BFI #LFF 2020: AMMONITE Film Review
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan’s moving and unguarded performances impress in AMMONITE, Francis Lee’s forbidden-love story set in 1820s England British writer and Director Francis Lee follows GOD’S OWN COUNTRY with AMMONITE, a solemn love story sparked by Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Set on the overcast coast of Lyme Regis in the 1820s, AMMONITE […]
BFI #LFF 2020: NEW ORDER (Nuevo Orden) Film Review
Violent and nihilistic, Michel Franco’s latest drama NEW ORDER is a riveting and suspenseful dystopian drama that resonates in these deeply troubling times Michel Franco’s latest drama NEW ORDER marks a stark departure from the stylistic austerity and character-driven work of his previous films AFTER LUCIA and CHRONIC. Best described as a suspenseful dystopian drama, […]
BFI #LFF 2020: ONE MAN AND HIS SHOES Film Review
Informative and entertaining, ONE MAN AND HIS SHOES charts the cultural and commercial phenomena of Air Jordan and the basketball legend who gave the sneakers their name You don’t need to be a sports fan to know who Michael Jordan is. You also don’t need to be a sneaker fan to have heard of Nike’s Air […]
BFI #LFF 200 METERS Film Review
Despite some questionable plot devices, Ameen Nayfeh's 200 METERS is a tense and emotional drama about the human implications of separation Israel's controversial West Bank barrier is at the centre of Ameen Nayfeh's feature debut 200 METERS, a humanistic drama about a Palestinian father trapped on one side of the wall when a family emergency […]
BFI #LFF 2020: FAREWELL AMOR Film Review
Quiet, sensitive and thought-provoking, FAREWELL AMOR is an affecting feature debut from promising Tanzanian-American filmmaker Ekwa Msangi Migration, memory and the importance of home are deftly explored in Ekwa Msangi’s affecting feature debut, FAREWELL AMOR, a thought-provoking drama about a New York-based Angolan man who finally reunited with his family. As Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho […]
BFI #LFF 2020: HONEYMOOD Film Review
While some of the comedy falls a little flat, Talya Lavie's tough and empathetic take on romantic foibles in HONEYMOOD smartly subverts the typical “happily ever after” ending Fresh from the success of her debut feature ZERO MOTIVATION, which won Best Film at the Tribeca Film Festival along with six Israeli Academy Awards, Director and Screenwriter […]
BFI #LFF 2020: HERSELF Film Review
Intimate, timely and empowering, Phyllida Lloyd’s latest film HERSELF is one of the strongest films of the BFI London Film Festival so far Phyllida Lloyd’s latest film HERSELF may not get the big-screen attention her previous work MAMMA MIA! or THE IRON LADY did, but this new British-Irish hope drama more than deserves its place […]