Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, 2021. Directed by Mads Hedegaard. Starring Kim Cannon Arm, Walter Day and Shigeru Miyamoto. SYNOPSIS: This documentary, which takes a nostalgic deep dive into video game culture, is drawn together by ‘Cannon Arm’ Kim Kobke. A man of singular talent, who attempts to play arcade cabinet classic Gyruss for […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – True Things
True Things, 2021. Directed by Harry Wootliff. Starring Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider and Frank McCusker. SYNOPSIS: A JobCentre worker strikes up a romantic relationship with a mysterious ex-convict who visits her office. Harry Wootliff delivered one of the absolute gems of the London Film Festival back in 2018, when her debut […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Lost Daughter
The Lost Daughter, 2021. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, Peter Sarsgaard, Dagmara Domińczyk and Ed Harris. SYNOPSIS: A translator on an idyllic holiday becomes obsessed with a young mother, inspiring her to think back to her own parenting methods. I often wonder how I would’ve reacted if […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday, 2021. Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Colman, Sope Dirisu and Glenda Jackson. SYNOPSIS: A maid meets with her posh boy lover, as he prepares to marry a woman approved by his parents. There comes a point in every film festival experience when you question […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – King Richard
King Richard, 2021. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. Starring Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton and Jon Bernthal. SYNOPSIS: The story of the Williams sisters, and the father who helped to position them for tennis superstardom. Sporting underdog stories are ten a penny, but they seldom come as enormous as the tale of […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hit the Road
Hit the Road, 2021. Directed by Panah Panahi. Starring Hasan Majuni, Pantea Panahiha, Rayan Sarlak and Amin Simiar. SYNOPSIS: A family travels on a mysterious road trip across the Iranian landscape. One of the great joys in cinema is a properly exciting child actor. Often, kids on the big screen can be wooden or a […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho, 2021. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Synnøve Karlsen and Rita Tushingham. SYNOPSIS: A fashion student from Cornwall moves to London and finds herself experiencing disturbing visions of a previous occupant of her bedsit room in the 1960s. Edgar Wright […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival – The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog, 2021. Directed by Jane Campion. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Thomasin McKenzie. SYNOPSIS: A rancher torments his brother’s new stepson as they work in the sweltering environment of the American West. Jane Campion rewards those who are willing to wait for her. It has been […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hellbound
Hellbound, 2021. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah and Yang Ik-june SYNOPSIS: People hear predictions on when they will die from a mysterious angel apparition. When that time comes, a trio of demons appears in front of them and kills them. Having gone all Fast and Furious with […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, 2021. Directed by Mark Cousins. Featuring Jeremy Thomas, Mark Cousins, Debra Winger, Tilda Swinton, and Rebecca O’Brien. SYNOPSIS: Film historian Mark Cousins takes a look back at the life and work of film producer Jeremy Thomas, a driving force in movies for over thirty years. There is no denying the […]
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