Wildfire, 2020. Directed by Cathy Brady. Starring Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Kate Dickie, Martin McCann and Olga Wehrly. SYNOPSIS: The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – American Utopia
American Utopia, 2020. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring David Byrne, Jaqueline Acevedo, and Gustavo di Dalva. SYNOPSIS: Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name. On the face of things, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and director Spike Lee are […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – If It Were Love
If It Were Love, 2020. Written and directed by Patric Chiha. Starring Gisèle Vienne. SYNOPSIS: They are fifteen young dancers of various origins and horizons. They are touring “Crowd,” Gisèle Vienne’s dance piece on the ’90s rave scene. Following them from theatre to theatre, If It Were Love documents their work as well as their strange, […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Shadow Country
Shadow Country, 2020. Directed by Bohdan Sláma. Starring Magdaléna Borová, Stanislav Majer, and Csongor Kassai. SYNOPSIS: Chronicles the events of a village on the Czech-Austrian border from the 1930s to 1950s, where genocide occurred due to fallout between German citizens and Czechs who collaborated with the Nazi regime during the war. Intimate in style yet […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Common Crime
A Common Crime, 2020. Co-written and directed by Francisco Márquez. Starring Elisa Carricajo, Mecha Martínez, and Eliot Otazo. SYNOPSIS: Cecilia is a sociology teacher. One night the son of her maid desperately knocks on the door of her house. She doesn’t open. The next day, his body shows up murdered by the police. Cecilia begins to […]
Movie Review – Never Gonna Snow Again (2020)
Never Gonna Snow Again, 2020. Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert. Starring Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Lukasz Simlat, Andrzej Chyra, Krzysztof Czeczot, Astrid Nanowska, Wojciech Starostecki, Maciej Drosio and Olaf Marchwicki. SYNOPSIS: Zhenia, a Russian-speaking immigrant from the East, works as a masseur in Poland and becomes a […]
Movie Review – Mogul Mowgli (2020)
Mogul Mowgli, 2020. Directed by Bassam Tariq. Starring Riz Ahmed, Alyy Khan, Anjana Vasan, Aiysha Hart, Kiran Sonia Sawar, Abdul Hakim Joy, Hussain Manawer, Nabhaan Rizwan, Sudha Bhuchar, Ali Barouti, Mitesh Soni, Jeff Mirza, Khariis Ubiaro and Afraz Hussain. SYNOPSIS: A British-Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Rose: A Love Story
Rose: A Love Story, 2020. Directed by Jennifer Sheridan. Starring Sophie Rundle, Matt Stokoe, and Olive Gray. SYNOPSIS: Gripped by a violent, terrifying illness, Rose lives in seclusion with her husband, but the arrival of a stranger shatters the fragile refuge they have built. Isolation is very much the theme of 2020 in a uniquely global […]
Movie Review – One Night in Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami, 2020. Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango and Christian Magby. SYNOPSIS: Four icons of Black history in America meet in a hotel room to celebrate 22-year-old Cassius Clay’s surprise world heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston. On paper, a […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, 2020. Directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross. Starring Peter Elwell, Michael Martin, and Shay Walker. SYNOPSIS: A look at the final moments of a Las Vegas dive bar called The Roaring 20s. The term “slice of life” rarely applies more aptly than it does in Bill Ross IV and […]
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