LFF 2019: Fanny Lye Deliver’d
On a secluded farm in Shropshire, England in 1657 lives the Lye family: wife Fanny (Maxime Peake), her husband John (Charles Dance) and son Arthur. They live a spartan, quiet, puritanical life. John is the unquestioned patriarch of the house and rules the farm with…
LFF 2019: Babyteeth
The heart-wrenching juxtaposition of the early embers of young love, as you look to navigate feelings that have been up to now, been quite alien to you. With the potential finality that could strike with a debilitating illness, clinging to those shreds of positivity as…
LFF 2019: Monsoon
In his magnetic feature-length debut ‘Lilting’, director Hong Khaou keenly observed a mother and her deceased son’s boyfriend as they poignantly tried to overcome the language barrier, to find a commonality in their respective grief. Now he looks to deploy a similar delicacy and quiet…
REVIEW: Downton Abbey (2019)
Downton Abbey may not have the stakes one normally expects from a major motion picture, but it’s confident in the knowledge that all audiences really want is the comfort of something warm and familiar. And in that regard, it unequivocally succeeds, the establishing shots of…
LFF 2019: A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
A dearly beloved children’s television host whose mild-mannered nature along with his wonderful wisdom charmed many an American. Yet the reputation built and his lasting impact perhaps didn’t quite translate to our shores until Morgan Neville’s well-received award-winning documentary ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ last…
REVIEW: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (London Film Festival 2019)
‘I’ve dreamt of that for years. Dying? Running.’ The heart-stopping meet cute shared by Noemie Merlant’s blossoming painter Marianne and Adele Haenel’s reluctant bride-to-be Heloise on the edge of the cliff, whose longing stares into the wide crystal blue waters epitomise the isolation felt and…
LFF 2019: Vivarium
From the moment that Vivarium’s opening bright red credits flash onto the screen à la Michael Haneke’s Funny Games, you know you’re in for a wild, unpredictable ride. When young couple Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) arrive at an estate agency looking to…
LFF 2019: The Irishman
It is hard to put into words just what Martin Scorsese means to me as a film fan, as I’m sure everybody reading this could attest to. His influence on cinema, filmmaking, and pop culture is absolutely unparalleled; come on, I even named my pet…
LFF 2019: Pink Wall
“As a whole, for a directorial debut, it’s quite brilliant how assured this film is by Tom Cullen” Rating: ★★★★½ Directed by: Tom Cullen Written by: Tom Cullen Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Jay Duplass, Sarah Ovens Release Date: 15th November 2019
LFF 2019: The Report
In December 2014, 525 pages of a 6,725-page report on the CIA’s post-9/11 use of torture on terror suspects were released. The rest of the original, unredacted report remains classified, but Scott Z. Burns’ political docudrama The Report sheds light on the investigation, spearheaded by…
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