Burning Cane: London Film Festival Review 2019
A triumph at Tribeca, this debut feature from a 19 year-old proves that the future’s burning brightly for Phillip Youmans.Continue Reading
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A White White Day: London Film Festival Review 2019
Loss and stifled emotion fill the screen in this beautiful, slow-paced story of a bereaved man falling apart. When youContinue Reading
Marie vs. Horror #11: John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
Spider-head creatures and a bunch of men trapped in a snowy landscape with flame-throwers sounds like it would be justContinue Reading
The Perfect Candidate: London Film Festival Review 2019
From Haifaa Al-Mansour – the director of the acclaimed 2012 film Wadjda – comes another film which features women atContinue Reading
Saint Maud: London Film Festival Review 2019
Psychological drama with accents of high horror, Saint Maud is in Official Competition at London Film Festival and is creatingContinue Reading
The House of Us: London Film Festival Review 2019
Korean family drama at its finest, with a focus on a trio of young girls who just want a regularContinue Reading
Luce: London Film Festival Review 2019
An all-star student with a potentially complex secret sows doubts among his parents, teachers and the audience. Who do youContinue Reading
Trouble: London Film Festival Review 2019
A visual artist, her estranged father and a period of civil unrest cross paths in this unusual documentary exploring aContinue Reading
The Father: London Film Festival Review 2019
Generations clash in this gentle, touching and sometimes absurd story of grief and family. BFI has put The Father into the ‘Laugh’Continue Reading
Öndög: London Film Festival Review 2019
Slow-paced and beautifully shot, Öndög demands attention from the viewer with its visual storytelling. It’s seldom that a Mongolian film pops upContinue Reading