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
Category: London Film Festival
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
The Sister Brother: London Film Festival 2018 Review
This may look like a classic western with its sweeping vistas, men on horseback, violent shootouts and bounty hunters, butContinue Reading
Donbass: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Sergei Loznitsa once again turns the spotlight on Ukraine with fake news and absurdist characters in this collection of vignettesContinue Reading
Birds of Passage / Pájaros de verano: London Film Festival 2018 Review
From the makers of Embrace of the Serpent, Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano) again explores the mysticism, folklore andContinue Reading
Capernaum: London Film Festival 2018 Review
A tough yet remarkable film from Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, Capernaum puts a young runaway in the spotlight at TheContinue Reading
Burning: London Film Festival 2018 Review
A not-quite-what-it-seems story from Lee Chang-dong has the audience wondering what is true in the Korean director’s latest offering. Continue Reading
If Beale Street Could Talk: London Film Festival 2018 Review
Barry Jenkins takes on James Baldwin for his next feature, and it’s a match made in heaven. I wasContinue Reading