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 […]
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 […]
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