin, a stray dog living life on the streets of Istanbul. In her feature debut, short filmmaker Elizabeth Lo (who also filmed, produced and edited the project herself) primarily follows Zeytin around the streets of Turkey’s busiest city. Occasionally accompanied by fellow strays Nazar and […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Disciple
The Disciple, 2020. Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Starring Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, and Sumitra Bhave. SYNOPSIS: Sharad Nerulkar has devoted his life to becoming an Indian classical music vocalist, diligently following the traditions and discipline of old masters, his guru, and his father. But as years go by, Sharad starts to wonder whether it’s really possible […]
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