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Month: October 2020

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Siberia’ Review: Abel Ferrerra and Willem Dafoe Undertake a Strange Journey into the Wild

In the Siberian wilderness there is a mountainside bar, catering to unusual individuals. Clint (Willem Dafoe) is the sole employee, and after a few strange...

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Shadow Country’ Review: A Terrifying New Warning

Holocaust films are an established genre of cinema. Over the past seventy years many filmmakers have attempted to capture the truly devastating scale of Europe’s...

Posted onOctober 7, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Review: Last Orders

Following the final day of operation of an American bar as it’s patrons celebrate good times past, bond with each other and fight a little....

Posted onOctober 7, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Mangrove’ Review: How Far Can A Community be Pushed?

Frank Crichlow (Shaun Parkes) runs a resturuant catering towards black people in Notting Hill in the 1960s. Chriclow and his community are regularly terrorised by...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

Best Arm Wrestling Movie Ever: Over the Top (1987) – Retro Review

By 1987 Sylvester Stallone had won me over with his iconic characters Rocky Balboa and John Rambo. By 1987 Cannon Films had won me over...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Stray’ Review: Dickensian Dog Tale

How can we approach poverty from a new angle? What new perspective could be taken towards the down-trodden and forgotten? Elizabeth Lo’s film follows Zeytin,...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘180° Rule’ Review: Grief, Misfortune and Marriage

Sara (Sahar Dolatshahi) wants to attend a family wedding. Her husband has forbidden it and the Iranian society in which they live make this refusal...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020October 26, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘Relic’ Review: It’s Rotten Getting Old

Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcotecome) to Kay’s mother’s house to investigate her recent disappearance. The house reveals a troubled mindset, with...

Posted onOctober 6, 2020

LFF 2020 ‘I am Samuel’ Review: A Gay Kenyan Man Seeks Understanding From His Family

Samuel is a gay Kenyan man. Over five years we see him struggle against a society that hates him for who he is, including his...

Posted onOctober 5, 2020October 26, 2020

“Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986) Works Because it Wouldn’t Work Today

Not to be this person, but do you realize that if they made Peggy Sue Got Married today that the 25 year time jump would...

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